2020–21 Norfolk State Spartans men's basketball team

2020–21 Norfolk State Spartans men's basketball
MEAC North Division and tournament champions
NCAA tournament, First round
ConferenceMid-Eastern Athletic Conference
DivisionNorthern Division
Record17–8 (8–4 MEAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jamal Brown
  • C.J. Clemons
  • Leonard Fairley
Home arenaJoseph G. Echols Memorial Hall
2020–21 MEAC men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Northern
Norfolk State 8 4   .667 17 8   .680
Coppin State 8 4   .667 9 13   .409
Morgan State 7 5   .583 14 8   .636
Delaware State 1 11   .083 3 16   .158
Howard 0 0   1 4   .200
Southern
North Carolina A&T 7 1   .875 11 10   .524
Florida A&M 7 5   .583 8 12   .400
North Carolina Central 3 5   .375 5 9   .357
South Carolina State 1 7   .125 1 17   .056
2021 MEAC tournament winner
Howard suspended their season on February 9, 2021
Bethune–Cookman and Maryland Eastern Shore did not play the 2020–21 season due to COVID-19 concerns.

The 2020–21 Norfolk State Spartans men's basketball team represented Norfolk State University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Spartans, led by eighth-year head coach Robert Jones, played their home games at the Joseph G. Echols Memorial Hall in Norfolk, Virginia as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. With the creation of divisions to cut down on travel due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, they played in the Northern division. They finished the season 17–8, 8–4 in MEAC play to finish in tie for first place in the Northern division. They defeated North Carolina Central in the quarterfinals of the MEAC tournament and advanced to the championship when North Carolina A&T withdrew from the tournament due to COVID-19 protocols. They defeated Morgan State to win the tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as a No. 16 seed in the West region. They defeated Appalachian State in the First Four, but were eliminated by No. 1 overall seed Gonzaga in the first round.