2021 SWAC women's basketball tournament

The 2021 SWAC women's basketball tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament taking place March 10–13, 2021. The tournament was held at Bartow Arena in Birmingham, Alabama. Jackson State received the Southwestern Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.

2021 SWAC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2020–21
Teams	8
Site	Bartow Arena Birmingham, Alabama
Champions	Jackson State (8th title)
Winning coach	Tomekia Reed (1st title)
MVP	Dayzsha Rogan (Jackson State)
Television	ESPN3
SWAC women's basketball tournaments ← 2020 2022 →

2020–21 SWAC women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Jackson State†	14	–	1		.933			18	–	6		.750
Alabama State	14	–	3		.824			16	–	4		.800
Southern	11	–	4		.733			12	–	11		.522
Alabama A&M	8	–	5		.615			10	–	7		.588
Grambling State	8	–	6		.571			10	–	10		.500
Alcorn State	7	–	8		.467			7	–	13		.350
Texas Southern	4	–	8		.333			5	–	10		.333
Prairie View A&M	2	–	11		.154			3	–	13		.188
Mississippi Valley State	2	–	13		.133			4	–	16		.200
Arkansas-Pine Bluff	2	–	13		.133			3	–	18		.143
† 2021 SWAC tournament winner As of July 7, 2024 Rankings from AP poll

Unlike most NCAA Division I basketball conference tournaments, the SWAC tournament does not include all of the league's teams. The tournament instead features only the top eight teams from regular-season SWAC play.

Seeds

Seed	School	Conference record	Overall record
1	Jackson State	14–1	15–5
2	Alabama State	14–3	14–3
3	Southern	11–4	11–10
4	Grambling State	8–6	9–9
5	Alabama A&M	8–5	10–6
6	Alcorn State	7–8	7–12
7	Texas Southern	4–8	5–9
8	Mississippi Valley State	2–13	4–15

Schedule

All tournament games are streamed on ESPN3.

Session	Game	Time	Matchup	Television	Attendance
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 10 and Thursday, March 11
March 10	1	Noon	No. 2 Alabama State 85 vs. No. 7 Texas Southern 69	ESPN3
	2	6:30 PM	No. 1 Jackson State 70 vs. No. 8 Mississippi Valley State 47
March 11	3	Noon	No. 3 Southern 73 vs. No. 6 Alcorn State 59
	4	6:30 PM	No. 4 Grambling State 58 vs. No. 5 Alabama A&M 50
Semifinals – Friday, March 12
3	5	Noon	No. 2 Alabama State 69 vs. No. 3 Southern 60	ESPN3
	6	6:30 PM	No. 1 Jackson State 65 vs. No. 4 Grambling State 49
Championship Game – Saturday, March 13
4	7	2:30 PM	No. 2 Alabama State 66 vs. No. 1 Jackson State 67	ESPN3
Game times in EST. Rankings denote tournament seeding.[1][2][3]

Bracket

	Quarterfinals March 10 & 11 ESPN3					Semifinals Friday, March 12 ESPN3					Championship Saturday, March 13 ESPN3, 2:30 pm
	1	Jackson State	70
	8	Mississippi Valley State	47
						1	Jackson State	65
						4	Grambling State	49
	4	Grambling State	58
	5	Alabama A&M	50
											1	Jackson State	67
											2	Alabama State	66
	3	Southern	73
	6	Alcorn State	59
						3	Southern	60
						2	Alabama State	69
	2	Alabama State	85
	7	Texas Southern	69

See also

• 2021 SWAC men's basketball tournament