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MEAC MEN’S BASKETBALL NOTES | WEEK 1 WEEK 1 11/22-30 2020-21 MEN’S BASKETBALL NOTES MID-EASTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE A GOLDEN PAST, A GLORIOUS FUTURE STANDINGS Northern Division Team MEAC Pct. PF PA Total Pct. PF PA HM RD NEU Last 10 Streak Coppin State 0-0 .000 0 0 0-0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - Howard 0-0 .000 0 0 0-0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - Morgan State 0-0 .000 0 0 0-0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - Norfolk State 0-0 .000 0 0 0-0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - *Delaware State 0-0 .000 0 0 0-0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - * - Ineligible for MEAC Championship & Postseason Southern Division Team MEAC Pct. PF PA Total Pct. PF PA HM RD NEU Last 10 Streak Florida A&M 0-0 .000 0 0 0-0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - North Carolina Central 0-0 .000 0 0 0-0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - North Carolina A&T State 0-0 .000 0 0 0-0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - South Carolina State 0-0 .000 0 0 0-0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 - * - Bethune-Cookman and Maryland Eastern Shore have opted-out of competition for the 2020-21 season GAMES THIS WEEK CONFERENCE NOTES Wednesday, Nov. 25 Saturday, Nov. 28 Mount St. Mary’s at Morgan State 12 p.m. Coppin State at Duke 2 p.m. Delaware State at Wake Forest 4 p.m. Bowie State at Morgan State 2 p.m. MEAC OVERVIEW NC Central at Iowa 4 p.m. Norfolk State vs. Radford 7 p.m. • The 2020-21 MEAC Basketball season will look a little different Coppin State at Marshall 6 p.m. George Mason vs. Howard TBA from the past, as the MEAC will start play without Bethune-Cookman Appalachian State at SC State 2 p.m. SC State at Bowling Green TBA and Maryland Eastern Shore, who opted out of the season due to North Carolina A&T vs. Illinois TBA COVID-19 concerns. That alone will change the dynamic of the Florida A&M at Florida Gulf Coast TBA season, as there is a possibility for constant changes throughout the year. Thursday, Nov 26 NC Central vs. Southern 4 p.m. Belmont vs. Howard 5 p.m. OPENING WEEK Ohio vs. North Carolina A&T TBA • The 2020-21 MEAC men’s basketball season opens up with 19 games the first week, with everything starting on Wednesday, Friday, Nov. 27 Nov. 25, with seven games on the docket. Three more contests Norfolk State at James Madison 12 p.m. follow on Thanksgiving and there are five more games on Friday. Delaware State vs. Longwood 12 p.m. Northeastern vs. Howard 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 28 will see five teams in action, including a game Chicago State vs. North Carolina A&T TBA between Coppin State and 2019 Elite Eight participant Duke. LAST SEASON • The Eagles of North Carolina Central claimed their fourth MEAC regular-season title, finishing the regular season 13-3, but the story was the Aggies of North Carolina A&T under interim head coach GAMES LAST WEEK Will Jones, who went 12-4 during the regular season. Jones earned MEAC Coach of the Year honors for the job he did taking over the Aggies. However, the story of last season came in March during the tournament when everyone around the country was hit with the COVID-19 pandemic. Due the to pandemic the NCAA basketball tournament was canceled and following that announcement the entire spring sports season was placed on canceled due to the safety of the student-athletes, coaches, spectators and all those around college athletes. MEAC MEDIA CONTACT Maurice D. Williams Assistant Commissioner for Media Relations Email: [email protected] Phone: 757-951-2055 1 [ MID-EASTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE | 2020-21 SEASON | MEACSPORTS.COM | @MEACSPORTS ] MEAC MEN’S BASKETBALL NOTES | WEEK 1 MEDIA INFORMATION ABOUT THE MEAC CONTACT INFO STAFF MEAC M BASKETBALL 2730 Ellsmere Ave. Commissioner: Dr. Dennis E. Thomas MEDIA CONTACTS Norfolk, Virginia 23513 Senior Associate Commissioner: Sonja O. Stills Main: (757) 951-2055 Assistant Commissioner for Championships: Raynoid Dedeaux Fax: (757) 951-2067 Assistant Commissioner for Media Relations: Maurice Williams Patricia Easley Director of Corporate Partnerships: BETHUNE-COOKMAN* Deborah R. Davis Business Manager: Dan Ryan Assistant Director of Media Relations: Jeff Cunningham [email protected] Assistant Director of Championships & Compliance: Wyatt Sutton (386) 481-2206 Media Relations/Research Consultant: Lonza Hardy, Jr. Administrative Assistant: Destinee Wright Coordinator of Football Officials: Andre Lowe COPPIN STATE Coordinator of Men’s Basketball Officials: Larry Rose Steven Kramer Coordinator of Women’s Basketball Officials: Taiqua Stewart [email protected] (410) 951-3729 DELAWARE STATE Dennis Jones [email protected] MEAC QUICK FACTS (302) 857-6068 The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) be- TEAM MEDIA gins its 50th year of intercollegiate competition COPPIN STATE FLORIDA A&M with the 2020-21 academic school