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. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker1 Howard11–32 North Carolina Central10–43 Norfolk State9–52–0 vs. Maryland Eastern Shore4 Maryland Eastern Shore9–50–2 vs. Norfolk State5 Morgan State7–76 Coppin State4–101–3 vs. Norfolk State/Maryland Eastern Shore7 Delaware State4–100–4 vs. Norfolk State/Maryland Eastern Shore8 South Carolina State2–12
Schedule GameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevisionQuarterfinals – Wednesday, March 8, 202316:00 p.m.No. 1 Howard vs. No. 8 South Carolina State91–55ESPN+28:00 p.m.No. 2 North Carolina Central vs. No. 7 Delaware State89–59Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9, 202336:00 p.m.No. 4 Maryland Eastern Shore vs. No. 5 Morgan State80–64ESPN+48:00 p.m.No. 3 Norfolk State vs. No. 6 Coppin State73–56Semifinals – Friday, March 10, 202356:00 p.m.No. 1 Howard vs. No. 4 Maryland Eastern Shore74–55ESPN+68:00 p.m.No. 2 North Carolina Central vs. No. 3 Norfolk State65–72OTChampionship – Saturday, March 11, 202371:00 p.m.No. 1 Howard vs. No. 3 Norfolk State65-64ESPN2*Game times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
* denotes overtime period
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