2023 MEAC men's basketball tournament

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

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.

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