The 2021 SWAC men's basketball tournament (officially known as the Cricket Wireless SWAC Basketball Tournament due to sponsorship reasons) was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the
2020–21 season in 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 ...
(SWAC). The tournament was held from March 10–13, 2021.
The tournament winner received an automatic invitation to the
2021 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
The 2021 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 68 teams to determine the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's college basketball national champion for the 2020–21 seaso ...
.
Seeds
Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tie–breaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Only the top eight teams in the conference qualified for the tournament. Both Alabama State and Alabama A&M are currently ineligible for postseason play per SWAC regulations.
Schedule
Source
Bracket
* denotes overtime period
See also
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2021 SWAC women's basketball tournament
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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 ...
References
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Tournament
A tournament is a competition involving at least three competitors, all participating in a sport or game. More specifically, the term may be used in either of two overlapping senses:
# One or more competitions held at a single venue and concen ...
SWAC men's basketball tournament
Basketball competitions in Birmingham, Alabama
College basketball tournaments in Alabama
MEAC men's basketball tournament
The MEAC men's basketball tournament (popularly known as the MEAC tournament) is the conference championship tournament in basketball for the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). The tournament has been held every year since 1972. It is a sing ...
MEAC men's basketball tournament
The MEAC men's basketball tournament (popularly known as the MEAC tournament) is the conference championship tournament in basketball for the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). The tournament has been held every year since 1972. It is a sing ...
2020s in Birmingham, Alabama
Texas Southern Tigers men's basketball