2024 SWAC women's basketball tournament

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2024 SWAC women's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2023–24
Teams8
Site Bartow Arena
Birmingham, Alabama
Champions Jackson State (10th title)
Winning coachTomekia Reed (3rd title)
Television ESPN+, ESPNU
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2023–24 SWAC women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Jackson State †18–0 1.00026–7  .788
Grambling State 15–3 .83323–10  .697
Southern 13–5 .72215–15  .500
Arkansas–Pine Bluff 11–7 .61117–16  .515
Alabama A&M 10–8 .55615–16  .484
Florida A&M 8–10 .4449–21  .300
Alcorn State 8–10 .44412–20  .375
Prairie View A&M 7–11 .38911–18  .379
Texas Southern 6–12 .3337–22  .241
Bethune–Cookman 6–12 .33315–16  .484
Mississippi Valley State 3–15 .1674–27  .129
Alabama State 3–15 .1673–26  .103
† 2024 SWAC tournament winner

The 2024 SWAC Women's Basketball Tournament will be the postseason men's basketball tournament for the 2023–24 season in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The tournament will be held from March 13–16, 2024. [1] The tournament winner will receive an automatic invitation to the 2024 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. The tournament will be sponsored by Pepsi. [2]

Contents

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.

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker [3]
1Jackson State18–0
2Grambling State15–3
3Southern13–5
4Arkansas–Pine Bluff11–7
5Alabama A&M10–8
6Florida A&M8–101–1 vs. Southern
7Alcorn State8–100–1 vs. Southern
8Prairie View A&M7–11
DNQTexas Southern6–121–0 vs. Bethune–Cookman
DNQBethune–Cookman6–120–1 vs. Texas Southern
DNQMississippi Valley State3–151–0 vs. Alabama State
DNQAlabama State3–150–1 vs. Mississippi Valley State

Schedule

GameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevision
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 13
111:00 a.m.No. 2 Grambling State vs. No. 7 Florida A&M66–60 ESPN+
25:30 p.m.No. 1 Jackson State vs. No. 8 Prairie View A&M67–58
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 14
311:00 a.m.No. 3 Southern vs. No. 6 Alcorn State52–59ESPN+
45:30 p.m.No. 4 Arkansas–Pine Bluff vs. No. 5 Alabama A&M82–74
Semifinals – Friday, March 15
511:00 a.m.No. 1 Jackson State vs. No. 4 Arkansas–Pine Bluff70–48ESPN+
65:30 p.m.No. 2 Grambling State vs. No. 6 Alcorn State59–61
Championship – Saturday, March 16
74:30 p.m.No. 1 Jackson State vs. No. 6 Alcorn State68–44 ESPNU/ESPN+
*Game times in CDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. [4]

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Wednesday, March 13
Thursday, March 14 		Semifinals
Friday, March 15 		Championship
Saturday, March 16
         
1 Jackson State67
8 Prairie View A&M 58
1Jackson State70
4 Arkansas–Pine Bluff 48
4 Arkansas–Pine Bluff82
5 Alabama A&M 74
1Jackson State68
6 Alcorn State 44
2 Grambling State66
7 Florida A&M 60
2 Grambling State 59
6Alcorn State61
3 Southern 52
6Alcorn State59

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References

  1. ↑ "2024 Pepsi SWAC Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments". swac.org. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
  2. ↑ Mosley, Kyle T. (July 25, 2023). "SWAC, PepsiCo Expanded Partnership, Increases HBCU Investment". HBCU Legends. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
  3. ↑ "SWAC Basketball Tiebreaker Policy". SWAC.org. SWAC.
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