2019 SWAC women's basketball tournament

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 2019 SWAC women's basketball tournament took place March 12–16, 2019. Tournament first-round games were held on campus sites at the higher seed on March 12. The remaining rounds and the semifinals and championship at Bill Harris Arena in Birmingham, Alabama. The winner, Southern, received the Southwestern Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.

Quick Facts tournament, Classification ...
2019 SWAC women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201819
Teams8
SiteBill Harris Arena
Birmingham, Alabama
First round siteCampus sites
ChampionsSouthern (5th title)
Winning coachCarlos Funchess (1st title)
MVPAlyric Scott (Southern)
TelevisionESPN3
 2018
2020 
Close
More information Conf., Overall ...
2018–19 SWAC women's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Southern144 .7782013  .606
Prairie View A&M135 .7221714  .548
Jackson State126 .6671814  .563
Grambling State126 .6671616  .500
Texas Southern117 .6111515  .500
Alabama State108 .5561119  .367
Alabama A&M810 .4441317  .433
Mississippi Valley State513 .278624  .200
Alcorn State315 .167426  .133
Arkansas-Pine Bluff216 .111520  .200
2019 SWAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll
Close

Unlike most NCAA Division I basketball conference tournaments, the SWAC tournament does not include all of the league's teams. The tournament instead features only the top eight teams from regular-season SWAC play.

Southern won the conference tournament championship game over Jackson State, 45–41.[1]

Seeds

More information Seed, School ...
Seed School Conference
record
Overall
record
Tiebreaker
1 Southern 14–4 17–12
2 Prairie View A&M 13–5 16–12
3 Jackson State 12–6 16–13 2–0 vs. GSU
4 Grambling State 12–6 15–15 0–2 vs. JSU
5 Texas Southern 11–7 15–14
6 Alabama State 10–8 11–18
7 Alabama A&M 8–10 13–16
8 Mississippi Valley State 5–13 6–23
Close

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Tuesday, March 12
Semifinals
Friday, March 15
ESPN3
Championship
Saturday, March 16
ESPN3, 1:30 p.m.
         
1 Southern 51
8 Mississippi Valley State 44
1 Southern 71
4 Grambling 69
4 Grambling State 72
5 Texas Southern 61
1 Southern 45
3 Jackson State 41
3 Jackson State 75
6 Alabama State 59
3 Jackson State 75**
2 Prairie View A&M 63
2 Prairie View A&M 69
7 Alabama A&M 56

**Denotes the number of overtimes played (double overtime)

See also

References

Wikiwand - on

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.