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2023 SWAC women's basketball tournament
2023 SWAC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2022–23
Teams	8
Site	Bartow Arena; Birmingham, Alabama
Television	ESPN+
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The 2023 SWAC Women's Basketball Tournament will be the postseason women's basketball tournament for the 2022–23 season in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The tournament will be held from March 8–11, 2023.^[1] The tournament winner will receive an automatic invitation to the 2023 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. The tournament will be sponsored by Cricket Wireless.

2022–23 SWAC women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Jackson State	17	–	1	.944	21	–	9	.700
Alabama State	12	–	6	.667	16	–	15	.516
Alabama A&M	12	–	6	.667	14	–	15	.483
Prairie View A&M	12	–	6	.667	15	–	15	.500
Southern†	12	–	6	.667	18	–	14	.563
Arkansas–Pine Bluff	10	–	8	.556	14	–	17	.452
Bethune–Cookman	10	–	8	.556	11	–	18	.379
Grambling State	9	–	9	.500	10	–	20	.333
Alcorn State	8	–	10	.444	12	–	17	.414
Florida A&M	4	–	14	.222	6	–	23	.207
Texas Southern	2	–	16	.111	2	–	27	.069
Mississippi Valley State	0	–	18	.000	2	–	27	.069

† 2023 SWAC tournament winner As of March 11, 2023

Seeds

Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tie–breaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Only the top eight teams in the conference will qualify for the tournament.

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker^[2]
1	Jackson State	17-1
2	Alabama A&M	12-6	3-2 vs. 12-6 teams; 117-115 margin vs. Alabama State
3	Alabama State	12-6	3-2 vs. 12-6 teams; 115-117 margin vs. Alabama A&M
4	Southern	12-6	3-3 vs. tied 12-6 teams
5	Prairie View A&M	12-6	1-3 vs. tied 12-6 teams
6	Bethune-Cookman	10-8	1-0 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff
7	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	10-8	0-1 vs. Bethune-Cookman
8	Grambling State	9-9
DNQ	Alcorn State	8-10
DNQ	Florida A&M	4-14
DNQ	Texas Southern	2-16
DNQ	Mississippi Valley State	0-18

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Score	Television
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 8, 2023
1	11:00 a.m.	No. 2 Alabama A&M vs. No. 7 Arkansas-Pine Bluff	55-62	ESPN+
2	5:30 p.m.	No. 1 Jackson State vs. No. 8 Grambling State	59-50	ESPN+
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9, 2023
3	11:00 a.m.	No. 3 Alabama State vs. No. 6 Bethune-Cookman	70-61	ESPN+
4	5:30 p.m.	No. 4 Southern vs. No. 5 Prairie View A&M	64-37	ESPN+
Semifinals – Friday, March 10, 2023
5	11:00 a.m.	No. 1 Jackson State vs. No. 4 Southern	65–64	ESPN+
6	5:30 p.m.	No. 7 Arkansas-Pine Bluff vs. No. 3 Alabama State	71–66	ESPN+
Championship – Saturday, March 11, 2023
7	1:00 p.m.	No. 4 Southern vs. No. 7 Arkansas-Pine Bluff	62-53	ESPN+
*Game times in CDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.^[3]

Bracket

Quarterfinals March 8–9 ESPN+			Semifinals March 10 ESPN+			Championship March 11 ESPN+

1	Jackson State	59

8	Grambling State	50
			1	Jackson State	64

			4	Southern	65
4	Southern	64

5	Prairie View A&M	37
						4	Southern	62

						7	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	53
2	Alabama A&M	55

7	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	62
			7	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	71

			3	Alabama State	66
3	Alabama State	70

6	Bethune-Cookman	61