The 2016 MEAC women's basketball tournament took place March 7–12, 2016, at the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia The champion will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA tournament.
Seeds All 13 teams contested the tournament.
Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 1Tiebreaker 2Tiebreaker 3Tiebreaker 4Tiebreaker 5Tiebreaker 6Tiebreaker 71Bethune-Cookman12-41-1 vs. North Carolina A&T0-1 vs. Hampton1-0 vs. Coppin State2North Carolina A&T 12–4 1-1 vs. Bethune-Cookman0-1 vs. Hampton0-1 vs. Coppin State3Hampton11-54Coppin State10–62-1 vs. Morgan State/UMES5Morgan State10-62-2 vs. Coppin/UMES6Maryland Eastern Shore10-61-2 vs. Coppin/Morgan State7Florida A&M9-78Savannah State7–91-1 vs. South Carolina State0-1 vs. Bethune-Coookman0-2 vs. North Carolina A&T0-1 vs. Hampton1-0 vs. Coppin State0-1 vs. Morgan State1-0 vs. UMES9South Carolina State7-91-1 vs. Savannah State0-1 vs. Bethune-Coookman0-1 vs. North Carolina A&T0-1 vs. Hampton1-0 vs. Coppin State0-1 vs. Morgan State0-1 vs. UMES10Delaware State6–1011Howard4-1212North Carolina Central3-131-0 vs. Norfolk State13Norfolk State3-130-1 vs. North Carolina Central† – MEAC regular season champions.Overall records are as of the end of the regular season.
Schedule SessionGameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevision First round – Monday, March 711 11:00 am#4 Coppin State vs. #13 Norfolk State 78-54ESPN321:00 pm#5 Morgan State vs. #12 NC Central52-4233:00 pm#6 Maryland Eastern Shore vs. #11 Howard68-51 First round – Tuesday, March 824Noon#8 Savannah State vs. #9 South Carolina State61-53ESPN352:00 pm#7 Florida A&M vs. #10 Delaware State79-74 Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 936Noon#1 Bethune-Cookman vs. #9 South Carolina State56-48ESPN372:00 pm#2 North Carolina A&T vs. #7 Florida A&M67-50 Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 1058Noon#3 Hampton vs. #11 Howard64-58ESPN392:00 pm#4 Coppin State vs. #5 Morgan State63-53 Semifinals – Friday, March 11610Noon#4 Coppin State vs. #9 South Carolina State81-62ESPN3112:00 pm#2 North Carolina A&T vs. #3 Hampton63-54 Championship – Saturday, March 128126:00pm#2 North Carolina A&T vs. #4 Coppin State65-46ESPN3 *Game times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
* denotes overtime period
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