2018 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2018 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southwestern Athletic Conference for the 2017–18 season. Tournament first round games were played at the campus of the higher seeded team on March 6. The remainder of the tournament was held on March 9 and 10, 2018 at the Delmar Fieldhouse in Houston.[1]

2018 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201718
Teams8
SiteDelmar Fieldhouse
Houston, Texas
First round siteCampus sites
ChampionsTexas Southern (8th title)
Winning coachMike Davis (4th title)
MVPTrae Jefferson (Texas Southern)
2017–18 SWAC men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Grambling State*135 .722  1714  .548
Prairie View A&M126 .667  1618  .471
Texas Southern126 .667  1620  .444
Arkansas–Pine Bluff126 .667  1421  .400
Southern108 .556  1518  .455
Jackson State99 .500  1220  .375
Alabama State810 .444  823  .258
Alcorn State711 .389  1121  .344
Mississippi Valley State414 .222  428  .125
Alabama A&M*315 .167  328  .097
*ineligible for postseason due to APR violations
2018 SWAC Tournament winner

Texas Southern won the tournament by defeating Arkansas–Pine Bluff in the championship game, the Tigers' second consecutive championship. As a result, Texas Southern received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

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. Grambling State, the conference's regular season champion, was ineligible for postseason play due to APR violations.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1 Arkansas–Pine Bluff 12–6 3–1 vs Prairie View A&M/Texas Southern
2 Prairie View A&M 12–6 2–2 vs Arkansas–Pine Bluff/Texas Southern
3 Texas Southern 12–6 1–3 vs Arkansas–Pine Bluff/Prairie View A&M
4 Southern 10–8
5 Jackson State 9–9
6 Alabama State 8–10
7 Alcorn State 7–11
8 Mississippi Valley State 4–14

Schedule and results

Game Time Matchup Score
Quarterfinals – Tuesday, March 6 – campus sites
1 7:30 pm No. 8 Mississippi Valley State at No. 1 Arkansas–Pine Bluff 73–77
2 7:30 pm No. 5 Jackson State at No. 4 Southern 60–62
3 8:30 pm No. 7 Alcorn State at No. 2 Prairie View A&M 71–87
4 8:00 pm No. 6 Alabama State at No. 3 Texas Southern 76–90
Semifinals – Friday, March 9 – Delmar Fieldhouse, Houston, TX
5 2:30 pm No. 1 Arkansas–Pine Bluff vs No. 4 Southern 71–65
6 8:30 pm No. 2 Prairie View A&M vs No. 3 Texas Southern 74–88
Final – Saturday, March 10 – Delmar Fieldhouse, Houston, TX
7 3:00 pm No. 1 Arkansas–Pine Bluff vs No. 3 Texas Southern 69–84
Game times in CST. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
March 6
ESPN3
Semifinals
March 9
ESPN3
Finals
March 10
TV coverage: ESPN2
         
1 Arkansas–Pine Bluff 77
8 Mississippi Valley State 73
1 Arkansas–Pine Bluff 71
4 Southern 65
4 Southern 62
5 Jackson State 60
1 Arkansas–Pine Bluff 69
3 Texas Southern 84
2 Prairie View A&M 87
7 Alcorn State 71
2 Prairie View A&M 74
3 Texas Southern 88
3 Texas Southern 90
6 Alabama State 76

First round games at campus sites of lower-numbered seeds

References

  1. "SWAC Tournament gets new home - HBCU Gameday". hbcugameday.com. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
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