2024 SWAC women's basketball tournament

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]

2024 SWAC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2023–24
Teams	8
Site	Bartow Arena Birmingham, Alabama
Champions	Jackson State (10th title)
Winning coach	Tomekia Reed (3rd title)
Television	ESPN+, ESPNU
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2023–24 SWAC women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Jackson State †	18	–	0		1.000			26	–	7		.788
Grambling State	15	–	3		.833			23	–	10		.697
Southern	13	–	5		.722			15	–	15		.500
Arkansas–Pine Bluff	11	–	7		.611			17	–	16		.515
Alabama A&M	10	–	8		.556			15	–	16		.484
Florida A&M	8	–	10		.444			9	–	21		.300
Alcorn State	8	–	10		.444			12	–	20		.375
Prairie View A&M	7	–	11		.389			11	–	18		.379
Texas Southern	6	–	12		.333			7	–	22		.241
Bethune–Cookman	6	–	12		.333			15	–	16		.484
Mississippi Valley State	3	–	15		.167			4	–	27		.129
Alabama State	3	–	15		.167			3	–	26		.103
† 2024 SWAC tournament winner

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.

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker[3]
1	Jackson State	18–0
2	Grambling State	15–3
3	Southern	13–5
4	Arkansas–Pine Bluff	11–7
5	Alabama A&M	10–8
6	Florida A&M	8–10	1–1 vs. Southern
7	Alcorn State	8–10	0–1 vs. Southern
8	Prairie View A&M	7–11
DNQ	Texas Southern	6–12	1–0 vs. Bethune–Cookman
DNQ	Bethune–Cookman	6–12	0–1 vs. Texas Southern
DNQ	Mississippi Valley State	3–15	1–0 vs. Alabama State
DNQ	Alabama State	3–15	0–1 vs. Mississippi Valley State

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup#	Score	Television
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 13
1	11:00 a.m.	No. 2 Grambling State vs. No. 7 Florida A&M	66–60	ESPN+
2	5:30 p.m.	No. 1 Jackson State vs. No. 8 Prairie View A&M	67–58
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 14
3	11:00 a.m.	No. 3 Southern vs. No. 6 Alcorn State	52–59	ESPN+
4	5:30 p.m.	No. 4 Arkansas–Pine Bluff vs. No. 5 Alabama A&M	82–74
Semifinals – Friday, March 15
5	11:00 a.m.	No. 1 Jackson State vs. No. 4 Arkansas–Pine Bluff	70–48	ESPN+
6	5:30 p.m.	No. 2 Grambling State vs. No. 6 Alcorn State	59–61
Championship – Saturday, March 16
7	4:30 p.m.	No. 1 Jackson State vs. No. 6 Alcorn State	68–44	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 State	67
	8	Prairie View A&M	58
						1	Jackson State	70
						4	Arkansas–Pine Bluff	48
	4	Arkansas–Pine Bluff	82
	5	Alabama A&M	74
											1	Jackson State	68
											6	Alcorn State	44
	2	Grambling State	66
	7	Florida A&M	60
						2	Grambling State	59
						6	Alcorn State	61
	3	Southern	52
	6	Alcorn State	59

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.
4. "2024 SWAC Men's and Women's Basketball Tournament Brackets (PDF) - Southwestern Athletic Conference" (PDF). swac.org. Retrieved December 8, 2023.