NORFOLK, Va., March 11, 2021 – A positive COVID-19 test within the North Carolina A&T State men’s basketball program means the team will not compete in the 2021 Air Force Reserve Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Basketball Tournament.
 
“Obviously we are tremendously disappointed for the student-athletes, coaches, staff and fans for North Carolina A&T State,” MEAC Commissioner Dennis E. Thomas said. “They worked extremely hard to get to where they are and to have to end (the season) this way is extremely unfortunate. But that’s the world we live in today and hopefully, we will have no other positives moving forward for the basketball tournament.”
 
The Aggies were the No. 1 seed from the Southern Division and were set for a semifinal match-up on Friday against the winner of Thursday’s quarterfinal between North No. 2 Norfolk State and South No. 3 North Carolina Central.
 
The winner of the quarterfinal will now advance straight to the championship game on Saturday at 1 p.m.
 
For more information on the 2021 Air Force Reserve MEAC Basketball Tournament, please visit www.MEACHoops.com.
 
 
About the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) celebrates its 50th year of intercollegiate competition with the 2020-21 academic school year. Located in Norfolk, Va., the MEAC is made up of 11 outstanding historically black institutions across the Atlantic coastline: Bethune-Cookman University, Coppin State University, Delaware State University, Florida A&M University, Howard University, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Morgan State University, Norfolk State University, North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina Central University and South Carolina State University.