2025–26 Southwestern Athletic Conference men's basketball season

2025–26 Southwestern Athletic Conference men's basketball season
2025–26 Southwestern Athletic Conference men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Teams	12
TV partner(s)	ESPN, HBCU Go TV, SWAC TV
Regular season

2025–26 SWAC men's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Alabama A&M	0	–	0	–	6	–	6	.500
Grambling State	0	–	0	–	5	–	6	.455
Prairie View A&M	0	–	0	–	5	–	6	.455
Southern	0	–	0	–	4	–	8	.333
Florida A&M	0	–	0	–	3	–	7	.300
Alabama State	0	–	0	–	3	–	8	.273
Bethune–Cookman	0	–	0	–	3	–	8	.273
Arkansas–Pine Bluff	0	–	0	–	3	–	10	.231
Texas Southern	0	–	0	–	1	–	8	.111
Alcorn State	0	–	0	–	1	–	10	.091
Jackson State	0	–	0	–	1	–	11	.083
Mississippi Valley State	0	–	0	–	1	–	11	.083

† 2026 SWAC tournament winner As of December 21, 2025

The 2025–26 Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) men's basketball season started with non-conference play on November 3, 2025, and conference play will start on January 3, 2026. The regular season will end on March 5, 2026, and set up the 2026 SWAC men's basketball tournament, which will take place from March 9-14, 2026, at the Gateway Center Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.^[1]

Head coaches

Coaches

Team	Head Coach	Previous Job	Years At School^[a]	Record at School^[b]	SWAC Record	SWAC Titles^[c]	NCAA tournaments^[d]
Alabama A&M	Donte Jackson	Grambling State	1	0–0	0–0	0	0
Alabama State	Tony Madlock	South Carolina State	4	41–58	26–28	0	1
Alcorn State	Jake Morton	Florida State (Assistant)	1	0–0	0–0	0	0
Arkansas-Pine Bluff	Solomon Bozeman	Oral Roberts (Assistant)	5	36–88	22–50	0	0
Bethune-Cookman	Reggie Theus	Cal State Northridge	5	55–74	39–33	0	0
Florida A&M	Charlie Ward	Florida HS	1	0–0	0–0	0	0
Grambling State	Patrick Crarey II	Florida A&M	1	0–0	0–0	0	0
Jackson State	Mo Williams	Alabama State	4	44–53	37–17	0	0
Mississippi Valley State	George Ivory	Mississippi Valley State (Assistant)	3	9–85	6–47	0	0
Prairie View A&M	Byron Smith	Prairie View A&M	10	128–161	98–70	3	1
Southern	Kevin P. Johnson	Tulane (Assistant)	2	37–24	24–8	1	0
Texas Southern	Johnny Jones	Nevada (Associate HC)	8	121–107	80–41	0	3

^ Year at school includes 2025–26 season.
^ Overall and SWAC records are from the time at their current school and are through the end of the 2024–25 season.
^ SWAC regular-season titles at current school only.
^ NCAA tournament appearances are from the time at current school only.

Preseason awards

Preseason rankings

SWAC Preseason Poll
Place	Team	Votes
1	Bethune–Cookman	232 (12)
2	Southern	214 (5)
3	Jackson State	208 (1)
4	Alabama State	183 (3)
5	Texas Southern	182
6	Alabama A&M	163
7	Grambling State	151
8	Florida A&M	115
9	Prairie View A&M	99
10	Alcorn State	74
11	Arkansas–Pine Bluff	70 (1)
12	Mississippi Valley State	25
(#) first-place votes

Source:^[2]

Preseason honors

Honor	Recipient	School
Preseason Player of the Year	Daeshun Ruffin	Jackson State
Preseason DPOY	Doctor Bradley	Bethune-Cookman
Preseason All-SWAC First Team	Michael Jacobs	Southern
	Daniel Rouzan	Bethune-Cookman
	Daeshun Ruffin	Jackson State
	Kintavious Dozier	Alabama A&M
	Doctor Bradley	Bethune-Cookman
Preseason All-SWAC Second Team	Zaire Hayes	Texas Southern
	Dorian McMillian	Jackson State
	Jordan Chatman	Florida A&M
	Seneca Willoughby	Bethune-Cookman
	Micah Simpson	Alabama State

