Editing Southwestern Athletic Conference (section)

===Men's basketball===
{{see also|SWAC men's basketball tournament}}
The [[1977–78 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1977–78 season]] was the SWAC's first as an [[NCAA Division I]] basketball conference.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.coachesdatabase.com/swac-regular-season-champions/|title=SWAC Regular Season Champions, by Year}}</ref>

The semi-final and championship SWAC Basketball Tournament games are held at the Bill Harris Arena in [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]], [[Alabama]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://swac.org/news/2018/7/11/football-swac-announces-partnership-with-city-of-birmingham.aspx|title=SWAC Announces Partnership with City of Birmingham|date=July 12, 2018}}</ref> As of the 2017 tournaments,<ref>{{cite web|title=SWAC concludes Spring Meetings|url=http://www.swac.org/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=27400&ATCLID=211009194|website=Swac.org|access-date=June 15, 2016}}</ref> they feature an eight-team three-day layout with the quarterfinal rounds hosted on campus sites. This changes the previous 10-team, five-day tournament format. The higher seeded teams will host a combined eight games leaving two days for travel and practice rounds. The tournament concludes with the semi-finals and championship rounds inside Birmingham's Bill Harris Arena.  Winners of the tournaments earn automatic bids to their respective NCAA Division I Tournaments. The championship games are nationally televised live annually on an [[ESPN]] network.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Year
!Regular season
!Coach
!Tournament
!Coach
|-
|1956–57
|[[Texas Southern University|Texas Southern]] 
|Ed Adams
|rowspan=21|''not held''
|
|-
|1957–58
|[[Texas Southern University|Texas Southern]] 
|Ed Adams
|
|-
|1958–59
|[[Grambling State University|Grambling]]
|Fred Hobdy
|
|-
|1959–60
|[[Grambling State University|Grambling]]
|Fred Hobdy
|
|-
|1960–61
|[[Prairie View A&M]]
|Leroy Moore Jr.
|
|-
|1961–62
|[[Prairie View A&M]]
|Leroy Moore Jr.
| 
|-
|1962–63
|[[Grambling State University|Grambling]]
|Fred Hobdy
|
|-
|1963–64
|[[Grambling State University|Grambling]]<br />[[Jackson State|Jackson]]
|Fred Hobdy<br />Harrison Wilson
|
|-
|1964–65
|[[Southern University|Southern]]
|Richard Mack
|
|-
|1965–66
|[[Alcorn State|Alcorn A&M]]<br />[[Grambling State University|Grambling]]
|E. E. Simmons<br />Fred Hobby
|
|-
|1966–67
|[[Alcorn State|Alcorn A&M]]<br />[[Arkansas-Pine Bluff|Arkansas AM&N]]<br />[[Grambling State University|Grambling]]
|E. E. Simmons<br />Hubert Clemens<br />Fred Hobby
|
|-
|1967–68
|[[Alcorn State|Alcorn A&M]]<br />[[Jackson State]]
|Bob Hopkins<br />[[Paul Covington]]
|
|-
|1968–69
|[[Alcorn State|Alcorn A&M]]
|Bob Hopkins
|
|-
|1969–70
|[[Jackson State]]
|Paul Covington
|
|-
|1970–71
|[[Grambling State University|Grambling]]
|Fred Hobdy
|
|-
|1971–72
|[[Grambling State University|Grambling]]
|Fred Hobdy
|
|-
|1972–73
|[[Alcorn State|Alcorn A&M]]
|[[Davey Whitney|Davey L. Whitney]]
|
|-
|1973–74
|[[Jackson State]]
|Paul Covington
|
|-
|1974–75
|[[Jackson State]]
|Paul Covington
|
|-
|1975–76
|[[Alcorn State]]
|Davey L. Whitney
|
|-
|1976–77
|[[Texas Southern University|Texas Southern]]
|[[Robert Moreland (basketball)|Robert Moreland]]
|
|-
|1977–78
