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• The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference is comprised of 12 teams that play college basketball at the Division I-A level. For a listing of teams and their conferences, see College Basketball.

• Fast Facts

  1. Established: 1970
  2. Home office: Virginia Beach, Virginia
  3. Commissioner: Dennis E. Thomas
  4. Members: 12
  5. Defending champion: Coppin State
  6. 2009 tournament location: Lawrence Joel Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
  7. Howard Bison first MEAC team to play in NCAA Dvision I

• History

  The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference is a NCAA Division I Conference, playing its first season of football competition in 1971. The conference started with seven institution and when Morgan State, North Carolina Central and Maryland Eastern Shore step down. The members shift back and forth and currently have 12 institutions.

  Kenneth A. Free is the first Commissioner, he served from 1978-1995. In 1996, Charles S. Harris became the commissioner until 2002. Brenda H. McCoy served as a interim commissioner in 1996 and 2002. Dr. Dennis E. Thomas became the MEAC commissioner on September 1, 2002.

• MEAC Basketball Members

  • Bethune-Cookman Wildcats
  • Coppin State
  • Delaware State Hornets
  • Florida A&M Rattlers
  • Hampton Pirates
  • Howard Bison
  • Maryland - Eastern Shore Hawks
  • Morgan State Bears
  • Norfolk State Spartans
  • North Carolina A&T Aggies
  • South Carolina State Bulldogs
  • Winston-Salem State Rams

• Recent Champions

  • 2008: Coppin State Official site: MEAC Championships
  • 2007: Florida A&M Official site: MEAC Championships
  • 2006: Hampton Official site: MEAC Championships
  • 2005: Delaware State Official site: MEAC Championships
  • 2004: Florida A&M Official site: MEAC Championships
  • 2003: South Carolina State Official site: MEAC Championships
  • 2002: Hampton Official site: MEAC Championships
  • 2001: Hampton Official site: MEAC Championships
  • 2000: South Carolina State Official site: MEAC Championships
  • 1999: Florida A&M Official site: MEAC Championships
  • 1998: South Carolina State Official site: MEAC Championships
  • 1997: Coppin State Official site: MEAC Championships
  • 1996: South Carolina State Official site: MEAC Championships
  • 1995: North Carolina A&T Official site: MEAC Championships
  • 1994: North Carolina A&T Official site: MEAC Championships
  • 1993: Coppin State Official site: MEAC Championships
  • 1992: Howard Official site: MEAC Championships
  • 1991: Florida A&M Official site: MEAC Championships
  • 1990: Coppin State Official site: MEAC Championships
  • 1989: South Carolina State Official site: MEAC Championships

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