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2014 SWAC women's basketball tournament

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2014 SWAC women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2013–14
Teams10
SiteToyota Center
Houston, Texas
TelevisionESPN3
← 2013
2015 →
2013–14 SWAC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Southern 16 2   .889 20 8   .714
Texas Southern 15 3   .833 20 13   .606
Jackson State 12 6   .667 15 15   .500
Prairie View A&M 11 7   .611 14 18   .438
Alabama State 9 9   .500 16 14   .533
Mississippi Valley State 8 10   .444 9 21   .300
Grambling State 7 11   .389 11 20   .355
Alcorn State 7 11   .389 8 22   .267
Alabama A&M 3 15   .167 6 24   .200
Arkansas-Pine Bluff 2 16   .111 3 26   .103
2014 SWAC tournament winner
As of 10:03, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
Rankings from AP poll[1][2]


The 2014 SWAC women's basketball tournament took place March 11–15, 2014, at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.[3] The tournament champion will receive the Southwestern Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship.

Format

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All 10 teams were eligible and able to compete in the 2014 Women's Basketball Tournament, unlike the men's bracket where only 6 teams were eligible until the SWAC adjusted the league's postseason ban.[4] Seeds 1-6 received a bye into the quarterfinals. Rather than use the traditional 10-team scheduling format, where one full day was devoted to men's quarterfinals and the other to the women's quarterfinals, the SWAC decided to protect their top 2-seeds by giving them days off between matches. The tournament began with two quarterfinals on Tuesday featuring 7/10 and 8/9. The winner of these two matches moved on to play the 1 (vs. 8/9) and 2 (vs. 7/10) seeds on Wednesday. The 3 vs. 6 and 4 vs. 5 matches did not take place until Thursday. The quarterfinal winners would meet in the semifinals on Friday, and the championship game took place Saturday. The championship game aired live on ESPN3 and then aired tape delayed on ESPNU Sunday.

Seeds

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2014 SWAC Women's Basketball Tournament seeds
Seed School Conference Record Overall Record
(End of Regular season)
Tiebreaker
1. Southern 16-2 19-7
2. Texas Southern 15-3 18-11
3. Jackson State 12-6 14-14
4. Prairie View A&M 11-7 11-17
5. Alabama State 9-9 16-13
6. Mississippi Valley State 8-10 9-20
7. Alcorn State 7-11 8-21 1-1 vs. Southern
8. Grambling State 7-11 10-19 0-2 vs. Southern
9. Alabama A&M 3-15 5-23
10. Arkansas-Pine Bluff 2-16 3-25

Bracket

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First round
Tuesday, March 11
Quarterfinals
Wednesday, March 12
&
Thursday, March 13
Semifinals
Friday, March 14
Championship game
Saturday, March 15
ESPN3
            
1 Southern 80
9 Alabama A&M 66
8 Alcorn State 62
9 Alabama A&M 64
1 Southern 43
4 Prairie View A&M 72
4 Prairie View A&M 71
5 Alabama State 61
4 Prairie View A&M 63
2 Texas Southern 58
2 Texas Southern 82
7 Grambling State 74
7 Grambling State 83
10 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 81
2 Texas Southern 79
3 Jackson State 77
3 Jackson State 74
6 Mississippi Valley State 68

All times listed are Central

References

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  1. ^ "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2013-14". ESPN. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
  2. ^ "2014 NCAA Women's Basketball Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Mar. 17)". ESPN. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
  3. ^ "SWAC relocates football, basketball championships to Houston". Houston Business Journal. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  4. ^ "Report: Four ineligible teams allowed to compete in SWAC Tournament". College Basketball Talk. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
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