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SWAC Announces Men’s Basketball Tournament Seedings and Matchups

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala.- The Southwestern Athletic Conference has announced its 2026 Pepsi SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament presented by Buick seedings featuring all 12 teams in the league.
 
2026 SWAC Regular Season Champion Bethune-Cookman enters the tournament as the No. 1 seed (14-4 SWAC).
 
Florida A&M claimed the No. 2 seed (11-7 SWAC) while Southern claimed the No. 3 seed (11-7 SWAC) in the tournament followed by No. 4 seed Texas Southern (10-8 SWAC).

Alabama A&M is the No. 5 seed (10-8 SWAC) followed by No. 6 seed Arkansas-Pine Bluff (10-8 SWAC).
  
Jackson State (10-8 SWAC) and Prairie View A&M (9-9 SWAC) will enter the tournament as the No. 7 and No. 8 seeds respectively.

Grambling State (7-11 SWAC) and Alabama State (7-11) will enter the tournament as the No. 9 and No. 10 seeds respectively.

Alcorn State (7-11 SWAC) and Mississippi Valley State (2-16 SWAC) enter tournament play at the No. 11 and No. 12 seeds respectively.

In the event of a tie in conference records the league's tiebreaker policy was used to determine final seedings.
 
The 2026 Pepsi SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament presented by Buick is scheduled to be played on March 9-14 at Gateway Center Arena located in Atlanta, Ga.

The upcoming tournament schedule of games is listed below, to purchase tickets online please click here
 
DATE TIME MEN'S TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE WATCH
March 9 2:00 pm Game One: No. 10 Alabama State vs. No. 11 Alcorn State ESPN+
March 9 8:30 pm Game Two: No. 9 Grambling State vs. No. 12 Mississippi Valley State ESPN+
March 10 2:00 pm Game Three: No. 8 Prairie View A&M vs. Winner Game One ESPN+
March 10 8:30 pm Game Four: No. 7 Jackson State vs. Winner Game Two ESPN+
March 11 2:00 pm Game Five: No. 1 Bethune-Cookman vs. Winner Game Three ESPN+
March 11 8:30 pm Game Six: No. 2 Florida A&M vs. Winner Game Four ESPN+
March 12 2:00 pm Game Seven: No. 4 Texas Southern vs. No. 5 Alabama A&M ESPN+
March 12 8:30 pm Game Eight:  No. 3 Southern vs. No. 6 Arkansas-Pine Bluff ESPN+
March 13 2:00 pm Game Nine: Winner Game Five vs. Winner Game Seven ESPN+
March 13 8:30 pm Game Ten: Winner Game Six vs. Winner Game Eight ESPN+
March 14 7:30 pm Championship Game ESPNU














All times listed Eastern Standard Time (EST)

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