The 2020 SWAC men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the
Southwestern Athletic Conference
The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) is a collegiate athletic conference headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, which is made up of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the Southern United States. It participates in t ...
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
Bartow Arena is an 8,508-seat multi-purpose arena in Birmingham, in the U.S. state of Alabama. It is home to the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Blazers men's and women's basketball teams as well as the women's volleyball team. The a ...
in
Birmingham, Alabama
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. 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
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.
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.
Schedule and results
Bracket
''First round games at campus sites of lower-numbered seeds''
References
{{2020 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament navbox
2019–20 Southwestern Athletic Conference men's basketball season
SWAC men's basketball tournament
SWAC men's basketball tournament
The SWAC men's basketball tournament (popularly known as the SWAC Tournament) is the conference championship tournament in basketball for the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The tournament has been held every year since 1978. It is a si ...
College basketball tournaments in Alabama
Basketball competitions in Birmingham, Alabama
SWAC men's basketball tournament
The SWAC men's basketball tournament (popularly known as the SWAC Tournament) is the conference championship tournament in basketball for the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The tournament has been held every year since 1978. It is a si ...
SWAC men's basketball tournament
The SWAC men's basketball tournament (popularly known as the SWAC Tournament) is the conference championship tournament in basketball for the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The tournament has been held every year since 1978. It is a si ...