The 2021 SWAC men's basketball tournament (officially known as the Cricket Wireless SWAC Basketball Tournament due to sponsorship reasons) was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the 2020–21 season in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The tournament was held from March 10–13, 2021.[1] The tournament winner received an automatic invitation to the 2021 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
| 2021 SWAC men's basketball tournament | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2020–21 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Site | Bartow Arena Birmingham, Alabama |
| Champions | Texas Southern (9th title) |
| Winning coach | Johnny Jones (1st title) |
| MVP | Michael Weathers (Texas Southern) |
| Television | ESPN3, ESPNU |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prairie View A&M | 13 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 16 | – | 5 | .762 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jackson State | 11 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Southern † | 10 | – | 3 | .769 | 17 | – | 9 | .654 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grambling State | 9 | – | 6 | .600 | 12 | – | 12 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 8 | – | 11 | .421 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alcorn State | 6 | – | 7 | .462 | 6 | – | 13 | .316 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama A&M* | 4 | – | 9 | .308 | 6 | – | 9 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama State* | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas–Pine Bluff | 3 | – | 12 | .200 | 4 | – | 21 | .160 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi Valley State | 2 | – | 13 | .133 | 2 | – | 22 | .083 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *Ineligible for postseason due to APR violations | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2021 SWAC tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seeds
editTeams were 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 qualified for the tournament. Both Alabama State and Alabama A&M are currently ineligible for postseason play per SWAC regulations.[2]
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker 1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prairie View A&M | 13–0 | More conference wins than JSU (even though both teams 1.000) |
| 2 | Jackson State | 11–0 | |
| 3 | Texas Southern | 10–3 | |
| 4 | Grambling State | 9–6 | |
| 5 | Southern | 8–6 | |
| 6 | Alcorn State | 6–7 | |
| 7 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 3–12 | |
| 8 | Mississippi Valley State | 2–13 |
Schedule
edit| Game | Time* | Matchup# | Score | Television | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 10, 2021 | |||||
| 1 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 2 Jackson State vs. No. 7 Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 74–62 | ESPN3 | |
| 2 | 8:30 p.m. | No. 1 Prairie View A&M vs. No. 8 Mississippi Valley State | 91–64 | ||
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 11, 2021 | |||||
| 3 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 3 Texas Southern vs. No. 6 Alcorn State | 78–55 | ESPN3 | |
| 4 | 8:30 p.m. | No. 4 Grambling State vs. No. 5 Southern | 72–67 OT | ||
| Semifinals – Friday, March 12, 2021 | |||||
| 5 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 2 Jackson State vs. No. 3 Texas Southern | 81–84OT | ESPN3 | |
| 6 | 8:30 p.m. | No. 1 Prairie View A&M vs. No. 4 Grambling State | 74–63 | ||
| Championship – Saturday, March 13, 2021 | |||||
| 7 | 5:00 p.m. | No. 1 Prairie View A&M vs. No. 3 Texas Southern | 61–80 | ESPNU | |
| *Game times in CDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. | |||||
Source[1]
Bracket
edit| Quarterfinals March 10–11 ESPN3 | Semifinals March 12 ESPN3 | Championship March 13 ESPNU | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Prairie View A&M | 91 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Mississippi Valley State | 64 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Prairie View A&M | 74 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Grambling State | 63 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Grambling State | 72* | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Southern | 67 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Prairie View A&M | 61 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Texas Southern | 80 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Jackson State | 74 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 62 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Jackson State | 81 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Texas Southern | 84* | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Texas Southern | 78 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Alcorn State | 55 | ||||||||||||
* denotes overtime period
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "2021 SWAC MBB Tournament Bracket (PDF) - Southwestern Athletic Conference" (PDF). swac.org. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
- ^ "Riley Knocks Down 5-of-6 Threes, Nets 17 Points as Alabama A&M Falls 80-72 at Grambling".