2016 SWAC men's basketball tournament

August 2023 2016 SWAC I Men's 200px Tournament logo 10 Toyota Center Houston, Texas Southern 9th Roman Banks 2nd Trelun Banks Southern SWAC Digital Network, ESPNU The 2016 SWAC men's basketball tournament is the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southwestern Athletic Conference. The tournament was held from March 8–12, 2016 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas2016 Toyota SWAC Mens Basketball Tournament http://www.swac.org/ViewArticle.dbml?&ATCLID=210617738&DB_OEM_ID=27400 SWAC Men's Basketball 8 February 2016 mdy-all The champion received the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA tournament. Seeds All 10 SWAC teams participated in the Tournament. Alcorn State was ineligible for NCAA postseason play due to APR violations. Had Alcorn State won the tournament, the SWAC's bid would have been awarded to the highest remaining seed still in the field.https://www.sbnation.com/college-basketball/2016/3/8/11176804/2016-swac-basketball-tournament-schedule-bracket-results-format SWAC basketball tournament 2016: Bracket, schedule and scores Lohmar Jim SBNation.com 2016-03-08 mdy-all The top 6 teams received a bye into the Quarterfinals. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. SeedSchoolConference Tiebreaker 1Texas Southern16–22Alcorn State13–53Jackson State12–6 4Southern11–7 5Alabama State9–9 6Prairie View A&M7–11 7 Mississippi Valley State6–12 3–1 vs Alabama A&M & Arkansas-Pine Bluff8Alabama A&M6–12 2–2 vs Mississippi Valley State & Arkansas-Pine Bluff9Arkansas-Pine Bluff6–12 1–3 vs Mississippi Valley State & Alabama A&M10Grambling State4–14 Schedule SessionGameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevision First round – Tuesday, March 811 2:30 pm#7 Mississippi Valley St. vs. #10 Grambling State87–73 SWAC Digital Network2 8:30 pm#8 Alabama A&M vs. #9 Arkansas-Pine Bluff61–53 Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 923 2:30 pm#2 Alcorn State vs. #7 Mississippi Valley St. 61–64 SWAC Digital Network4 8:30 pm#1 Texas Southern vs. #8 Alabama A&M77–69 Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 1035 2:30 pm#3 Jackson State vs #6 Prairie View A&M69–51SWAC Digital Network6 8:30 pm#4 Southern vs. #5 Alabama State83–63 Semifinals – Friday, March 11472:30 pm#3 Jackson State vs. #7 Mississippi Valley St.74–68SWAC Digital Network88:30 pm#1 Texas Southern vs. #4 Southern73–81 Championship – Saturday, March 12595:30 pm#3 Jackson State vs. #4 Southern53–54ESPNU *Game times in Central Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding. Bracket 2016 Toyota SWAC Mens Basketball Tournament Bracket https://admin.xosn.com/pdf9/4408910.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=27400& NeuLion 9 February 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160216085601/https://admin.xosn.com/pdf9/4408910.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=27400 2016-02-16 dead mdy-all First roundTuesday March 8 QuarterfinalsWednesday, March 9Thursday, March 10 SemifinalsFriday, March 11 ChampionshipSaturday, March 12ESPNU 13em 8 Alabama A&M 61 9 Arkansas–Pine Bluff 53 7 Mississippi Valley State 87 10 Grambling State 73 1 Texas Southern 77 8 Alabama A&M 69 4 Southern 83 5 Alabama State 63 2 Alcorn State 61 7 Mississippi Valley State 64 3 Jackson State 69 6 Prairie View A&M 51 1 Texas Southern 73 4 Southern 81 7 Mississippi Valley State 68 3 Jackson State 74 4 Southern 54 3 Jackson State 53 References collapsed Category:SWAC men's basketball tournament Category:2015–16 Southwestern Athletic Conference men's basketball season Category:Basketball competitions in Houston Southwestern Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament Category:2016 in Houston Category:March 2016 in the United States Category:College basketball tournaments in Texas