# 2017 SWAC men's basketball tournament

The 2017 SWAC men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southwestern Athletic Conference. Tournament first-round games were played at the campus of the higher seeded team on March 7. The remainder of the tournament was held on March 10 and 11, 2017 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. Texas Southern, received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Alcorn State lost to Texas Southern in the championship game, but was ineligible for NCAA postseason play due to APR violations. Had Alcorn State beaten Texas Southern, Texas Southern would have still received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament because of its first place finish in the regular season.

## Seeds

The top eight teams competed in the conference tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker | Tiebreaker 2 |
| 1 | Texas Southern | 16–2 | | |
| 2 | Alcorn State | 13–5 | | |
| 3 | Southern | 10–8 | 4–2 vs. Gram/Jack/PV A&M | |
| 4 | Prairie View A&M | 10–8 | 3–3 vs. Sou/Gram/Jack | +9 point differential vs. Gram |
| 5 | Grambling State | 10–8 | 3–3 vs. Sou/Jack/PV A&M | –9 point differential vs. PV A&M |
| 6 | Jackson State | 10–8 | 2–4 vs. Sou/Gram/PV A&M | |
| 7 | Mississippi Valley St. | 7–11 | | |
| 8 | Alabama State | 6–12 | 1–1 vs. UAPB | 4 point differential vs. UAPB |

## Schedule and results

| Game | Time | Matchup | Score |
| Quarterfinals – Tuesday, March 7 – campus sites ||||
| 1 | 7:30 pm | No. 8 Alabama State at No. 1 Texas Southern | 87–72 |
| 2 | 8:00 pm | No. 5 Grambling State at No. 4 Prairie View A&M | 81–77 |
| 3 | 7:30 pm | No. 6 Jackson State at No. 3 Southern | 69–63 |
| 4 | 6:00 pm | No. 7 Mississippi Valley State at No. 2 Alcorn State | 63–60 |
| Semifinals – Friday, March 10 – Toyota Center, Houston, TX ||||
| 5 | 2:30 pm | No. 5 Grambling State vs No. 1 Texas Southern | 62–57 |
| 6 | 8:30 pm | No. 3 Southern vs No. 2 Alcorn State | 81–59 |
| Final – Saturday, March 11 – Toyota Center, Houston, TX ||||
| 7 | 3:00 pm | No. 2 Alcorn State vs No. 1 Texas Southern | 53–50 |
| *Game times in CST. Rankings denote tournament seed ||||

## Bracket

| Quarterfinals March 7 | Quarterfinals March 7 | Quarterfinals March 7 | Semifinals March 10 | Semifinals March 10 | Semifinals March 10 | Championship March 11 | Championship March 11 | Championship March 11 |
| 1 | Texas Southern | 87 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Alabama State | 72 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Alabama State | 72 | 1 | Texas Southern | 62 | | | |
| | | | 5 | Grambling State | 57 | | | |
| 4 | Prairie View A&M | 77 | 5 | Grambling State | 57 | | | |
| 5 | Grambling State | 81 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Grambling State | 81 | | | | 1 | Texas Southern | 53 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Alcorn State | 50 |
| 2 | Alcorn State | 63 | | | | | | | 2 | Alcorn State | 50 |
| 7 | Mississippi Valley State | 60 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Mississippi Valley State | 60 | 2 | Alcorn State | 81 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Southern | 59 | | | |
| 3 | Southern | 69 | 3 | Southern | 59 | | | |
| 6 | Jackson State | 63 | | | | | | |
First round games at campus sites of lower-numbered seeds