2022 MEAC men's basketball tournament

Not to be confused with 2022 MAC men's basketball tournament or 2022 MAAC men's basketball tournament.

The 2022 MEAC men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the 2021–22 season in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). The tournament took place during March 9–12, 2022. The tournament winner, Norfolk State, received the conference's automatic invitation to the 2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

2022 MEAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2021–22
Teams	8
Site	Norfolk Scope Norfolk, Virginia
Champions	Norfolk State (3rd title)
Winning coach	Robert Jones (2nd title)
MVP	Joe Bryant Jr. (Norfolk State)
Television	ESPN+, ESPN2
MEAC men's basketball tournaments

2021–22 MEAC men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Norfolk State †	12	–	2		.857			24	–	7		.774
Howard	9	–	5		.643			16	–	13		.552
North Carolina Central	8	–	5		.615			16	–	15		.516
Morgan State	7	–	6		.538			13	–	15		.464
South Carolina State	7	–	7		.500			15	–	16		.484
Maryland Eastern Shore	6	–	8		.429			11	–	16		.407
Coppin State	6	–	8		.429			9	–	23		.281
Delaware State	0	–	14		.000			2	–	26		.071
† 2022 MEAC tournament winner

Seeds

8 eligible teams 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	12–2
2	Howard	9–5
3	North Carolina Central	8–5
4	Morgan State	7–6
5	South Carolina State	7–7
6	MD Eastern Shore	6–8	2–0 vs CSU
7	Coppin State	6–8	0–2 vs UMES
8	Delaware State	0–14

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup#	Score	Television
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 9, 2022
1	6:00 p.m.	No. 1 Norfolk State vs. No. 8 Delaware State	74–66	ESPN+
2	8:30 p.m.	No. 2 Howard vs. No. 7 Coppin State	57–59
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10, 2022
3	6:00 p.m.	No. 4 Morgan State vs. No. 5 South Carolina State	80–77	ESPN+
4	8:30 p.m.	No. 3 North Carolina Central vs. No. 6 Maryland-Eastern Shore	68–56
Semifinals – Friday, March 11, 2022
5	6:00 p.m.	No. 1 Norfolk State vs. No. 4 Morgan State	72-63	ESPN+
6	8:30 p.m.	No. 7 Coppin State vs. No. 3 North Carolina Central	79-73
Championship – Saturday, March 12, 2022
7	1:00 p.m.	No. 1 Norfolk State vs. No. 7 Coppin State	72–57	ESPN2
*Game times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals March 9–10 ESPN+					Semifinals March 11 ESPN+					Championship March 12 ESPN2
	1	Norfolk State	74
	8	Delaware State	66
						1	Norfolk State	72
						4	Morgan State	63
	4	Morgan State	80
	5	South Carolina State	77
											1	Norfolk State	72
											7	Coppin State	57
	2	Howard	57
	7	Coppin State	59
						7	Coppin State	79
						3	North Carolina Central	73
	3	North Carolina Central	68
	6	UMES	56