The SWAC Tournament doesn't have much star power, but there is still an NCAA Tournament bid up for grabs, so every team had extra motivation when they travel to the Toyota Center in Houston this week.
SWAC basketball tournament 2015: Bracket, schedule and scores
It’s Texas Southern and everyone else in a typically weak SWAC field.
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Texas Southern was the prohibitive favorite to win it all after running through the conference with a 15-2 record, and held on to beat Southern for the conference tournament crown.
It’s hard to tell how good the Tigers really are given their competition -- four of the 10 SWAC teams have 20 losses or more, and seven rank lower than 300th in the KenPom rankings. Whoever comes out of this conference may be forced to travel to Dayton for the First Four.
The format
Nine teams competed in this year’s tournament.. Alabama State and Southern are ineligible for the NCAA Tournament, but are allowed to compete in the SWAC tourney, which could have made things awkward if one of them end up winning it all. The bottom two teams have a play-in game to determine the No. 1 seed’s first opponent. The tournament otherwise follows a standard eight-team format.
The teams
- Texas Southern Tigers
- Alabama State Hornets
- Southern Jaguars
- Prairie View A&M Panthers
- Jackson State Tigers
- Alabama A&M Bulldogs
- Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils
- Alcorn State Braves
- Grambling State Tigers
Bracket
A complete bracket can be found here.
Schedule and results (all times Eastern)
Tuesday, March 10 (First round)
Game 1: No. 8 Alcorn State 66, No. 9 Grambling 52
Wednesday, March 11 (Quarterfinals)
Game 2: No. 2 Alabama State 93, No. 7 Mississippi Valley State 81
Game 3: No. 1 Texas Southern 95, No. 8 Alcorn State 74
Thursday, March 12 (Quarterfinals)
Game 4: No. 3 Southern 64, No. 6 Alabama A&M 60
Game 5: No. 4 Prairie View 62, No. 5 Jackson State 56
Friday, March 13 (Semifinals)
Game 6: No. 3 Southern 68, No. 2 Alabama State 66
Game 7: No. 1 Texas Southern 90, No. 4 Prairie View 77
Saturday, March 14 (Championship)
No. 1 Texas Southern 62, No. 3 Southern 58
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