MEAC Basketball ready for Postseason Play

MEAC Basketball Tournament | 3/21/2025 10:31:37 AM

NORFOLK, Va., March 21, 2025 – March Madness is here, and four Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) teams will make an appearance in postseason action between the NCAA Tournament and the Women’s National Invitational Tournament (WNIT). 

Getting the action started on Friday, March 21, at 6:50 PM is the No. 16 seeded Norfolk State battling top-seeded Florida in the first round of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament.
 
This will be the first time the two teams have faced off since the 2011-12 season when Florida defeated Norfolk State, 84-50, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The teams will play on North Carolina State’s campus in Raleigh, N.C., with the game broadcasting on TNT.  

Tipping off just a few minutes later from Washington, D.C., is the Howard women’s basketball team. The Bison will host Siena College in the first round of the WNIT Tournament with tip off scheduled for 7:00 PM on ESPN+ from Burr Gymnasium.  
The two teams have met on the hardwood twice before with Siena coming away with both wins. Last time out, the Saints won 86-81 on Nov. 19, 2018. 

Norfolk State, the No. 13 seed, will take on No. 4 Maryland in the opening round of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament on Saturday, March 22. At No. 13, NSU has secured the highest seed from an HBCU team within the last decade regardless of gender.  

Game time is set for 4:00 PM at the XFINITY Center in College Park, Md., and will broadcast on ESPN. This game marks the first time in school history that the two teams have met in this win-or-go home matchup. 

Coppin State women’s basketball joins in on the action competing in the first round of the WNIT tournament, their first postseason appearance since 2009. The Eagles travel up to Hamilton, N.Y., to face Colgate on Saturday, March 22, at 6:00 PM with the game broadcasting on ESPN+. 

This will be the first time that Coppin and Colgate have met on the hardwood, with the winner slated to play Cleveland State in the Second Round. 

MEAC Basketball Postseason Schedule 
Friday, March 21 
  • Men's Basketball 
    • Norfolk State vs. Florida (NCAA 1st Round) 
    • 6:50 PM at N.C. State, Raleigh, N.C. 
    • Broadcasting on TNT 
  • Women's Basketball 
    • Siena at Howard (WNIT 1st Round) 
    • 7:00 PM in Washington, D.C. 
    • Broadcasting on ESPN+ 
Saturday, March 22 
  • Women's Basketball 
    • No. 13 Norfolk State at No. 4 Maryland (NCAA 1st Round) 
    • 4:00 PM at College Park, Md. 
    • Broadcasting on ESPN 
  • Women's Basketball 
    • Coppin State at Colgate (WNIT 1st Round) 
    • 6:00 PM in Hamilton, N.Y. 
    • Broadcasting on ESPN+