2017 SWAC men's basketball tournament

The 2017 SWAC men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southwestern Athletic Conference. Tournament first-round games were played at the campus of the higher seeded team on March 7. The remainder of the tournament was held on March 10 and 11, 2017 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.[1] Texas Southern, received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.[2][3] Alcorn State lost to Texas Southern in the championship game, but was ineligible for NCAA postseason play due to APR violations. Had Alcorn State beaten Texas Southern, Texas Southern would have still received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament because of its first place finish in the regular season.[4]

2017 SWAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2016–17
Teams8
SiteToyota Center
Houston, Texas
First round siteCampus sites
ChampionsTexas Southern (7th title)
Winning coachMike Davis (3rd title)
MVPMarvin Jones (Texas Southern)
2016–17 SWAC men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Texas Southern †16–2 .88923–12  .657
Alcorn State*13–5 .72218–14  .563
Grambling State10–8 .55616–17  .485
Jackson State10–8 .55614–18  .438
Southern10–8 .55615–18  .455
Prairie View A&M10–8 .55613–20  .394
Mississippi Valley State7–11 .3897–25  .219
Alabama State6–12 .3338–23  .258
Arkansas–Pine Bluff6–12 .3337–25  .219
Alabama A&M2–16 .1112–27  .069
*ineligible for postseason due to APR violations
† 2017 SWAC tournament winner

Seeds

The top eight teams competed in the conference tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker Tiebreaker 2
1 Texas Southern 16–2
2 Alcorn State 13–5
3 Southern 10–8 4–2 vs. Gram/Jack/PV A&M
4 Prairie View A&M 10–8 3–3 vs. Sou/Gram/Jack +9 point differential vs. Gram
5 Grambling State 10–8 3–3 vs. Sou/Jack/PV A&M –9 point differential vs. PV A&M
6 Jackson State 10–8 2–4 vs. Sou/Gram/PV A&M
7 Mississippi Valley St. 7–11
8 Alabama State 6–12 1–1 vs. UAPB 4 point differential vs. UAPB

Schedule and results
Game Time Matchup Score
Quarterfinals – Tuesday, March 7 – campus sites
1 7:30 pm No. 8 Alabama State at No. 1 Texas Southern 87–72
2 8:00 pm No. 5 Grambling State at No. 4 Prairie View A&M 81–77
3 7:30 pm No. 6 Jackson State at No. 3 Southern 69–63
4 6:00 pm No. 7 Mississippi Valley State at No. 2 Alcorn State 63–60
Semifinals – Friday, March 10 – Toyota Center, Houston, TX
5 2:30 pm No. 5 Grambling State vs No. 1 Texas Southern 62–57
6 8:30 pm No. 3 Southern vs No. 2 Alcorn State 81–59
Final – Saturday, March 11 – Toyota Center, Houston, TX
7 3:00 pm No. 2 Alcorn State vs No. 1 Texas Southern 53–50
*Game times in CST.
Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket
Quarterfinals
March 7 		Semifinals
March 10 		Championship
March 11
         
1 Texas Southern 87
8 Alabama State 72
1 Texas Southern 62
5 Grambling State 57
4 Prairie View A&M 77
5 Grambling State 81
1 Texas Southern 53
2 Alcorn State 50
2 Alcorn State 63
7 Mississippi Valley State 60
2 Alcorn State 81
3 Southern 59
3 Southern 69
6 Jackson State 63

First round games at campus sites of lower-numbered seeds

References
  1. "2017 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament Bracket" (PDF). SWAC. SWAC. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
  2. "Alcorn State vs. Texas Southern - Game Recap - March 11, 2017 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
  3. Sports, HBCU (March 12, 2017). "Texas Southern tops Alcorn State, wins SWAC basketball tournament". HBCU Sports. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
  4. "SWAC 2016-17 Tournament Preview". Three-Man-Weave. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
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