| Year: | 2020 |
| Conference: | SWAC |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 8 |
| 1Stroundarena: | Campus sites |
| Arena: | Bartow Arena |
| City: | Birmingham, Alabama |
| Television: | ESPN3, ESPNU |
The 2020 SWAC men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southwestern Athletic Conference during the 2019–20 season. Tournament first-round games were played at the campus of the higher seeded team on March 10. The remainder of the tournament was to be held on March 13 and 14, 2020 at Bartow Arena in Birmingham, Alabama.[1] The tournament champion would have received the SWAC's automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA tournament. On March 12, the remainder of the SWAC Tournament, along with all other NCAA postseason tournaments, was cancelled[2] amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The top eight teams qualified for the conference tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used for teams with identical conference records. The top 4 seeds hosted their quarterfinal round games.
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prairie View A&M | 14–4 | ||
| 2 | Southern | 13–5 | ||
| 3 | Texas Southern | 12–6 | ||
| 4 | Jackson State | 11–7 | 3–1 vs. Grambling State/Alcorn State | |
| 5 | Alcorn State | 11–7 | Better point differential in season split with Grambling State | |
| 6 | Grambling State | 11–7 | Worse point differential in season split with Alcorn State | |
| 7 | Alabama State | 7–11 | ||
| 8 | Alabama A&M | 5–13 |
| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterfinals – Tuesday, March 10 – campus sites | |||||
| 1 | 5:30 pm | No. 8 Alabama A&M at No. 1 Prairie View A&M | 60–82 | ESPN3 | |
| 2 | 7:30 pm | No. 5 Alcorn State at No. 4 Jackson State | 52–69 | ||
| 3 | 7:30 pm | No. 7 Alabama State at No. 2 Southern | 53–67 | ||
| 4 | 8:00 pm | No. 6 Grambling State at No. 3 Texas Southern | 62–75 | ||
| Semifinals – Friday, March 13 – Bartow Arena, Birmingham, AL | |||||
| 5 | cancelled | No. 1 Prairie View A&M vs. No. 4 Jackson State | N/A | ESPN3 | |
| 6 | No. 2 Southern vs. No. 3 Texas Southern | ||||
| Final – Saturday, March 14 – Bartow Arena, Birmingham, AL | |||||
| 7 | cancelled | Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner | N/A | ESPNU | |
| Game times in CST. Rankings denote tournament seed. | |||||
First round games at campus sites of lower-numbered seeds