2023 MEAC men's basketball tournament

Not to be confused with 2023 MAC men's basketball tournament or 2023 MAAC men's basketball tournament.

The 2023 MEAC men's basketball tournament is the postseason men's basketball tournament for the 2022–23 season in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). The tournament took place from March 8–11, 2023. The tournament winner received the conference's automatic invitation to the 2023 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

2023 MEAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2022–23
Teams	8
Site	Norfolk Scope Norfolk, Virginia
Television	ESPN+, ESPN2
MEAC men's basketball tournaments

2022–23 MEAC men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Howard †	11	–	3		.786			22	–	13		.629
North Carolina Central	10	–	4		.714			18	–	12		.600
Norfolk State	9	–	5		.643			22	–	11		.667
Maryland Eastern Shore	9	–	5		.643			18	–	13		.581
Morgan State	7	–	7		.500			15	–	16		.484
Coppin State	4	–	10		.286			9	–	23		.281
Delaware State	4	–	10		.286			6	–	24		.200
South Carolina State	2	–	12		.143			5	–	26		.161
† 2023 MEAC tournament winner

Seeds

All 8 teams are eligible and will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	Howard	11–3
2	North Carolina Central	10–4
3	Norfolk State	9–5	2–0 vs. Maryland Eastern Shore
4	Maryland Eastern Shore	9–5	0–2 vs. Norfolk State
5	Morgan State	7–7
6	Coppin State	4–10	1–3 vs. Norfolk State/Maryland Eastern Shore
7	Delaware State	4–10	0–4 vs. Norfolk State/Maryland Eastern Shore
8	South Carolina State	2–12

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup#	Score	Television
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 8, 2023
1	6:00 p.m.	No. 1 Howard vs. No. 8 South Carolina State	91–55	ESPN+
2	8:00 p.m.	No. 2 North Carolina Central vs. No. 7 Delaware State	89–59
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9, 2023
3	6:00 p.m.	No. 4 Maryland Eastern Shore vs. No. 5 Morgan State	80–64	ESPN+
4	8:00 p.m.	No. 3 Norfolk State vs. No. 6 Coppin State	73–56
Semifinals – Friday, March 10, 2023
5	6:00 p.m.	No. 1 Howard vs. No. 4 Maryland Eastern Shore	74–55	ESPN+
6	8:00 p.m.	No. 2 North Carolina Central vs. No. 3 Norfolk State	65–72OT
Championship – Saturday, March 11, 2023
7	1:00 p.m.	No. 1 Howard vs. No. 3 Norfolk State	65-64	ESPN2
*Game times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals March 8–9 ESPN+					Semifinals March 10 ESPN+					Championship March 11 ESPN2
	1	Howard	91
	8	South Carolina State	55
						1	Howard	74
						4	UMES	55
	4	UMES	80
	5	Morgan State	64
											1	Howard	65
											3	Norfolk State	64
	2	North Carolina Central	89
	7	Delaware State	59
						2	North Carolina Central	65
						3	Norfolk State	72*
	3	Norfolk State	73
	6	Coppin State	56

* denotes overtime period