† 2014 SWAC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll *ineligible for postseason play due to APR penalties **Handed a L1 APR penalty, but eligible for postseason
On March 1, 2014, the NCAA Selection Committee announced that the SWAC received a special exemption from the NCAA men's basketball selection committee to adjust which team earns its automatic berth to the tournament, All four ineligible teams will be allowed to play in the tourney due to only six teams being eligible. If one of the four ineligible teams wins the tournament, the team among the six eligible teams that advances the furthest in the tournament will receive the NCAA tournament bid. In the event of a tie (for example, all tournament-eligible teams are eliminated in the same round), the automatic berths will go to the highest-seeded team.[7] With all four ineligible teams being eliminated in the quarterfinals or before, this contingency was rendered moot, and the tournament winner received an automatic berth after all.
Schedule
Session
Game
Time*
Matchup#
Television
Score
First round – Tuesday, March 11
1
1
12:30 pm
#7 Jackson State vs. #10 Grambling State*
84–75
2
8:00 pm
#8 Prairie View A&M vs. #9 Mississippi Valley State*
79–63
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 12
2
3
12:30 pm
#10 Grambling State vs. #2 Texas Southern
79–54
4
8:00 pm
#8 Prairie View A&M vs. #1 Southern*
64–46
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 13
3
5
12:30 pm
#3 Alabama State vs. #6 Alcorn State
64–51
6
8:00 pm
#4 Arkansas–Pine Bluff* vs. #5 Alabama A&M
69–50
Semifinals – Friday, March 14
4
7
2:30 pm
#2 Texas Southern vs. #3 Alabama State
73–61
8
8:30 pm
#8 Prairie View A&M vs. #5 Alabama A&M
55–49
Championship – Saturday, March 15
5
9
3:30 pm
#2 Texas Southern vs. #8 Prairie View A&M
ESPN2
78–73
*Game times in Central Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
First round Tuesday, March 11
Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 12 Thursday, March 13
