2016 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament

2016 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament

Tournament logo
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)
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2015–16 SWAC men's basketball standings
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. NeuLion. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  2. ↑ Lohmar, Jim. "SWAC basketball tournament 2016: Bracket, schedule and scores". SBNation.com. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
  3. ↑ "2016 Toyota SWAC Mens Basketball Tournament Bracket" (PDF). NeuLion. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
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