1996 SWAC men's basketball tournament

1996 SWAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1995–96
Teams	6
Site	Joe L. Reed Acadome Montgomery, Alabama
Champions	Mississippi Valley State (3rd title)
Winning coach	Lafayette Stribling (3rd title)
SWAC men's basketball tournaments

1995–96 SWAC men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Mississippi Valley State †	11	–	3		.786			22	–	7		.759
Jackson State	11	–	3		.786			16	–	13		.552
Southern	9	–	5		.643			17	–	11		.607
Texas Southern	7	–	7		.500			11	–	15		.423
Alcorn State	7	–	7		.500			10	–	15		.400
Grambling	6	–	8		.429			12	–	16		.429
Alabama State	5	–	9		.357			9	–	18		.333
Prairie View A&M	0	–	14		.000			4	–	23		.148
† 1996 SWAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1996 SWAC men's basketball tournament was held March 7–9, 1996, at the Joe L. Reed Acadome in Montgomery, Alabama. Mississippi Valley State defeated Jackson State, 111–94 in the championship game. The Delta Devils received the conference's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA tournament as No. 15 seed in the East Region.

Bracket and results

	First round March 7					Semifinals March 8					Final March 9
						1	Jackson State	60
						6	Grambling State	57
	6	Grambling State	71
	7	Alabama State	59
											1	Jackson State	94
											2	Mississippi Valley State	111
	3	Southern	107
	8	Prairie View A&M	81
						3	Southern	76
						2	Mississippi Valley State	83