| Year: | 2012 |
| Conference: | SWAC |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 8 |
| Arena: | Garland Special Events Center |
| City: | Garland, Texas |
| Champions: | Mississippi Valley State |
| Titlecount: | 5th |
| Television: | ESPNU |
The 2012 SWAC men's basketball tournament took place March 7–10[1] at the Garland Special Events Center in Garland, Texas. The winner of the tournament received the Southwestern Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA tournament.
Eight teams qualified for the tournament. Southern and Grambling each received one-year postseason bans in men’s basketball, thus not allowed to participate in the 2012 SWAC Tournament, due to failing to meet the NCAA's Academic Progress Rate requirements.[2] The rest of the seeds were determined after the final games were played[3]