The 2017 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament took place March 6–11, 2017 at the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia. The champion, 2016-17 North Carolina Central Eagles men's basketball team, North Carolina Central, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, 2017 NCAA tournament with a 67–59 win over 2016–17 Norfolk State Spartans men's basketball team, Norfolk State in the championship game.

Seeds

The top 12 teams were eligible for the tournament, 2016–17 Savannah State Tigers basketball team, Savannah State was ineligible for postseason play due to Academic Progress Rate, APR Sanctions. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Schedule

Bracket

* denotes overtime period

References

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