2016 MEAC men's basketball tournament

The 2016 MEAC men's basketball tournament took place March 8–12, 2016 at the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia The champion received the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA tournament.

Seeds
The top 12 teams were eligible for the tournament, Florida A&M was ineligible for postseason play due to APR Sanctions.

Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Bracket
* denotes overtime period