2019 SWAC women's basketball tournament

The 2019 SWAC women's basketball tournament took place March 12–16, 2019. Tournament first-round games were held on campus sites at the higher seed on March 12. The remaining rounds and the semifinals and championship at Bill Harris Arena in Birmingham, Alabama. The winner, Southern, received the Southwestern Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.

2019 SWAC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2018–19
Teams	8
Site	Bill Harris Arena Birmingham, Alabama
First round site	Campus sites
Champions	Southern (5th title)
Winning coach	Carlos Funchess (1st title)
MVP	Alyric Scott (Southern)
Television	ESPN3
SWAC women's basketball tournaments

2018–19 SWAC women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Southern †	14	–	4		.778			20	–	13		.606
Prairie View A&M	13	–	5		.722			17	–	14		.548
Jackson State	12	–	6		.667			18	–	14		.563
Grambling State	12	–	6		.667			16	–	16		.500
Texas Southern	11	–	7		.611			15	–	15		.500
Alabama State	10	–	8		.556			11	–	19		.367
Alabama A&M	8	–	10		.444			13	–	17		.433
Mississippi Valley State	5	–	13		.278			6	–	24		.200
Alcorn State	3	–	15		.167			4	–	26		.133
Arkansas-Pine Bluff	2	–	16		.111			5	–	20		.200
† 2019 SWAC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Unlike most NCAA Division I basketball conference tournaments, the SWAC tournament does not include all of the league's teams. The tournament instead features only the top eight teams from regular-season SWAC play.

Southern won the conference tournament championship game over Jackson State, 45–41.

Seeds

Seed	School	Conference record	Overall record	Tiebreaker
1	Southern	14–4	17–12
2	Prairie View A&M	13–5	16–12
3	Jackson State	12–6	16–13	2–0 vs. GSU
4	Grambling State	12–6	15–15	0–2 vs. JSU
5	Texas Southern	11–7	15–14
6	Alabama State	10–8	11–18
7	Alabama A&M	8–10	13–16
8	Mississippi Valley State	5–13	6–23

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Tuesday, March 12					Semifinals Friday, March 15 ESPN3					Championship Saturday, March 16 ESPN3, 1:30 p.m.
	1	Southern	51
	8	Mississippi Valley State	44
						1	Southern	71
						4	Grambling	69
	4	Grambling State	72
	5	Texas Southern	61
											1	Southern	45
											3	Jackson State	41
	3	Jackson State	75
	6	Alabama State	59
						3	Jackson State	75**
						2	Prairie View A&M	63
	2	Prairie View A&M	69
	7	Alabama A&M	56

**Denotes the number of overtimes played (double overtime)

See also

• 2019 SWAC men's basketball tournament

External links

• 2019 Toyota SWAC Tournament Brackets