2023 SWAC women's basketball tournament

The 2023 SWAC Women's Basketball Tournament will be the postseason women's basketball tournament for the 2022–23 season in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The tournament will be held from March 8–11, 2023.^[1] The tournament winner will receive an automatic invitation to the 2023 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. The tournament will be sponsored by Cricket Wireless.

2023 SWAC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2022–23
Teams	8
Site	Bartow Arena Birmingham, Alabama
Television	ESPN+, ESPNU
SWAC women's basketball tournaments ← 2022 2024 →

2022–23 SWAC women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Jackson State	17	–	1		.944			21	–	9		.700
Alabama State	12	–	6		.667			16	–	15		.516
Alabama A&M	12	–	6		.667			14	–	15		.483
Prairie View A&M	12	–	6		.667			15	–	15		.500
Southern†	12	–	6		.667			18	–	14		.563
Arkansas–Pine Bluff	10	–	8		.556			14	–	17		.452
Bethune–Cookman	10	–	8		.556			11	–	18		.379
Grambling State	9	–	9		.500			10	–	20		.333
Alcorn State	8	–	10		.444			12	–	17		.414
Florida A&M	4	–	14		.222			6	–	23		.207
Texas Southern	2	–	16		.111			2	–	27		.069
Mississippi Valley State	0	–	18		.000			2	–	27		.069
† 2023 SWAC tournament winner As of March 11, 2023

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.

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker^[2]
1	Jackson State	17-1
2	Alabama A&M	12-6	3-2 vs. 12-6 teams; 117-115 margin vs. Alabama State
3	Alabama State	12-6	3-2 vs. 12-6 teams; 115-117 margin vs. Alabama A&M
4	Southern	12-6	3-3 vs. tied 12-6 teams
5	Prairie View A&M	12-6	1-3 vs. tied 12-6 teams
6	Bethune-Cookman	10-8	1-0 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff
7	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	10-8	0-1 vs. Bethune-Cookman
8	Grambling State	9-9
DNQ	Alcorn State	8-10
DNQ	Florida A&M	4-14
DNQ	Texas Southern	2-16
DNQ	Mississippi Valley State	0-18

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Score	Television
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 8, 2023
1	11:00 a.m.	No. 2 Alabama A&M vs. No. 7 Arkansas-Pine Bluff	55-62	ESPN+
2	5:30 p.m.	No. 1 Jackson State vs. No. 8 Grambling State	59-50
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9, 2023
3	11:00 a.m.	No. 3 Alabama State vs. No. 6 Bethune-Cookman	70-61	ESPN+
4	5:30 p.m.	No. 4 Southern vs. No. 5 Prairie View A&M	64-37
Semifinals – Friday, March 10, 2023
5	11:00 a.m.	No. 1 Jackson State vs. No. 4 Southern	65–64	ESPN+
6	5:30 p.m.	No. 7 Arkansas-Pine Bluff vs. No. 3 Alabama State	71–66
Championship – Saturday, March 11, 2023
7	1:00 p.m.	No. 4 Southern vs. No. 7 Arkansas-Pine Bluff	62-53	ESPN Networks
*Game times in CDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.^[3]

Bracket

	Quarterfinals March 8–9 ESPN+					Semifinals March 10 ESPN+					Championship March 11 ESPN Networks
	1	Jackson State	59
	8	Grambling State	50
						1	Jackson State	64
						4	Southern	65
	4	Southern	64
	5	Prairie View A&M	37
											4	Southern	62
											7	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	53
	2	Alabama A&M	55
	7	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	62
						7	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	71
						3	Alabama State	66
	3	Alabama State	70
	6	Bethune-Cookman	61

References

1. "2023 Cricket SWAC Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments". swac.org. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
2. "SWAC Basketball Tiebreaker Policy". SWAC.org. SWAC.
3. "2023 SWAC Basketball Tournament Brackets Mar. 8-11 (PDF) - Southwestern Athletic Conference" (PDF). swac.org. Retrieved February 18, 2023.