2026 SWAC women's basketball tournament

2026 SWAC women's basketball tournament
2026 SWAC women's basketball tournament
	Conference logo
Classification	Division I
Season	2025–26
Teams	10
Site	Gateway Center Arena; College Park, Georgia
Champions	Southern (8th title)
Winning coach	Carlos Funchess (3rd title)
Television	ESPN+ and ESPNU
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ClassificationDivision I

Teams10

The 2026 SWAC Women's Basketball Tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the 2025–26 season in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The tournament will be held from March 9–14, 2026 at Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia.^[1] The tournament winner, Southern received an automatic invitation to the 2026 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament. The tournament was sponsored by Pepsi.^[2]

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker^[3]
1	Alabama A&M	17–1
2	Alcorn State	14–4
3	Alabama State	12–6	1–0 vs. Southern
4	Southern	12–6
5	Jackson State	10–8	1–0 vs. Grambling State, 1–1 vs. UAPB
6	Grambling State	10–8	1–0 vs. UAPB
7	Arkansas–Pine Bluff	10–8	0–1 vs Grambling State
8	Florida A&M	7–11
9	Mississippi Valley State	6–12	1–1 +4 scoring margin vs. Texas Southern
10	Texas Southern	6–12
11	Bethune–Cookman	4–14
12	Prairie View A&M	0–18

Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Score	Television
First round – Monday, March 9
1	11:00 a.m.	No. 10 Texas Southern vs. No. 11 Bethune–Cookman	62–66	ESPN+
2	5:30 p.m.	No. 9 Mississippi Valley State vs. No. 12 Prairie View A&M	63–49	ESPN+
Second round – Tuesday, March 10
3	11:00 a.m.	No. 8 Florida A&M vs. No. 11 Bethune–Cookman	55–52	ESPN+
4	5:30 p.m.	No. 7 Arkansas–Pine Bluff vs. No. 9 Mississippi Valley State	81–74	ESPN+
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 11
5	11:00 a.m.	No. 1 Alabama A&M vs. No. 8 Florida A&M	72–68	ESPN+
6	5:30 p.m.	No. 2 Alcorn State vs. No. 7 Arkansas–Pine Bluff	60–64	ESPN+
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12
7	11:00 a.m.	No. 4 Southern vs. No. 5 Jackson State	64–51	ESPN+
8	5:30 p.m.	No. 3 Alabama State vs. No. 6 Grambling State	56–50	ESPN+
Semifinals – Friday, March 13
9	11:00 a.m.	No. 1 Alabama A&M vs. No. 4 Southern	49–51	ESPN+
10	5:30 p.m.	No. 3 Alabama State vs. No. 7 Arkansas–Pine Bluff	72–59	ESPN+
Championship – Saturday, March 14
11	1:00 p.m.	No. 3 Alabama State vs. No. 4 Southern	56–73	ESPNU

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