2021 SWAC women's basketball tournament


The 2021 SWAC women's basketball tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament taking place March 10–13, 2021. The tournament was held at Bartow Arena in Birmingham, Alabama. Jackson State received the Southwestern Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.

2021 SWAC women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2020–21
Teams8
SiteBartow Arena
Birmingham, Alabama
ChampionsJackson State (8th title)
Winning coachTomekia Reed (1st title)
MVPDayzsha Rogan (Jackson State)
TelevisionESPN3
← 2020
2022 →
2020–21 SWAC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Jackson State 12 1   .923 13 5   .722
Alabama State 13 2   .867 13 2   .867
Alabama A&M 8 3   .727 10 4   .714
Southern 7 3   .700 7 9   .438
Grambling State 6 4   .600 7 7   .500
Alcorn State 5 5   .500 5 9   .357
Texas Southern 1 5   .167 2 6   .250
Arkansas-Pine Bluff 1 9   .100 2 14   .125
Mississippi Valley State 1 9   .100 3 11   .214
Prairie View A&M 0 6   .000 1 8   .111
2021 SWAC tournament winner
As of February 16, 2021
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.

Seeds edit

Seed School Conference
record
Overall
record
1 Jackson State 14–1 15–5
2 Alabama State 14–3 14–3
3 Southern 11–4 11–10
4 Grambling State 8–6 9–9
5 Alabama A&M 8–5 10–6
6 Alcorn State 7–8 7–12
7 Texas Southern 4–8 5–9
8 Mississippi Valley State 2–13 4–15

Schedule edit

All tournament games are streamed on ESPN3.

Session Game Time Matchup Television Attendance
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 10 and Thursday, March 11
March 10 1 Noon No. 2 Alabama State 85 vs. No. 7 Texas Southern 69 ESPN3
2 6:30 PM No. 1 Jackson State 70 vs. No. 8 Mississippi Valley State 47
March 11 3 Noon No. 3 Southern 73 vs. No. 6 Alcorn State 59
4 6:30 PM No. 4 Grambling State 58 vs. No. 5 Alabama A&M 50
Semifinals – Friday, March 12
3 5 Noon No. 2 Alabama State 69 vs. No. 3 Southern 60 ESPN3
6 6:30 PM No. 1 Jackson State 65 vs. No. 4 Grambling State 49
Championship Game – Saturday, March 13
4 7 2:30 PM No. 2 Alabama State 66 vs. No. 1 Jackson State 67 ESPN3
Game times in EST. Rankings denote tournament seeding.[1][2][3]

Bracket edit

Quarterfinals
March 10 & 11
ESPN3
Semifinals
Friday, March 12
ESPN3
Championship
Saturday, March 13
ESPN3, 2:30 pm
         
1 Jackson State 70
8 Mississippi Valley State 47
1 Jackson State 65
4 Grambling State 49
4 Grambling State 58
5 Alabama A&M 50
1 Jackson State 67
2 Alabama State 66
3 Southern 73
6 Alcorn State 59
3 Southern 60
2 Alabama State 69
2 Alabama State 85
7 Texas Southern 69

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "SWAC Announces Women's Tournament Seedings and Quarterfinals Matchups". Southwestern Athletic Conference. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  2. ^ "Deion Sanders on JSU WBB and MBB SWAC championships: 'That challenges all of us to go get it'". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  3. ^ "Southern women seeded third, men fifth for SWAC basketball tournaments; see bracket, times". The Advocate (Louisiana). Retrieved March 9, 2021.