The 2018 SWAC men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southwestern Athletic Conference for the 2017–18 season. Tournament first round games were played at the campus of the higher seeded team on March 6. The remainder of the tournament was held on March 9 and 10, 2018 at the Delmar Fieldhouse in Houston.
Texas Southern won the tournament by defeating Arkansas–Pine Bluff in the championship game, the Tigers' second consecutive championship. As a result, Texas Southern received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
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. Grambling State, the conference's regular season champion, was ineligible for postseason play due to APR violations. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 1Arkansas–Pine Bluff12–63–1 vs Prairie View A&M/Texas Southern2Prairie View A&M12–62–2 vs Arkansas–Pine Bluff/Texas Southern3Texas Southern12–61–3 vs Arkansas–Pine Bluff/Prairie View A&M4Southern10–85Jackson State9–96Alabama State8–107Alcorn State7–118Mississippi Valley State4–14
Schedule and results GameTimeMatchup Score Quarterfinals – Tuesday, March 6 – campus sites17:30 pmNo. 8 Mississippi Valley State at No. 1 Arkansas–Pine Bluff73–7727:30 pmNo. 5 Jackson State at No. 4 Southern60–6238:30 pmNo. 7 Alcorn State at No. 2 Prairie View A&M71–8748:00 pmNo. 6 Alabama State at No. 3 Texas Southern76–90 Semifinals – Friday, March 9 – Delmar Fieldhouse, Houston, TX52:30 pm No. 1 Arkansas–Pine Bluff vs No. 4 Southern 71–6568:30 pm No. 2 Prairie View A&M vs No. 3 Texas Southern 74–88 Final – Saturday, March 10 – Delmar Fieldhouse, Houston, TX73:00 pm No. 1 Arkansas–Pine Bluff vs No. 3 Texas Southern 69–84 Game times in CST. Rankings denote tournament seed.
Bracket
First round games at campus sites of lower-numbered seeds
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