2017 SWAC women's basketball tournament

2017 SWAC women's basketball tournament
2017 SWAC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2016–17
Teams	8
Site	Toyota Center; Houston, Texas
First round site	Campus sites
Champions	Texas Southern (1st title)
Winning coach	Johnetta Hayes-Perry (1st title)
MVP	Joyce Kennerson (Texas Southern)
Television	ESPN3
	SWAC women's basketball tournaments ← 2016 2018 →

The 2017 SWAC women's basketball tournament did take place March 7–11, 2017. Tournament first round games were held on campus sites at the higher seed on March 7. The remaining rounds and the semifinals and championship at Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. Texas Southern won their first SWAC Women's Tournament and will receive the Southwestern Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship.

2016–17 SWAC women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Grambling State	14	–	4	.778	16	–	13	.552
Texas Southern†	14	–	4	.778	20	–	9	.690
Alabama State	12	–	5	.706	13	–	14	.481
Southern	11	–	7	.611	13	–	13	.500
Arkansas-Pine Bluff	9	–	9	.500	12	–	17	.414
Alcorn State	9	–	9	.500	9	–	20	.310
Prairie View A&M	8	–	10	.444	13	–	17	.433
Mississippi Valley State	7	–	11	.389	10	–	19	.345
Jackson State	5	–	12	.294	11	–	16	.407
Alabama A&M	0	–	18	.000	2	–	25	.074


† 2017 SWAC tournament winner As of March 4, 2017 Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
2017 SWAC Women's Basketball Tournament seeds
1.	Grambling State	14-4	1-1 vs. Alabama State
2.	Texas Southern	14-4	0-2 vs. Alabama State
3.	Alabama State	12-6
4.	Southern	11-7
5.	Arkansas Pine Bluff	9-9	2-0 vs. TX Southern
6.	Alcorn State	9-9	0-2 vs. TX Southern
7.	Prairie View A&M	8-10
8.	Mississippi Valley State	7-11

Source:^[1]

Quarterfinals Tuesday, March 7			Semifinals Friday, March 10			Championship Saturday, March 11 ESPN3

3	Alabama State	47

6	Alcorn State	43
			3	Alabama State	54

			2	Texas Southern	68
2	Texas Southern	65

7	Prairie View A&M	45
						2	Texas Southern	70

						1	Grambling	66
1	Grambling State	71

8	Mississippi Valley State	61
			1	Grambling	65

			4	Southern	56
4	Southern	73

5	Arkansas Pine Bluff	66