2001 MEAC men's basketball tournament

The 2001 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament took place on March 5–10, 2001 at the Arthur Ashe Athletic Center in Richmond, Virginia. Hampton defeated South Carolina State, 70–68 in the championship game, to win its first MEAC Tournament title. The Pirates earned an automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA tournament as #15 seed in the West region. In the round of 64, Hampton upset #2 seed Iowa State 58–57.

2001 MEAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2000–01
Teams	11
Site	Arthur Ashe Athletic Center Richmond, Virginia
Champions	Hampton (1st title)
Winning coach	Steve Merfeld (1st title)
MVP	Tarvis Williams (Hampton)
MEAC men's basketball tournaments

2000–01 MEAC men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Hampton †	14	–	4		.778			25	–	7		.781
South Carolina State	14	–	4		.778			19	–	13		.594
Delaware State	11	–	7		.611			13	–	15		.464
Norfolk State	11	–	7		.611			12	–	17		.414
Coppin State	11	–	8		.579			13	–	15		.464
Maryland Eastern Shore	10	–	8		.556			12	–	16		.429
North Carolina A&T	8	–	10		.444			13	–	17		.433
Howard	8	–	10		.444			10	–	18		.357
Bethune–Cookman	5	–	13		.278			10	–	19		.345
Florida A&M	4	–	14		.222			6	–	22		.214
Morgan State	4	–	15		.211			6	–	23		.207
† 2001 MEAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Format

All eleven conference members participated, with the top 5 teams receiving a bye to the quarterfinal round. After seeds 6 through 11 completed games in the first round, teams were re-seeded. The lowest remaining seed was slotted against the top seed, next lowest remaining faced the #2 seed, and third lowest remaining seed squared off against the #3 seed.

Bracket

	First round Tuesday-Wednesday, March 5–6					Quarterfinals Wednesday-Thursday, March 7–8					Semifinals Friday, March 9					Final Saturday, March 10
						1	Hampton	76
						11	Morgan State	64
	8	Howard	62
	9	Bethune–Cookman	63
											1	Hampton	94
											4	Norfolk State	67
						4	Norfolk State	78
						5	Coppin State	66
																1	Hampton	70
																2	South Carolina State	68
						7	North Carolina A&T	83
						3	Delaware State	73
	6	Maryland Eastern Shore	64
	11	Morgan State	76
											7	North Carolina A&T	53
											2	South Carolina State	57
						2	South Carolina State	53
						9	Bethune–Cookman	47
	7	North Carolina A&T	86
	10	Florida A&M	70