2017 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament







































2017 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2016–17
Teams 8
Site
Toyota Center
Houston, Texas
First round site Campus sites
Champions
Texas Southern (7th title)
Winning coach
Mike Davis (3rd title)
MVP
Marvin Jones (Texas Southern)

SWAC Men's Basketball Tournaments


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2016–17 SWAC men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L  
PCT

Texas Southern †
16 2   .889     23 12
  .657

Alcorn State*
13 5   .722     18 14
  .563
Grambling State 10 8   .556     16 17
  .485
Jackson State 10 8   .556     14 18
  .438
Southern 10 8   .556     15 18
  .455
Prairie View A&M 10 8   .556     13 20
  .394
Mississippi Valley State 7 11   .389     7 25
  .219
Alabama State 6 12   .333     8 23
  .258
Arkansas–Pine Bluff 6 12   .333     7 25
  .219
Alabama A&M 2 16   .111     2 27
  .069
*ineligible for postseason due to APR violations

† 2017 SWAC Tournament winner


The 2017 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southwestern Athletic Conference. Tournament first-round games were played at the campus of the higher seeded team on March 7. The remainder of the tournament was held on March 10 and 11, 2017 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.[1]Texas Southern, received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.[2][3]Alcorn State lost to Texas Southern in the championship game, but was ineligible for NCAA postseason play due to APR violations. Had Alcorn State beaten Texas Southern, Texas Southern would have still received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament because of its first place finish in the regular season.[4]




Contents






  • 1 Seeds


  • 2 Schedule and results


  • 3 Bracket


  • 4 References





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.


































































Seed
School
Conference
Tiebreaker
Tiebreaker 2
1

Texas Southern
16–2


2

Alcorn State
13–5


3

Southern
10–8
4–2 vs. Gram/Jack/PV A&M

4

Prairie View A&M
10–8
3–3 vs. Sou/Gram/Jack
+9 point differential vs. Gram
5

Grambling State
10–8
3–3 vs. Sou/Jack/PV A&M
–9 point differential vs. PV A&M
6

Jackson State
10–8
2–4 vs. Sou/Gram/PV A&M

7

Mississippi Valley St.
7–11


8

Alabama State
6–12
1–1 vs. UAPB
4 point differential vs. UAPB


Schedule and results























































Game
Time
Matchup
Score
Quarterfinals – Tuesday, March 7 – campus sites
1
7:30 pm
No. 8 Alabama State at No. 1 Texas Southern
87–72
2
8:00 pm

No. 5 Grambling State at No. 4 Prairie View A&M
81–77
3
7:30 pm
No. 6 Jackson State at No. 3 Southern
69–63
4
6:00 pm
No. 7 Mississippi Valley State at No. 2 Alcorn State
63–60
Semifinals – Friday, March 10 – Toyota Center, Houston, TX
5
2:30 pm
No. 5 Grambling State vs No. 1 Texas Southern
62–57
6
8:30 pm
No. 3 Southern vs No. 2 Alcorn State
81–59
Final – Saturday, March 11 – Toyota Center, Houston, TX
7
3:00 pm
No. 2 Alcorn State vs No. 1 Texas Southern
53–50
*Game times in CST.
Rankings denote tournament seed


Bracket








































































































































































Quarterfinals
March 7
Semifinals
March 10
Championship
March 11
                 
1

Texas Southern

87
8
Alabama State
72
1

Texas Southern

62

5
Grambling State
57
4
Prairie View A&M
77
5

Grambling State

81
1

Texas Southern

53

2
Alcorn State
50
2

Alcorn State

63
7
Mississippi Valley State
60
2

Alcorn State

81

3
Southern
59
3

Southern

69
6
Jackson State
63

First round games at campus sites of lower-numbered seeds



References





  1. ^ "2017 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament Bracket" (PDF). SWAC. SWAC. Retrieved February 7, 2017..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "Alcorn State vs. Texas Southern - Game Recap - March 11, 2017 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2018-01-31.


  3. ^ Sports, HBCU (2017-03-12). "Texas Southern tops Alcorn State, wins SWAC basketball tournament". HBCU Sports. Retrieved 2018-01-31.


  4. ^ "SWAC 2016-17 Tournament Preview". Three-Man-Weave. Retrieved 2018-01-31.










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