The 2014 SWAC women's basketball tournament took place March 11–15, 2014, at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.[3] The tournament champion will receive the Southwestern Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship.
| 2014 SWAC women's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2013–14 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Site | Toyota Center Houston, Texas |
| Television | ESPN3 |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 20 | – | 8 | .714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Southern | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 20 | – | 13 | .606 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jackson State | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prairie View A&M† | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 14 | – | 18 | .438 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama State | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 16 | – | 14 | .533 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi Valley State | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 9 | – | 21 | .300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grambling State | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 11 | – | 20 | .355 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alcorn State | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 8 | – | 22 | .267 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama A&M | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 6 | – | 24 | .200 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 3 | – | 26 | .103 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2014 SWAC tournament winner As of 10:03, 1 April 2014 (UTC) Rankings from AP poll[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Format edit
All 10 teams were eligible and able to compete in the 2014 Women's Basketball Tournament, unlike the men's bracket where only 6 teams were eligible until the SWAC adjusted the league's postseason ban.[4] Seeds 1-6 received a bye into the quarterfinals. Rather than use the traditional 10-team scheduling format, where one full day was devoted to men's quarterfinals and the other to the women's quarterfinals, the SWAC decided to protect their top 2-seeds by giving them days off between matches. The tournament began with two quarterfinals on Tuesday featuring 7/10 and 8/9. The winner of these two matches moved on to play the 1 (vs. 8/9) and 2 (vs. 7/10) seeds on Wednesday. The 3 vs. 6 and 4 vs. 5 matches did not take place until Thursday. The quarterfinal winners would meet in the semifinals on Friday, and the championship game took place Saturday. The championship game aired live on ESPN3 and then aired tape delayed on ESPNU Sunday.
Seeds edit
| 2014 SWAC Women's Basketball Tournament seeds | ||||||
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Overall Record (End of Regular season) |
Tiebreaker | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Southern | 16-2 | 19-7 | |||
| 2. | Texas Southern | 15-3 | 18-11 | |||
| 3. | Jackson State | 12-6 | 14-14 | |||
| 4. | Prairie View A&M | 11-7 | 11-17 | |||
| 5. | Alabama State | 9-9 | 16-13 | |||
| 6. | Mississippi Valley State | 8-10 | 9-20 | |||
| 7. | Alcorn State | 7-11 | 8-21 | 1-1 vs. Southern | ||
| 8. | Grambling State | 7-11 | 10-19 | 0-2 vs. Southern | ||
| 9. | Alabama A&M | 3-15 | 5-23 | |||
| 10. | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 2-16 | 3-25 | |||
Bracket edit
| First round Tuesday, March 11 | Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 12 & Thursday, March 13 | Semifinals Friday, March 14 | Championship game Saturday, March 15 ESPN3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Southern | 80 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Alabama A&M | 66 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Alcorn State | 62 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Alabama A&M | 64 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Southern | 43 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Prairie View A&M | 72 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Prairie View A&M | 71 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Alabama State | 61 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Prairie View A&M | 63 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Texas Southern | 58 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Texas Southern | 82 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Grambling State | 74 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Grambling State | 83 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 81 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Texas Southern | 79 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Jackson State | 77 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Jackson State | 74 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Mississippi Valley State | 68 | |||||||||||||||||
All times listed are Central
References edit
- ^ "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2013-14". ESPN. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
- ^ "2014 NCAA Women's Basketball Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Mar. 17)". ESPN. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
- ^ "SWAC relocates football, basketball championships to Houston". Houston Business Journal. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
- ^ "Report: Four ineligible teams allowed to compete in SWAC Tournament". College Basketball Talk. Retrieved March 1, 2014.