2024 SWAC men's basketball tournament
| 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 |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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]
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
[edit]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.
| 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.