The 2019 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament took place March 11–15, 2019, at the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia. The first round games were played on March 11 and March 12, and the quarterfinal games will be played on March 13 and 14. The semifinals were held on March 15, with the championship game on March 16.[1]Bethune-Cookman won the championship game over Norfolk State to earn their first ever bid to the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.[2]
Seeds
All 12 teams were eligible for the tournament.
Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
Seed
School
Conference
Tiebreaker
1
North Carolina A&T
16–0
2
Maryland-Eastern Shore
12–4
3
Bethune–Cookman
11–5
4
Howard
10–6
5
Norfolk State
10–6
6
South Carolina State
8–8
7
Morgan State
8–8
8
North Carolina Central
5–11
9
Delaware State
5–11
10
Savannah State
5–11
11
Coppin State
4–12
12
Florida A&M
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 – Monday, March 11
1
1
1:00 pm
No. 12 Florida A&M vs. No. 5 Howard
53–59
FloHoops
2
3:30 pm
No. 11 Coppin State vs. No. 6 Morgan State
50–48
First round – Tuesday, March 12
2
3
1:00 pm
No. 9 North Carolina Central vs. No. 8 Delaware State
80–64
FloHoops
4
3:30 pm
No. 10 Savannah State vs. No. 7 South Carolina State
53–62
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 13
3
5
12:00 pm
FloHoops
6
2:00 pm
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 14
4
7
12:00 pm
No. 5 Howard vs. No. 4 Norfolk State
FloHoops
8
2:00 pm
No. 11 Coppin State vs. No. 3 Bethune–Cookman
Semifinals – Friday, March 15
5
9
12:00 pm
FloHoops
10
2:00 pm
Championship – Saturday, March 16
6
11
TBA
ESPN3
*Game times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.