SWAC basketball tournament 2015: Bracket, schedule and scores

It's Texas Southern and everyone else in a typically weak SWAC field.

The SWAC Tournament doesn't have much star power, but there is still an NCAA Tournament bid up for grabs, so every team will have extra motivation when they travel to the Toyota Center in Houston this week.

Texas Southern is the prohibitive favorite to win it all after running through the conference with a 15-2 record. It's hard to tell how good the Tigers really are given their competition -- four of the 10 SWAC teams have 20 losses or more, and seven rank lower than 300th in the KenPom rankings. Whoever comes out of this conference may be forced to travel to Dayton for the First Four.

The format

Only nine teams are eligible after Alabama State got slapped with APR penalties. Southern is ineligible for the NCAA Tournament, but are allowed to compete in the SWAC tourney, which could make things awkward if they end up winning it all. The bottom two teams have a play-in game to determine the No. 1 seed's first opponent. The tournament otherwise follows a standard eight-team format.

The teams

1. Texas Southern Tigers


2. Southern Jaguars


3. Prairie View A&M Panthers


4. Jackson State Tigers


5. Arkansas Pine-Bluff Golden Lions


6. Alabama A&M Bulldogs


7. Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils


8. Alcorn State Braves


9. Grambling State Tigers

Bracket

A complete bracket can be found here.

Schedule and results (all times Eastern)

Tuesday, March 10 (First round)

Game 1: No. 8 Alcorn State vs. No. 9 Grambling State, 6 p.m.

Wednesday, March 11 (Quarterfinals)

Game 2: No. 2 Southern vs. No. 7 Mississippi Valley State, Noon

Game 3: No. 1 Texas Southern vs. Game 1 winner, 6 p.m.

Thursday, March 12 (Quarterfinals)

Game 4: No. 3 Prairie View A&M vs. No. 6 Alabama A&M, Noon

Game 5: No. 4 Jackson State vs. No. 5 Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 6 p.m.

Friday, March 13 (Semifinals)

Game 6: Game 2 winner vs. Game 4 winner, Noon

Game 7: Game 3 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 6 p.m.

Saturday, March 14 (Championship)

Game 6 winner vs. Game 7 winner, 2 p.m., ESPN3

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