College basketball tournament
The 2022 MEAC women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the 2021–22 season in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). The tournament took place March 9–12, 2022.[1] The tournament winner received an automatic invitation to the 2022 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.
Seeds
All eligible teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
Seed
|
School
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Conference
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Tiebreaker 1[2]
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Tiebreaker 2
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Tiebreaker 3
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Tiebreaker 4
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1
|
Howard
|
11-3
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2-2 vs. Morgan State/Norfolk State
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2-0 vs. Coppin State
|
|
|
2
|
Norfolk State
|
11-3
|
2-2 vs. Howard/Morgan State
|
1-1 vs. Coppin State
|
8-0 vs. UM-ES, SC ST, NCCU, DSU
|
Superior scoring margin vs. conference opponents over Morgan State
|
3
|
Morgan State
|
11-3
|
2-2 vs. Howard/Norfolk State
|
1-1 vs. Coppin State
|
8-0 vs. UM-ES, SC ST, NCCU, DSU
|
Inferior scoring margin vs. conference opponents compared to Norfolk State
|
4
|
Coppin State
|
9-5
|
|
|
|
|
5
|
Maryland Eastern Shore
|
7–7
|
|
|
|
|
6
|
South Carolina State
|
4-10
|
|
|
|
|
7
|
North Carolina Central
|
3-11
|
|
|
|
|
8
|
Delaware State
|
0–14
|
|
|
|
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Schedule
Game
|
Time*
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Matchup#
|
Score
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Television
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Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 9, 2022
|
1
|
Noon
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No. 1 Howard vs. No. 8 Delaware State
|
87–51
|
ESPN+
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2
|
2:00pm
|
No. 2 Norfolk State vs. No. 7 NC Central
|
58–52
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Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10, 2022
|
3
|
Noon
|
No. 4 Coppin State vs. No. 5 Maryland Eastern Shore
|
65-73
|
ESPN+
|
4
|
2:00pm
|
No. 3 Morgan State vs. No. 6 South Carolina State
|
66-53
|
Semifinals – Friday, March 11, 2022
|
5
|
Noon
|
No. 1 Howard vs. No. 5 Maryland Eastern Shore
|
68-54
|
ESPN+
|
6
|
2:00pm
|
No. 2 Norfolk State vs. No. 3 Morgan State
|
53-51
|
Championship – Saturday, March 12, 2022
|
7
|
4:00pm
|
No. 1 Howard vs. No. 2 Norfolk State
|
61–44
|
ESPN+
|
*Game times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
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Bracket
| Quarterfinals March 9–10 ESPN+
| | | Semifinals March 11 ESPN+
| | | Championship March 12 ESPN+
| |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1
| Howard
| 87
| | | |
|
| 8
| Delaware State
| 51
| |
| | 1
| Howard
| 68
| |
|
| |
| | | 5
| Maryland Eastern Shore
| 54
| |
| 4
| Coppin State
| 65
| |
| |
| 5
| Maryland Eastern Shore
| 73
| |
| | 1
| Howard
| 61
| |
|
| |
| | | 2
| Norfolk State
| 44
| |
| 2
| Norfolk State
| 58
| | |
| |
| 7
| North Carolina Central
| 52
| |
| | 2
| Norfolk State
| 53
| |
|
| |
| | | 3
| Morgan State
| 51
| |
| 3
| Morgan State
| 66
| |
| |
| 6
| South Carolina State
| 53
| |
References