2022 SWAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2021–22
Teams8
SiteBartow Arena
Birmingham, Alabama
ChampionsTexas Southern (10th title)
Winning coachJohnny Jones (2nd title)
TelevisionESPN+, ESPNU
2021–22 SWAC men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Alcorn State14–4 .77817–17  .500
Texas Southern †13–5 .72219–13  .594
Southern12–6 .66717–14  .548
Florida A&M11–7 .61113–17  .433
Alabama A&M10–8 .55612–18  .400
Grambling State9–9 .50012–20  .375
Jackson State9–9 .50011–19  .367
Prairie View A&M8–10 .4448–19  .296
Alabama State8–10 .4449–21  .300
Bethune–Cookman7–11 .3899–21  .300
Arkansas–Pine Bluff5–13 .2787–24  .226
Mississippi Valley State2–16 .1112–26  .071
† 2022 SWAC tournament winner

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.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker[2]
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

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

  1. ↑ "2022 Cricket Wireless SWAC Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments". swac.org. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
  2. ↑ "SWAC Basketball Tiebreaker Policy". SWAC.org. SWAC.
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