The 2026 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the 2025–26 season in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The tournament was held from March 9–14, 2026 at Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia. The tournament winner, Prairie View A&M, received the conference's automatic invitation to the 2026 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.
Seeds Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tie–breaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. All 12 teams in the conference participated in the tournament. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 1Tiebreaker 2Tiebreaker 31Bethune–Cookman14–42Florida A&M11–72–0 vs. Southern3Southern11–70–2 vs. Florida A&M4Texas Southern10–83–2 vs. AAMU/UAPB/JSU5Alabama A&M10–82–2 vs. TXSO/UAPB/JSU2–1 vs. UAPB/JSU6Arkansas–Pine Bluff10–83–3 vs. TXSO/AAMU/JSU2–2 vs. AAMU/JSU+18 point diff. in season split vs. JSU7Jackson State10–82–3 vs. TXSO/AAMU/JSU1–2 vs. AAMU/UAPB-18 point diff. in season split vs. UAPB8Prairie View A&M9–99Grambling State7–113–0 vs. Alabama State/Alcorn State10Alabama State7–111–2 vs. Grambling State/Alcorn State1-0 vs. Alcorn State11Alcorn State7–110–2 vs. Grambling State/Alabama State0-1 vs. Alabama State12Mississippi Valley State2–16
Schedule GameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevisionFirst round – Monday, March 912:00 p.m.No. 10 Alabama State vs. No. 11 Alcorn State65–77ESPN+28:30 p.m.No. 9 Grambling State vs. No. 12 Mississippi Valley State77–52Second round – Tuesday, March 1032:00 p.m.No. 8 Prairie View A&M vs. No. 11 Alcorn State65–56ESPN+48:30 p.m.No. 7 Jackson State vs. No. 9 Grambling State68–65Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 1152:00 p.m.No. 1 Bethune–Cookman vs. No. 8 Prairie View A&M67–71ESPN+68:30 p.m.No. 2 Florida A&M vs. No. 7 Jackson State70–60Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 1272:00 p.m.No. 4 Texas Southern vs. No. 5 Alabama A&M74–85OTESPN+88:30 p.m.No. 3 Southern vs. No. 6 Arkansas–Pine Bluff84–81Semifinals – Friday, March 1392:00 p.m.No. 5 Alabama A&M vs. No. 8 Prairie View A&M55–74ESPN+108:30 p.m.No. 2 Florida A&M vs. No. 3 Southern70–73Championship – Saturday, March 14117:30 p.m.No. 3 Southern vs. No. 8 Prairie View A&M66–72ESPNU*Game times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
* denotes overtime period
Awards and honors All-Tournament team Player Team Koron Davis Alabama A&M Tyler Shirley Florida A&M Michael Jacobs Southern Lance WilliamsPrairie View A&M Dontae Horne
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