2025–26 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball season

2025–26 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Teams8
TV partner(s)ESPN, ESPN+, ESPNU
Regular season
Regular season championHoward (6th title)
Season MVPBryce Harris (Howard)
MEAC tournament
VenueNorfolk Scope, Norfolk, VA
ChampionsHoward (6th title)
  Runners-upNC Central
Tournament MVPBryce Harris
2025–26 MEAC men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Howard † 11 – 3   .786 24 – 11   .686
Morgan State 10 – 4   .714 14 – 16   .467
North Carolina Central 8 – 6   .571 14 – 18   .438
Norfolk State 8 – 6   .571 15 – 17   .469
South Carolina State 7 – 7   .500 10 – 22   .313
Maryland Eastern Shore 5 – 9   .357 9 – 23   .281
Coppin State* 5 – 9   .357 7 – 24   .226
Delaware State 2 – 12   .143 8 – 23   .258
† 2026 MEAC tournament winner
* Ineligible for both the 2026 NCAA Tournament and MEAC tournament due to APR penalties.

The 2025–26 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) men's basketball season started with non-conference play on November 3, 2025, and conference play started on January 3, 2026. The regular season ended on March 5, 2026, and set up the 2026 MEAC men's basketball tournament, which will take place from March 11 to 14, 2026 at the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia.

Head coaches

Coaches

Team Head Coach Previous Job Years At School[a] Record at School[b] MEAC Record MEAC Titles NCAA tournaments[c] NCAA Sweet 16's
Coppin State Larry Stewart Maryland Eastern Shore (Assistant) 3 8–51 5–23 0 0 0
Delaware State Stan Waterman Sanford School 5 39–83 18–38 0 0 0
Howard Kenny Blakeney Columbia (Assistant) 7 73–96 37–35 2 2 0
Morgan State Kevin Broadus Maryland (Assistant) 7 82–93 45–39 0 0 0
Norfolk State Robert Jones Norfolk State (Interim HC) 13 236–159 135–45 3 3 0
North Carolina Central LeVelle Moton NC Central (Assistant) 17 278–216 144–63 4 4 0
South Carolina State Erik Martin West Virginia (Assistant) 4 39–57 22–20 0 0 0
Maryland Eastern Shore Cleo Hill Jr. Winston-Salem State 2 6–25 2–12 0 0 0
  1. ^ Year at school includes 2025–26 season.
  2. ^ Overall and MEAC records are from the time at their current school and are through the end of the 2024–25 season.
  3. ^ NCAA tournament appearances are from the time at current school only.

Preseason awards

The preseason MEAC men's basketball polls were released on October 8, 2025, at the conference's media day in Norfolk, Virginia.[1]

Preseason Poll

First place votes in parenthesis

  1. Norfolk State (12) – 118 pts
  2. Howard (4) – 97
  3. South Carolina State – 90
  4. Morgan State – 73
  5. Delaware State – 70
  6. North Carolina Central – 70
  7. Maryland Eastern Shore – 31
  8. Coppin State – 27

Preseason honors

Honor Recipient School
Preseason Player of the Year Jayden Johnson South Carolina State
Preseason All-MEAC First Team Chris Flippin Maryland Eastern Shore
Bryce Harris Howard
Khalil Horton Coppin State
Ponce James Delaware State
Jayden Johnson South Carolina State
Preseason All-MEAC Second Team Zion Bethea Delaware State
Cam Gillus Howard
Dionte Johnson North Carolina Central
Camian Shell Delaware State
Taj Thweatt Coppin State
Preseason All-MEAC Third Team Keyontae Lewis Norfolk State
Anthony McComb III Norfolk State
Walter Peggs Jr. Morgan State
Cedric Taylor III Howard
Michael Teal Maryland Eastern Shore

Regular season

Conference standings

Thru March 5, 2026

Conference Overall
Rank Team Record Percent Record Percent Tiebreaker
1 Howard 11–3 .786 23–10 .697
2 Morgan State 10–4 .714 14–16 .467
3 North Carolina Central 8–6 .571 14–18 .438 2–0 vs. Morgan State
4 Norfolk State 8–6 .571 15–17 .469 0–2 vs. Morgan State
5 South Carolina State 7–7 .500 10–22 .313
6 Maryland Eastern Shore 5–9 .357 9–23 .281 1–1 vs. Howard
7 Coppin State 5–9 .357 7–24 .226 0–2 vs. Howard
8 Delaware State 2–12 .143 8–23 .258

