2016 MEAC Tournament MBB Bracket

NORFOLK, Va. – The Hampton University men's basketball team will be the No. 1 seed in the 2016 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Tournament, which will be held at Norfolk Scope Arena next Monday through Saturday.
 
The brackets were officially unveiled Thursday night.
 
The Pirates (18-10, 13-3 MEAC) earned the top seed by virtue of winning the regular season title for the first time since the 2001-02 season, and they will play their quarterfinal game on Wednesday at 6 p.m. They will face either No. 8 Maryland Eastern Shore or No. 9 Morgan State; those two teams will meet in the first round on Tuesday.
 
Hampton will be looking to defend its tournament crown from last season, when the Pirates won their fifth-ever MEAC Tournament as the No. 6 seed.
 
Norfolk State earned the No. 2 seed by virtue of a tiebreaker over South Carolina State, which will be the No. 3 seed. Both teams earned first-round byes, as did No. 4 seed Bethune-Cookman since the tournament field is 12 teams this year.
 
The semifinals will be on Friday, starting at 6 p.m., with the championship game on Saturday tipping at 1 p.m. The game will be televised live on ESPN2.
 
All games in the 2016 MEAC Tournament will be streamed live on ESPN3.
 
To learn more about the 2016 MEAC Tournament, visit www.meachoops.com.
 
For more information on Hampton University basketball, please call the Office of Sports Information at (757) 727-5811, or visit the official Pirates website at www.hamptonpirates.com.