year. Located Radio: WNST 1570 Brian Howard in Norfolk, Va., the MEAC is made up of 11 out- Video: coppinstatesports.com [email protected] standing historically black institutions across the (850) 599-3736 Atlantic coastline: Bethune-Cookman University, DELAWARE STATE Coppin State University, Delaware State Univer- Radio: WDSU-TV HOWARD sity, Florida A&M University, Howard University, Video: DSUHornets.com Herman Shelton University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Morgan FLORIDA A&M [email protected] State University, Norfolk State University, North Radio: WHBX-FM 96.1 JAMZ (202) 806-7184 Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina Video: Rattlervision MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE* Central University and South Carolina State Uni- HOWARD versity. Ralan Wardlaw Radio: WHUR 96.3 [email protected] Video: WHUR.com The MEAC sponsors 15 Division I (FCS) sports (410) 621-2353 with automatic qualifying bids for NCAA post- MORGAN STATE season competition in baseball, bowling, men’s Radio: WEAA 88.9 FM MORGAN STATE and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s Video: morganstatebears.com Leonard Haynes IV cross country, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s NORFOLK STATE [email protected] and women’s track & field, softball, volleyball and Radio: WGH Star 1310 AM (443) 885-3831 men’s golf. Video: Spartan Showcase NORFOLK STATE NORTH CAROLINA A&T Mike Bello SOCIAL MEDIA Radio: WEAL 1510 AM [email protected] Fans and media members are invited to follow the Video: NCATAggies.com (757) 823-2628 latest Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football NC CENTRAL news through social media. The MEAC Twitter Radio: NCCUEaglePride.com NORTH CAROLINA A&T STATE feed may be accessed @MEACSports and the Video: NCCUEaglePride.com Brian Holloway conference’s official Facebook page is available SOUTH CAROLINA STATE [email protected] @MEACSports. The MEAC’s Instagram handle is Radio: ESPN 1230 AM (336) 334-7141 @MEACSports. MEAC PRESS ROW NUMBERS NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL WEEKLY RELEASE & STATISTICS Jonathan Duren Bethune-Cookman (386) 481-2299 Media members may access PDF versions of the [email protected] Coppin State (410) 951-4269 complete weekly release, including conference (919) 530-6017 Delaware State (302) 730-5236 and team-by-team statistics, on www.MEAC- Florida A&M (850) 412-5963 sports.com. Regular updates of the weekly re- SOUTH CAROLINA STATE Howard (202) 806-7159 lease will be distributed via e-mail from the con- Kendrick Lewis Maryland Eastern Shore (410) 651-8903 ference office. To be included on the distribution [email protected] Morgan State (443) 885-4018 list, send an e-mail request to Maurice Williams at (803) 536-7060 Norfolk State (757) 823-8195 [email protected]. North Carolina A&T State (336) 334-7405 *Opted-out of the 2020-21 season North Carolina Central (919) 536-7241 ANNUAL AWARDS South Carolina State (803) 536-8653 The MEAC will name first, second and third MEAC MEDIA CONTACT all-conference teams, league player of the year, defensive player, rookie and coach of the year. Maurice D. Williams The awards will be announced in early March, Email: [email protected] 2 prior to the 2021 MEAC Basketball Tournament. Phone: 757-951-2055 [ MID-EASTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE | 2020-21 SEASON | MEACSPORTS.COM | @MEACSPORTS ] MEAC MEN’S BASKETBALL NOTES | WEEK 1 MEAC HONORS MEAC PLAYER OF THE YEAR MEAC COACHES OF THE YEAR MEAC REGULAR-SEASON CHAMPIONS Season Name School Season Name School Season Name 2019-20 Jibri Blount NCCU 2019-20 Will Jones NCAT 2019-20 North Carolina Central 2018-19 RJ Cole HOW 2018-19 Robert Jones NSU 2018-19 Norfolk State 2017-18 Brandon Tabb B-CU 2017-18 Jay Joyner NCAT 2017-18 Hampton 2016-17 Patrick Cole NCCU 2016-17 LeVelle Moton NCCU Bethune-Cookman 2015-16 James Daniel III HOW 2015-16 Murray Garvin SCSU Savannah State 2014-15 Kendall Gray DSU 2014-15 Bobby Collins MDES 2016-17 North Carolina Central 2013-14 Jeremy Ingram NCCU 2013-14 LeVelle Moton NCCU 2015-16 Hampton 2012-13 Pendarvis Williams NSU 2012-13 Anthony Evans NSU 2014-15 North Carolina Central 2011-12 Kyle O’Quinn NSU 2011-12 Horace Broadnax SSU 2013-14 North Carolina Central 2010-11 CJ Reed B-CU 2010-11 Clifford Reed B-CU 2012-13 Norfolk State 2009-10 Reggie Holmes MSU 2009-10 Todd Bozeman MSU 2011-12 Savannah State 2008-09 Tywain McKee CSU 2008-09 Todd Bozeman MSU 2010-11 Bethune-Cookman 2007-08 Jamar Smith MSU 2007-08 Todd Bozeman MSU 2009-10 Morgan State 2006-07 Jahsha Bluntt DSU 2006-07 Greg Jackson DSU 2008-09 Morgan State 2005-06 Jahsha Bluntt DSU 2005-06 Greg Jackson DSU 2007-08 Morgan State 2004-05 Chakowby Hicks NSU 2004-05 Bobby Collins HAM 2006-07 Delaware State 2003-04 Thurman Zimmerman SCSU 2003-04 Ron “Fang” Mitchell CSU 2005-06 Delaware State 2002-03 Ron Williamson HOW Alfred Beard MSU 2004-05 Delaware State 2001-02 Tommy Adams HAM 2002-03 Cy Alexander SCSU 2003-04 Coppin State 2000-01 Tarvis Williams HAM 2001-02 Steve Merfeld HAM South Carolina