Source:^[3]

Regular season

Conference standings

Current as of December 21, 2025

		Conference		Overall
Rank	Team	Record	Percent	Record	Percent	Tiebreaker
1	Alabama A&M	0–0		6–6	.500
2	Grambling State	0–0		5–6	.455
3	Prairie View A&M	0–0		5–6	.455
4	Southern	0–0		4–8	.333
5	Florida A&M	0–0		3–7	.300
6	Alabama State	0–0		3–8	.273
7	Bethune-Cookman	0–0		3–8	.273
8	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	0–0		3–10	.231
9	Texas Southern	0–0		1–8	.111
10	Alcorn State	0–0		1–10	.091
11	Jackson State	0–0		1–11	.083
12	Mississippi Valley State	0–0		1–11	.083

Conference matrix

	Alabama A&M	Alabama State	Alcorn State	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	Bethune-Cookman	Florida A&M	Grambling State	Jackson State	Mississippi Valley State
vs. Coppin State	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Delaware State	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Howard	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Morgan State	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Norfolk State	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. North Carolina Central	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0
vs. South Carolina State	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0
vs. Maryland Eastern Shore	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–
vs. Mississippi Valley State	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–
Total	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0

Thru December 20, 2025

Players of the Week

Week	Player of the Week	Rookie of the Week	Defender of the Week
Nov. 10^[4]	Gage Lattimore NC Central	My'kel Jenkins Norfolk State	Khouri Carvey NC Central
Nov. 17^[5]	Gage Lattimore (2) NC Central	My'kel Jenkins (2) Norfolk State	Bryce Harris Howard
Nov. 24^[6]	Bryce Harris Howard	Jeremiah Johnson Howard	DeMariontay Hall Coppin State
Dec. 1^[7]	Bryce Harris (2) Howard	Danas Kazakevicius Howard	Dionte Johnson NC Central
Dec. 8^[8]	Corey Perkins Delaware State	Nelson Lamizana Coppin State	Miles Webb Delaware State
Dec. 15^[9]	Bryce Harris (3) Howard	Danas Kazakevicius (2) Howard	Cam Gillus Howard

Records against other conferences

Thru December 8, 2025

Major 6 Conferences	Record	Major 6 Conferences	Record
ACC	0–8	American	0–3
Big East	0–2	Big Ten	0–2
Big 12	0–2	SEC	0–3
Major 6 Total			0–0
Other Division I Conferences	Record	Other Division I Conferences	Record
Atlantic 10	0–3	ASUN	0–1
America East	1–2	Big Sky	0–0
Big South	1–4	Big West	0–0
CAA	1–8	Conference USA	1–1
Horizon League	0–0	Ivy League	0–0
Independents	0–0	MAAC	2–3
MAC	0–1	MVC	0–0
MWC	0–1	NEC	0–2
OVC	0–0	Patriot League	0–3
SoCon	0–2	Southland	0–0
SWAC	1–2	Summit League	0–1
Sun Belt	0–7	WAC	0–0
WCC	0–0
Other Division I Total			0–0

NCAA Division I Total			0–0
NCAA Division II Total			3–1
NCAA Division III Total			5–0
NAIA Total			1–0
NCCAA/USCAA Total			4–0
Total Non-Conference Record			0–0

Record against ranked non-conference opponents

MEAC records against ranked teams (rankings from AP Poll, MEAC teams in Bold):