|[[Southern University|Southern]]
|Carl Stewart
|[[Jackson State]]
|Paul Covington
|-
|1978–79
|[[Alcorn State]]
|Davey L. Whitney
|[[Alcorn State]]
|Davey L. Whitney
|-
|[[1980 SWAC men's basketball tournament|1979–80]]
|[[Alcorn State]]
|Davey L. Whitney
|[[Alcorn State]]
|Davey L. Whitney
|-
|[[1981 SWAC men's basketball tournament|1980–81]]
|[[Alcorn State]]<br />[[Southern University|Southern]]
|Davey L. Whitney<br />Carl Stewart
|[[Southern University|Southern]]
|Carl Stewart
|-
|[[1982 SWAC men's basketball tournament|1981–82]]
|[[Alcorn State]]<br />[[Jackson State]]
|Davey L. Whitney<br />Paul Covington
|[[Alcorn State]]
|Davey L. Whitney
|-
|[[1983 SWAC men's basketball tournament|1982–83]]
|[[Texas Southern University|Texas Southern]]
|[[Robert Moreland (basketball)|Robert Moreland]]
|[[Alcorn State]]
|Davey L. Whitney
|-
|[[1984 SWAC men's basketball tournament|1983–84]]
|[[Alcorn State]]
|Davey L. Whitney
|[[Alcorn State]]
|Davey L. Whitney
|-
|[[1985 SWAC men's basketball tournament|1984–85]]
|[[Alcorn State]]
|Davey L. Whitney
|[[Southern University|Southern]]
|Bob Hopkins
|-
|[[1986 SWAC men's basketball tournament|1985–86]]
|[[Alcorn State]]<br />[[Southern University|Southern]]
|Davey L. Whitney<br />Bob Hopkins
|[[Mississippi Valley State University|Mississippi Valley State]]
|[[Lafayette Stribling]]
|-
|[[1987 SWAC men's basketball tournament|1986–87]]
|[[Grambling State University|Grambling]]
|Bob Hopkins
|[[Southern University|Southern]]
|[[Ben Jobe]]
|-
|[[1988 SWAC men's basketball tournament|1987–88]]
|[[Southern University|Southern]]
|[[Ben Jobe]]
|[[Southern University|Southern]]
|[[Ben Jobe]]
|-
|[[1989 SWAC men's basketball tournament|1988–89]]
|[[Grambling State University|Grambling]]<br />[[Southern University|Southern]]<br />[[Texas Southern University|Texas Southern]]
|Bob Hopkins<br />[[Ben Jobe]]<br />[[Robert Moreland (basketball)|Robert Moreland]]
|[[Southern University|Southern]]
|[[Ben Jobe]]
|-
|[[1990 SWAC men's basketball tournament|1989–90]]
|[[Southern University|Southern]]
|[[Ben Jobe]]
|[[Texas Southern University|Texas Southern]]
|[[Robert Moreland (basketball)|Robert Moreland]]
|-
|[[1991 SWAC men's basketball tournament|1990–91]]
|[[Jackson State]]
|[[Andy Stoglin]]
|[[Jackson State]]
|Andy Stoglin
|-
|[[1992 SWAC men's basketball tournament|1991–92]]
|[[Texas Southern University|Texas Southern]]<br />[[Mississippi Valley State University|Mississippi Valley State]]
|[[Robert Moreland (basketball)|Robert Moreland]]<br />Lafayette Stribling
|[[Mississippi Valley State University|Mississippi Valley State]]
|Lafayette Stribling
|-
|[[1993 SWAC men's basketball tournament|1992–93]]
|[[Jackson State]]
|Andy Stoglin
|[[Southern University|Southern]]
|[[Ben Jobe]]
|-
|[[1994 SWAC men's basketball tournament|1993–94]]
|[[Texas Southern University|Texas Southern]]
|[[Robert Moreland (basketball)|Robert Moreland]]
|[[Texas Southern University|Texas Southern]]
|[[Robert Moreland (basketball)|Robert Moreland]]
|-
|[[1995 SWAC men's basketball tournament|1994–95]]
|[[Texas Southern University|Texas Southern]]
|[[Robert Moreland (basketball)|Robert Moreland]]
|[[Texas Southern University|Texas Southern]]
|[[Robert Moreland (basketball)|Robert Moreland]]
|-
|[[1996 SWAC men's basketball tournament|1995–96]]
|[[Jackson State]]<br />[[Mississippi Valley State University|Mississippi Valley State]]
