2020 SWAC men's basketball tournament

2020 SWAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2019–20
Teams	8
Site	Bartow Arena Birmingham, Alabama
First round site	Campus sites
Television	ESPN3, ESPNU
SWAC men's basketball tournaments

2019–20 SWAC men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Prairie View A&M	14	–	4		.778			19	–	13		.594
Southern	13	–	5		.722			17	–	15		.531
Texas Southern	12	–	6		.667			16	–	16		.500
Grambling State	11	–	7		.611			17	–	15		.531
Jackson State	11	–	7		.611			15	–	17		.469
Alcorn State	11	–	7		.611			15	–	15		.500
Alabama State	7	–	11		.389			8	–	24		.250
Alabama A&M	5	–	13		.278			8	–	22		.267
Arkansas–Pine Bluff	3	–	15		.167			4	–	26		.133
Mississippi Valley State	3	–	15		.167			3	–	27		.100
Note: The 2020 SWAC tournament was canceled prior to the semifinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 2020 SWAC men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southwestern Athletic Conference during the 2019–20 season. Tournament first-round games were played at the campus of the higher seeded team on March 10. The remainder of the tournament was to be held on March 13 and 14, 2020 at Bartow Arena in Birmingham, Alabama. The tournament champion would have received the SWAC's automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA tournament. On March 12, the remainder of the SWAC Tournament, along with all other NCAA postseason tournaments, was cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Seeds

The top eight teams qualified for the conference tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used for teams with identical conference records. The top 4 seeds hosted their quarterfinal round games.

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	Prairie View A&M	14–4
2	Southern	13–5
3	Texas Southern	12–6
4	Jackson State	11–7	3–1 vs. Grambling State/Alcorn State
5	Alcorn State	11–7	Better point differential in season split with Grambling State
6	Grambling State	11–7	Worse point differential in season split with Alcorn State
7	Alabama State	7–11
8	Alabama A&M	5–13

Schedule and results

Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television
Quarterfinals – Tuesday, March 10 – campus sites
1	5:30 pm	No. 8 Alabama A&M at No. 1 Prairie View A&M	60–82	ESPN3
2	7:30 pm	No. 5 Alcorn State at No. 4 Jackson State	52–69
3	7:30 pm	No. 7 Alabama State at No. 2 Southern	53–67
4	8:00 pm	No. 6 Grambling State at No. 3 Texas Southern	62–75
Semifinals – Friday, March 13 – Bartow Arena, Birmingham, AL
5	cancelled	No. 1 Prairie View A&M vs. No. 4 Jackson State	N/A	ESPN3
6		No. 2 Southern vs. No. 3 Texas Southern
Final – Saturday, March 14 – Bartow Arena, Birmingham, AL
7	cancelled	Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner	N/A	ESPNU
Game times in CST. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals March 10 ESPN3					Semifinals March 13 ESPN3					Championship March 14 ESPNU
	1	Prairie View A&M	82
	8	Alabama A&M	60
						1	Prairie View A&M
						4	Jackson State
	4	Jackson State	69
	5	Alcorn State	52
	2	Southern	67
	7	Alabama State	53
						2	Southern
						3	Texas Southern
	3	Texas Southern	75
	6	Grambling State	62

First round games at campus sites of lower-numbered seeds