College basketball tournament
The 2018 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament took place March 5–10, 2018, at the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia .[ 1] First round games were played March 5 and March 6, with the quarterfinal games played on March 7 and 8. The semifinals were held March 9, with the championship game on March 10.[ 2]
Seeds
All 13 teams were eligible for the tournament.
Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
Seed
School
Conference
1
North Carolina A&T
15–1
2
Bethune–Cookman
15–1
3
Hampton
12–4
4
Norfolk State
11–5
5
Howard
8–8
6
Morgan State
8–8
7
Maryland Eastern Shore
7–9
8
North Carolina Central
7–9
9
South Carolina State
6–10
10
Delaware State
5–11
11
Coppin State
5–11
12
Florida A&M
4–12
13
Savannah State
1–15
† – MEAC regular season champions. Overall records are as of the end of the regular season.
Schedule
Session
Game
Time*
Matchup#
Score
Television
First round – Monday, March 5
1
1
11:00 am
No. 13 Savannah State vs. No. 4 Norfolk State
51–48
ESPN3
2
1:30 pm
No. 12 Florida A&M vs. No. 5 Howard
69–64
3
4:00 pm
No. 11 Coppin State vs. No. 6 Morgan State
51–58
First round – Tuesday, March 6
2
4
11:00 am
No. 9 South Carolina State vs. No. 8 North Carolina Central
76–67
ESPN3
5
1:30 pm
No. 10 Delaware State vs. No. 7 Maryland Eastern Shore
60–77
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 7
4
6
12:00 pm
No. 9 South Carolina State vs. No. 1 North Carolina A&T
38–54
ESPN3
7
2:00 pm
No. 7 Maryland Eastern Shore vs. No. 2 Bethune-Cookman
65–71
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 8
5
8
12:00 pm
No. 6 Morgan State vs. No. 3 Hampton
57–66
ESPN3
9
2:00 pm
No. 13 Savannah State vs. No. 12 Florida A&M
64–66
Semifinals – Friday, March 9
6
10
12:00 pm
No. 12 Florida A&M vs. No. 1 North Carolina A&T
61–65
ESPN3
11
2:00 pm
No. 3 Hampton vs. No. 2 Bethune-Cookman
61–60
Championship – Saturday, March 10
7
12
3:30 pm
No. 3 Hampton vs. No. 1 North Carolina A&T
65–72 (OT)
ESPN3
*Game times in EST . #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
First round March 5 and 6
Quarterfinals March 7 and 8
Semifinals March 9
Championship March 10 ESPN3
1
North Carolina A&T
54
9
South Carolina State
38
8
North Carolina Central
67
9
South Carolina State
76
1
North Carolina A&T
65
12
Florida A&M
61
4
Norfolk State
48
13
Savannah State
51
13
Savannah State
64
12
Florida A&M
66
5
Howard
64
12
Florida A&M
69
1
North Carolina A&T
72
3
Hampton
65
2
Bethune–Cookman
71
7
Maryland Eastern Shore
65
7
Maryland East Shore
77
10
Delaware State
59
2
Bethune–Cookman
60
3
Hampton
61
3
Hampton
66
6
Morgan State
57
6
Morgan State
58
11
Coppin State
51
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