Individual Teams Select Hotels for MEAC Tournament

[Raleigh, NC] – The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) announced today hotel assignments for each of the 11 teams comprising the MEAC and participating in the 2007 basketball tournament (see chart below).

“We are excited that these hotels have agreed to host our teams for the duration of the tournament. Revenue from hotel bookings are one important piece of the economic impact our tournament has on the City of Raleigh and all of Wake County,” said Dr. Dennis Thomas, MEAC Commissioner. “The spending at these hotels is combined with the spending on the basketball games, the concerts, the parties, and the other ancillary events should make this year’s economic impact the biggest in MEAC history.”

The teams have selected the following official hotels for their men’s and women’s teams respectively:

Bethune Cookman University Men Residence Inn Cary
Women Residence Inn by Marriott Crabtree
Coppin State University Men Springhill Suites by Marriott
Women Springhill Suites by Marriott
Delaware State College Men Embassy Suites- Raleigh-Durham Airport
Women Sheraton Raleigh Hotel
Florida A&M University Men Holiday Inn Raleigh - Downtown
Women Hampton Inn Crabtree
Hampton University Men Raleigh Marriott Crabtree Valley
Women Hilton Garden Inn at Raleigh/Durham Airport
Howard University Men Holiday Inn Crabtree Valley
Women Sheraton Raleigh Hotel
University of Maryland Eastern Shore Men Holiday Inn & Suites Cary
Women Holiday Inn & Suites Cary
Morgan State University Men Fairfield Inn by Marriott Crabtree
Women Raleigh Marriott Crabtree Valley
Norfolk State University Men Sheraton Raleigh Hotel
Women Comfort Suites - Cary
NC A&T University Men Sheraton Raleigh Hotel
Women Sheraton Raleigh Hotel
South Carolina State University Men Residence Inn Cary
Women Sheraton Raleigh Hotel

To buy ticket books for the entire tournament and find out more information on the events surrounding the tournament, visit www.meachoops.com. Ticket books are also available through Ticketmaster outlets nationwide, at all MEAC Schools box offices, or at the RBC Center box office. Individual game ticket sales do not begin until February 26, 2007.

About the MEAC Basketball Tournament:
The MEAC is a Division I basketball program comprised of 11 historically black colleges and universities located across the Atlantic coastline: Bethune-Cookman College, Coppin State University, Delaware State University, Florida A&M University, Hampton University, Howard University, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore, Morgan State University, Norfolk State University, North Carolina A&T State University, and South Carolina State University.
The men’s and women’s basketball tournament will be played in Raleigh at least through 2008. Both the men’s and women’s tournament winner receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The first game of the 2007 MEAC Basketball Tournament tips off Tuesday, March 6, and the championship games are played on Saturday, March 10.

Jim Tobin
Brogan & Partners
919 719-8982
jtobin@brogan.com