2022 SWAC men's basketball tournament

The 2022 SWAC men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the 2021–22 season in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The tournament was held March 9–12, 2022.^[1] The tournament winner, the Texas Southern Tigers, received the conference's automatic invitation to the 2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. The tournament was sponsored by Cricket Wireless.

2022 SWAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2021–22
Teams	8
Site	Bartow Arena Birmingham, Alabama
Champions	Texas Southern (10th title)
Winning coach	Johnny Jones (2nd title)
Television	ESPN+, ESPNU
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2021–22 SWAC men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Alcorn State	14	–	4		.778			17	–	17		.500
Texas Southern †	13	–	5		.722			19	–	13		.594
Southern	12	–	6		.667			17	–	14		.548
Florida A&M	11	–	7		.611			13	–	17		.433
Alabama A&M	10	–	8		.556			12	–	18		.400
Grambling State	9	–	9		.500			12	–	20		.375
Jackson State	9	–	9		.500			11	–	19		.367
Prairie View A&M	8	–	10		.444			8	–	19		.296
Alabama State	8	–	10		.444			9	–	21		.300
Bethune–Cookman	7	–	11		.389			9	–	21		.300
Arkansas–Pine Bluff	5	–	13		.278			7	–	24		.226
Mississippi Valley State	2	–	16		.111			2	–	26		.071
† 2022 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[2]
1	Alcorn State	14–4
2	Texas Southern	13–5
3	Southern	12–6
4	Florida A&M	11–7
5	Alabama A&M	10–8
6	Grambling State	9–9	1–0 vs. Jackson State
7	Jackson State	9–9	0–1 vs. Grambling State
8	Prairie View A&M	8–10	1–0 vs. Alabama State
DNQ	Alabama State	8–10	0–1 vs. Prairie View A&M
DNQ	Bethune–Cookman	7–11
DNQ	Arkansas–Pine Bluff	5–13
DNQ	Mississippi Valley State	2–16

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup#	Score	Television
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 9, 2022
1	2:00 p.m.	No. 2 Texas Southern vs. No. 7 Jackson State	54–50	ESPN+
2	8:30 p.m.	No. 1 Alcorn State vs. No. 8 Prairie View A&M	64–63 (OT)
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10, 2022
3	2:00 p.m.	No. 3 Southern vs. No. 6 Grambling State	58–60	ESPN+
4	8:30 p.m.	No. 4 Florida A&M vs. No. 5 Alabama A&M	56–61
Semifinals – Friday, March 11, 2022
5	2:00 p.m.	No. 2 Texas Southern vs. No. 6 Grambling State	73–54	ESPN+
6	8:30 p.m.	No. 1 Alcorn State vs. No. 5 Alabama A&M	69-64
Championship – Saturday, March 12, 2022
7	5:00 p.m.	No. 2 Texas Southern vs. No. 1 Alcorn State	87-62	ESPNU
*Game times in CDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals March 9–10, 2022 ESPN+					Semifinals March 11, 2022 ESPN+					Championship March 12, 2022 ESPNU
	1	Alcorn State	64*
	8	Prairie View A&M	63
						1	Alcorn State	69
						5	Alabama A&M	64
	4	Florida A&M	56
	5	Alabama A&M	61
											1	Alcorn State	62
											2	Texas Southern	87
	2	Texas Southern	54
	7	Jackson State	50
						2	Texas Southern	73
						6	Grambling State	54
	3	Southern	58
	6	Grambling State	60

References

1. "2022 Cricket Wireless SWAC Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments". swac.org. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
2. "SWAC Basketball Tiebreaker Policy". SWAC.org. SWAC.