Conference matrix

  Coppin State Delaware State Howard Morgan State Norfolk State NC Central South Carolina State Maryland Eastern Shore
vs. Coppin State – 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0
vs. Delaware State 1–0 – 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Howard 0–0 0–1 – 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–0
vs. Morgan State 0–0 0–1 0–1 – 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–0
vs. Norfolk State 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 – 1–0 0–1 1–0
vs. North Carolina Central 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 – 0–0 0–0
vs. South Carolina State 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 – 0–0
vs. Maryland Eastern Shore 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 –
Total 1–4 0–4 2–3 3–2 3–2 3–1 2–2 4–0

Thru January 24, 2026

Players of the Week

Week Player of the Week Rookie of the Week Defender of the Week
Nov. 10[2] Gage Lattimore
NC Central 		My'kel Jenkins
Norfolk State 		Khouri Carvey
NC Central
Nov. 17[3] Gage Lattimore (2)
NC Central 		My'kel Jenkins (2)
Norfolk State 		Bryce Harris
Howard
Nov. 24[4] Bryce Harris
Howard 		Jeremiah Johnson
Howard 		DeMariontay Hall
Coppin State
Dec. 1[5] Bryce Harris (2)
Howard 		Danas Kazakevicius
Howard 		Dionte Johnson
NC Central
Dec. 8[6] Corey Perkins
Delaware State 		Nelson Lamizana
Coppin State 		Miles Webb
Delaware State
Dec. 15[7] Bryce Harris (3)
Howard 		Danas Kazakevicius (2)
Howard 		Cam Gillus
Howard
Dec. 22[8] Elijah Jamison
Norfolk State 		Adrean Newton
Norfolk State 		Khouri Carvey (2)
NC Central
Dec. 29[9] Khali Horton
Coppin State 		Not awarded Not awarded
Jan. 5[10] Jayden Johnson
South Carolina State 		Nelson Lamizana (2)
Coppin State 		Khouri Carvey (3)
NC Central
Jan. 12[11] Anthony McComb III
Norfolk State 		Adrean Newton (2)
Norfolk State 		Miles Webb (2)
Delaware State
Jan. 19[12] Ose Okojie
Howard 		Noah Treadwell
South Carolina State 		Khouri Carvey (4)
NC Central
Jan. 26[13] Anthony McComb III (2)
Norfolk State 		Adrean Newton (3)
Norfolk State 		Cedric Taylor III
Howard
Feb. 2[14] Alfred Worrell Jr.
Morgan State 		Marland Harris
Morgan State 		Daveyon Lydner
Coppin State
Feb. 9[15] Cedric Taylor III
Howard 		Bryce Harris
Howard 		Daveyon Lydner (2)
Coppin State
Marland Harris (2)
Morgan State
Feb. 16[16] Cedric Taylor III (2)
Howard 		Bryce Harris (2)
Howard 		Daveyon Lydner (3)
Coppin State
Feb. 23[17] Cedric Taylor III (3)
Howard 		Adrean Newton (4)
Norfolk State 		Cameron Sparrow
Coppin State
Elijah Davis
Morgan State
Mar. 2 [18] Bryce Harris (4)
Howard 		Not awarded Kelechi Okworogwo
NC Central
Mar. 9[19] Cam Gillus
Howard 		Noah Treadwell (2)
South Carolina State 		DeMariontay Hall (2)
Coppin State

