2020 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2020 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southwestern Athletic Conference during the 2019–20 season. Tournament first-round games were played at the campus of the higher seeded team on March 10. The remainder of the tournament was to be held on March 13 and 14, 2020 at Bartow Arena in Birmingham, Alabama.[1] The tournament champion would have received the SWAC's automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Tournament. On March 12, the remainder of the SWAC Tournament, along with all other NCAA postseason tournaments, was cancelled[2] amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
| 2020 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2019–20 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Site | Bartow Arena Birmingham, Alabama |
| First round site | Campus sites |
| Television | ESPN3, ESPNU |
| 2019–20 SWAC men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prairie View A&M | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 19 | – | 13 | .594 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 17 | – | 15 | .531 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Southern | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grambling State | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 17 | – | 15 | .531 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jackson State | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alcorn State | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama State | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 8 | – | 24 | .250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama A&M | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 8 | – | 22 | .267 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas–Pine Bluff | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 4 | – | 26 | .133 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi Valley State | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 3 | – | 27 | .100 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| As of January 19, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll NOTE: The 2020 SWAC Tournament was canceled prior to the semifinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seeds
The top eight teams qualified for the conference tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used for teams with identical conference records. The top 4 seeds hosted their quarterfinal round games.
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker |
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| 1 | Prairie View A&M | 14–4 | |
| 2 | Southern | 13–5 | |
| 3 | Texas Southern | 12–6 | |
| 4 | Jackson State | 11–7 | 3–1 vs. Grambling State/Alcorn State |
| 5 | Alcorn State | 11–7 | Better point differential in season split with Grambling State |
| 6 | Grambling State | 11–7 | Worse point differential in season split with Alcorn State |
| 7 | Alabama State | 7–11 | |
| 8 | Alabama A&M | 5–13 |
Schedule and results
| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television |
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| Quarterfinals – Tuesday, March 10 – campus sites | ||||
| 1 | 5:30 pm | No. 8 Alabama A&M at No. 1 Prairie View A&M | 60–82 | ESPN3 |
| 2 | 7:30 pm | No. 5 Alcorn State at No. 4 Jackson State | 52–69 | |
| 3 | 7:30 pm | No. 7 Alabama State at No. 2 Southern | 53–67 | |
| 4 | 8:00 pm | No. 6 Grambling State at No. 3 Texas Southern | 62–75 | |
| Semifinals – Friday, March 13 – Bartow Arena, Birmingham, AL | ||||
| 5 | cancelled | No. 1 Prairie View A&M vs. No. 4 Jackson State | N/A | ESPN3 |
| 6 | No. 2 Southern vs. No. 3 Texas Southern | |||
| Final – Saturday, March 14 – Bartow Arena, Birmingham, AL | ||||
| 7 | cancelled | Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner | N/A | ESPNU |
| Game times in CST. Rankings denote tournament seed. | ||||
Bracket
| Quarterfinals March 10 ESPN3 | Semifinals March 13 ESPN3 | Championship March 14 ESPNU | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Prairie View A&M | 82 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Alabama A&M | 60 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Prairie View A&M | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Jackson State | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Jackson State | 69 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Alcorn State | 52 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Southern | 67 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Alabama State | 53 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Southern | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Texas Southern | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Texas Southern | 75 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Grambling State | 62 | ||||||||||||
First round games at campus sites of lower-numbered seeds