# SWAC women's basketball tournament

The SWAC women's basketball tournament is the conference championship tournament in women's basketball for the Southwestern Athletic Conference. It is a single-elimination tournament involving 8 of the 12 league schools, and seeding is based on regular-season records with head-to-head match-up as a tie-breaker. The winner has received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA women's basketball tournament since 1994.
The highest seeds face off against the corresponding lowest seeds, with the two remaining teams facing off in the Finals to determine the champion.
The tournament has been held since 1982.

## Tournament results

| Year | Regular Season Champion | Coach | Tournament Champion | Coach |
| 1982 | Jackson State | Sadie Magee | Jackson State | Sadie Magee |
| 1983 | Jackson State | Sadie Magee | Jackson State | Sadie Magee |
| 1984 | Alcorn State | Shirley Walker | Jackson State | Sadie Magee |
| 1985 | Alcorn State | Shirley Walker | Jackson State | Sadie Magee |
| 1986 | Alcorn State | Shirley Walker | Alcorn State | Shirley Walker |
| 1987 | Grambling State | Patricia Bibbs | Mississippi Valley State | Jessie Harris |
| 1988 | Mississippi Valley State | Jessie Harris | Grambling State | Patricia Bibbs |
| 1989 | Grambling State | Patricia Bibbs | Alabama State | Ron Mitchell |
| 1990 | Grambling State | Patricia Bibbs | Jackson State | Andrew Pennington |
| 1991 | Alcorn State | Shirley Walker | Alcorn State | Shirley Walker |
| 1992 | Alcorn State | Shirley Walker | Alcorn State | Shirley Walker |
| 1993 | Alcorn State Southern | Shirley Walker Herman Hartman | Mississippi Valley State | Jessie Harris |
| 1994 | Alcorn State | Shirley Walker | Grambling State | Patricia Bibbs |
| 1995 | Alcorn State Grambling State Jackson State | Shirley Walker Patricia Bibbs Andrew Pennington | Jackson State | Andrew Pennington |
| 1996 | Alcorn State Jackson State | Shirley Walker Andrew Pennington | Grambling State | Patricia Bibbs |
| 1997 | Grambling State | Patricia Bibbs | Grambling State | Patricia Bibbs |
| 1998 | Grambling State | David Ponton | Grambling State | David Ponton |
| 1999 | Grambling State | David Ponton | Grambling State | David Ponton |
| 2000 | Grambling State | David Ponton | Alcorn State | Shirley Walker |
| 2001 | Alcorn State | Shirley Walker | Alcorn State | Shirley Walker |
| 2002 | Southern | Sandy Pugh | Southern | Sandy Pugh |
| 2003 | Alabama State Jackson State | Freda Freeman-Jackson Denise Taylor | Alabama State | Freda Freeman-Jackson |
| 2004 | Alabama State | Freda Freeman-Jackson | Southern | Sandy Pugh |
| 2005 | Alcorn State | Shirley Walker | Alcorn State | Shirley Walker |
| 2006 | Jackson State Southern | Denise Taylor Sandy Pugh | Southern | Sandy Pugh |
| 2007 | Prairie View A&M Jackson State | Cynthia Cooper-Dyke Denise Taylor | Prairie View A&M | Cynthia Cooper-Dyke |
| 2008 | Prairie View A&M | Cynthia Cooper-Dyke | Jackson State | Denise Taylor |
| 2009 | Prairie View A&M | Cynthia Cooper-Dyke | Prairie View A&M | Cynthia Cooper-Dyke |
| 2010 | Southern | Sandy Pugh | Southern | Sandy Pugh |
| 2011 | Southern | Sandy Pugh | Prairie View A&M | Toyelle Wilson |
| 2012 | Mississippi Valley State | Nate Kilbert | Prairie View A&M | Toyelle Wilson |
| 2013 | Texas Southern | Cynthia Cooper-Dyke | Prairie View A&M | Toyelle Wilson |
| 2014 | Southern | Sandy Pugh | Prairie View A&M | Dawn Brown |
| 2015 | Alabama State | Freda Freeman-Jackson | Alabama State | Freda Freeman-Jackson |
| 2016 | Alabama State | Freda Freeman-Jackson | Alabama State | Freda Freeman-Jackson |
| 2017 | Grambling Statee Texas Southern | Freddie Murray Johnetta Hayes-Perry | Texas Southern | Johnetta Hayes-Perry |
| 2018 | Southern | Sandy Pugh | Grambling State | Freddie Murray |
| 2019 | Southern | Carlos Funchess | Southern | Carlos Funchess |
| 2020 | Jackson State | Tomekia Reed | Cancelled due to the COVID-19. | Cancelled due to the COVID-19. |
| 2021 | Jackson State | Tomekia Reed | Jackson State | Tomekia Reed |
| 2022 | Jackson State | Tomekia Reed | Jackson State | Tomekia Reed |
| 2023 | Jackson State | Tomekia Reed | Southern | Carlos Funchess |
| 2024 | Jackson State | Tomekia Reed | Jackson State | Tomekia Reed |

## List of championships by school

| School | Tournament Championships | Regular Season Championships |
| Jackson State | 9 | 10 |
| Grambling State | 7 | 9 |
| Southern | 7 | 7 |
| Alcorn State | 6 | 11 |
| Prairie View A&M | 6 | 3 |
| Alabama State | 4 | 4 |
| Mississippi Valley State | 2 | 2 |
| Texas Southern | 1 | 2 |
| Alabama A&M | 0 | 0 |
| Arkansas–Pine Bluff | 0 | 0 |
| Bethune–Cookman | 0 | 0 |
| Florida A&M | 0 | 0 |