2018 MEAC men's basketball tournament

The 2018 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. The tournament was held from March 5–10, 2018 at the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia. No. 6 seed North Carolina Central defeated No. 1 seed Hampton in the championship game to win the tournament and receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

2018 MEAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2017–18
Teams	13
Site	Norfolk Scope Norfolk, Virginia
Champions	North Carolina Central (3rd title)
Winning coach	LeVelle Moton (3rd title)
MVP	Pablo Rivas (North Carolina Central)
Television	ESPN2 [Championship], ESPN3
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2017–18 MEAC men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Hampton	12	–	4		.750			19	–	16		.543
Bethune–Cookman	12	–	4		.750			18	–	14		.563
Savannah State	12	–	4		.750			15	–	17		.469
North Carolina A&T	11	–	5		.688			20	–	15		.571
Norfolk State	11	–	5		.688			14	–	19		.424
North Carolina Central †	9	–	7		.563			19	–	16		.543
Morgan State	7	–	9		.438			13	–	19		.406
Howard	7	–	9		.438			10	–	23		.303
Florida A&M	7	–	9		.438			9	–	25		.265
South Carolina State	6	–	10		.375			10	–	22		.313
Coppin State	5	–	11		.313			5	–	27		.156
Maryland Eastern Shore	3	–	13		.188			7	–	25		.219
Delaware State	2	–	14		.125			4	–	28		.125
† 2018 MEAC tournament winner

Seeds

Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top three teams received a first round bye.

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	Hampton	12–4	2–1 vs. Sav, BCU
2	Bethune–Cookman	12–4	1–1 vs. Hampton, Sav
3	Savannah State	12–4	1–2 vs. Hampton, BCU
4	North Carolina A&T	11–5	1–0 vs. Norfolk
5	Norfolk State	11–5	0–1 vs. NC A&T
6	NC Central	9–7
7	Morgan State	7–9	3–0 vs. Howard, FAMU
8	Howard	7–9	1–2 vs. Morgan, FAMU
9	Florida A&M	7–9	1–3 vs. Howard, Morgan
10	SC State	6–10
11	Coppin State	5–11
12	Maryland Eastern Shore	3–13
13	Delaware State	2–14

Schedule

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Session	Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television
First round – Monday, March 5
1	1	6:30 pm	No. 4 North Carolina A&T vs. No. 13 Delaware State	62–61OT	ESPN3
	2	9:00 pm	No. 5 Norfolk State vs. No. 12 Maryland Eastern Shore	78–68
First round – Tuesday, March 6
2	3	4:00 pm	No. 8 Howard vs. No. 9 Florida A&M	78–88	ESPN3
	4	6:30 pm	No. 6 North Carolina Central vs. No. 11 Coppin State	60–48
	5	9:00 pm	No. 7 Morgan State vs. No. 10 South Carolina State	83–80
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 7
3	6	6:00 pm	No. 1 Hampton vs. No. 9 Florida A&M	75–71	ESPN3
	7	8:00 pm	No. 2 Bethune–Cookman vs. No. 7 Morgan State	77–78
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 8
4	8	6:00 pm	No. 3 Savannah State vs. No. 6 North Carolina Central	56–58	ESPN3
	9	8:00 pm	No. 4 North Carolina A&T vs. No. 5 Norfolk State	70–64
Semifinals – Friday, March 9
5	10	6:00 pm	No. 1 Hampton vs. No. 4 North Carolina A&T	96–86	ESPN3
	11	8:00 pm	No. 7 Morgan State vs. No. 6 North Carolina Central	70–79
Championship – Saturday, March 10
6	12	1:00pm	No. 1 Hampton vs. No. 6 North Carolina Central	63–71	ESPN2
Game times in EST. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	First round March 5 and 6 ESPN3					Quarterfinals March 7 and 8 ESPN3					Semifinals March 9 ESPN3					Championship March 10 ESPN2
						1	Hampton	75
						9	Florida A&M	71
	8	Howard	78
	9	Florida A&M	88
											1	Hampton	96
											4	North Carolina A&T	86
	4	North Carolina A&T	62*
	13	Delaware State	61
						4	North Carolina A&T	70
						5	Norfolk State	64
	5	Norfolk State	78
	12	Maryland Eastern Shore	68
																1	Hampton	63
																6	NC Central	71
						2	Bethune–Cookman	77
						7	Morgan State	78
	7	Morgan State	83
	10	South Carolina State	80
											7	Morgan State	70
											6	NC Central	79
						3	Savannah State	56
						6	NC Central	58
	6	NC Central	60
	11	Coppin State	48

* denotes overtime period