Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament

The Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament decides the conference baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Southwestern Athletic Conference. The top four finishers in each conference division participate in the two-bracket, double-elimination tournament which, beginning in 2021, will be played at Smith–Wills Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi.[2] The winner of the tournament receives an automatic berth to the NCAA tournament.

Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament
Conference Baseball Championship
Sport	Baseball
Conference	Southwestern Athletic Conference
Number of teams	8[1]
Format	Two-bracket, double-elimination, single elimination final
Current stadium	Smith–Wills Stadium[2]
Current location	Jackson, MS[2]
Played	1977[3]–2019
Last contest	2019
Current champion	Southern
Most championships	Southern (27 official)
TV partner(s)	ESPNews (since 2018;[4] ESPNU in prior years[1][5])
Official website	https://swac.org/news/2019/5/8/baseball-swacbsb19-tournament-central.aspx
Host stadiums
Wesley Barrow Stadium (2014–2019) LaGrave Field (2013) Lee–Hines Field (2003, 2008–2009, 2012) Fair Grounds Field (2001, 2010–2011) Pete Goldsby Field (1977, 1979, 2008) Smith–Wills Stadium (2000, 2007) Trustmark Park (2006) Rickwood Field (2005) Baseball USA (2004) W. Peyton Shehee, Jr. Stadium (2002) Pilot Field (2002) "Rags" Scheuermann Field at Kirsch-Rooney Stadium (1996–1999) Chester Willis Field (1988–1995) Bringhurst Field (1986–1987) Neagle Field (1985) University Park (1978, 1980, 1982, 1984) Old Tiger Field (1981, 1983)
Host locations
New Orleans, LA (1996–1999, 2014–2019) Fort Worth, TX (2013) Baton Rouge, LA (1977, 1979, 2003, 2008–2009, 2012) Shreveport, LA (2001–2002, 2010–2011) Jackson, MS (1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 2000, 2007) Pearl, MS (2006) Birmingham, AL (2005) Houston, TX (1985, 2004) Natchez, MS (1988–1995) Alexandria, LA (1986–1987) Grambling, LA (1981, 1983)

History

The SWAC was established in 1920,[6] and the conference is known to have sponsored baseball as a league sport until around the Great Depression and World World II before sanctioning it again in 1949.[7] However, conference baseball records prior to Southern's historic 1959 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics national championship are not necessarily complete; for example, Southern claims SWAC titles for the 1949, 1950, 1955, and 1956 seasons[8] that existing conference records are not known to fully document. Between 1959 and 2003, only Southern, Jackson State, and Grambling State won SWAC championships. The league office itself has even been known to refer to these schools as the "Big Three." However, since 2004, seven programs have won championships, suggesting greater competitiveness in the league.[9] Also, with the SWAC tournament now including eight schools,[1] simply more lower-seeded teams have an opportunity to compete for the conference crown. However, allowing lower-seeded teams to stake claim to the title and automatic bid to the NCAA tournament may have also come with a price; from 2000—when the SWAC tournament field expanded to six teams[10]—to 2016, SWAC entrants went just 4–36 in NCAA regional play.[11]

The roots of the tournament began in 1977 when the league split into eastern and western divisions, with the division winners facing off in a best-of-three championship series;[3] Jackson State and Southern met in that first series.[12] A true tournament format was initially planned for the conclusion of the 1980 regular season, but SWAC officials were unable to assemble it in time—so another two-team championship series ended up being held in its place instead.[13] After the 1980 series featured a fourth consecutive JSU–SU match-up,[14][15][16] the series was successfully converted into a more inclusive four-team, double-elimination tournament for the 1981 season, guaranteeing that at least one school that had never won the SWAC title before could compete in it (the four-team field was expanded to six teams in 2000[10] and eight teams in 2008[1]). That first tournament, held in Grambling, Louisiana, actually had the reverse effect though as it included division champions Grambling and Alcorn State—but then still gave division runners-up Southern and Jackson State yet another opportunity to win the title;[17] indeed, Southern did win[18] the rain-delayed tournament.[19]

