2017 SWAC men's basketball tournament

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2017 SWAC men's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 201617
Teams8
Site Toyota Center
Houston, Texas
First round siteCampus sites
Champions Texas Southern (7th title)
Winning coach Mike Davis (3rd title)
MVP Marvin Jones (Texas Southern)
  2016
2018  
2016–17 SWAC men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Texas Southern162 .8892312  .657
Alcorn State*135 .7221814  .563
Grambling State 108 .5561617  .485
Jackson State 108 .5561418  .438
Southern 108 .5561518  .455
Prairie View A&M 108 .5561320  .394
Mississippi Valley State 711 .389725  .219
Alabama State 612 .333823  .258
Arkansas–Pine Bluff 612 .333725  .219
Alabama A&M 216 .111227  .069
*ineligible for postseason due to APR violations
2017 SWAC tournament winner

The 2017 SWAC men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southwestern Athletic Conference. Tournament first-round games were played at the campus of the higher seeded team on March 7. The remainder of the tournament was held on March 10 and 11, 2017 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. [1] Texas Southern, received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. [2] [3] Alcorn State lost to Texas Southern in the championship game, but was ineligible for NCAA postseason play due to APR violations. Had Alcorn State beaten Texas Southern, Texas Southern would have still received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament because of its first place finish in the regular season. [4]

Contents

Seeds

The top eight teams competed in the conference tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreakerTiebreaker 2
1 Texas Southern 16–2
2 Alcorn State 13–5
3 Southern 10–84–2 vs. Gram/Jack/PV A&M
4 Prairie View A&M 10–83–3 vs. Sou/Gram/Jack+9 point differential vs. Gram
5 Grambling State 10–83–3 vs. Sou/Jack/PV A&M–9 point differential vs. PV A&M
6 Jackson State 10–82–4 vs. Sou/Gram/PV A&M
7 Mississippi Valley St. 7–11
8 Alabama State 6–121–1 vs. UAPB4 point differential vs. UAPB

Schedule and results

GameTimeMatchupScore
Quarterfinals – Tuesday, March 7 – campus sites
17:30 pmNo. 8 Alabama State at No. 1 Texas Southern87–72
28:00 pmNo. 5 Grambling State at No. 4 Prairie View A&M81–77
37:30 pmNo. 6 Jackson State at No. 3 Southern69–63
46:00 pmNo. 7 Mississippi Valley State at No. 2 Alcorn State63–60
Semifinals – Friday, March 10 – Toyota Center, Houston, TX
52:30 pmNo. 5 Grambling State vs No. 1 Texas Southern62–57
68:30 pmNo. 3 Southern vs No. 2 Alcorn State81–59
Final – Saturday, March 11 – Toyota Center, Houston, TX
73:00 pmNo. 2 Alcorn State vs No. 1 Texas Southern53–50
*Game times in CST.
Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

Quarterfinals
March 7
Semifinals
March 10
Championship
March 11
         
1 Texas Southern87
8 Alabama State 72
1 Texas Southern62
5 Grambling State 57
4 Prairie View A&M 77
5 Grambling State81
1 Texas Southern53
2 Alcorn State 50
2 Alcorn State63
7 Mississippi Valley State 60
2 Alcorn State81
3 Southern 59
3 Southern69
6 Jackson State 63

First round games at campus sites of lower-numbered seeds

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