The 2016 SWAC men's basketball tournament is the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southwestern Athletic Conference. The tournament was held from March 8–12, 2016 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas The champion received 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. 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. SeedSchoolConference Tiebreaker 1Texas Southern16–22Alcorn State13–53Jackson State12–6 4Southern11–7 5Alabama State9–9 6Prairie View A&M7–11 7 Mississippi Valley State6–12 3–1 vs Alabama A&M & Arkansas-Pine Bluff8Alabama A&M6–12 2–2 vs Mississippi Valley State & Arkansas-Pine Bluff9Arkansas-Pine Bluff6–12 1–3 vs Mississippi Valley State & Alabama A&M10Grambling State4–14
Schedule SessionGameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevision First round – Tuesday, March 811 2:30 pm#7 Mississippi Valley St. vs. #10 Grambling State87–73 SWAC Digital Network2 8:30 pm#8 Alabama A&M vs. #9 Arkansas-Pine Bluff61–53 Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 923 2:30 pm#2 Alcorn State vs. #7 Mississippi Valley St. 61–64 SWAC Digital Network4 8:30 pm#1 Texas Southern vs. #8 Alabama A&M77–69 Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 1035 2:30 pm#3 Jackson State vs #6 Prairie View A&M69–51SWAC Digital Network6 8:30 pm#4 Southern vs. #5 Alabama State83–63 Semifinals – Friday, March 11472:30 pm#3 Jackson State vs. #7 Mississippi Valley St.74–68SWAC Digital Network88:30 pm#1 Texas Southern vs. #4 Southern73–81 Championship – Saturday, March 12595:30 pm#3 Jackson State vs. #4 Southern53–54ESPNU *Game times in Central Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.
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