1986 MEAC men's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 1985–86 |
Teams | 6 |
Site | Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina |
Champions | North Carolina A&T (11th title) |
Winning coach | Don Corbett (5th title) |
MVP | Thomas Griffis (North Carolina A&T) |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina A&T † | 12 | – | 2 | .857 | 22 | – | 8 | .733 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Howard | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 18 | – | 9 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Delaware State | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 11 | – | 17 | .393 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coppin State | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 10 | – | 17 | .370 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Morgan State | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 7 | – | 20 | .259 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Carolina State | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 10 | – | 18 | .357 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bethune–Cookman | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 7 | – | 22 | .241 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maryland Eastern Shore | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 5 | – | 23 | .179 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1986 MEAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1986 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament took place March 6–8, 1986, at Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. North Carolina A&T defeated Howard, 53–52 in the championship game, to win its fifth consecutive MEAC Tournament title.
The Aggies earned an automatic bid to the 1987 NCAA tournament as a No. 16 seed in the Midwest region.
Format
Six of eight conference members participated, with play beginning in the quarterfinal round. Teams were seeded based on their regular season conference record.
Bracket
Quarterfinals March 6 | Semifinals March 7 | Final March 8 | ||||||||||||
1 | North Carolina A&T | 75 | ||||||||||||
5 | Bethune-Cookman | 66 | ||||||||||||
4 | South Carolina State | 85 | ||||||||||||
5 | Bethune–Cookman | 92 | ||||||||||||
1 | North Carolina A&T | 53 | ||||||||||||
2 | Howard | 52 | ||||||||||||
3 | Delaware State | 64 | ||||||||||||
6 | Maryland Eastern Shore | 75 | ||||||||||||
6 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 55 | ||||||||||||
2 | Howard | 83 |
* denotes overtime period
References
- "MEAC Men's Basketball 2019–2020 Record Book" (PDF). Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
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