College basketball tournament
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 .
Seeds
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.
Schedule
Game
Time*
Matchup#
Score
Television
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
Quarterfinals 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