The 2017 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament took place March 6–11, 2017, at the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia. First round games were played March 6 and March 7, with the quarterfinal games played on March 8 and 9. The semifinals were held March 10, with the championship game on March 11.
Seeds The top 13 teams were eligible for the tournament.
Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker1Bethune Cookman15–12Howard12–43Hampton11–54Florida A&M9–71–0 vs Norfolk State5Norfolk State9–70–1 vs. Florida A&M6Coppin State8–82–0 vs. North Carolina A&T/Savannah State7North Carolina A&T8–81–1 vs. Coppin State/Savannah State8Savannah State8–80–2 vs. North Carolina A&T/Coppin State9Morgan State7–91–0 vs. NC Central10NC Central7–90–1 vs. Morgan State11Maryland-Eastern Shore6–1012Delaware State2–141–0 vs. SC State13South Carolina State2–140–1 vs. Delaware State† – MEAC regular season champions.Overall records are as of the end of the regular season.
Schedule SessionGameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevision First round – Monday, March 61111:00 am#4 Florida A&M vs. #13 South Carolina State65–62 ESPN321:00 pm#5 Norfolk State vs. #12 Delaware State60–4033:00 pm#6 Coppin State vs. #11 Maryland-Eastern Shore59–62 First round – Tuesday, March 72412:00 pm#8 Savannah State vs. #9 Morgan State59–51 ESPN352:00 pm#7 North Carolina A&T vs. #10 NC Central71–53 Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 84612:00 pm#1 Bethune Cookman vs. #8 Savannah State53–43 ESPN372:00 pm#4 Florida A & M vs. #5 Norfolk State65–77 Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 95812:00 pm#2 Howard 58 vs. #7 North Carolina A&T 6858–68 ESPN392:00 pm#3 Hampton 66 vs. #11 Maryland Eastern Shore 5666–56 Semifinals – Friday, March 1061012:00 pm#1 Bethune Cookman vs. #5 Norfolk State59–42 ESPN3112:00 pm#7 North Carolina A&T vs. #3 Hampton62–64 Championship – Saturday, March 117124:00 pm#1 Bethune Cookman vs. #3 Hampton49–52 ESPN3 *Game times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
References
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