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1982 MEAC men's basketball tournament

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1982 MEAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1981–82
Teams7
SiteCampus sites
Finals siteWinston-Salem Memorial Coliseum
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
ChampionsNorth Carolina A&T (7th title)
Winning coachDon Corbett (1st title)
MVPEric Boyd (North Carolina A&T)
← 1981
1983 →
1981–82 MEAC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
North Carolina A&T 10 2   .833 19 9   .679
Howard 9 3   .750 17 11   .607
South Carolina State 7 5   .583 10 15   .400
Florida A&M 5 7   .417 10 17   .370
Delaware State 4 8   .333 13 13   .500
Bethune–Cookman 4 8   .333 10 18   .357
Maryland Eastern Shore 3 9   .250 6 20   .231
1982 MEAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1982 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament took place March 5–7 at Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. North Carolina A&T defeated Howard, 79–67 in the championship game, to win the MEAC Tournament title.

The Aggies earned an automatic bid to the 1982 NCAA tournament as a No. 12 seed in the West region.

Format

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All seven conference members participated, with play beginning in the quarterfinal round. Teams were seeded based on their regular season conference record.

Bracket

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Quarterfinals
March 5
Semifinals
March 6
Final
March 7
         
1 North Carolina A&T 47
4 Florida A&M 45
4 Florida A&M 47
5 Delaware State 42
1 North Carolina A&T 79
2 Howard 67
3 South Carolina State 53
6 Bethune-Cookman 54
6 Bethune-Cookman 49
2 Howard 50
2 Howard 80
7 Maryland Eastern Shore 73

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References

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  1. ^ "MEAC Men's Basketball 2019–2020 Record Book" (PDF). Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Retrieved March 3, 2022.