2023 MEAC women's basketball tournament

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

2023 MEAC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2022–23
Teams	8
Site	Norfolk Scope Norfolk, Virginia
Champions	Norfolk State (2nd title)
Winning coach	Larry Vickers (1st title)
Television	ESPN+, ESPN Networks
MEAC women's basketball tournaments

2022–23 MEAC women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Norfolk State †	11	–	3		.786			26	–	7		.788
Morgan State	10	–	4		.714			17	–	12		.586
Howard	10	–	4		.714			16	–	14		.533
North Carolina Central	8	–	6		.571			15	–	16		.484
Maryland Eastern Shore	5	–	9		.357			10	–	20		.333
Delaware State	5	–	9		.357			7	–	19		.269
Coppin State	5	–	9		.357			8	–	22		.267
South Carolina State	2	–	12		.143			3	–	27		.100
† 2023 MEAC tournament winner As of March 17, 2023

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

Seeds

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

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

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup#	Score	Television
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 8, 2023
1	12:00 p.m.	No. 1 Norfolk State vs. No. 8 South Carolina State	61-37	ESPN+
2	2:00 p.m.	No. 2 Morgan State vs. No. 7 Maryland Eastern Shore	46-49
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9, 2023
3	12:00 p.m.	No. 4 North Carolina Central vs. No. 5 Coppin State	57-50	ESPN+
4	2:00 p.m.	No. 3 Howard vs. No. 6 Delaware State	67-35
Semifinals – Friday, March 10, 2023
5	12:00 p.m.	No. 1 Norfolk State vs. No. 4 North Carolina Central	81-59	ESPN+
6	2:00 p.m.	No. 7 Maryland Eastern Shore vs. No. 3 Howard	60-62
Championship – Saturday, March 11, 2023
7	4:00 p.m.	No. 1 Norfolk State vs. No. 3 Howard		ESPN Networks
*Game times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals March 8–9 ESPN+					Semifinals March 10 ESPN+					Championship March 11 ESPN Networks
	1	Norfolk State	61
	8	South Carolina State	37
						1	Norfolk State	81
						4	North Carolina Central	59
	4	North Carolina Central	57
	5	Coppin State	50
											1	Norfolk State	56
											3	Howard	52
	2	Morgan State	46
	7	Maryland Eastern Shore	49
						7	Maryland Eastern Shore	60
						3	Howard	62
	3	Howard	67
	6	Delaware State	35