MEAC conference tournament preview

This is part 14 of a 32-part series.

Standings:
Norfolk St 14-2
North Carolina A&T 13-3
North Carolina Central 10-6
Howard 10-6
Bethune-Cookman 9-7
Florida A&M 9-7
Savannah St 8-8
Coppin St 7-9
Maryland-Eastern Shore 5-11
South Carolina St 5-11
Morgan St 4-12
Delaware St 2-14

Format:
March 11-16, straight-up bracket, just stretched out over a few extra days.  FAMU is APR'd out of the tournament.

Matchups:
1) Norfolk St vs. 8/9) UMES/South Carolina St
4) Howard vs. 5) Bethune-Cookman
3) North Carolina Central vs. 6/11) Savannah St/Delaware
2) North Carolina A&T vs. 7/10) Coppin St/Morgan St

The stakes:
The MEAC's CNET is 32.  Even worse than the SWAC this year.  Everyone is below NET 250.  NC A&T posted a winning overall record and their NET is in the 300s.  Norfolk St is miles ahead of everyone else with a NET ranking of 252.

The winner of this tournament is heading to Dayton, period, point blank.  We're already done here.