2023 SWAC women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season202223
Teams8
SiteBartow Arena
Birmingham, Alabama
TelevisionESPN+, 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.

2022–23 SWAC women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Jackson State171 .944219  .700
Alabama State126 .6671615  .516
Alabama A&M126 .6671415  .483
Prairie View A&M126 .6671515  .500
Southern126 .6671814  .563
Arkansas–Pine Bluff108 .5561417  .452
Bethune–Cookman108 .5561118  .379
Grambling State99 .5001020  .333
Alcorn State810 .4441217  .414
Florida A&M414 .222623  .207
Texas Southern216 .111227  .069
Mississippi Valley State018 .000227  .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]
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
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

  1. "2023 Cricket SWAC Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments". swac.org. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
  2. "SWAC Basketball Tiebreaker Policy". SWAC.org. SWAC.
  3. "2023 SWAC Basketball Tournament Brackets Mar. 8-11 (PDF) - Southwestern Athletic Conference" (PDF). swac.org. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
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