2023 MEAC women's basketball tournament

Not to be confused with 2023 MAC women's basketball tournament or 2023 MAAC women's basketball tournament.

The 2023 MEAC women's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the 2022–23 season in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). The tournament took place during March 8–11, 2023.^[1] The tournament winner received the conference's automatic invitation to the 2023 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.

2023 MEAC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2022–23
Teams	8
Site	Norfolk Scope Norfolk, Virginia
Champions	Norfolk State (2nd title)
Winning coach	Larry Vickers (1st title)
Television	ESPN+, ESPN Networks
MEAC women's basketball tournaments ← 2022 2024 →

2022–23 MEAC women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Norfolk State †	11	–	3		.786			26	–	7		.788
Morgan State	10	–	4		.714			17	–	12		.586
Howard	10	–	4		.714			16	–	14		.533
North Carolina Central	8	–	6		.571			15	–	16		.484
Maryland Eastern Shore	5	–	9		.357			10	–	20		.333
Delaware State	5	–	9		.357			7	–	19		.269
Coppin State	5	–	9		.357			8	–	22		.267
South Carolina State	2	–	12		.143			3	–	27		.100
† 2023 MEAC tournament winner As of March 17, 2023

Seeds

All 8 teams were eligible and were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	Norfolk State	11-3
2	Morgan State	10-4	2-0 vs. North Carolina Central
3	Howard	10-4	1-1 vs. North Carolina Central
4	North Carolina Central	8-6
5	Coppin State	5-9	3-1 vs. Delaware State/Maryland Eastern Shore
6	Delaware State	5-9	2-2 vs. Coppin State/Maryland Eastern Shore
7	Maryland Eastern Shore	5-9	1-3 vs. Coppin State/Delaware State
8	South Carolina State	2-12

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup#	Score	Television
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 8, 2023
1	12:00 p.m.	No. 1 Norfolk State vs. No. 8 South Carolina State	61-37	ESPN+
2	2:00 p.m.	No. 2 Morgan State vs. No. 7 Maryland Eastern Shore	46-49
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9, 2023
3	12:00 p.m.	No. 4 North Carolina Central vs. No. 5 Coppin State	57-50	ESPN+
4	2:00 p.m.	No. 3 Howard vs. No. 6 Delaware State	67-35
Semifinals – Friday, March 10, 2023
5	12:00 p.m.	No. 1 Norfolk State vs. No. 4 North Carolina Central	81-59	ESPN+
6	2:00 p.m.	No. 7 Maryland Eastern Shore vs. No. 3 Howard	60-62
Championship – Saturday, March 11, 2023
7	4:00 p.m.	No. 1 Norfolk State vs. No. 3 Howard		ESPN Networks
*Game times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals March 8–9 ESPN+					Semifinals March 10 ESPN+					Championship March 11 ESPN Networks
	1	Norfolk State	61
	8	South Carolina State	37
						1	Norfolk State	81
						4	North Carolina Central	59
	4	North Carolina Central	57
	5	Coppin State	50
											1	Norfolk State	56
											3	Howard	52
	2	Morgan State	46
	7	Maryland Eastern Shore	49
						7	Maryland Eastern Shore	60
						3	Howard	62
	3	Howard	67
	6	Delaware State	35