Initially, the earliest tournaments alternated between the home stadiums of the western and eastern division champions. Although the event had been played off-campus before (at Pete Goldsby Field, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana), it was played in a non-qualifier's hometown (Houston, home of Texas Southern) for the first time in 1985[20] and then moved to its first true neutral location for the 1986 edition—a rainy affair held at the old Bringhurst Field in Alexandria, Louisiana.[21] But the tournament has not evolved without growing pains. It has changed locations numerous times over the years (including nine different stadiums for the eight tournaments played between 1999 and 2006). The tournament has not necessarily been easy for cities to bid on, as the SWAC office has sometimes preferred bids that cover multiple sports facilities for an entire "SWAC Spring Sports Festival" encompassing all league-sponsored sports that have championship tournaments near the end of the spring semester.[22]

The competition's changing format has also been questioned. In 2002 a weary columnist for the Baton Rouge Advocate lamented: "The SWAC Tournament has had a different venue and a different format each of the last four years. In that span, there have been times where both the site and the format were decided just weeks before the event."[23] Indeed, multiple people associated with the Southern program over the years have expressed disappointment with format adjustments, hinting that it could be done to reduce odds of the Jaguars winning yet another tournament.[24][25][26] One of the tournament's most vocal critics has been Roger Cador,[23][27] who served as an assistant or head coach at Southern during most of the SWAC tournaments that have been held. In 2019 the league office responded by hiring Cador in an advisory role as staff liaison to "assist with marketing, promotions, and game management/event operations" for the tournament.[28]

Besides the partial cancellation of the 1980 tournament, in 1993 the then-Natchez, Mississippi-based tournament was canceled by SWAC commissioner James Frank before the championship game could be played, due to the field's condition after enduring lightning and rain delays with only "makeshift tarps" available; the title game participants, Jackson State and Southern, were subsequently declared co-champions.[25] This was not the first rain-plagued tournament held in Natchez,[29] nor was it the last. In 1994 rain pushed Southern into playing three full nine-inning games on the day of the championship; the exhausted team ended up losing the finale by a mere one run.[30] In 1995 the stadium was double-booked with Mississippi High School Activities Association playoff games during one of the days.[31] The 2005 tournament, which was held at historic Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama, was suspended during the 15th inning of the championship game due to stray gunfire generated from a gang fight that occurred on the street behind the center field wall; the teams and fans alike were forced to scramble for cover.[32] Since then, the tournaments have been held relatively drama-free; however, even then rain delays at the 2008 event[33] required the use of an additional facility in an attempt to stay on schedule[34] with its new eight-team format. Also, a multi-year contract to hold the tournament at LaGrave Field in Fort Worth, Texas starting with the 2013 tourney was canceled after only one year due to the venue being in a state of disrepair.[35] The event found a stable home after that at Wesley Barrow Stadium in New Orleans, which is associated with initiatives by the Major League Baseball Urban Youth Academy to promote increased participation by minorities in the sport[36]—something that the SWAC has a vested interest in as a conference for historically black universities. In 2019 New Orleans served as a host city for the SWAC tournament for the tenth time—the most of any city (Natchez's Chester Willis Field is the venue that has hosted both the most tournaments overall and the most consecutive tournaments—eight between 1988 and 1995).

A three-year deal was signed in 2020 to return the tournament to Smith–Wills Stadium.[2] However, just two weeks after that agreement was announced, the NCAA canceled all spring championship events for the 2020 season, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[37]

Champions

Conference championships by year

The following is a list of conference champions and playoff and tournament sites, listed by year.[38] The league office apparently does not acknowledge titles earned prior to 1959 as official in its public releases.[9][39]

Championship series-era unofficial champions

Year	Champion	Coach(es)	Runner-up	Score	No. of teams in championship series	Venue	Location
1949	Bishop College	Forrest Kelley[40]	Southern	4–0[40]	3[41]	Fair Park Stadium	Marshall, TX[41][42]
		Shannon Little[40]
1950	Southern	Bob Lee[43]	Bishop College	7–3[44]	2	Fair Park Stadium	Marshall, TX[45]
1951	Texas College[46]	Ernest Sterling[47]	Bishop College	(unavailable)	2	Steer Stadium	Tyler, TX[47]
						(unavailable)	Marshall, TX[47]

Note: Bishop College won the Northern Division outright in 1950 and 1951 but tied with Arkansas–Pine Bluff in 1949, facing them in a best-of-three series for the right to advance and play the Southern Division winner[41] in a best-of-three series;[40] Southern won the Southern Division in 1949 and 1950, and Texas College won it in 1951.

