2014 SWAC Women's Basketball Tournament

2014 SWAC Women's Basketball Tournament

Tournament logo
Classification Division I
Season 2013–14
Teams 10
Site Toyota Center
Houston, Texas
Television ESPN3
SWAC Women's Basketball Tournaments
«2013  2015»
2013–14 SWAC women's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Southern 16 – 2   .889     20 – 8   .714
Texas Southern 15 – 3   .833     20 – 13   .606
Jackson State 12 – 6   .667     15 – 15   .500
Prairie View A&M† 11 – 7   .611     14 – 18   .438
Alabama State 9 – 9   .500     16 – 14   .533
Mississippi Valley State 8 – 10   .444     9 – 21   .300
Grambling State 7 – 11   .389     11 – 20   .355
Alcorn State 7 – 11   .389     8 – 22   .267
Alabama A&M 3 – 15   .167     6 – 24   .200
Arkansas-Pine Bluff 2 – 16   .111     3 – 26   .103
† 2014 SWAC Tournament winner
As of 10:03, 1 April 2014 (UTC); Rankings from AP Poll[1][2]

The 2014 SWAC Women's Basketball Tournament will take place March 11–15, 2014 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.[3] The tournament champion will receive the Southwestern Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship.

Format

All 10 teams were eligible and able to compete in the 2014 Women's Basketball Tournament, unlike the men's bracket where only 6-teams were eligible until the SWAC adjusted the league's postseason ban.[4] Seeds 1-6 received a bye into the quarterfinals. Rather than use the traditional 10-team scheduling format, where one full day was devoted to men's quarterfinals and the other to the women's quarterfinals, the SWAC decided to protect their top 2-seeds by giving them days off between matches. The tournament began with two quarterfinals on Tuesday featuring 7/10 and 8/9. The winner of these two matches moved on to play the 1 (vs. 8/9) and 2 (vs. 7/10) seeds on Wednesday. The 3 vs. 6 and 4 vs. 5 matches didn't take place until Thursday. The quarterfinal winners would meet in the semifinals on Friday, and the championship game took place on Saturday. The championship game aired live on ESPN3 and then aired tape delayed on ESPNU Sunday.

Seeds

2014 SWAC Women's Basketball Tournament seeds
Seed School Conference Record Overall Record
(End of Regular Season)		 Tiebreaker
1. Southern 16-2 19-7
2. Texas Southern 15-3 18-11
3. Jackson State 12-6 14-14
4. Prairie View A&M 11-7 11-17
5. Alabama State 9-9 16-13
6. Mississippi Valley State 8-10 9-20
7. Alcorn State 7-11 8-21 1-1 vs. Southern
8. Grambling State 7-11 10-19 0-2 vs. Southern
9. Alabama A&M 3-15 5-23
10. Arkansas-Pine Bluff 2-16 3-25

Bracket

  First Round
Tuesday, March 11		 Quarterfinals
Wednesday, March 12
&
Thursday, March 13		 Semifinals
Friday, March 14		 Championship Game
Saturday, March 15
ESPN3
                                     
        
  1  Southern 80  
    9  Alabama A&M 66  
8  Alcorn State 62
9  Alabama A&M 64  
  1  Southern 43  
  4  Prairie View A&M 72  
        
        
  4  Prairie View A&M 71
    5  Alabama State 61  
      
        
  4  Prairie View A&M 63
  2  Texas Southern 58
        
        
  2  Texas Southern 82
    7  Grambling State 74  
7  Grambling State 83
10  Arkansas-Pine Bluff 81  
  2  Texas Southern 79
  3  Jackson State 77  
        
        
  3  Jackson State 74
    6  Mississippi Valley State 68  
      

All times listed are Central

References

  1. ↑ "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2013-14". ESPN. Retrieved 11 Apr 2014.
  2. ↑ "2014 NCAA Women's Basketball Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Mar. 17)". ESPN. Retrieved 11 Apr 2014.
  3. ↑ "SWAC relocates football, basketball championships to Houston". Houston Business Journal. Retrieved 2013-06-03.
  4. ↑ "Report: Four ineligible teams allowed to compete in SWAC Tournament". College Basketball Talk. Retrieved 2014-03-01.

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