| Year: | 2013 |
| Conference: | SWAC |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 7 |
| Arena: | Curtis Culwell Center |
| City: | Garland, Texas |
| Champions: | Southern |
| Titlecount: | 8th |
| Television: | ESPN2 (final) |
The 2013 SWAC men's basketball tournament took place March 12–16, 2013[1] at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas. The tournament champion, Southern University, received the Southwestern Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship.
Seven teams participated in the 2013 tournament. Arkansas-Pine Bluff and Mississippi Valley State each received one-year postseason bans in men's basketball, and thus were not allowed to participate in the 2013 SWAC Tournament, due to failing to meet the NCAA's APR requirements.[2] Texas Southern was serving a two-year postseason ban, after the NCAA Division I Infractions Committee said it found a lack of institutional control and outlined problems spanning 13 sports over a seven-year period.[3]
All times listed are Central