Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference 2008-09 Preview
by Michael T. Lyle, Jr.

Few will argue that Coppin State’s unlikely run to the MEAC championship was the one of the biggest stories in the conference last season.
Perhaps playing a grueling out-of-conference schedule against powerhouse opponents like Ohio State and Missouri provided the Eagles a good tune-up to conference action, [...]

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference 2007-08 Season Recap
by Michael T. Lyle, Jr.

Postseason tournament appearances for Coppin State and Morgan State may have been short-lived, but both schools highlighted a memorable 2007-08 campaign to remember for the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Six of the eleven teams finished above .500 in the league, but the Eagles, led by [...]

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Notebook
by Michael T. Lyle, Jr.

Two, long months of out-of-conference play has come to an end for just about all eleven schools in the MEAC, and at least two of those teams showed they’re ready for the next three after some strong performances against the “big boys” during that early stretch.
As regular [...]

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Notebook
by Michael T. Lyle, Jr.

The season maybe a little over three weeks old, but Howard and North Carolina A&T have already posted some impressive victories against powerhouse teams from the Big East, Ivy League and the Patriot League.
Recently, the Aggies picked up perhaps their biggest win in school history thanks to [...]

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference 2007-08 Preview
by Michael T. Lyle, Jr.

One of the highs for the Florida A&M Rattlers last season was blitzing through the MEAC Tournament en route to their second conference championship this decade and a berth in the NCAA Tournament. But the lows began with a loss to Niagara in the opening [...]

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Notebook
by Courtney Eiland

MEAC Celebrates Dr. King Day by Airing Three Nationally Televised Games

The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) celebrated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day by having three of its games nationally televised on ESPNU. With this honor being firsts for many of the teams, it made the day off turn into [...]

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference 2005-06 Preview
by Courtney Eiland

The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) opens its season with exciting and anticipated match-ups. The favorite to win it all this season is South Carolina State, who received 10 out of the 20 first place votes from the league head coaches and Sports Information Directors. The Bulldogs were selected [...]

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Championship Recap
by Michael Protos

No. 1 Delaware State 55, No. 2 Hampton 53

Senior guard Aaron Williams hit a putback with less than two seconds remaining to lift No. 1 Delaware State to a 55-53 victory against No. 2 Hampton to give the Hornets their first-ever ticket to the NCAA Tournament.

Williams collected the [...]

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament Recaps
by Michael Protos

First Round

No. 6 Morgan State 77, No. 11 Maryland-Eastern Shore 56

No. 6 Morgan State proved that balance and teamwork can overcome a spectacular individual performance in the Bears’ 77-56 opening round win against No. 11 Maryland-Eastern Shore. The Bears had four players reach double figures in scoring, and [...]

Mideastern Conference 2003-04 Season Recap
by Michael Protos

According to the RPI rankings, the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference finished dead last of the 31 Division I conferences. The weakest conference had 10 of its 11 members finish in the bottom 100 of the RPI rankings. Only South Carolina State cracked the top 236 teams in the rankings, [...]

Mid-Eastern Athletic First Round Recap

Recap by Joaquin Mesa

No. 6 Norfolk State 58, No. 11 North Carolina A&T 43
Leading scorer Chakowby Hicks proved that he was indeed a big game player as he threw in 19 points and grabbed 5 rebounds. He shot 10 of 11 from the line to help [...]

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Notebook
by Joaquin Mesa

Coppin State and South Carolina State have been the pride of the conference. Despite tough schedules, and even tougher losses to the likes of Florida State, South Carolina, Cincinnati, Missouri, Michigan State and Xavier, the two teams have built a strong lead in conference play. This is [...]

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Notebook
by Joaquin Mesa

The beginning of conference play is now behind us, and I am already longing for the days before the season when I could legitimately say that there was a MEAC team with at least a five hundred record. It seems that MEAC teams are having a bit of [...]

MidEastern Athletic Conference Notebook
by Joaquin Mesa

This conference has seen better days. The only win worth noting was a first game victory by Hampton over La Salle, but then Hampton lost five straight. There is one team that is five hundred and a few that have won a game. Let’s just get [...]

Mideastern Athletic Conference Preview
by Joaquin Mesa

While taking a shower I noticed something, I’m not black. Now, this might come as a surprise to some of you because I am writing the conference preview for the MEAC, which is chock full of traditionally black colleges and universities. Don’t fret, I’m not going to [...]

Mideastern Athletic Conference 2002-03 Season Recap
by Michael Protos

The teams of the Mid-Eastern Atlantic Conference claimed the second most futile RPI ranking of the 31 NCAA Division I conferences. The eleven teams combined for a winning percentage of .4287. Only the Southwestern Athletic Conference finished lower on the RPI scales.

Despite the conference’s lack of comparative [...]

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Notebook
by Jon Gonzalez

The Art of Losing

One year. That’s how long its been since North Carolina A&T has won a basketball game. During that one year span, A&T has lost 26 straight games, including 23 straight this season. The closest that the Aggies have come to a win was a [...]

Mid-Eastern Athletic Notebook
by Amanda Breedlove

Bethune-Cookman: The Tigers of Bethune-Cookman have been busy playing some
top-ranked teams as they
prepare for the impending conference season. In the past week, the Tigers
have had tough match-ups
against No. 13 Florida and No. 23 Wake Forest. Bethune-Cookman
visited Florida
on December 28, and were beaten 99-64 thanks to the high-scoring of
Gators’ freshmen Matt
Walsh, [...]

Mid-Eastern Conference Notebook
by Amanda M. Breedlove

Bethune-Cookman: The Bethune-Cookman Wildcats have experienced a rough start to their season, dropping their record to 1-4(1-0) after a 81-55 loss at Louisiana-Lafayette on December 18. Bethune-Cookman’s leading scorer, Richard Toussaint, (averaging 20 points per game) poured in 22 points in the game, but the Wildcats could not overcome [...]

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Preview
by Jon Gonzalez

While the MEAC might not rank too high on conference power ranking charts, the league has sent teams into the NCAA tournament that have done significant damage. Back in 1997, Fang Mitchell’s Coppin State squad shocked second-seeded South Carolina and Hampton defeated second-seeded Iowa State in the 2001 [...]