|Andy Stoglin<br />Lafayette Stribling
|[[Mississippi Valley State University|Mississippi Valley State]]
|Lafayette Stribling
|-
|[[1997 SWAC men's basketball tournament|1996–97]]
|[[Mississippi Valley State University|Mississippi Valley State]]
|Lafayette Stribling
|[[Jackson State]]
|Andy Stoglin
|-
|[[1998 SWAC men's basketball tournament|1997–98]]
|[[Texas Southern University|Texas Southern]]
|[[Robert Moreland (basketball)|Robert Moreland]]
|[[Prairie View A&M]]
|[[Elwood Plummer]]
|-
|[[1999 SWAC men's basketball tournament|1998–99]]
|[[Alcorn State]]
|Davey L. Whitney
|[[Alcorn State]]
|Davey L. Whitney
|-
|[[2000 SWAC men's basketball tournament|1999–00]]
|[[Alcorn State]]
|Davey L. Whitney
|[[Jackson State]]
|Andy Stoglin
|-
|[[2001 SWAC men's basketball tournament|2000–01]]
|[[Alabama State University|Alabama State]]
|[[Rob Spivery]]
|[[Alabama State University|Alabama State]]
|[[Rob Spivery]]
|-
|[[2002 SWAC men's basketball tournament|2001–02]]
|[[Alcorn State]]
|[[Davey L. Whitney]]
|[[Alcorn State]]
|[[Davey L. Whitney]]
|-
|[[2003 SWAC men's basketball tournament|2002–03]]
|[[Prairie View A&M]]
|Jerome Francis
|[[Texas Southern University|Texas Southern]]
|[[Ronnie Courtey|Ronnie Courtney]]
|-
|[[2004 SWAC men's basketball tournament|2003–04]]
|[[Alabama State University|Alabama State]]
|[[Rob Spivery]]
|[[Alabama State University|Alabama State]]
|[[Rob Spivery]]
|-
|[[2005 SWAC men's basketball tournament|2004–05]]
|[[Alabama A&M]]
|[[L. Vann Pettaway]]
|[[Alabama A&M]]
|[[L. Vann Pettaway]]
|-
|[[2006 SWAC men's basketball tournament|2005–06]]
|[[Southern University|Southern]]
|[[Rob Spivery]]
|[[Southern University|Southern]]
|[[Rob Spivery]]
|-
|[[2007 SWAC men's basketball tournament|2006–07]]
|[[Mississippi Valley State University|Mississippi Valley State]]
|[[James Green (basketball)|James Green]]
|[[Jackson State]]
|[[Tevester Anderson]]
|-
|[[2008 SWAC men's basketball tournament|2007–08]]
|[[Alabama State University|Alabama State]]
|[[Lewis Jackson (basketball, born 1962)|Lewis Jackson]]
|[[Mississippi Valley State University|Mississippi Valley State]]
|[[James Green (basketball)|James Green]]
|-
|[[2009 SWAC men's basketball tournament|2008–09]]
|[[Alabama State University|Alabama State]]
|[[Lewis Jackson (basketball, born 1962)|Lewis Jackson]]
|[[Alabama State University|Alabama State]]
|[[Lewis Jackson (basketball, born 1962)|Lewis Jackson]]
|-
|[[2010 SWAC men's basketball tournament|2009–10]]
|[[University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff|Arkansas–Pine Bluff]]
|[[George Ivory (basketball)|George Ivory]]
|[[University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff|Arkansas–Pine Bluff]]
|[[George Ivory (basketball)|George Ivory]]
|-
|[[2011 SWAC men's basketball tournament|2010–11]]
|[[Texas Southern University|Texas Southern]]
|[[Tony Harvey (basketball)|Tony Harvey]]
|[[Alabama State University|Alabama State]]
|[[Lewis Jackson (basketball, born 1962)|Lewis Jackson]]
|-
|[[2012 SWAC men's basketball tournament|2011–12]]
|[[Mississippi Valley State]]
|[[Sean Woods]]
|[[Mississippi Valley State]]
||[[Sean Woods]]
|-
|[[2013 SWAC men's basketball tournament|2012–13]]
|[[Southern University|Southern]]
|[[Roman Banks]]
|[[Southern University|Southern]]
|[[Roman Banks]]
|-
|[[2014 SWAC men's basketball tournament|2013–14]]
|[[Southern University|Southern]]
|[[Roman Banks]]
