2022 SWAC men's basketball tournament
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The 2022 SWAC men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the 2021–22 season in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The tournament was held March 9–12, 2022.[1] The tournament winner, the Texas Southern Tigers, received the conference's automatic invitation to the 2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. The tournament was sponsored by Cricket Wireless.
2022 SWAC men's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 2021–22 |
Teams | 8 |
Site | Bartow Arena Birmingham, Alabama |
Champions | Texas Southern (10th title) |
Winning coach | Johnny Jones (2nd title) |
Television | ESPN+, ESPNU |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alcorn State | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 17 | – | 17 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas Southern † | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 19 | – | 13 | .594 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 17 | – | 14 | .548 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida A&M | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 13 | – | 17 | .433 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alabama A&M | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 12 | – | 18 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grambling State | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 12 | – | 20 | .375 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jackson State | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 11 | – | 19 | .367 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prairie View A&M | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 8 | – | 19 | .296 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alabama State | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 9 | – | 21 | .300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bethune–Cookman | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 9 | – | 21 | .300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas–Pine Bluff | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 7 | – | 24 | .226 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mississippi Valley State | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 2 | – | 26 | .071 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2022 SWAC tournament winner |
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[2] |
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1 | Alcorn State | 14–4 | |
2 | Texas Southern | 13–5 | |
3 | Southern | 12–6 | |
4 | Florida A&M | 11–7 | |
5 | Alabama A&M | 10–8 | |
6 | Grambling State | 9–9 | 1–0 vs. Jackson State |
7 | Jackson State | 9–9 | 0–1 vs. Grambling State |
8 | Prairie View A&M | 8–10 | 1–0 vs. Alabama State |
DNQ | Alabama State | 8–10 | 0–1 vs. Prairie View A&M |
DNQ | Bethune–Cookman | 7–11 | |
DNQ | Arkansas–Pine Bluff | 5–13 | |
DNQ | Mississippi Valley State | 2–16 |
Schedule
editGame | Time* | Matchup# | Score | Television | |
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Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 9, 2022 | |||||
1 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 2 Texas Southern vs. No. 7 Jackson State | 54–50 | ESPN+ | |
2 | 8:30 p.m. | No. 1 Alcorn State vs. No. 8 Prairie View A&M | 64–63 (OT) | ||
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10, 2022 | |||||
3 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 3 Southern vs. No. 6 Grambling State | 58–60 | ESPN+ | |
4 | 8:30 p.m. | No. 4 Florida A&M vs. No. 5 Alabama A&M | 56–61 | ||
Semifinals – Friday, March 11, 2022 | |||||
5 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 2 Texas Southern vs. No. 6 Grambling State | 73–54 | ESPN+ | |
6 | 8:30 p.m. | No. 1 Alcorn State vs. No. 5 Alabama A&M | 69-64 | ||
Championship – Saturday, March 12, 2022 | |||||
7 | 5:00 p.m. | No. 2 Texas Southern vs. No. 1 Alcorn State | 87-62 | ESPNU | |
*Game times in CDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. |
Bracket
editQuarterfinals March 9–10, 2022 ESPN+ | Semifinals March 11, 2022 ESPN+ | Championship March 12, 2022 ESPNU | ||||||||||||
1 | Alcorn State | 64* | ||||||||||||
8 | Prairie View A&M | 63 | ||||||||||||
1 | Alcorn State | 69 | ||||||||||||
5 | Alabama A&M | 64 | ||||||||||||
4 | Florida A&M | 56 | ||||||||||||
5 | Alabama A&M | 61 | ||||||||||||
1 | Alcorn State | 62 | ||||||||||||
2 | Texas Southern | 87 | ||||||||||||
2 | Texas Southern | 54 | ||||||||||||
7 | Jackson State | 50 | ||||||||||||
2 | Texas Southern | 73 | ||||||||||||
6 | Grambling State | 54 | ||||||||||||
3 | Southern | 58 | ||||||||||||
6 | Grambling State | 60 |
References
edit- ^ "2022 Cricket Wireless SWAC Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments". swac.org. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
- ^ "SWAC Basketball Tiebreaker Policy". SWAC.org. SWAC.