The 1997 SWAC men's basketball tournament was held March 6–8, 1997, at the Riverside Centroplex in

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defeated , 81–74 in the championship game. The Tigers received the conference's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA tournament as No. 16 seed in the Southeast Region.

Bracket and results

References

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