SWAC Women's Basketball Tournament

The SWAC Women's Basketball Tournament is the conference championship tournament in women's basketball for the Southwestern Athletic Conference. It is a single-elimination tournament involving 8 of the 10 league schools, and seeding is based on regular-season records with head-to-head match-up as a tie-breaker. The winner has received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA women's basketball tournament since 1994.

SWAC Women's Basketball Tournament
Conference Basketball Championship
SportBasketball
ConferenceSWAC
Number of teams8
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Played1981–present
Last contest2019
Official websiteSWAC Basketball

The highest seeds face off against the corresponding lowest seeds, with the two remaining teams facing off in the Finals to determine the champion.

The tournament has been held since 1981.

Results

Year Regular season Coach Tournament Coach
1981–1982 Jackson State Sadie Magee Jackson State Sadie Magee
1982–1983 Jackson State Sadie Magee Jackson State Sadie Magee
1983–1984 Alcorn State Shirley Walker Jackson State Sadie Magee
1984–1985 Alcorn State Shirley Walker Jackson State Sadie Magee
1985–1986 Alcorn State Shirley Walker Alcorn State Shirley Walker
1986–1987 Grambling State Patricia Bibbs Mississippi Valley State Jessie Harris
1987–1988 Mississippi Valley State Jessie Harris Grambling State Patricia Bibbs
1988–1989 Grambling State Patricia Bibbs Alabama State Ron Mitchell
1989–1990 Grambling State Patricia Bibbs Jackson State Andrew Pennington
1990–1991 Alcorn State Shirley Walker Alcorn State Shirley Walker
1991–1992 Alcorn State Shirley Walker Alcorn State Shirley Walker
1992–1993 Alcorn State
Southern
Shirley Walker
Herman Hartman
Mississippi Valley State Jessie Harris
1993–1994 Alcorn State Shirley Walker Grambling State Patricia Bibbs
1994–1995 Alcorn State
Grambling State
Jackson State
Shirley Walker
Patricia Bibbs
Andrew Pennington
Jackson State Andrew Pennington
1995–1996 Alcorn State
Jackson State
Shirley Walker
Andrew Pennington
Grambling State Patricia Bibbs
1996–1997 Grambling State Patricia Bibbs Grambling State Patricia Bibbs
1997–1998 Grambling State David Ponton Grambling State David Ponton
1998–1999 Grambling State David Ponton Grambling State David Ponton
1999–2000 Grambling State David Ponton Alcorn State Shirley Walker
2000–2001 Alcorn State Shirley Walker Alcorn State Shirley Walker
2001–2002 Southern Sandy Pugh Southern Sandy Pugh
2002–2003 Alabama State
Jackson State
Freda Freeman-Jackson
Denise Taylor
Alabama State Freda Freeman-Jackson
2003–2004 Alabama State Freda Freeman-Jackson Southern Sandy Pugh
2004–2005 Alcorn State Shirley Walker Alcorn State Shirley Walker
2005–2006 Jackson State
Southern
Denise Taylor
Sandy Pugh
Southern Sandy Pugh
2006–2007 Prairie View A&M
Jackson State
Cynthia Cooper-Dyke
Denise Taylor
Prairie View A&M Cynthia Cooper-Dyke
2007–2008 Prairie View A&M Cynthia Cooper-Dyke Jackson State Denise Taylor
2008–2009 Prairie View A&M Cynthia Cooper-Dyke Prairie View A&M Cynthia Cooper-Dyke
2009–2010 Southern Sandy Pugh Southern Sandy Pugh
2010–2011 Southern Sandy Pugh Prairie View A&M Toyelle Wilson
2011–2012 Mississippi Valley State Nate Kilbert Prairie View A&M Toyelle Wilson
2012–2013 Texas Southern Cynthia Cooper-Dyke Prairie View A&M Toyelle Wilson
2013–2014 Southern Sandy Pugh Prairie View A&M Dawn Brown
2014–2015 Alabama State Freda Freeman-Jackson Alabama State Freda Freeman-Jackson
2015–2016 Alabama State Freda Freeman-Jackson Alabama State Freda Freeman-Jackson
2016–2017 Grambling State
Texas Southern
Freddie Murray
Johnetta Hayes-Perry
Texas Southern Johnetta Hayes-Perry
2017–2018 Southern Carlos Funchess Grambling State Freddie Murray
2018–2019 Southern Carlos Funchess Southern Carlos Funchess
2019–2020 Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic

List of championships by school

School Tournament Championships Regular Season Championships
Jackson State 7 7
Alcorn State 6 11
Grambling State 6 9
Prairie View A&M 6 3
Alabama State 4 4
Southern 4 6
Mississippi Valley State 2 2
Texas Southern 1 2
Alabama A&M 0 0
Arkansas–Pine Bluff 0 0

References

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