title: 1998 MEAC men's basketball tournament
text: # 1998 MEAC men's basketball tournament
  
  The 1998 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament took place March 3–7, 1998, at the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, Virginia. South Carolina State defeated Coppin State, 66–61 in the championship game, to win its 3rd MEAC Tournament title.
  
  The Bulldogs earned an automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA tournament as No. 15 seed in the Southeast region. In the round of 64, North Carolina A&T fell to No. 2 seed Kentucky 82–67.
  
  ## Format
  
  Nine of 11 conference members participated, with the top 7 teams receiving a bye to the quarterfinal round.
  
  ## Bracket
  
  | First round March 3 | First round March 3 | First round March 3 | Quarterfinals March 4-5 | Quarterfinals March 4-5 | Quarterfinals March 4-5 | Semifinals March 6 | Semifinals March 6 | Semifinals March 6 | Final March 7 | Final March 7 | Final March 7 |
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  | | | | 1 | Coppin State | 82 | | | | | | |
  | | | | 8 | Howard | 66 | | | | | | |
  | 8 | Howard | 79 | 8 | Howard | 66 | | | | | | |
  | 9 | Bethune–Cookman | 77 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 9 | Bethune–Cookman | 77 | | | | 1 | Coppin State | 77 | | | |
  | | | | | | | 5 | Florida A&M | 65 | | | |
  | | | | 4 | Delaware State | 73 | | | | | | |
  | | | | 5 | Florida A&M | 88 | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Coppin State | 61 |
  | | | | | | | | | | 2 | South Carolina State | 66 |
  | | | | 3 | Morgan State | 72 | | | | | | |
  | | | | 6 | Maryland Eastern Shore | 51 | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | 3 | Morgan State | 69 | | | |
  | | | | | | | 2 | South Carolina State | 82 | | | |
  | | | | 2 | South Carolina State | 64 | | | | | | |
  | | | | 7 | North Carolina A&T | 58 | | | | | | |
  