The 2023 SWAC Women's Basketball Tournament was the postseason women'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 received an automatic invitation to the 2023 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. The tournament was sponsored by Cricket Wireless.
Seeds Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tie–breaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Only the top eight teams in the conference will qualified for the tournament. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker1 Jackson State17-12 Alabama A&M12-6 3-2 vs. 12-6 teams; 117-115 margin vs. Alabama State3 Alabama State12-6 3-2 vs. 12-6 teams; 115-117 margin vs. Alabama A&M4 Southern12-6 3-3 vs. tied 12-6 teams5 Prairie View A&M12-6 1-3 vs. tied 12-6 teams6 Bethune-Cookman10-8 1-0 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff 7 Arkansas-Pine Bluff10-80-1 vs. Bethune-Cookman8Grambling State9-9DNQAlcorn State8-10DNQ Florida A&M4-14DNQ Texas Southern2-16DNQ Mississippi Valley State0-18
Schedule GameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevisionQuarterfinals – Wednesday, March 8, 2023111:00 a.m.No. 2 Alabama A&M vs. No. 7 Arkansas-Pine Bluff55-62ESPN+25:30 p.m.No. 1 Jackson State vs. No. 8 Grambling State59-50Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9, 2023311:00 a.m.No. 3 Alabama State vs. No. 6 Bethune-Cookman70-61ESPN+45:30 p.m.No. 4 Southern vs. No. 5 Prairie View A&M64-37Semifinals – Friday, March 10, 2023511:00 a.m.No. 1 Jackson State vs. No. 4 Southern65–64ESPN+65:30 p.m.No. 7 Arkansas-Pine Bluff vs. No. 3 Alabama State71–66Championship – Saturday, March 11, 202371:00 p.m.No. 4 Southern vs. No. 7 Arkansas-Pine Bluff62-53ESPN+*Game times in CDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
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