The 2022 SWAC men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the 2021–22 season in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The tournament was held March 9–12, 2022. The tournament winner, the Texas Southern Tigers, received the conference's automatic invitation to the 2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. The tournament was sponsored by Cricket Wireless.
Seeds Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tie–breaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Only the top eight teams in the conference will qualify for the tournament. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker1Alcorn State 14–42Texas Southern13–53Southern12–64Florida A&M11–75Alabama A&M10–86Grambling State9–9 1–0 vs. Jackson State7Jackson State9–9 0–1 vs. Grambling State8Prairie View A&M8–10 1–0 vs. Alabama StateDNQAlabama State 8–10 0–1 vs. Prairie View A&MDNQBethune–Cookman 7–11DNQArkansas–Pine Bluff 5–13DNQMississippi Valley State 2–16
Schedule GameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevisionQuarterfinals – Wednesday, March 9, 202212:00 p.m.No. 2 Texas Southern vs. No. 7 Jackson State54–50ESPN+28:30 p.m.No. 1 Alcorn State vs. No. 8 Prairie View A&M64–63 (OT)Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10, 202232:00 p.m.No. 3 Southern vs. No. 6 Grambling State58–60ESPN+48:30 p.m.No. 4 Florida A&M vs. No. 5 Alabama A&M56–61Semifinals – Friday, March 11, 202252:00 p.m.No. 2 Texas Southern vs. No. 6 Grambling State73–54ESPN+68:30 p.m.No. 1 Alcorn State vs. No. 5 Alabama A&M69-64Championship – Saturday, March 12, 202275:00 p.m.No. 2 Texas Southern vs. No. 1 Alcorn State87-62ESPNU*Game times in CDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
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