The 2026 SWAC Women's Basketball Tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the 2025–26 season in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The tournament will be held from March 9–14, 2026 at Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia. The tournament winner, Southern received an automatic invitation to the 2026 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament. The tournament was sponsored by Pepsi.
Seeds Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tie–breaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. All 12 schools participated in the tournament, raising the number from 10 and eight in previous seasons. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker1 Alabama A&M17–12 Alcorn State14–43 Alabama State12–6 1–0 vs. Southern4 Southern12–65 Jackson State10–81–0 vs. Grambling State, 1–1 vs. UAPB6 Grambling State10–81–0 vs. UAPB7 Arkansas–Pine Bluff10–80–1 vs Grambling State8 Florida A&M7–119 Mississippi Valley State6–12 1–1 +4 scoring margin vs. Texas Southern10 Texas Southern6–1211 Bethune–Cookman4–1412 Prairie View A&M0–18
Schedule
GameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevisionFirst round – Monday, March 9111:00 a.m. No. 10 Texas Southern vs. No. 11 Bethune–Cookman62–66ESPN+25:30 p.m.No. 9 Mississippi Valley State vs. No. 12 Prairie View A&M63–49Second round – Tuesday, March 10311:00 a.m.No. 8 Florida A&M vs. No. 11 Bethune–Cookman55–52ESPN+45:30 p.m.No. 7 Arkansas–Pine Bluff vs. No. 9 Mississippi Valley State81–74Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 11511:00 a.m.No. 1 Alabama A&M vs. No. 8 Florida A&M72–68ESPN+65:30 p.m.No. 2 Alcorn State vs. No. 7 Arkansas–Pine Bluff60–64Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12711:00 a.m.No. 4 Southern vs. No. 5 Jackson State64–51ESPN+85:30 p.m.No. 3 Alabama State vs. No. 6 Grambling State56–50Semifinals – Friday, March 13911:00 a.m.No. 1 Alabama A&M vs. No. 4 Southern49–51ESPN+105:30 p.m.No. 3 Alabama State vs. No. 7 Arkansas–Pine Bluff72–59Championship – Saturday, March 14111:00 p.m.No. 3 Alabama State vs. No. 4 Southern56–73ESPNU
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