title: 2008 SWAC men's basketball tournament
text: # 2008 SWAC men's basketball tournament
  
  The 2008 Southwestern Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament took place March 12–15, 2008, at Fair Park Arena in Birmingham, Alabama.
  
  ## Format
  
  The top eight eligible men's basketball teams in the Southwestern Athletic Conference receive a berth in the conference tournament. After the conference season, teams are seeded by conference record.
  
  ## Bracket
  
  | Quarterfinals March 12 – March 13 | Quarterfinals March 12 – March 13 | Quarterfinals March 12 – March 13 | Semifinals March 14 | Semifinals March 14 | Semifinals March 14 | Finals March 16 | Finals March 16 | Finals March 16 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Alabama State | 67 | | | | | | |
  | 8 | Texas Southern | 49 | | | | | | |
  | 8 | Texas Southern | 49 | 1 | Alabama State | 72 | | | |
  | | | | 4 | Jackson State | 77 | | | |
  | 4 | Jackson State | 56 | 4 | Jackson State | 77 | | | |
  | 5 | Southern | 55 | | | | | | |
  | 5 | Southern | 55 | | | | 4 | Jackson State | 58 |
  | | | | | | | 2 | Mississippi Valley State | 59 |
  | 3 | Alabama A&M | 59 | | | | | | | 2 | Mississippi Valley State | 59 |
  | 6 | Arkansas–Pine Bluff | 72 | | | | | | |
  | 6 | Arkansas–Pine Bluff | 72 | 6 | Arkansas–Pine Bluff | 59 | | | |
  | | | | 2 | Mississippi Valley State | 70 | | | |
  | 7 | Grambling State | 73 | 2 | Mississippi Valley State | 70 | | | |
  | 2 | Mississippi Valley State | 79 | | | | | | |
  