The 2024 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the 2023–24 season in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The tournament was held from March 13–16, 2024. The tournament winner, Grambling State, received an automatic invitation to the 2024 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. The tournament was sponsored by Pepsi.
For the first time in program history, Grambling State won the SWAC tournament, doing so in a defeat of the three-time defending champion Texas Southern in the final. In addition, it was the first time since 2019 that the regular season champion won the SWAC tournament.
Seeds Teams will be 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 qualify for the tournament. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker1 Grambling State14–42Alcorn State13–53Texas Southern12–6Plus 5 point differential in season split with Southern4Southern12–6Minus 5 point differential in season split with Texas Southern5Bethune–Cookman11–7Plus 10 point differential in season split with Jackson State6Jackson State11–7Minus 10 point differential in season split with Bethune–Cookman7Alabama A&M9–98Alabama State8–10Plus 5 point differential in season split with Arkansas–Pine BluffDNQ (9)Arkansas–Pine Bluff8–10Minus 5 point differential in season split with Alabama StateDNQ (10)Prairie View A&M5–13DNQ (11)Florida A&M4–14DNQ (12)Mississippi Valley State1–17
Schedule GameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevisionAttendanceQuarterfinals – Wednesday, March 1312:00 p.m.No. 2 Alcorn State vs. No. 7 Alabama A&M63–75ESPN+78428:30 p.m.No. 1 Grambling State vs. No. 8 Alabama State56–502,176Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 1432:00 p.m.No. 3 Texas Southern vs. No. 6 Jackson State73–62ESPN+97548:30 p.m.No. 4 Southern vs. No. 5 Bethune–Cookman58–73624Semifinals – Friday, March 1552:00 p.m.No. 1 Grambling State vs. No. 5 Bethune–Cookman65–53ESPN+52868:30 p.m.No. 7 Alabama A&M vs. No. 3 Texas Southern65–722,045Championship – Saturday, March 1678:30 p.m.No. 1 Grambling State vs. No. 3 Texas Southern75–66ESPNU/ESPN+2,108*Game times in CDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
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