The 2012 SWAC men's basketball tournament took place March 7–10 at the
Garland Special Events Center
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in
Garland, Texas
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. The winner of the tournament received the
Southwestern Athletic Conference
The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, which is made up of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the Southern United St ...
's
automatic bid
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to the
2012 NCAA tournament.
Format
Eight teams qualified for the tournament. Southern and Grambling each received one-year postseason bans in men’s basketball, thus not allowed to participate in the 2012 SWAC Tournament, due to failing to meet the NCAA's
Academic Progress Rate
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requirements. The rest of the seeds were determined after the final games were played
Bracket
References
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2011–12 Southwestern Athletic Conference men's basketball season
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