NORFOLK, Va., March 7, 2024 – The Mid-Jap Athletic Convention (MEAC) has launched its males’s pairings for the 2024 MEAC Basketball Match, which can be held March 13-16 on the Scope Area in Norfolk, Va. Norfolk State would be the prime seed after clinching the regular-season title with a win over Howard on Thursday night.
Norfolk State went 11-3 in MEAC play to clinch its fourth regular-season title since becoming a member of the MEAC in 1997–98 – and NSU (20-10) can be trying to reclaim the MEAC event crown after falling to Howard finally yr’s event ending the prospect for a three-peat. Norfolk State heads into the MEAC convention event using a 13-0 excellent file at residence in Echols Area.
North Carolina Central, who headed into the night fourth within the standings, propels to the No. 2 seed after tying with Howard and South Carolina State with a 9-5 convention mark. NCCU claims the two-seed by profitable the multi-team tiebreaker.
South Carolina State gained 5 of their final six MEAC video games to earn the No. 3 seed, whereas Howard, the 2023 MEAC Match Champions, enters event play because the No. 4 seed. South Carolina State’s gained the tiebreaker towards Howard by boasting the next scoring margin towards frequent convention opponents.
Morgan State heads into subsequent week because the No. 5 seed after going 7-7 in MEAC play, whereas Delaware State, who went 6-8 in convention motion, takes possession of the No. 6 seed.
Maryland Jap Shore (4-10) and Coppin State (2-12) shut out the event bracket because the No. 7 and No. 8 seeds, respectively.
The boys’s event will open at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 13, with Norfolk State taking over Coppin State within the quarterfinal spherical, whereas North Carolina Central and Maryland Jap Shore wrap up day one with the nightcap at roughly 8 p.m. Thursday’s quarterfinals pit Howard vs. Morgan State at 6 p.m., with South Carolina State and Delaware State closing the day with an 8 p.m. begin. Friday’s semifinals will tip off at 6 p.m. and eight p.m.
The 2024 MEAC Basketball Match is a single-elimination event that includes each the convention males’s and girls’s groups. The quarterfinal and semifinal video games can be streamed stay on ESPN+. The boys’s finale will start at 1 p.m. and can broadcast stay on ESPN2.The ladies’s championship recreation will start at 4 p.m. and can air stay on ESPN+, and re-air on Sunday, March 17 at 8 a.m. on ESPNU.
For details about the 2024 MEAC Basketball Match, together with stay stats, go to www.MEAChoops.com.
