2024 SWAC men's basketball tournament


The 2024 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the 2023–24 season in the Southwestern Athletic Conference. The tournament was held from March 13–16, 2024. The tournament winner, [2023–24 2023–24 Grambling State Tigers men's basketball team|Grambling State Tigers men's basketball team|Grambling State], received an automatic invitation to the 2024 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. The tournament was sponsored by Pepsi.
For the first time in program history, Grambling State won the SWAC tournament, doing so in a defeat of the three-time defending champion Texas Southern in the final. In addition, it was the first time since 2019 that the regular season champion won the SWAC tournament.

Seeds

Teams will be 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 will qualify for the tournament.
SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker
1Grambling State14–4
2Alcorn State13–5
3[2023–24 Texas 2023–24 Southern Jaguars basketball team|Southern Tigers basketball team|Texas Southern]12–6Plus 5 point differential in season split with Southern
4Southern12–6Minus 5 point differential in season split with Texas Southern
5[2023–24 2023–24 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats men's basketball team|Bethune–Cookman Wildcats men's basketball team|Bethune–Cookman]11–7Plus 10 point differential in season split with Jackson State
6Jackson State11–7Minus 10 point differential in season split with Bethune–Cookman
7Alabama A&M9–9
8[2023–24 2023–24 Alabama State Hornets basketball team|Alabama State Hornets basketball team|Alabama State]8–10Plus 5 point differential in season split with Arkansas–Pine Bluff
DNQ Arkansas–Pine Bluff8–10Minus 5 point differential in season split with Alabama State
DNQ Prairie View A&M5–13
DNQ Florida A&M4–14
DNQ Mississippi Valley State1–17