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Score	Conference record
November 3	South Carolina State	No. 11 Louisville	KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY	45–104	0–1
November 14	NC Central	No. 18 North Carolina	Dean E. Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC	53–97	0–2
November 14	Maryland Eastern Shore	No. 23 Creighton	CHI Health Center Omaha Omaha, NE	45–84	0–3
November 23	Howard	No. 5 Duke	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC	56–93	0–4
November 29	Norfolk State	No. 2 Arizona	McKale Memorial Center Tucson, AZ	61–98	0–5
December 9	Maryland Eastern Shore	No. 24 Virginia	John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA	60–84	0–6

Thru December 9, 2025

Home Attendance

Thru December 15, 2025

Team	Arena	Capacity	Total Games	Average Attendance	Attendance High	Total Attendance	Avg % of Capacity
Coppin State	Physical Education Complex	4,100	1	2,928	2,928	2,928	71%
Delaware State	Memorial Hall	1,800	4	375	500	1,500	21%
Howard	Burr Gymnasium	2,700	6	1,381	2,312	8,285	51%
Morgan State	Hill Field House	4,250	6	807	2,496	4,839	19%
Norfolk State	Echols Hall	4,500	5	2,129	3,912	10,644	47%
NC Central	McDougald-McLendon Arena	3,500	4	1,409	2,631	5,637	40%
South Carolina State	SHM Memorial Center	3,200	1	200	200	200	6%
Maryland Eastern Shore	Hytche Athletic Center	5,500	3	2,288	3,876	6,864	42%

Bold - Exceed capacity
Does not include exhibition games

Postseason

Conference tournament

Only xx out of the 12 teams will qualify for the 2026 SWAC men's basketball tournament. The tournament will be held at the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia, from March 11 to 14, 2026.

References

^ https://swac.org/sports/2022/8/11/MBB_0811223329.aspx
^ https://swac.org/news/2025/10/8/swac-announces-2025-mens-basketball-preseason-selections.aspx
^ https://swac.org/news/2025/10/8/swac-announces-2025-mens-basketball-preseason-selections.aspx
^ "MEAC Announces Weekly Men's Basketball Honors". meacsports.com. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. November 10, 2025. Retrieved December 11, 2025.
^ "MEAC Announces Weekly Men's Basketball Honors - NCCU's Lattimore, and Howard's Harris Earn Top Awards". meacsports.com. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. November 17, 2025. Retrieved December 11, 2025.
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[2] Year at school includes 2025–26 season.

[3] Overall and SWAC records are from the time at their current school and are through the end of the 2024–25 season.

[4] SWAC regular-season titles at current school only.

[5] NCAA tournament appearances are from the time at current school only.

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[7] ttps://swac.org/news/2025/10/8/swac-announces-2025-mens-basketball-preseason-selections.aspx

[8] "MEAC Announces Weekly Men's Basketball Honors". meacsports.com. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. November 10, 2025. Retrieved December 11, 2025.

[9] "MEAC Announces Weekly Men's Basketball Honors - NCCU's Lattimore, and Howard's Harris Earn Top Awards". meacsports.com. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. November 17, 2025. Retrieved December 11, 2025.

[10] "MEAC MEN'S BASKETBALL WEEKLY HONORS PRESENTED BY WELLS FARGO". meacsports.com. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. November 24, 2025. Retrieved December 11, 2025.

[11] "MEAC MEN'S BASKETBALL WEEKLY HONORS PRESENTED BY WELLS FARGO". meacsports.com. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. December 1, 2025. Retrieved December 11, 2025.

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[13] "MEAC MEN'S BASKETBALL WEEKLY HONORS PRESENTED BY WELLS FARGO". meacsports.com. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. December 15, 2025. Retrieved December 18, 2025.

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Southwestern Athletic Conference men's basketball
Teams	Alabama A&M Bulldogs Alabama State Hornets Alcorn State Braves Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions Bethune–Cookman Wildcats Florida A&M Rattlers Grambling State Tigers Jackson State Tigers Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils Prairie View A&M Panthers Southern Jaguars Texas Southern Tigers
Championships & awards	SWAC men's basketball tournament Player of the Year
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