2021 MEAC men's basketball tournament

The 2021 MEAC men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the 2020–21 season in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). The tournament took place from March 11–13, 2021.^[1] The tournament winner received an automatic invitation to the 2021 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

2021 MEAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2020–21
Teams	6
Site	Norfolk Scope Norfolk, Virginia
Champions	Norfolk State (2nd title)
Winning coach	Robert Jones (1st title)
MVP	Joe Bryant Jr. (Norfolk State)
Television	FloHoops, ESPN2
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2020–21 MEAC men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Northern
Norfolk State †	8	–	4		.667			17	–	8		.680
Coppin State	8	–	4		.667			9	–	13		.409
Morgan State	7	–	5		.583			14	–	8		.636
Delaware State	1	–	11		.083			3	–	16		.158
Howard	0	–	0		–			1	–	4		.200
Southern
North Carolina A&T	7	–	1		.875			11	–	10		.524
Florida A&M	7	–	5		.583			8	–	12		.400
North Carolina Central	3	–	5		.375			5	–	9		.357
South Carolina State	1	–	7		.125			1	–	17		.056
† 2021 MEAC tournament winner Howard suspended their season on February 9, 2021 Bethune–Cookman and Maryland Eastern Shore did not play the 2020–21 season due to COVID-19 concerns.

Seeds

In a deviation from the format used in previous years, the 2021 edition of the tournament seeded teams using their divisional placement, rather than their finish in the conference as a whole.

Division	Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
Northern	N1	Coppin State	8–4	3–1 vs. Norfolk State
	N2	Norfolk State	8–4	1–3 vs. Coppin State
	N3	Morgan State	7–5
Southern	S1	North Carolina A&T	7–1
	S2	Florida A&M	7–5
	S3	North Carolina Central	3–5

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup#	Score	Television
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 11, 2021
1	6:00 p.m.	(N3) Morgan State vs. (S2) Florida A&M	77–75	FloHoops
2	8:00 p.m.	(S3) North Carolina Central vs. (N2) Norfolk State	58–87
Semifinals – Friday, March 12, 2021
3	6:00 p.m.	(N3) Morgan State vs. (N1) Coppin State	82–61	FloHoops
4	8:00 p.m.	(N2) Norfolk State vs. (S1) North Carolina A&T	Cancelled[A]
Championship – Saturday, March 13, 2021
5	1:00 p.m.	(N3) Morgan State vs. (N2) Norfolk State	63–71	ESPN2
*Game times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Source^[3]

Bracket

Quarterfinals Thursday, March 11 FloHoops

Semifinals Friday, March 12 FloHoops

Championship Saturday, March 13 ESPN2

N1

Coppin State

61

N3

Morgan State

82

S2

Florida A&M

75

N3

Morgan State

77

N3

Morgan State

63

N2

Norfolk State

71

S1

North Carolina A&T[A]

N2

Norfolk State

N2

Norfolk State

87

S3

NC Central

58

^[3]

Notes

1. North Carolina A&T reported a positive COVID test on Thursday, March 11. As a result, the game between Norfolk State and North Carolina A&T was cancelled, and Norfolk State advanced directly to the tournament finals.^[2]