2020 MEAC women's basketball tournament

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. 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. 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.

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. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker1 Bethune–Cookman 15–1 2 Norfolk State 12–43 Morgan State 12–44 North Carolina A&T 11–55 North Carolina Central 9–76 Delaware State 8–87 Howard 7–98 Maryland-Eastern Shore 5–119 Coppin State 3–1310 South Carolina State 2–14† – MEAC regular season champions.Overall records are as of the end of the regular season.

Schedule SessionGameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevision First round – Tuesday, March 1011NoonNo. 8 Maryland-Eastern Shore vs. No. 9 Coppin State62–50 FloHoops22:30 pmNo. 7 Howard vs. No. 10 South Carolina State79–72 Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 1123NoonNo. 8 Maryland-Eastern Shore vs. No. 1 Bethune-Cookman61-55 FloHoops42:30 pmNo. 7 Howard vs. No. 2 Norfolk State45–76 Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 1235NoonNo. 5 North Carolina Central vs. No. 4 North Carolina A&T56-54 FloHoops62:30 pmNo. 6 Delaware State vs. No. 3 Morgan State63-64 Semifinals – Friday, March 1347No. 5 North Carolina Central vs. No. 8 Maryland-Eastern Shore Cancelled8No. 2 Norfolk State vs. No. 3 Morgan State Cancelled Championship – Saturday, March 1469 Game 8 winner vs. Game 7 winner Cancelled *Game times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

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