The 2012 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament took place March 5–10, 2012[1] at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
The 2012 championship game was televised on ESPN2 on March 10.
This was the final year in Winston-Salem, as the tournament moved to Norfolk, VA beginning in 2013.
With Savannah State and North Carolina Central in the MEAC as full Division I members, the MEAC had a new format for the 2012 tournament.
The top three seeds received a first round bye.