2016 SWAC men's basketball tournament

2016 SWAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2015–16
Teams	10
Site	Toyota Center Houston, Texas
Champions	Southern (9th title)
Winning coach	Roman Banks (2nd title)
MVP	Trelun Banks (Southern)
Television	SWAC Digital Network, ESPNU
SWAC men's basketball tournaments

2015–16 SWAC men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Texas Southern	16	–	2		.889			18	–	15		.545
Alcorn State*	13	–	5		.722			15	–	15		.500
Jackson State	12	–	6		.667			20	–	16		.556
Southern †	11	–	7		.611			22	–	13		.629
Alabama State	9	–	9		.500			14	–	17		.452
Prairie View A&M	7	–	11		.389			7	–	24		.226
Alabama A&M	6	–	12		.333			11	–	18		.379
Arkansas–Pine Bluff	6	–	12		.333			8	–	25		.242
Mississippi Valley State	6	–	12		.333			8	–	27		.229
Grambling State	4	–	14		.222			7	–	24		.226
*ineligible for postseason due to APR violations
† 2016 SWAC tournament winner

The 2016 SWAC men's basketball tournament is the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southwestern Athletic Conference. The tournament will be held from March 8–12, 2016 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas^[1] The champion will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA tournament.

Seeds

All 10 SWAC teams participated in the Tournament. Alcorn State was ineligible for NCAA postseason play due to APR violations. Had Alcorn State won the tournament, the SWAC's bid would have been awarded to the highest remaining seed still in the field.^[2] The top 6 teams received a bye into the Quarterfinals.

Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	Texas Southern	16–2
2	Alcorn State	13–5
3	Jackson State	12–6
4	Southern	11–7
5	Alabama State	9–9
6	Prairie View A&M	7–11
7	Mississippi Valley State	6–12	3–1 vs Alabama A&M & Arkansas-Pine Bluff
8	Alabama A&M	6–12	2–2 vs Mississippi Valley State & Arkansas-Pine Bluff
9	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	6–12	1–3 vs Mississippi Valley State & Alabama A&M
10	Grambling State	4–14

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Score	Television
First round – Tuesday, March 8
1	1	2:30 pm	#7 Mississippi Valley St. vs. #10 Grambling State	87–73	SWAC Digital Network
	2	8:30 pm	#8 Alabama A&M vs. #9 Arkansas-Pine Bluff	61–53
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 9
2	3	2:30 pm	#2 Alcorn State vs. #7 Mississippi Valley St.	61–64	SWAC Digital Network
	4	8:30 pm	#1 Texas Southern vs. #8 Alabama A&M	77–69
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10
3	5	2:30 pm	#3 Jackson State vs #6 Prairie View A&M	69–51	SWAC Digital Network
	6	8:30 pm	#4 Southern vs. #5 Alabama State	83–63
Semifinals – Friday, March 11
4	7	2:30 pm	#3 Jackson State vs. #7 Mississippi Valley St.	74–68	SWAC Digital Network
	8	8:30 pm	#1 Texas Southern vs. #4 Southern	73–81
Championship – Saturday, March 12
5	9	5:30 pm	#3 Jackson State vs. #4 Southern	53–54	ESPNU

*Game times in Central Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

^[3]

	First round Tuesday March 8					Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 9 Thursday, March 10					Semifinals Friday, March 11					Championship Saturday, March 12 ESPNU
						1	Texas Southern	77
						8	Alabama A&M	69
	8	Alabama A&M	61
	9	Arkansas–Pine Bluff	53
											1	Texas Southern	73
											4	Southern	81
						4	Southern	83
						5	Alabama State	63
																4	Southern	54
																3	Jackson State	53
						2	Alcorn State	61
						7	Mississippi Valley State	64
	7	Mississippi Valley State	87
	10	Grambling State	73
											7	Mississippi Valley State	68
											3	Jackson State	74
						3	Jackson State	69
						6	Prairie View A&M	51

References

1. "2016 Toyota SWAC Mens Basketball Tournament". SWAC Men's Basketball. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
2. Lohmar, Jim. "SWAC basketball tournament 2016: Bracket, schedule and scores". SBNation.com. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
3. "2016 Toyota SWAC Mens Basketball Tournament Bracket" (PDF). NeuLion. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 16, 2016. Retrieved February 9, 2016.