Regular season-era unofficial champions

Year	Champion(s)	Coach(es)
1952	Southern[48][43][49]	Bob Lee[43]
1953	Southern[50][43]	Bob Lee[43]
1954	Southern[51][52][49]	Bob Lee[43]
	Wiley College[51][52]	(unavailable)
1955	Southern[53][49][8]	Bob Lee[43]
1956	Southern[43][8]	Bob Lee[43]
1957	Southern[7][54][43][49]	Bob Lee[43]
1958	Wiley College[55][54][56]	Forrest Kelley[57]

Regular season-era champions

Year	Champion	Coach[39]
1959	Southern	Bob Lee
1960	Southern	Bob Lee
1961	Grambling State	Prez Jones
1962	Grambling State	Prez Jones
1963	Grambling State	Prez Jones
1964	Grambling State	Prez Jones
1965	Southern	Emory Hines
1966	Southern	Emory Hines
1967	Grambling State	Prez Jones
1968	Jackson State	Bob Hill
1969	Southern	Emory Hines
1970	Southern	Emory Hines
1971	Jackson State	W. C. Gorden
1972	Southern	Emory Hines
1973	Jackson State	Bob Braddy
1974	Southern	Emory Hines
1975	Southern	Emory Hines
1976	Southern	Emory Hines

Playoff-era champions

Year	Champion	Coach[39]	Runner-up	Score	No. of teams in playoffs	Venue(s)	Location
1977	Jackson State	Bob Braddy	Southern	4–0[58]	2[3]	Pete Goldsby Field	Baton Rouge, LA[12]
1978	Jackson State	Bob Braddy	Southern	3–2	2	University Park	Jackson, MS[14]
1979	Southern	Leroy Boyd	Jackson State	5–3	2	Pete Goldsby Field	Baton Rouge, LA[15]
1980	Jackson State	Bob Braddy	Southern	14–4[59]	2	University Park	Jackson, MS[16]

