2022 SWAC men's basketball tournament explained

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.

Seeds

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.

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker[2]
1Alcorn State14–4
2Texas Southern13–5
3Southern12–6
4Florida A&M11–7
5Alabama A&M10–8
6Grambling State9–91–0 vs. Jackson State
7Jackson State9–90–1 vs. Grambling State
8Prairie View A&M8–101–0 vs. Alabama State
DNQAlabama State8–100–1 vs. Prairie View A&M
DNQBethune–Cookman7–11
DNQArkansas–Pine Bluff5–13
DNQMississippi Valley State2–16

Schedule

GameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevision
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 9, 2022
12:00 p.m.No. 2 Texas Southern vs. No. 7 Jackson State54–50ESPN+
28:30 p.m.No. 1 Alcorn State vs. No. 8 Prairie View A&M64–63 (OT)
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10, 2022
32:00 p.m.No. 3 Southern vs. No. 6 Grambling State58–60ESPN+
48:30 p.m.No. 4 Florida A&M vs. No. 5 Alabama A&M56–61
Semifinals – Friday, March 11, 2022
52:00 p.m.No. 2 Texas Southern vs. No. 6 Grambling State73–54ESPN+
68:30 p.m.No. 1 Alcorn State vs. No. 5 Alabama A&M69-64
Championship – Saturday, March 12, 2022
75:00 p.m.No. 2 Texas Southern vs. No. 1 Alcorn State87-62ESPNU
  • Game times in CDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2022 Cricket Wireless SWAC Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments. 2022-02-19. swac.org. en.
  2. Web site: SWAC Basketball Tiebreaker Policy . SWAC.org . SWAC.