2015 SWAC Women's Basketball Tournament

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2015 SWAC Women's Basketball Tournament
SWAC Tournament logo.png
Tournament logo
ClassificationDivision I
Season2014–15
Teams8
SiteToyota Center
Houston, Texas
TelevisionESPN3
← 2014
 →
2014–15 SWAC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
16 – 2   .889 19 – 10   .655
* 15 – 3   .833 19 – 12   .613
† 10 – 8   .556 17 – 14   .548
10 – 8   .556 14 – 17   .452
10 – 8   .556 14 – 18   .438
9 – 9   .500 10 – 18   .357
7 – 11   .389 10 – 20   .333
@ 5 – 13   .278 7 – 22   .241
5 – 13   .278 6 – 24   .200
2 – 16   .111 4 – 26   .133
† 2015 SWAC Tournament winner
As of 14 March 2015; Rankings from AP Poll
*ineligible for postseason play for failure to supply usable academic data to the NCAA
@-ineligible for postseason play due to low APR

The 2015 SWAC Women's Basketball Tournament will take place March 11–14, 2015 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.[1] The tournament champion will receive the Southwestern Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship.

Format[]

8 teams competed in the 2015 WBB Tournament. Texas Southern, who was the regular season champions, withdrew from the tournament after 8 players were suspended due to a season-ending brawl with Southern.[2] Arkansas–Pine Bluff was ineligible to participate due to a low APR.

Seeds[]

2015 SWAC Women's Basketball Tournament seeds
Seed School Conference Record Overall Record
(End of Regular Season) 		Tiebreaker
1. Texas Southern 16-2 19-10 Withdrew from tourney due to 8 suspensions.
2. Southern 15-3 17-11
3. Jackson State 10-8 13-16 2–0 vs. Alabama State, 1–1 vs. Prairie View A&M
4. Prairie View A&M 10-8 13-17 1–1 vs. Jackson State, 1–1 vs. Alabama State
5. Alabama State 10-8 14-14 1–1 vs. Prairie View A&M, 0–2 vs. Jackson State
6. Alcorn State 9-9 10-17
7. Grambling State 7-11 10-19
8. Arkansas–Pine Bluff 5-13 7-22 Ineligible for SWAC Tournament.
9. Alabama A&M 5-13 6-23
10. Mississippi Valley State 2-16 4-25

Bracket[]

Quarterfinals
Wednesday, March 11
Thursday, March 12
SWAC Digital- Wed only 		Semifinals
Friday, March 13 		Championship
Saturday, March 14
ESPN3
         
1 Southern 62
8 Mississippi Valley State 57
1 Southern 60
4 Prairie View A&M 42
4 Prairie View A&M 66
5 Alcorn State 59
1 Southern 55
3 Alabama State 73
2 Jackson State 89
7 Alabama A&M 82OT
2 Jackson State 60
3 Alabama State 62
3 Alabama State 65
6 Grambling State 62

All times listed are Central

References[]

  1. ^ "SWAC relocates football, basketball championships to Houston". Houston Business Journal. Retrieved 2013-06-03.
  2. ^ "SWAC suspends 15 over fight". ESPN. Retrieved 2015-03-10.

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