| Year: | 2022 |
| Conference: | SWAC |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 8 |
| Arena: | Bartow Arena |
| City: | Birmingham, Alabama |
| Champions: | Texas Southern |
| Titlecount: | 10th |
| Coach: | Johnny Jones |
| Coachcount: | 2nd |
| Television: | ESPN+, ESPNU |
The 2022 SWAC men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the 2021–22 season in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The tournament was held March 9–12, 2022.[1] The tournament winner, the Texas Southern Tigers, received the conference's automatic invitation to the 2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. The tournament was sponsored by Cricket Wireless.
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 | 14–4 | ||
| 2 | Texas Southern | 13–5 | ||
| 3 | Southern | 12–6 | ||
| 4 | Florida A&M | 11–7 | ||
| 5 | Alabama A&M | 10–8 | ||
| 6 | Grambling State | 9–9 | 1–0 vs. Jackson State | |
| 7 | Jackson State | 9–9 | 0–1 vs. Grambling State | |
| 8 | Prairie View A&M | 8–10 | 1–0 vs. Alabama State | |
| DNQ | Alabama State | 8–10 | 0–1 vs. Prairie View A&M | |
| DNQ | Bethune–Cookman | 7–11 | ||
| DNQ | Arkansas–Pine Bluff | 5–13 | ||
| DNQ | Mississippi Valley State | 2–16 |
| Game | Time* | Matchup# | Score | Television | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 9, 2022 | ||||||
| 1 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 2 Texas Southern vs. No. 7 Jackson State | 54–50 | ESPN+ | ||
| 2 | 8:30 p.m. | No. 1 Alcorn State vs. No. 8 Prairie View A&M | 64–63 (OT) | |||
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10, 2022 | ||||||
| 3 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 3 Southern vs. No. 6 Grambling State | 58–60 | ESPN+ | ||
| 4 | 8:30 p.m. | No. 4 Florida A&M vs. No. 5 Alabama A&M | 56–61 | |||
| Semifinals – Friday, March 11, 2022 | ||||||
| 5 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 2 Texas Southern vs. No. 6 Grambling State | 73–54 | ESPN+ | ||
| 6 | 8:30 p.m. | No. 1 Alcorn State vs. No. 5 Alabama A&M | 69-64 | |||
| Championship – Saturday, March 12, 2022 | ||||||
| 7 | 5:00 p.m. | No. 2 Texas Southern vs. No. 1 Alcorn State | 87-62 | ESPNU | ||
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