2015 SWAC women's basketball tournament

2015 SWAC women's basketball tournament
Tournament logo
Classification	Division I
Season	2014–15
Teams	8
Site	Toyota Center Houston, Texas
Television	ESPN3
SWAC women's basketball tournaments

2014–15 SWAC women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Texas Southern	16	–	2		.889			19	–	10		.655
Southern*	15	–	3		.833			19	–	12		.613
Alabama State†	10	–	8		.556			17	–	14		.548
Jackson State	10	–	8		.556			14	–	17		.452
Prairie View A&M	10	–	8		.556			14	–	18		.438
Alcorn State	9	–	9		.500			10	–	18		.357
Grambling State	7	–	11		.389			10	–	20		.333
Arkansas-Pine Bluff @	5	–	13		.278			7	–	22		.241
Alabama A&M	5	–	13		.278			6	–	24		.200
Mississippi Valley State	2	–	16		.111			4	–	26		.133
† 2015 SWAC tournament winner As of 14 March 2015 Rankings from AP poll *ineligible for postseason play for failure to supply usable academic data to the NCAA @-ineligible for postseason play due to low APR

The 2015 SWAC women's basketball tournament took place March 11–14, 2015, at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.[1] The tournament champion received the Southwestern Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship.

Format

8 teams competed in the 2015 WBB Tournament. Texas Southern, who was the regular season champions, withdrew from the tournament after 8 players were suspended due to a season-ending brawl with Southern.[2] Arkansas–Pine Bluff was ineligible to participate due to a low APR.

Seeds

2015 SWAC Women's Basketball Tournament seeds
Seed	School	Conference Record	Overall Record (End of Regular season)	Tiebreaker
1.	Texas Southern	16-2	19-10	Withdrew from tourney due to 8 suspensions.
2.	Southern	15-3	17-11
3.	Jackson State	10-8	13-16	2–0 vs. Alabama State, 1–1 vs. Prairie View A&M
4.	Prairie View A&M	10-8	13-17	1–1 vs. Jackson State, 1–1 vs. Alabama State
5.	Alabama State	10-8	14-14	1–1 vs. Prairie View A&M, 0–2 vs. Jackson State
6.	Alcorn State	9-9	10-17
7.	Grambling State	7-11	10-19
8.	Arkansas–Pine Bluff	5-13	7-22	Ineligible for SWAC Tournament.
9.	Alabama A&M	5-13	6-23
10.	Mississippi Valley State	2-16	4-25

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 11 Thursday, March 12 SWAC Digital- Wed only					Semifinals Friday, March 13					Championship Saturday, March 14 ESPN3
	1	Southern	62
	8	Mississippi Valley State	57
						1	Southern	60
						4	Prairie View A&M	42
	4	Prairie View A&M	66
	5	Alcorn State	59
											1	Southern	55
											3	Alabama State	73
	2	Jackson State	89
	7	Alabama A&M	82^OT
						2	Jackson State	60
						3	Alabama State	62
	3	Alabama State	65
	6	Grambling State	62

All times listed are Central

References

1. "SWAC relocates football, basketball championships to Houston". Houston Business Journal. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
2. "SWAC suspends 15 over fight". ESPN. Retrieved March 10, 2015.

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