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

2025–26 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball season
2025–26 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Teams	8
TV partner(s)	ESPN, ESPN+, ESPNU
Regular season

2025–26 MEAC men's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Howard	0	–	0	–	9	–	5	.643
Norfolk State	0	–	0	–	6	–	9	.400
Delaware State	0	–	0	–	5	–	9	.357
North Carolina Central	0	–	0	–	4	–	10	.286
Maryland Eastern Shore	0	–	0	–	4	–	13	.235
Morgan State	0	–	0	–	2	–	11	.154
Coppin State*	0	–	0	–	2	–	14	.125
South Carolina State	0	–	0	–	1	–	13	.071

† 2026 MEAC tournament winner * Ineligible for 2026 NCAA Tournament due to APR penalties. As of December 23, 2025

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

Head coaches

Coaches

Team	Head Coach	Previous Job	Years At School^[a]	Record at School^[b]	MEAC Record	MEAC Titles	NCAA tournaments^[c]
Coppin State	Larry Stewart	Maryland Eastern Shore (Assistant)	3	8–51	5–23	0	0
Delaware State	Stan Waterman	Sanford School	5	39–83	18–38	0	0
Howard	Kenny Blakeney	Columbia (Assistant)	7	73–96	37–35	2	2
Morgan State	Kevin Broadus	Maryland (Assistant)	7	82–93	45–39	0	0
Norfolk State	Robert Jones	Norfolk State (Interim HC)	13	236–159	135–45	3	3
North Carolina Central	LeVelle Moton	NC Central (Assistant)	17	278–216	144–63	4	4
South Carolina State	Erik Martin	West Virginia (Assistant)	4	39–57	22–20	0	0
Maryland Eastern Shore	Cleo Hill Jr.	Winston-Salem State	2	6–25	2–12	0	0

^ Year at school includes 2025–26 season.
^ Overall and MEAC records are from the time at their current school and are through the end of the 2024–25 season.
^ 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

Norfolk State (12) – 118 pts
Howard (4) – 97
South Carolina State – 90
Morgan State – 73
Delaware State – 70
North Carolina Central – 70
Maryland Eastern Shore – 31
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

Current as of December 15, 2025

		Conference		Overall
Rank	Team	Record	Percent	Record	Percent	Tiebreaker
1	Howard	0–0		7–5	.583
2	Norfolk State	0–0		4–7	.364
3	Delaware State	0–0		4–8	.333
4	Maryland Eastern Shore	0–0		4–11	.267
5	North Carolina Central	0–0		3–9	.250
6	Morgan State	0–0		2–8	.200
7	Coppin State	0–0		2–12	.143
8	South Carolina State	0–0		0–11	.000

Conference matrix

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

Through December 11, 2025

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

Records against other conferences

Thru December 18, 2025

Major 6 Conferences	Record	Major 6 Conferences	Record
ACC	0–10	American	0–3
Big East	0–3	Big Ten	0–2
Big 12	0–3	SEC	0–4
Major 6 Total			0–25
Other Division I Conferences	Record	Other Division I Conferences	Record
Atlantic 10	0–5	ASUN	0–2
America East	1–2	Big Sky	0–0
Big South	2–6	Big West	0–0
CAA	4–9	Conference USA	1–1
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	0–3
SoCon	0–2	Southland	0–0
SWAC	1–3	Summit League	0–1
Sun Belt	0–7	WAC	0–0
WCC	0–0
Other Division I Total			12–49

NCAA Division I Total			12–74
NCAA Division II Total			3–1
NCAA Division III Total			5–0
NAIA Total			1–0
NCCAA/USCAA Total			5–0
Total Non-Conference Record			26–75

Record against ranked non-conference opponents

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

Thru December 9, 2025

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

Home Attendance

Thru December 15, 2025

Team	Arena	Capacity	Total Games	Average Attendance	Attendance High	Total Attendance	Avg % of Capacity
Coppin State	Physical Education Complex	4,100	1	2,928	2,928	2,928	71%
Delaware State	Memorial Hall	1,800	4	375	500	1,500	21%
Howard	Burr Gymnasium	2,700	6	1,381	2,312	8,285	51%
Morgan State	Hill Field House	4,250	6	807	2,496	4,839	19%
Norfolk State	Echols Hall	4,500	5	2,129	3,912	10,644	47%
NC Central	McDougald-McLendon Arena	3,500	4	1,409	2,631	5,637	40%
South Carolina State	SHM Memorial Center	3,200	1	200	200	200	6%
Maryland Eastern Shore	Hytche Athletic Center	5,500	3	2,288	3,876	6,864	42%

Bold - Exceed capacity
Does not include exhibition games

Postseason

Conference tournament

All 8 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.

References

^ "S. C. State's Jayden Johnson Named 2025-26 MEAC Men's Basketball Preseason Player of the Year". meacsports.com. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. October 8, 2025. Retrieved December 12, 2025.
^ "MEAC Announces Weekly Men's Basketball Honors". meacsports.com. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. November 10, 2025. Retrieved December 11, 2025.
^ "MEAC Announces Weekly Men's Basketball Honors - NCCU's Lattimore, and Howard's Harris Earn Top Awards". meacsports.com. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. November 17, 2025. Retrieved December 11, 2025.
^ "MEAC MEN'S BASKETBALL WEEKLY HONORS PRESENTED BY WELLS FARGO". meacsports.com. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. November 24, 2025. Retrieved December 11, 2025.
^ "MEAC MEN'S BASKETBALL WEEKLY HONORS PRESENTED BY WELLS FARGO". meacsports.com. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. December 1, 2025. Retrieved December 11, 2025.
^ "MEAC MEN'S BASKETBALL WEEKLY HONORS PRESENTED BY WELLS FARGO". meacsports.com. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. December 8, 2025. Retrieved December 12, 2025.
^ "MEAC MEN'S BASKETBALL WEEKLY HONORS PRESENTED BY WELLS FARGO". meacsports.com. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. December 15, 2025. Retrieved December 18, 2025.

[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.

[4] "S. C. State's Jayden Johnson Named 2025-26 MEAC Men's Basketball Preseason Player of the Year". meacsports.com. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. October 8, 2025. Retrieved December 12, 2025.

[5] "MEAC Announces Weekly Men's Basketball Honors". meacsports.com. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. November 10, 2025. Retrieved December 11, 2025.

[6] "MEAC Announces Weekly Men's Basketball Honors - NCCU's Lattimore, and Howard's Harris Earn Top Awards". meacsports.com. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. November 17, 2025. Retrieved December 11, 2025.

[7] "MEAC MEN'S BASKETBALL WEEKLY HONORS PRESENTED BY WELLS FARGO". meacsports.com. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. November 24, 2025. Retrieved December 11, 2025.

[8] "MEAC MEN'S BASKETBALL WEEKLY HONORS PRESENTED BY WELLS FARGO". meacsports.com. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. December 1, 2025. Retrieved December 11, 2025.

[9] "MEAC MEN'S BASKETBALL WEEKLY HONORS PRESENTED BY WELLS FARGO". meacsports.com. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. December 8, 2025. Retrieved December 12, 2025.

[10] "MEAC MEN'S BASKETBALL WEEKLY HONORS PRESENTED BY WELLS FARGO". meacsports.com. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. December 15, 2025. Retrieved December 18, 2025.

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