The 2023 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the 2022–23 season in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The tournament was held from March 8–11, 2023. The tournament winner, Texas Southern, for the third straight season, received an automatic invitation to the 2023 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, the latter becoming just the third 20-loss team to make the tournament. The tournament was sponsored by Cricket Wireless.
Seeds Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tie–breaker system that seeded teams with identical conference records. Only the top eight teams in the conference qualified for the tournament. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker1 Alcorn State15–3 1–0 vs Grambling State2 Grambling State15–3 0–1 vs Alcorn State3 Jackson State12–64 Southern11–75 Alabama A&M10–86 Prairie View A&M9–97 Bethune–Cookman8–108 Texas Southern7–11DNQ Alabama State6–12 2–0 vs AR-Pine BluffDNQ Arkansas–Pine Bluff6–12 0–2 vs Alabama StateDNQ Florida A&M5–13DNQ Mississippi Valley State4–14
Schedule GameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevisionQuarterfinals – Wednesday, March 8, 202312:00 p.m.No. 2 Grambling State vs. No. 7 Bethune–Cookman87–72ESPN+28:30 p.m.No. 1 Alcorn State vs. No. 8 Texas Southern62–66Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9, 202332:00 p.m.No. 3 Jackson State vs. No. 6 Prairie View A&M62–60OTESPN+48:30 p.m.No. 4 Southern vs. No. 5 Alabama A&M63–77Semifinals – Friday, March 10, 202352:00 p.m.No. 5 Alabama A&M vs. No. 8 Texas Southern61–74ESPN+68:30 p.m.No. 2 Grambling State vs. No. 3 Jackson State78–69Championship – Saturday, March 11, 202374:30 p.m.No. 8 Texas Southern vs. No. 2 Grambling State61–58ESPNU*Game times in CST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
* Denotes overtime period
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