SWAC men's basketball tournament

SWAC men's basketball tournament
SWAC men's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championships
Sport	College basketball
Conference	Southwestern Athletic Conference
Number of teams	8
Format	Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium	Bartow Arena
Current location	Birmingham, Alabama
Played	1978–present
Last contest	2022
Current champion	Texas Southern
Most championships	Texas Southern (10)
Official website	SWAC Men's Basketball

The SWAC men's basketball tournament (popularly known as the SWAC Tournament) is the conference championship tournament in basketball for the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The tournament has been held every year since 1978. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA men's basketball tournament. The tournament has been held every year since 1982, the MAAC's first season. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

The 1977–78 season was the SWAC's first as an NCAA Division I basketball conference.[1]

The semi-final and championship SWAC Basketball Tournament games are held at the Bill Harris Arena in Birmingham, Alabama.[2] As of the 2017 tournaments,[3] they feature an eight-team three-day layout with the quarterfinal rounds hosted on campus sites. This changes the previous 10-team, five-day tournament format. The higher seeded teams will host a combined eight games leaving two days for travel and practice rounds. The tournament concludes with the semi-finals and championship rounds inside Birmingham's Bill Harris Arena. Winners of the tournaments earn automatic bids to their respective NCAA Division I Tournaments. The championship games are nationally televised live annually on an ESPN network.

List of champions

Year	Regular season	Coach	Tournament	Coach
1977–78	Southern	Carl Stewart	Jackson State	Paul Covington
1978–79	Alcorn State	Davey L. Whitney	Alcorn State	Davey L. Whitney
1979–80	Alcorn State	Davey L. Whitney	Alcorn State	Davey L. Whitney
1980–81	Alcorn State Southern	Davey L. Whitney Carl Stewart	Southern	Carl Stewart
1981–82	Alcorn State Jackson State	Davey L. Whitney Paul Covington	Alcorn State	Davey L. Whitney
1982–83	Texas Southern	Robert Moreland	Alcorn State	Davey L. Whitney
1983–84	Alcorn State	Davey L. Whitney	Alcorn State	Davey L. Whitney
1984–85	Alcorn State	Davey L. Whitney	Southern	Bob Hopkins
1985–86	Alcorn State Southern	Davey L. Whitney Bob Hopkins	Mississippi Valley State	Lafayette Stribling
1986–87	Grambling State	Bob Hopkins	Southern	Ben Jobe
1987–88	Southern	Ben Jobe	Southern	Ben Jobe
1988–89	Grambling State Southern Texas Southern	Bob Hopkins Ben Jobe Robert Moreland	Southern	Ben Jobe
1989–90	Southern	Ben Jobe	Texas Southern	Robert Moreland
1990–91	Jackson State	Andy Stoglin	Jackson State	Andy Stoglin
1991–92	Texas Southern Mississippi Valley State	Robert Moreland Lafayette Stribling	Mississippi Valley State	Lafayette Stribling
1992–93	Jackson State	Andy Stoglin	Southern	Ben Jobe
1993–94	Texas Southern	Robert Moreland	Texas Southern	Robert Moreland
1994–95	Texas Southern	Robert Moreland	Texas Southern	Robert Moreland
1995–96	Jackson State Mississippi Valley State	Andy Stoglin Lafayette Stribling	Mississippi Valley State	Lafayette Stribling
1996–97	Mississippi Valley State	Lafayette Stribling	Jackson State	Andy Stoglin
1997–98	Texas Southern	Robert Moreland	Prairie View A&M	Elwood Plummer
1998–99	Alcorn State	Davey L. Whitney	Alcorn State	Davey L. Whitney
1999–00	Alcorn State	Davey L. Whitney	Jackson State	Andy Stoglin
2000–01	Alabama State	Rob Spivery	Alabama State	Rob Spivery
2001–02	Alcorn State	Davey L. Whitney	Alcorn State	Davey L. Whitney
2002–03	Prairie View A&M	Jerome Francis	Texas Southern	Ronnie Courtney
2003–04	Alabama State	Rob Spivery	Alabama State	Rob Spivery
2004–05	Alabama A&M	L. Vann Pettaway	Alabama A&M	L. Vann Pettaway
2005–06	Southern	Rob Spivery	Southern	Rob Spivery
2006–07	Mississippi Valley State	James Green	Jackson State	Tevester Anderson
2007–08	Alabama State	Lewis Jackson	Mississippi Valley State	James Green
2008–09	Alabama State	Lewis Jackson	Alabama State	Lewis Jackson
2009–10	Arkansas–Pine Bluff	George Ivory	Arkansas–Pine Bluff	George Ivory
2010–11	Texas Southern	Tony Harvey	Alabama State	Lewis Jackson
2011–12	Mississippi Valley State	Sean Woods	Mississippi Valley State	Sean Woods
2012–13	Southern	Roman Banks	Southern	Roman Banks
2013–14	Southern	Roman Banks	Texas Southern	Mike Davis
2014–15	Texas Southern	Mike Davis	Texas Southern	Mike Davis
2015–16	Texas Southern	Mike Davis	Southern	Roman Banks
2016–17	Texas Southern	Mike Davis	Texas Southern	Mike Davis
2017–18	Grambling State	Donte Jackson	Texas Southern	Mike Davis
2018–19	Prairie View A&M	Byron Smith	Prairie View A&M	Byron Smith
2019–20	Prairie View A&M	Byron Smith	Canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic
2020–21	Prairie View A&M	Byron Smith	Texas Southern	Johnny Jones
2021–22	Alcorn State	Landon Bussie	Texas Southern	Johnny Jones
2022–23	Alcorn State	Landon Bussie	Texas Southern	Johnny Jones

Men's basketball tournament performance by school

School	Championships	Years
Texas Southern	11	1990, 1994, 1995, 2003, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023
Southern	9	1981, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 2006, 2013, 2016
Alcorn State	7	1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1999, 2002
Jackson State	5	1978, 1991, 1997, 2000, 2007
Mississippi Valley State	5	1986, 1992, 1996, 2008, 2012
Alabama State	4	2001, 2004 2009, 2011
Prairie View A&M	2	1998, 2019
Alabama A&M	1	2005
Arkansas–Pine Bluff	1	2010
Grambling State	0
Bethune–Cookman	0
Florida A&M	0

References

"SWAC Regular Season Champions, by Year".
"SWAC Announces Partnership with City of Birmingham". July 12, 2018.
"SWAC concludes Spring Meetings". Swac.org. Retrieved June 15, 2016.

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[1] "SWAC Regular Season Champions, by Year".

[2] "SWAC Announces Partnership with City of Birmingham". July 12, 2018.

[3] "SWAC concludes Spring Meetings". Swac.org. Retrieved June 15, 2016.

Southwestern Athletic Conference men's basketball
Teams	Alabama A&M Bulldogs Alabama State Hornets Alcorn State Braves Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions Bethune–Cookman Wildcats Florida A&M Rattlers Grambling State Tigers Jackson State Tigers Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils Prairie View A&M Panthers Southern Jaguars Texas Southern Tigers
Championships & awards	SWAC men's basketball tournament Player of the Year
Seasons	1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23