2025 SWAC men's basketball tournament
| 2025 SWAC men's basketball tournament | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2024–25 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Site | Gateway Center Arena College Park, Georgia |
| Champions | Alabama State (5th title) |
| Winning coach | Tony Madlock (1st title) |
| Television | ESPN+, ESPNU |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 20 | – | 12 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jackson State | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 16 | – | 18 | .471 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bethune–Cookman | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 17 | – | 16 | .515 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Southern | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama State † | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 20 | – | 16 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alcorn State | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 11 | – | 21 | .344 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida A&M | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 14 | – | 17 | .452 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grambling State | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 12 | – | 22 | .353 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama A&M | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 10 | – | 22 | .313 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prairie View A&M | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 5 | – | 27 | .156 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas–Pine Bluff | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 6 | – | 25 | .194 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi Valley State | 1 | – | 17 | .056 | 3 | – | 28 | .097 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2025 SWAC tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2025 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the 2024–25 season in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The tournament was held from March 11–15, 2025 at Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia.[1] The tournament winner, Alabama State, received an automatic invitation to the 2025 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. The tournament was sponsored by Pepsi.[2]
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 ten teams in the conference will qualify for the tournament, after the conference expanded the tournament field from eight to ten teams.[3]
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker[4] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Southern | 15–3 | |
| 2 | Jackson State | 14–4 | |
| 3 | Bethune–Cookman | 13–5 | |
| 4 | Texas Southern | 12–6 | 1–0 vs. Alabama State |
| 5 | Alabama State | 12–6 | 0–1 vs. Texas Southern |
| 6 | Alcorn State | 11–7 | |
| 7 | Florida A&M | 10–8 | |
| 8 | Grambling State | 7–11 | |
| 9 | Alabama A&M | 6–12 | |
| 10 | Prairie View A&M | 4–14 | |
| DNQ | Arkansas–Pine Bluff | 3–15 | |
| DNQ | Mississippi Valley State | 1–17 |
Schedule
| Game | Time* | Matchup# | Score | Television | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Tuesday, March 11 | |||||
| 1 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 8 Grambling State vs. No. 9 Alabama A&M | 73–56 | ESPN+ | |
| 2 | 8:30 p.m. | No. 7 Florida A&M vs. No. 10 Prairie View A&M | 75–66 | ||
| Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 12 | |||||
| 3 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 1 Southern vs. No. 8 Grambling State | 62–65OT | ESPN+ | |
| 4 | 8:30 p.m. | No. 2 Jackson State vs. No. 7 Florida A&M | 91–76 | ||
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 13 | |||||
| 5 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 4 Texas Southern vs. No. 5 Alabama State | 79–84 | ESPN+ | |
| 6 | 8:30 p.m. | No. 3 Bethune–Cookman vs. No. 6 Alcorn State | 69–60 | ||
| Semifinals – Friday, March 14 | |||||
| 7 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 8 Grambling State vs. No. 5 Alabama State | 62–64 | ESPN+ | |
| 8 | 8:30 p.m. | No. 2 Jackson State vs. No. 3 Bethune–Cookman | 71–50 | ||
| Championship – Saturday, March 15 | |||||
| 9 | 9:30 p.m. | No. 5 Alabama State vs. No. 2 Jackson State | 60–56 | ESPNU | |
| *Game times in EDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.[5] | |||||
Bracket
| First round March 11, 2025 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals March 12–13, 2025 ESPN+ | Semifinals March 14, 2025 ESPN+ | Championship March 15, 2025 ESPNU | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Southern | 62 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Grambling State | 73 | 8 | Grambling State | 65OT | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Alabama A&M | 56 | 8 | Grambling State | 62 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Alabama State | 64 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Texas Southern | 79 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Alabama State | 84 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Alabama State | 60 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Jackson State | 56 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Jackson State | 91 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Florida A&M | 75 | 7 | Florida A&M | 76 | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | Prairie View A&M | 66 | 2 | Jackson State | 71 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Bethune–Cookman | 50 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Bethune–Cookman | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Alcorn State | 60 | |||||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ "2025 Starry SWAC Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments". swac.org. Retrieved December 25, 2024.
- ↑ Mosley, Kyle T. (July 25, 2023). "SWAC, PepsiCo Expanded Partnership, Increases HBCU Investment". HBCU Legends. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
- ↑ Keith, J. T. "SWAC expands its basketball tournaments, adds technology for football teams on game day". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved December 25, 2024.
- ↑ "SWAC Basketball Tiebreaker Policy". SWAC.org. SWAC.
- ↑ "2025 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament FINAL (PDF) - Southwestern Athletic Conference" (PDF). swac.org. Retrieved December 25, 2024.