The MEAC women's basketball tournament is the conference championship tournament in women's basketball for the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). It is a single-elimination tournament involving all 13 league members, and seeding is based on regular-season records with head-to-head match-up as a tie-breaker.[1][2]

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championship
SportBasketball
ConferenceMid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Number of teams8
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Played1978–79, 1982–present
Current championNorfolk State (3rd)
Most championshipsHoward (11)
Official websiteMid-Eastern Athletic Conference Basketball
Host locations
Greensboro, North Carolina
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Norfolk, Virginia
Baltimore, Maryland
Tallahassee, Florida
Richmond, Virginia
Raleigh, North Carolina
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.

Results

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Year Champions Score Runner-Up Venue
1978 South Carolina State (1) 85–70 Morgan State Greensboro, NC
1979 South Carolina State (2) 76–56 Howard
1980 Not held.
1981
1982 Howard (1) 77–69 South Carolina State Greensboro, NC
1983 South Carolina State (3) 65–64 Bethune–Cookman
1984 Bethune–Cookman (1) 62–61 (OT) South Carolina State
1985 Howard (2) No details Philadelphia, PA
1986 South Carolina State (4) 59–57 Howard
1987 Howard (3) 62–57 South Carolina State Greensboro, NC
1988 Howard (4) 83–57 North Carolina A&T
1989 Howard (5) 83–57 North Carolina A&T
1990 Howard (6) 84–60 Delaware State
1991 Coppin State (1) 55–53 North Carolina A&T Norfolk, VA
1992 South Carolina State (5) 69–44 Bethune–Cookman
1993 South Carolina State (6) 65–54 Coppin State
1994 North Carolina A&T (1) 76–67 Howard Baltimore, MD
1995 Florida A&M 71–69 Howard
1996 Howard (7) 65–46 North Carolina A&T Tallahassee, FL
1997 Howard (8) 84–53 Florida A&M Norfolk, VA
1998 Howard (9) 78–70 Hampton Richmond, VA
1999 Florida A&M (2) 69–47 Hampton
2000 Hampton (1) 66–64 Norfolk State
2001 Howard (10) 86–83 Hampton
2002 Norfolk State (1) 61–52 Hampton
2003 Hampton (2) 69–57 Delaware State
2004 Hampton (3) 65–50 Delaware State
2005 Coppin State (2) 67–43 Norfolk State
2006 Coppin State (3) 46–36 Delaware State Raleigh, NC
2007 Delaware State (1) 55–42 Morgan State
2008 Coppin State (4) 72–70 North Carolina A&T
2009 North Carolina A&T (2) 76–54 Hampton Winston-Salem, NC
2010 Hampton (3) 57–46 South Carolina State
2011 Hampton (4) 61–42 Howard
2012 Hampton (5) 54–53 Howard
2013 Hampton (6) 59–38 Howard Norfolk, VA
2014 Hampton (7) 50–47 Coppin State
2015 Savannah State (1) 65–47 Maryland Eastern Shore
2016 North Carolina A&T (3) 65–46 Coppin State
2017 Hampton (8) 52–49 Bethune–Cookman
2018 North Carolina A&T (4) 72–65 (OT) Hampton
2019 Bethune–Cookman (2) 57–45 Norfolk State
2020 Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
2021 North Carolina A&T (5) 59–57 Howard Norfolk, VA
2022 Howard (11) 61–44 Norfolk State
2023 Norfolk State (2) 56–52 Howard
2024 Norfolk State (3) 51–46 Howard

List of championships by school

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School Titles Years
Howard 11 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2022
Hampton 9 2000, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017
South Carolina State 6 1978, 1979, 1983, 1986, 1992, 1993
North Carolina A&T 5 1994, 2009, 2016, 2018, 2021
Coppin State 4 1991, 2005, 2006, 2008
Norfolk State 3 2002, 2023, 2024
Bethune–Cookman 2 1984, 2019
Florida A&M 2 1995, 1999
Delaware State 1 2007
Savannah State 1 2015

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2022 MEAC Basketball Tournament - Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference".
  2. ^ "MEAC Women's Basketball Records Book" (PDF). meacsports.com. MEAC. Retrieved 20 February 2023.