2023 SWAC men's basketball tournament

The 2023 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the 2022–23 season in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The tournament was held from March 8–11, 2023.[1] The tournament winner, Texas Southern, received an automatic invitation to the 2023 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. The tournament was sponsored by Cricket Wireless.

2022–23 SWAC men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Alcorn State153 .8331814  .563
Grambling State153 .833249  .727
Jackson State126 .6671419  .424
Southern117 .6111517  .469
Alabama A&M108 .5561518  .455
Prairie View A&M99 .5001319  .406
Bethune–Cookman810 .4441220  .375
Texas Southern711 .3891421  .400
Alabama State612 .333823  .258
Arkansas–Pine Bluff612 .3331021  .323
Florida A&M513 .278722  .241
Mississippi Valley State414 .222527  .156
2023 SWAC tournament winner

2023 SWAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season202223
Teams8
SiteBartow Arena
Birmingham, Alabama
ChampionsTexas Southern (11th title)
Winning coachJohnny Jones (3rd title)
TelevisionESPN+, ESPNU

Seeds

Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tie–breaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Only the top eight teams in the conference will qualify for the tournament.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker[2]
1 Alcorn State 15–3 1–0 vs Grambling State
2 Grambling State 15–3 0–1 vs Alcorn State
3 Jackson State 12–6
4 Southern 11–7
5 Alabama A&M 10–8
6 Prairie View A&M 9–9
7 Bethune–Cookman 8–10
8 Texas Southern 7–11
DNQ Alabama State 6–12 2–0 vs AR-Pine Bluff
DNQ Arkansas–Pine Bluff 6–12 0–2 vs Alabama State
DNQ Florida A&M 5–13
DNQ Mississippi Valley State 4–14

Schedule

Game Time* Matchup# Score Television
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 8, 2023
1 2:00 p.m. No. 2 Grambling State vs. No. 7 Bethune–Cookman 87–72 ESPN+
2 8:30 p.m. No. 1 Alcorn State vs. No. 8 Texas Southern 62–66
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9, 2023
3 2:00 p.m. No. 3 Jackson State vs. No. 6 Prairie View A&M 62–60OT ESPN+
4 8:30 p.m. No. 4 Southern vs. No. 5 Alabama A&M 63–77
Semifinals – Friday, March 10, 2023
5 2:00 p.m. No. 5 Alabama A&M vs. No. 8 Texas Southern 61–74 ESPN+
6 8:30 p.m. No. 2 Grambling State vs. No. 3 Jackson State 78–69
Championship – Saturday, March 11, 2023
7 4:30 p.m. No. 8 Texas Southern vs. No. 2 Grambling State 61–58 ESPNU
*Game times in CST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.[3]

Bracket

Quarterfinals
March 8–9
Semifinals
March 10
Championship
March 11
         
1 Alcorn State 62
8 Texas Southern 66
8 Texas Southern 74
5 Alabama A&M 61
4 Southern 63
5 Alabama A&M 77
8 Texas Southern 61
2 Grambling State 58
2 Grambling State 87
7 Bethune-Cookman 72
2 Grambling State 78
3 Jackson State 69
3 Jackson State 62*
6 Prairie View A&M 60

* Denotes overtime period

References

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