|[[Texas Southern University|Texas Southern]]
|[[Mike Davis (basketball, born 1960)|Mike Davis]]
|-
|[[2015 SWAC men's basketball tournament|2014–15]]
|[[Texas Southern University|Texas Southern]]
|[[Mike Davis (basketball, born 1960)|Mike Davis]]
|[[Texas Southern University|Texas Southern]]
|[[Mike Davis (basketball, born 1960)|Mike Davis]]
|-
|[[2016 SWAC men's basketball tournament|2015–16]]
|[[Texas Southern University|Texas Southern]]
|[[Mike Davis (basketball, born 1960)|Mike Davis]]
|[[Southern University|Southern]]
|[[Roman Banks]]
|-
|[[2017 SWAC men's basketball tournament|2016–17]]
|[[Texas Southern University|Texas Southern]]
|[[Mike Davis (basketball, born 1960)|Mike Davis]]
|[[Texas Southern University|Texas Southern]]
|[[Mike Davis (basketball, born 1960)|Mike Davis]]
|-
|[[2018 SWAC men's basketball tournament|2017–18]]
|[[Grambling State University|Grambling]]
|[[Donte Jackson (basketball)|Donte Jackson]]
|[[Texas Southern University|Texas Southern]]
|[[Mike Davis (basketball, born 1960)|Mike Davis]]
|-
|[[2019 SWAC men's basketball tournament|2018–19]]
|[[Prairie View A&M]]
|[[Byron Smith (basketball)|Byron Smith]]
|[[Prairie View A&M]]
|[[Byron Smith (basketball)|Byron Smith]]
|-
|[[2020 SWAC men's basketball tournament|2019–20]]
|[[Prairie View A&M]]
|[[Byron Smith (basketball)|Byron Smith]]
|colspan=2|''Canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic''
|-
|[[2021 SWAC men's basketball tournament|2020–21]]
|[[Prairie View A&M]]
|[[Byron Smith (basketball)|Byron Smith]]
|[[Texas Southern University|Texas Southern]]
|[[Johnny Jones (basketball, born 1961)|Johnny Jones]]
|-
|[[2022 SWAC men's basketball tournament|2021–22]]
|[[Alcorn State]]
|[[Landon Bussie]]
|[[Texas Southern University|Texas Southern]]
|[[Johnny Jones (basketball, born 1961)|Johnny Jones]]
|-
|[[2023 SWAC men's basketball tournament|2022–23]]
|[[Alcorn State]]<br>[[Grambling]]
|[[Landon Bussie]]<br>[[Donte Jackson (basketball)|Donte Jackson]]
|[[Texas Southern University|Texas Southern]]
|[[Johnny Jones (basketball, born 1961)|Johnny Jones]]
|-
|[[2024 SWAC men's basketball tournament|2023–24]]
|[[Grambling]]
|[[Donte Jackson (basketball)|Donte Jackson]]
|[[Grambling State Tigers men's basketball|Grambling]]
|Donte Jackson
|}

====Men's basketball tournament performance by school====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! School
! Championships
! Years
|-
| [[Texas Southern Tigers basketball|Texas Southern]]
| {{center|11}}
| 1990, 1994, 1995, 2003, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023
|-
| [[Southern Jaguars|Southern]]
| {{center|9}}
| 1981, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 2006, 2013, 2016
|-
| [[Alcorn State University|Alcorn State]]
| {{center|7}}
| 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1999, 2002
|-
| [[Jackson State University|Jackson State]]
| {{center|5}}
| 1978, 1991, 1997, 2000, 2007
|-
| [[Mississippi Valley State University|Mississippi Valley State]]
| {{center|5}}
| 1986, 1992, 1996, 2008, 2012
|-
| [[Alabama State University|Alabama State]]
| {{center|4}}
| 2001, 2004 2009, 2011
|-
| [[Prairie View A&M]]
| {{center|2}}
| 1998, 2019
|-
| [[Alabama A&M]]
| {{center|1}}
| 2005
|-
| [[University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff|Arkansas–Pine Bluff]]
| {{center|1}}
| 2010
|-
| [[Grambling State Tigers|Grambling State]]
| {{center|1}}
| 2024
|}