The 2020 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament was a postseason college basketball tournament that was scheduled to take place March 10–14, 2020, at the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia.[1] The first-round games were played on March 11 and March 12, and the quarterfinal games were to be played on March 13 and 14. The semifinals were to be held on March 15, with the championship game on March 16. The winner of the tournament would have received a first-round bid to the 2020 NCAA Tournament. On March 12, the NCAA announced that the tournament was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.[2] That decision, which came with under two minutes remaining in Morgan State's eventual 64-63 quarterfinal win over Delaware State, meant that game became the final college basketball game, men's or women's, played that season, and ultimately the final NCAA-sponsored event of the 2019–20 school year.[3]
Seeds
Only 10 of the 11 teams are eligible for the tournament.
Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
Seed
School
Conference
Tiebreaker
1
Bethune–Cookman
15–1
2
Norfolk State
12–4
3
Morgan State
12–4
4
North Carolina A&T
11–5
5
North Carolina Central
9–7
6
Delaware State
8–8
7
Howard
7–9
8
Maryland-Eastern Shore
5–11
9
Coppin State
3–13
10
South Carolina State
2–14
† – MEAC regular season champions. Overall records are as of the end of the regular season.
Schedule
Session
Game
Time*
Matchup#
Score
Television
First round – Tuesday, March 10
1
1
Noon
No. 8 Maryland-Eastern Shore vs. No. 9 Coppin State
62–50
FloHoops
2
2:30 pm
No. 7 Howard vs. No. 10 South Carolina State
79–72
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 11
2
3
Noon
No. 8 Maryland-Eastern Shore vs. No. 1 Bethune-Cookman
61-55
FloHoops
4
2:30 pm
No. 7 Howard vs. No. 2 Norfolk State
45–76
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12
3
5
Noon
No. 5 North Carolina Central vs. No. 4 North Carolina A&T
56-54
FloHoops
6
2:30 pm
No. 6 Delaware State vs. No. 3 Morgan State
63-64
Semifinals – Friday, March 13
4
7
No. 5 North Carolina Central vs. No. 8 Maryland-Eastern Shore
Cancelled
8
No. 2 Norfolk State vs. No. 3 Morgan State
Cancelled
Championship – Saturday, March 14
6
9
Game 8 winner vs. Game 7 winner
Cancelled
*Game times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
