1986 MEAC men's basketball tournament

The 1986 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament took place March 6–8, 1986, at Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. defeated, 53–52 in the championship game, to win its fifth consecutive MEAC Tournament title.

The Aggies earned an automatic bid to the 1987 NCAA tournament as a No. 16 seed in the Midwest region.

Format
Six of eight conference members participated, with play beginning in the quarterfinal round. Teams were seeded based on their regular season conference record.

Bracket
* denotes overtime period