The 2022 SWAC women's basketball tournament (officially known as the Cricket Wireless SWAC Basketball Tournament due to sponsorship reasons) was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the 2021–22 season in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The tournament was held from March 9 to 12, 2022. The tournament winner will receive an automatic invitation to the 2022 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.
Seeds Teams are 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 qualified for the tournament. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 1Tiebreaker 2Tiebreaker 31Jackson State 18–02Alabama A&M13–53Alabama State12–64Southern11–71-1 vs. Texas Southern5Texas Southern11-71-1 vs. Southern147-147 score vs. Southern0-2 vs. Jackson State6Prairie View A&M10-8 2-0 vs. Grambling State7Grambling State10-88Arkansas-Pine Bluff9-9DNQBethune-Cookman 5–13DNQFlorida A&M 4–14DNQMississippi Valley State 3–15DNQAlcorn State 2–16
Schedule GameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevisionQuarterfinals – Wednesday, March 9, 2022111:00 amNo. 2 Alabama A&M vs. No. 7 Grambling State62–54ESPN+25:30 pmNo. 1 Jackson State vs. No. 8 Arkansas-Pine Bluff78–67Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10, 2022311:00 amNo. 3 Alabama State vs. No. 6 Prairie View A&M60-58ESPN+45:30 pmNo. 4 Southern vs. No. 5 Texas Southern68-67Semifinals – Friday, March 11, 2022511:00 amNo. 7 Grambling State vs. No. 3 Alabama State59-74ESPN+65:30 pmNo. 1 Jackson State vs. No. 4 Southern59-46Championship – Saturday, March 12, 202271:30 pmNo. 1 Jackson State vs. No. 3 Alabama State 101–80ESPN+*Game times in CDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
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