2016 SWAC women's basketball tournament

November 2025 2016 SWAC I Women's 200px Tournament logo 10 Toyota Center Houston, Texas Alabama State 4th Freda Freeman-Jackson 3rd Britney Wright Alabama State SWAC Digital Network, ESPN3 The 2016 SWAC women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southwestern Athletic Conference. The tournament was held from March 8–12, 2016 at the Toyota Center in Houston, TexasSWAC releases basketball tournament brackets https://swac.org/news/2016/3/6/210776388.aspx swac.org 2025-11-29 en March 6, 2016 The champion received the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. Alabama State won the conference tournament championship game over Southern University, 55–51.Alabama State Wins 2016 SWAC Tournament Title https://hbcusports.com/2016/03/12/alabama-state-wins-2016-swac-tournament-title/ 2016-03-12 2025-11-29 en-US HBCU Sports https://web.archive.org/web/20250612130939/https://hbcusports.com/2016/03/12/alabama-state-wins-2016-swac-tournament-title/ 2025-06-12 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 2016-03-08 mdy-all March 12, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160309093302/https://www.sbnation.com/college-basketball/2016/3/8/11176804/2016-swac-basketball-tournament-schedule-bracket-results-format March 9, 2016 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 1Alabama State14–42Texas Southern14–43Southern14–4 4Grambling State13–5 5Prairie View A&M9–9 6Jackson State8–10 7 Alcorn State8–10 8Arkansas-Pine Bluff6–12 9Alabama A&M3–15 10Mississippi Valley State1–17 Schedule SessionGameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevision First round – Tuesday, March 811 12:00 pm#7 Alcorn State vs. #10 Mississippi Valley State62–43SWAC Digital Network2 6:00 pm#8 Arkansas-Pine Bluff vs. #9 Alabama A&M74–82 Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 923 12:00 pm#2 Southern vs. #7 Alcorn State 61–57SWAC Digital Network4 6:00 pm#1 Alabama State vs. #8 Alabama A&M87–72 Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 1035 12:00 pm#3 Texas Southern vs #6 Jackson State65–47SWAC Digital Network6 6:00 pm#4 Grambling State vs. #5 Prairie View A&M60–56 Semifinals – Friday, March 114712:00 pm#2 Southern vs. #3 Texas Southern62–54SWAC Digital Network86:00 pm#1 Alabama State vs. #4 Grambling State64–50 Championship – Saturday, March 12592:00 pm#1 Alabama State vs. #2 Southern55–51ESPN3*Game times in Central Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.SWAC releases basketball tournament brackets https://swac.org/news/2016/3/6/210776388.aspx SWAC.org 2025-11-29 en March 6, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20251129161522/https://swac.org/news/2016/3/6/210776388.aspx 2025-11-29 Bracket https://swac.org/documents/2016/3/6/4589706.pdf 2016 Toyota Southwestern Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament Bracket November 29, 2025 SWAC.org https://archive.today/20251129161156/https://swac.org/documents/2016/3/6/4589706.pdf November 29, 2025 First roundTuesday March 8 QuarterfinalsWednesday, March 9Thursday, March 10 SemifinalsFriday, March 11 ChampionshipSaturday, March 12ESPN3 13em 8 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 74 9 Alabama A&M 82 7 Alcorn State 62 10 Mississippi Valley State 43 1 Alabama State 87 8 Alabama A&M 72 4 Grambling State 60 5 Prairie View A&M 56 2 Southern 61 7 Alcorn State 57 3 Texas Southern 62 6 Jackson State 47 1 Alabama State 64 4 Grambling State 50 2 Southern 62 3 Texas Southern 54 1 Alabama State 55 2 Southern 51 References collapsed Category:SWAC women's basketball tournament Category:2015–16 Southwestern Athletic Conference women'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