2006 MEAC men's basketball tournament

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.

2006 MEAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2005–06
Teams	11
Site	RBC Center Raleigh, North Carolina
Champions	Hampton (3rd title)
Winning coach	Bobby Collins (1st title)
MVP	Rashad West (Hampton)
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2005–06 MEAC men's basketball standings

v t e	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^[1]

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

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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.