Records against other conferences

Thru January 25, 2026

Major 6 Conferences Record Major 6 Conferences Record
ACC 0–11 American 0–3
Big East 0–4 Big Ten 0–5
Big 12 0–3 SEC 0–7
Major 6 Total 0–33
Other Division I Conferences Record Other Division I Conferences Record
Atlantic 10 0–5 ASUN 0–2
America East 1–3 Big Sky 0–0
Big South 2–7 Big West 0–1
CAA 5–9 Conference USA 2–1
Horizon League 0–0 Ivy League 0–0
Independents 0–0 MAAC 3–3
MAC 0–1 MVC 0–0
MWC 0–1 NEC 0–3
OVC 0–0 Patriot League 0–4
SoCon 0–2 Southland 0–0
SWAC 2–3 Summit League 0–1
Sun Belt 0–8 WAC 0–0
WCC 0–2
Other Division I Total 15–56
NCAA Division I Total 15–89
NCAA Division II Total 6–1
NCAA Division III Total 6–0
NAIA Total 2–0
NCCAA/USCAA Total 7–0
Total Non-Conference Record 36–90

Record against ranked non-conference opponents

MEAC records against ranked teams (rankings from AP Poll, MEAC teams in Bold):

Thru January 25, 2026

Date Visitor Home Site Score Conference record
November 3 South Carolina State No. 11 Louisville KFC Yum! Center
Louisville, KY		 45–104 0–1
November 14 NC Central No. 18 North Carolina Dean E. Smith Center
Chapel Hill, NC		 53–97 0–2
November 14 Maryland Eastern Shore No. 23 Creighton CHI Health Center Omaha
Omaha, NE		 45–84 0–3
November 23 Howard No. 5 Duke Cameron Indoor Stadium
Durham, NC		 56–93 0–4
November 29 Norfolk State No. 2 Arizona McKale Memorial Center
Tucson, AZ		 61–98 0–5
December 9 Maryland Eastern Shore No. 24 Virginia John Paul Jones Arena
Charlottesville, VA		 60–84 0–6
December 30 South Carolina State No. 19 Tennessee Food City Center
Knoxville, TN		 54–105 0–7

Honors and awards

The MEAC announced its all-conference teams and major honors on March 11, 2026.[20]

All-Conference awards and teams

Honor Recipient
MEAC Men's Basketball Player of the Year Bryce Harris, Howard
Coach of the Year Kevin Broadus, Morgan State
Defensive Player of the Year Cedric Taylor III, Howard
Sixth Man of the Year Elijah Jamison, Norfolk State
Newcomer of the Year Cedric Taylor III, Howard
Rookie of the Year Noah Treadwell, South Carolina State
First Team
Bryce Harris, Howard
Gage Lattimore, North Carolina Central
Anthony McComb III, Norfolk State
Cedric Taylor III, Howard
Alfred Worrell Jr., Morgan State
Second Team
Elijah Davis, Morgan State
Ponce James, Delaware State
Elijah Jamison, Norfolk State
Jayden Johnson, South Carolina State
Obanla Zion, Maryland Eastern Shore
Defense Team
Bryce Harris, Howard
Dionte Johnson, North Carolina Central
Ose Okojie, Howard
Kelechi Okworogwo, North Carolina Central
Cedric Taylor III, Howard
Rookie Team
Noah Treadwell, South Carolina State
My'kel Jenkins, Norfolk State
Andrean Newton, Norfolk State
Danas Kazakevicius, Howard
Jalen St. Clair, Delaware State

Postseason

Conference tournament

All 7 eligible teams will qualify for the 2026 MEAC men's basketball tournament. The tournament will be held at the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia, from March 11 to 14, 2026. Coppin State is ineligible for postseason play due to Academic Progress Rate penalties.[21]

Main article: 2026 MEAC men's basketball tournament
Quarterfinals
March 11–12
ESPN+ 		Semifinals
March 13
ESPN+ 		Championship
March 14
ESPN2
         
1 Howard 78
5 South Carolina State 61
4 Norfolk State 82
5 South Carolina State 88
1 Howard 70
3 North Carolina Central 63
2 Morgan State 70
7 Delaware State 75*
7 Delaware State 53
3 North Carolina Central 59
3 North Carolina Central 83*
6 Maryland Eastern Shore 76

* denotes overtime period

Postseason honors

Honor Recipient School
Tournament Outstanding Player Bryce Harris Howard
2026 Men’s Basketball All-Tournament team Cam Gillus Howard
Dionte Johnson NC Central
Cedric Taylor III Howard
Gage Lattimore NC Central
Bryce Harris Howard

References: [22]

Notes


References

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