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2006 MEAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2005–06
Teams11
SiteRBC Center
Raleigh, North Carolina
ChampionsHampton (3rd title)
Winning coachBobby Collins (1st title)
MVPRashad West (Hampton)
MEAC men's basketball tournaments← 20052007 →
2005–06 MEAC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Delaware State 16 2   .889 21 14   .600
Coppin State 12 6   .667 12 18   .400
Bethune–Cookman 11 7   .611 15 15   .500
South Carolina State 11 7   .611 14 16   .467
Hampton 10 8   .556 16 16   .500
Florida A&M 10 8   .556 14 17   .452
Norfolk State 10 8   .556 13 18   .419
North Carolina A&T 6 12   .333 6 23   .207
Howard 5 13   .278 7 22   .241
Maryland Eastern Shore 4 14   .222 7 22   .241
Morgan State 4 14   .222 4 26   .133
2006 MEAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2006 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament took place on March 7–11, 2006, at the RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina. Hampton defeated Delaware State, 60–56 in the championship game, to capture its third MEAC Tournament title. The Pirates earned an automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA tournament as No. 16 seed in the Minneapolis region. In the play-in round they fell to fellow No. 16 seed Monmouth 71–49.

Format

All eleven conference members participated, with the top 5 teams receiving a bye to the quarterfinal round. After seeds 6 through 11 completed games in the first round, teams were re-seeded. The lowest remaining seed was slotted against the top seed, next lowest remaining faced the #2 seed, and third lowest remaining seed squared off against the #3 seed.

Bracket

First round
Tuesday-Wednesday,
March 7–8
Quarterfinals
Wednesday-Thursday,
March 8–9
Semifinals
Friday, March 10
Final
Saturday, March 11
            
1 Delaware State 59
9 Howard 47
8 North Carolina A&T 52
9 Howard 62
1 Delaware State 63
4 South Carolina State 51
4 South Carolina State 60
5 Florida A&M 52
1 Delaware State 56
6 Hampton 60
6 Hampton 57
3 Bethune–Cookman 55
6 Hampton 63
11 Morgan State 51
6 Hampton 73
7 Norfolk State 56
2 Coppin State 67
7 Norfolk State 79
7 Norfolk State 73
10 Maryland Eastern Shore 71

References

  1. sports-reference.com 2005-06 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Season Summary
  2. "MEAC Men's Basketball 2019–2020 Record Book" (PDF). Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
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