2015 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament

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2015 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament
SWAC Basketball Tournament logo.png
Tournament logo
ClassificationDivision I
Season2014–15
Teams9
SiteToyota Center
Houston, Texas
ChampionsTexas Southern (6th title)
Winning coachMike Davis (2nd title)
MVPMadarious Gibbs (Texas Southern)
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2014–15 SWAC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Texas Southern † 16 – 2   .889 22 – 13   .629
Alabama State* 14 – 4   .778 19 – 10   .655
Southern* 13 – 5   .722 18 – 17   .514
Prairie View A&M 12 – 6   .667 15 – 18   .455
Arkansas–Pine Bluff* 9 – 9   .500 12 – 20   .375
Jackson State 9 – 9   .500 11 – 21   .344
Alabama A&M 8 – 10   .444 9 – 20   .310
Mississippi Valley State 5 – 13   .278 6 – 26   .188
Alcorn State 4 – 14   .222 6 – 26   .188
Grambling State 0 – 18   .000 2 – 27   .069
*ineligible for postseason play due to NCAA violations
† 2015 SWAC Tournament winner

The 2015 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament took place March 10–14 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.[1]

Format[]

Nine teams participated in the 2015 tournament. Alabama State[2] was banned from postseason play due to failing to meet the NCAA's APR requirements. Southern[3] was ineligible for the postseason due to failure to supply usable academic data to the NCAA. However, Southern and Alabama State did participate in the SWAC Tournament but could not qualify for the NCAA Tournament if they were to win the SWAC Tournament.

Arkansas–Pine Bluff did not participate in the tournament due to a postseason ban issued by the NCAA.[4]

Schedule[]

Session Game Time* Matchup# Television Score
First round – Tuesday, March 10
1 1 8:30 pm #8 Alcorn State vs. #9 Grambling State 66–52
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 11
2 2 2:30 pm #2 Alabama State vs. #7 Mississippi Valley State 93–81
3 8:30 pm #1 Texas Southern vs. #8 Alcorn State 95–74
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12
3 4 2:30 pm #3 Southern vs. #6 Alabama A&M 64–60
5 8:30 pm #4 Prairie View A&M vs. #5 Jackson State 62–56
Semifinals – Friday, March 13
4 6 2:30 pm #2 Alabama State vs. #3 Southern 68–66
7^ 8:30 pm #1 Texas Southern vs. #4 Prairie View A&M 90–77
Championship – Saturday, March 14
5 8 #3 Southern vs. #1 Texas Southern 62-58

*Game times in Central Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket[]

First round
Tuesday, March 10
  		Quarterfinals
Wednesday, March 11
Thursday, March 12 		Semifinals
Friday, March 13
  		Championship
Saturday, March 14
 
            
1 Texas Southern 95
8 Alcorn State 74
8 Alcorn State 66
9 Grambling State 52
1 Texas Southern 90
4 Prairie View A&M 77
4 Prairie View A&M 62
5 Jackson State 56
1 Texas Southern 62
3 Southern* 58
2 Alabama State* 93
7 Mississippi Valley State 81
2 Alabama State* 66
3 Southern* 68
3 Southern* 64
6 Alabama A&M 60

* Ineligible for NCAA tournament play due to penalties.

References[]

  1. ^ "2015 Toyota SWAC Basketball Tournament". SWAC. Archived from the original on 2014-03-18. Retrieved 2015-02-05.
  2. ^ "Alabama State football, men's basketball fall short of NCAA APR benchmark, barred from postseason".
  3. ^ "Student-athletes continue to achieve academically".
  4. ^ "Arkansas Pine Bluff improperly certified student-athletes". NCAA.org. November 5, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
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