2023 SWAC women's basketball tournament
Appearance
2023 SWAC women's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 2022–23 |
Teams | 8 |
Site | Bartow Arena Birmingham, Alabama |
Television | ESPN+, ESPNU |
The 2023 SWAC Women's Basketball Tournament will be the postseason women's basketball tournament for the 2022–23 season in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The tournament will be held from March 8–11, 2023.[1] The tournament winner will receive an automatic invitation to the 2023 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. The tournament will be sponsored by Cricket Wireless.
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jackson State | 17 | – | 1 | .944 | 21 | – | 9 | .700 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alabama State | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 16 | – | 15 | .516 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alabama A&M | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 14 | – | 15 | .483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prairie View A&M | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern† | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 18 | – | 14 | .563 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas–Pine Bluff | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 14 | – | 17 | .452 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bethune–Cookman | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 11 | – | 18 | .379 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grambling State | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 10 | – | 20 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alcorn State | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 12 | – | 17 | .414 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida A&M | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 6 | – | 23 | .207 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas Southern | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 2 | – | 27 | .069 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mississippi Valley State | 0 | – | 18 | .000 | 2 | – | 27 | .069 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2023 SWAC tournament winner As of March 11, 2023 |
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] |
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1 | Jackson State | 17-1 | |
2 | Alabama A&M | 12-6 | 3-2 vs. 12-6 teams; 117-115 margin vs. Alabama State |
3 | Alabama State | 12-6 | 3-2 vs. 12-6 teams; 115-117 margin vs. Alabama A&M |
4 | Southern | 12-6 | 3-3 vs. tied 12-6 teams |
5 | Prairie View A&M | 12-6 | 1-3 vs. tied 12-6 teams |
6 | Bethune-Cookman | 10-8 | 1-0 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff |
7 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 10-8 | 0-1 vs. Bethune-Cookman |
8 | Grambling State | 9-9 | |
DNQ | Alcorn State | 8-10 | |
DNQ | Florida A&M | 4-14 | |
DNQ | Texas Southern | 2-16 | |
DNQ | Mississippi Valley State | 0-18 |
Schedule
Game | Time* | Matchup# | Score | Television | |
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Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 8, 2023 | |||||
1 | 11:00 a.m. | No. 2 Alabama A&M vs. No. 7 Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 55-62 | ESPN+ | |
2 | 5:30 p.m. | No. 1 Jackson State vs. No. 8 Grambling State | 59-50 | ||
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9, 2023 | |||||
3 | 11:00 a.m. | No. 3 Alabama State vs. No. 6 Bethune-Cookman | 70-61 | ESPN+ | |
4 | 5:30 p.m. | No. 4 Southern vs. No. 5 Prairie View A&M | 64-37 | ||
Semifinals – Friday, March 10, 2023 | |||||
5 | 11:00 a.m. | No. 1 Jackson State vs. No. 4 Southern | 65–64 | ESPN+ | |
6 | 5:30 p.m. | No. 7 Arkansas-Pine Bluff vs. No. 3 Alabama State | 71–66 | ||
Championship – Saturday, March 11, 2023 | |||||
7 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 4 Southern vs. No. 7 Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 62-53 | ESPN Networks | |
*Game times in CDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.[3] |
Bracket
Quarterfinals March 8–9 ESPN+ | Semifinals March 10 ESPN+ | Championship March 11 ESPN Networks | ||||||||||||
1 | Jackson State | 59 | ||||||||||||
8 | Grambling State | 50 | ||||||||||||
1 | Jackson State | 64 | ||||||||||||
4 | Southern | 65 | ||||||||||||
4 | Southern | 64 | ||||||||||||
5 | Prairie View A&M | 37 | ||||||||||||
4 | Southern | 62 | ||||||||||||
7 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 53 | ||||||||||||
2 | Alabama A&M | 55 | ||||||||||||
7 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 62 | ||||||||||||
7 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 71 | ||||||||||||
3 | Alabama State | 66 | ||||||||||||
3 | Alabama State | 70 | ||||||||||||
6 | Bethune-Cookman | 61 |
References
- ^ "2023 Cricket SWAC Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments". swac.org. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
- ^ "SWAC Basketball Tiebreaker Policy". SWAC.org. SWAC.
- ^ "2023 SWAC Basketball Tournament Brackets Mar. 8-11 (PDF) - Southwestern Athletic Conference" (PDF). swac.org. Retrieved February 18, 2023.