2024 SWAC men's basketball tournament
The 2024 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the 2023–24 season in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The tournament was held from March 13–16, 2024.[1] The tournament winner, Grambling State, received an automatic invitation to the 2024 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. The tournament was sponsored by Pepsi.[2]
| 2024 SWAC men's basketball tournament | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2023–24 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Site | Bartow Arena Birmingham, Alabama |
| Champions | Grambling State (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Donte Jackson (1st title) |
| Television | ESPN+, ESPNU |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grambling State † | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 21 | – | 15 | .583 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alcorn State | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 14 | – | 18 | .438 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Southern | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 16 | – | 17 | .485 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 18 | – | 14 | .563 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bethune–Cookman | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 17 | – | 17 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jackson State | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama A&M | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 12 | – | 23 | .343 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama State | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 13 | – | 19 | .406 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas–Pine Bluff | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 13 | – | 18 | .419 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prairie View A&M | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 10 | – | 21 | .323 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida A&M | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 6 | – | 23 | .207 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi Valley State | 1 | – | 17 | .056 | 1 | – | 30 | .032 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2024 SWAC tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
For the first time in program history, Grambling State won the SWAC tournament, doing so in a defeat of the three-time defending champion Texas Southern in the final. In addition, it was the first time since 2019 that the regular season champion won the SWAC tournament.
Seeds
editTeams 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[3] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grambling State | 14–4 | |
| 2 | Alcorn State | 13–5 | |
| 3 | Texas Southern | 12–6 | Plus 5 point differential in season split with Southern |
| 4 | Southern | 12–6 | Minus 5 point differential in season split with Texas Southern |
| 5 | Bethune–Cookman | 11–7 | Plus 10 point differential in season split with Jackson State |
| 6 | Jackson State | 11–7 | Minus 10 point differential in season split with Bethune–Cookman |
| 7 | Alabama A&M | 9–9 | |
| 8 | Alabama State | 8–10 | Plus 5 point differential in season split with Arkansas–Pine Bluff |
| DNQ (9) | Arkansas–Pine Bluff | 8–10 | Minus 5 point differential in season split with Alabama State |
| DNQ (10) | Prairie View A&M | 5–13 | |
| DNQ (11) | Florida A&M | 4–14 | |
| DNQ (12) | Mississippi Valley State | 1–17 |
Schedule
edit| Game | Time* | Matchup# | Score | Television | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 13 | |||||
| 1 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 2 Alcorn State vs. No. 7 Alabama A&M | 63–75 | ESPN+ | |
| 2 | 8:30 p.m. | No. 1 Grambling State vs. No. 8 Alabama State | 56–50 | ||
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 14 | |||||
| 3 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 3 Texas Southern vs. No. 6 Jackson State | 73–62 | ESPN+ | |
| 4 | 8:30 p.m. | No. 4 Southern vs. No. 5 Bethune–Cookman | 58–73 | ||
| Semifinals – Friday, March 15 | |||||
| 5 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 1 Grambling State vs. No. 5 Bethune–Cookman | 65–53 | ESPN+ | |
| 6 | 8:30 p.m. | No. 7 Alabama A&M vs. No. 3 Texas Southern | 65–72 | ||
| Championship – Saturday, March 16 | |||||
| 7 | 8:30 p.m. | No. 1 Grambling State vs. No. 3 Texas Southern | 75–66 | ESPNU/ESPN+ | |
| *Game times in CDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.[4] | |||||
Bracket
edit| Quarterfinals March 13–14 | Semifinals March 15 | Championship March 16 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Grambling State | 56 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Alabama State | 50 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Grambling State | 65 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Bethune–Cookman | 53 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Southern | 58 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Bethune–Cookman | 73 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Grambling State | 75 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Texas Southern | 66 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Alcorn State | 63 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Alabama A&M | 75 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Alabama A&M | 65 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Texas Southern | 72 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Texas Southern | 73 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Jackson State | 62 | ||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "2024 Pepsi SWAC Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments". swac.org. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
- ^ Mosley, Kyle T. (July 25, 2023). "SWAC, PepsiCo Expanded Partnership, Increases HBCU Investment". HBCU Legends. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
- ^ "SWAC Basketball Tiebreaker Policy". SWAC.org. SWAC.
- ^ "2024 SWAC Men's and Women's Basketball Tournament Brackets (PDF) - Southwestern Athletic Conference" (PDF). swac.org. Retrieved December 8, 2023.