SWAC Announces New Basketball Tournaments Format Beginning in 2027

[Fiyah]

Looks like the Swac don't want their #1 seeds to lose in their 1st round games

SWAC Announces New Basketball Tournaments Format Beginning in 2027

The Southwestern Athletic Conference has announced the adoption of new basketball tournament formats that will debut beginning with the 2027 SWAC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments

swac.org

 

[Buc98]

This is not going to work out well for the top 2 seeds.

 

[the band fan]

in a one bid league you gotta protect the top seeds

 

[Buc98]

in a one bid league you gotta protect the top seeds

They hope it works that way, you going have a team with a few wins under their belt going against a team who hasn’t seen live action in 6 days, recipe for semifinal upsets.

 

[Fiyah]

in a one bid league you gotta protect the top seeds

It don't matter since we are going into the play in game especially with the new expansion of the tournament/

 

[Jag Voice]

Still think 10 is too many but at least they are rewarding the best teams.

 

[Fiyah]

Still think 10 is too many but at least they are rewarding the best teams.

Giving the #1 & #2 seeds 1 game to make it to the championship game is too much of a advantage

 

[Fiyah]

Looks like the Swac don't want their #1 seeds to lose in their 1st round games

 

[Jag Voice]

Giving the #1 & #2 seeds 1 game to make it to the championship game is too much of a advantage

Yeah, I can see #1 and #2 seeds playing in the quarterfinals instead of starting in the semis.

 

[the band fan]

ladder format - similar to the sun belt - if a team wins 5 straight, they deserve to go lol

but there has to be some incentive for the regular season since NIT is no more

 

[Fiyah]

ladder format - similar to the sun belt - if a team wins 5 straight, they deserve to go lol

but there has to be some incentive for the regular season since NIT is no more

Stacking the deck and punishing everyone else is not the answer

 

[the band fan]

again - being the top seed is pretty much meaningless now - why play a regular season and bust your butt for the same benefit as a bottom seed? If that was the case, might as well rest your guys until midway to get tournament ready

at least now there's a benefit to winning - hope this applies to all sports

 

[In_The_662]

Some team is gonna get hot and win 5 games in 5 days. It's bound to happen

 

[the band fan]

Happened in other leagues already - in a league where margins are slim I wouldn't be surprised - prairie view won 4

 

[Kenn Rashad]

I completely understand the logic for doing this. As TBF indicated, there has to be some kind of reward/incentive for finishing 1st or 2nd during the regular season. However, because we know how things go during tournament time, if I'm a coach, I'd have no problem finishing 3rd or 4th and getting the 3rd or 4th seed. Having a game under my belt before facing the 1st or 2nd seed would be just fine for me.

 

[DAHILL]

After seeing that tournament championships dont affect commish cup points…. Which one is really more valuable… Regular season champion or tournament champion?

 

[Rated R Superstar]

After seeing that tournament championships dont affect commish cup points…. Which one is really more valuable… Regular season champion or tournament champion?

To the school, it would be the SWAC tournament championship because that means a trip to the NCAA Tournament.

 

[Fiyah]

again - being the top seed is pretty much meaningless now - why play a regular season and bust your butt for the same benefit as a bottom seed? If that was the case, might as well rest your guys until midway to get tournament ready

at least now there's a benefit to winning - hope this applies to all sports

How is it meaningless this year as the top seeds got a bye to the quarter finals while other schools had to play in the 1st and/or 2nd round to get to the quarter finals.