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2025 SWAC men's basketball tournament

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2025 SWAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2024–25
Teams10
SiteGateway Center Arena
College Park, Georgia
TelevisionESPN+
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2026 →
2024–25 SWAC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Southern 2 0   1.000 7 8   .467
Alabama A&M 2 0   1.000 6 9   .400
Alabama State 2 0   1.000 6 9   .400
Bethune–Cookman 1 0   1.000 4 10   .286
Jackson State 1 0   1.000 1 13   .071
Texas Southern 1 1   .500 4 11   .267
Prairie View A&M 1 1   .500 2 13   .133
Florida A&M 0 1   .000 3 9   .250
Alcorn State 0 1   .000 0 14   .000
Arkansas–Pine Bluff 0 2   .000 3 12   .200
Grambling State 0 2   .000 3 12   .200
Mississippi Valley State 0 2   .000 2 13   .133
2025 SWAC tournament winner
As of January 6, 2025

The 2025 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament will be the postseason men's basketball tournament for the 2024–25 season in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The tournament will be held from March 11–15, 2025 at Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia.[1] The tournament winner will receive an automatic invitation to the 2025 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. The tournament will be sponsored by Pepsi.[2]

Seeds

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Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tie–breaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Only the top ten teams in the conference will qualify for the tournament, after the conference expanded the tournament field from eight to ten teams.[3]

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker[4]
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Schedule

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Game Time* Matchup# Score Television
First round – Tuesday, March 11
1 2:00 p.m. No. 8 vs. No. 9 ESPN+
2 8:30 p.m. No. 7 vs. No. 10
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 12
3 2:00 p.m. No. 1 vs. Winner Game 1 ESPN+
4 8:30 p.m. No. 2 vs. Winner Game 2
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 13
5 2:00 p.m. No. 4 vs. No. 5 ESPN+
6 8:30 p.m. No. 3 vs. No. 6
Semifinals – Friday, March 14
7 2:00 p.m. Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 5 ESPN+
8 8:30 p.m. Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 6
Championship – Saturday, March 15
9 TBD Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8 TBD
*Game times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.[5]

Bracket

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First round
March 11, 2025
ESPN+
Quarterfinals
March 12–13, 2025
ESPN+
Semifinals
March 14, 2025
ESPN+
Championship
March 15, 2025
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References

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  1. ^ "2025 Starry SWAC Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments". swac.org. Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  2. ^ Mosley, Kyle T. (July 25, 2023). "SWAC, PepsiCo Expanded Partnership, Increases HBCU Investment". HBCU Legends. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
  3. ^ Keith, J. T. "SWAC expands its basketball tournaments, adds technology for football teams on game day". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  4. ^ "SWAC Basketball Tiebreaker Policy". SWAC.org. SWAC.
  5. ^ "2025 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament FINAL (PDF) - Southwestern Athletic Conference" (PDF). swac.org. Retrieved December 25, 2024.