2013 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament

2013 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament

Tournament logo
Classification Division I
Season 201213
Teams 7
Site Curtis Culwell Center
Garland, Texas
Television ESPN2
SWAC Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2012  2014»
2012–13 SWAC men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Texas Southern** 16 2   .889     17 14   .548
Southern 15 3   .833     23 10   .697
Arkansas–Pine Bluff* 15 3   .833     16 14   .533
Jackson State 9 9   .500     11 18   .379
Prairie View A&M 8 10   .444     15 19   .441
Alabama State 8 10   .444     10 22   .313
Alcorn State 8 10   .444     10 24   .294
Alabama A&M 6 12   .333     11 20   .355
Mississippi Valley State* 5 13   .278     5 23   .179
Grambling State 0 18   .000     0 28   .000
2013 SWAC Tournament winner
As of March 21, 2013
*Ineligible for postseason play due to APR penalties
**Ineligible for postseason play due to NCAA sanctions; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2013 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament took place March 12–16, 2013[1] at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas. The tournament champion, Southern University, received the Southwestern Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship.

Format

Seven teams participated in the 2013 tournament. Arkansas-Pine Bluff and Mississippi Valley State each received one-year postseason bans in men’s basketball, thus not allowed to participate in the 2013 SWAC Tournament, due to failing to meet the NCAA's APR requirements.[2] Texas Southern is serving a two-year postseason ban, after the NCAA Division I Infractions Committee said it found a lack of institutional control and outlined problems spanning 13 sports over a seven-year period.[3]

Bracket

  Quarterfinals,
March 13/14
Semifinals,
Friday, March 15
Championship,
Saturday, March 16
ESPN2
                           
        
  1  Southern 72  
    6  Alabama A&M 59  
6  Alabama A&M 59
  7  Grambling State 51  
    1  Southern 45
  4  Prairie View A&M 44
  3  Alcorn State 59  
4  Prairie View A&M 67  
4  Prairie View A&M 88
    2  Jackson State 75  
2  Jackson State 66
  5  Alabama State 59  

All times listed are Central

References

  1. "2012-13 SWAC Championships Schedule". SWAC. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
  2. "Mississippi Valley State banned from basketball postseason due to low APR scores". The Mississippi Press. June 20, 2012. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
  3. "NCAA hits Texas Southern with postseason bans". USA Today. October 9, 2012. Retrieved November 15, 2012.

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