American Collegiate Tournament
The 2024 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the 2023–24 season in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The tournament was held from March 13–16, 2024.[ 1] Grambling State , received an automatic invitation to the 2024 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament . The tournament was sponsored by Pepsi .[ 2]
For the first time in program history, Grambling State won the SWAC tournament, doing so in a defeat of the three-time defending champion Texas Southern in the final. In addition, it was the first time since 2019 that the regular season champion won the SWAC tournament.
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.
Schedule
Game
Time*
Matchup#
Score
Television
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 13
1
2:00 p.m.
No. 2 Alcorn State vs. No. 7 Alabama A&M
63–75
ESPN+
2
8:30 p.m.
No. 1 Grambling State vs. No. 8 Alabama State
56–50
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 14
3
2:00 p.m.
No. 3 Texas Southern vs. No. 6 Jackson State
73–62
ESPN+
4
8:30 p.m.
No. 4 Southern vs. No. 5 Bethune–Cookman
58–73
Semifinals – Friday, March 15
5
2:00 p.m.
No. 1 Grambling State vs. No. 5 Bethune–Cookman
65–53
ESPN+
6
8:30 p.m.
No. 7 Alabama A&M vs. No. 3 Texas Southern
65–72
Championship – Saturday, March 16
7
8:30 p.m.
No. 1 Grambling State vs. No. 3 Texas Southern
75–66
ESPNU /ESPN+
*Game times in CDT . #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. [ 4]
Bracket
Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship 1
Grambling State
56
8
Alabama State
50
1
Grambling State
65
5
Bethune–Cookman
53
4
Southern
58
5
Bethune–Cookman
73
1
Grambling State
75
3
Texas Southern
66
2
Alcorn State
63
7
Alabama A&M
75
7
Alabama A&M
65
3
Texas Southern
72
3
Texas Southern
73
6
Jackson State
62
References
