This has been an amazing year for the MEAC in Tarkanian. Though a low major, we just sent 7 teams to the National Tournament. The conference finished the season #2 in Conference RPI, behind only the Pac 10. And Morgan State goes into the NT ranked #1

No slight to the impressive conference you guys have built--but how is Morgan State ranked #1 and a #1 seed? RPI of 8, 1-1 against the top 25, and aside from in conference competition a super soft schedule.

his conf has the best record in the country and he picked up a lot of quality top 50 RPI wins from conf play. its kinda amazing how much of a boost conf mates can give each other by winning in non conference, the ranking maths are relatively easy to trick.

I agree we are very overrated.

But the conference IS very solid top to bottom so I got plenty of opportunities to pick up quality wins.

Nice! Very impressive

Posted by jimmychino on 9/18/2020 2:52:00 PM (view original):
I agree we are very overrated.

I wouldn't say very overrated - with your combo of high spd/per/bh/pa you team is very dangerous, and I think definitely top 10. I was just surprised you would be #1 with the likes of Baylor, Virginia, UCLA, and Syracuse in the mix.

Potentially tough round 2 game between Morgan and South Carolina

Posted by kcsundevil on 9/18/2020 8:14:00 PM (view original):
Potentially tough round 2 game between Morgan and South Carolina

...and the matchup is set. WISportsbook has Morgan -9.

And down goes Morgan State, leaving 3 seed Hampton as the sole MEAC rep in the sweet 16.

We’ll be back

Posted by tkimble on 9/19/2020 2:10:00 PM (view original):
And down goes Morgan State, leaving 3 seed Hampton as the sole MEAC rep in the sweet 16.

I... I don't know what to do with my hands.

Seriously though, I recognize it's likely that the MEAC will end at 4th or 5th in conference RPI. However, I expect this conference to continue its improvements going into next season and cement those improvements with postseason results moving forward.

• Delaware State should begin it's ascent towards their NC-aspirations after their A+ prestige earned them an A+ recruiting class
• Morgan State and Morris Brown could both be even better next season and it's the first time both rosters will be 100% comprised of the coaches' own players
• Florida A&M, SCSU, and North Carolina A&T all just made the NT (two of them picked up upset wins as the 10 and 12 seed) and all look to have roster equal to or better than this season moving forward
• Norfolk is only in their first season of rebuilding and should pick up a few more significant
• UMES is likely going to have their first competitive season since their coach took over
• Howard, BCU and Coppin State all lost 4+ contributors coming into this season - I expect they'll improve with the season of experience

I think we could get 7 in the NT again with some PIs to boot.

And I was wrong. We ended up #3 in conference RPI and moved up to a B- conference prestige!