Tournament-era champions

Year	Champion(s)	Coach(es)[39]	Runner-up	Score	No. of teams in tourney	Venue(s)	Location
1981	Southern	Leroy Boyd	Grambling State	6–0[60]	4[17]	Old Tiger Field	Grambling, LA[13]
1982	Jackson State	Bob Braddy	Southern	9–8[61]	4	University Park	Jackson, MS[62]
1983	Grambling State	Wilbert Ellis	Southern	10–8 (12 inn.)[63]	4	Old Tiger Field	Grambling, LA[64]
1984	Grambling State	Wilbert Ellis	Southern	7–2[65]	4	University Park	Jackson, MS[66]
1985	Grambling State	Wilbert Ellis	Southern	17–7[67]	4	Neagle Field	Houston, TX[20]
1986	Jackson State	Bob Braddy	Southern	10–5[68]	4	Bringhurst Field	Alexandria, LA[21]
1987	Southern	Roger Cador	Jackson State	17–13[69]	4	Bringhurst Field	Alexandria, LA[70]
1988	Southern	Roger Cador	Grambling State	14–0[71]	4	Chester Willis Field	Natchez, MS[72]
1989	Jackson State	Bob Braddy	Grambling State	18–4	4	Chester Willis Field	Natchez, MS[73]
1990	Jackson State	Bob Braddy	Grambling State	6–4[74]	4	Chester Willis Field	Natchez, MS[29]
1991	Southern	Roger Cador	Jackson State	5–2[75]	4	Chester Willis Field	Natchez, MS[76]
1992	Southern	Roger Cador	Jackson State	10–6[77]	4	Chester Willis Field	Natchez, MS[78]
1993	Jackson State	Bob Braddy	(championship game canceled, due to inclement weather)		4	Chester Willis Field	Natchez, MS[25]
	Southern	Roger Cador
1994	Jackson State	Bob Braddy	Southern	6–5	4	Chester Willis Field	Natchez, MS[30]
1995	Jackson State	Bob Braddy	Southern	10–4[79]	4	Chester Willis Field	Natchez, MS[31]
1996	Southern	Roger Cador	Jackson State	7–3[80]	4	"Rags" Scheuermann Field at Kirsch-Rooney Stadium	New Orleans, LA[81]
1997	Southern	Roger Cador	Alcorn State	12–8[80]	4	"Rags" Scheuermann Field at Kirsch-Rooney Stadium	New Orleans, LA[82]
1998	Southern	Roger Cador	Jackson State	11–7[80]	4	"Rags" Scheuermann Field at Kirsch-Rooney Stadium	New Orleans, LA[83]
1999	Southern	Roger Cador	Grambling State	13–8[80]	4	"Rags" Scheuermann Field at Kirsch-Rooney Stadium	New Orleans, LA[84]
2000	Jackson State	Bob Braddy	Grambling State	12–11[80]	6[10]	Smith–Wills Stadium	Jackson, MS[85]
2001	Southern	Roger Cador	Jackson State	10–6[80]	6	Fair Grounds Field	Shreveport, LA[86]
2002	Southern	Roger Cador	Jackson State	14–2[80]	6	W. Peyton Shehee, Jr. Stadium	Shreveport, LA[87]
						Pilot Field
2003	Southern	Roger Cador	Mississippi Valley State	10–7[80]	4[88]	Lee–Hines Field	Baton Rouge, LA[35]
2004	Texas Southern	Candy Robinson	Mississippi Valley State	18–1[89]	4[90]	Baseball USA	Houston, TX[89]
2005	Southern	Roger Cador	Prairie View A&M	6–5 (15 inn.)[80]	6[91]	Rickwood Field	Birmingham, AL[92]
2006	Prairie View A&M	Michael Robertson	Alcorn State	3–2[80]	6	Trustmark Park	Pearl, MS[93]
2007	Prairie View A&M	Michael Robertson	Southern	8–7[80]	6	Smith–Wills Stadium	Jackson, MS[94]
2008	Texas Southern	Candy Robinson	Prairie View A&M	12–11[80]	8[1]	Lee–Hines Field	Baton Rouge, LA[34]
						Pete Goldsby Field
2009	Southern	Roger Cador	Alcorn State	12–10	8	Lee–Hines Field	Baton Rouge, LA[80]
2010	Grambling State	James Cooper	Alcorn State	15–2	8	Fair Grounds Field	Shreveport, LA[80]
2011	Alcorn State	Barrett Rey	Southern	12–6[80]	8	Fair Grounds Field	Shreveport, LA[95]
2012	Prairie View A&M	Waskyla Cullivan	Mississippi Valley State	7–4	8	Lee–Hines Field	Baton Rouge, LA
2013	Jackson State	Omar Johnson	Prairie View A&M	6–2	8	LaGrave Field	Fort Worth, TX[35]
2014	Jackson State	Omar Johnson	Alabama State	9–8	8	Wesley Barrow Stadium	New Orleans, LA[5]
2015	Texas Southern	Michael Robertson	Southern	10–0	8	Wesley Barrow Stadium	New Orleans, LA[5]
2016	Alabama State	Mervyl Melendez	Texas Southern	7–5	8	Wesley Barrow Stadium	New Orleans, LA[5]
2017	Texas Southern	Michael Robertson	Alabama State	4–2 (13 inn.)[96]	8	Wesley Barrow Stadium	New Orleans, LA[97]
2018	Texas Southern	Michael Robertson	Grambling State	18–3	8	Wesley Barrow Stadium	New Orleans, LA[4]
2019	Southern	Kerrick Jackson	Alabama State	15–0	8	Wesley Barrow Stadium	New Orleans, LA[98]
2020	(tournament canceled, due to COVID-19 pandemic)[37]				8	Smith–Wills Stadium	Jackson, MS[2]
2021						Smith–Wills Stadium	Jackson, MS[2]
2022						Smith–Wills Stadium	Jackson, MS[2]

Note: in 1993 Jackson State and Southern were declared co-champions, due to weather forcing the cancellation of the SWAC Tournament final.[25]

Conference championships by school

The following is a list of conference champions, listed by school (not including unofficial champions prior to 1959).

School	No. of titles	Year(s)
Southern	27	1959, 1960, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2019
Jackson State	16	1968, 1971, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2013, 2014[99]
Grambling State	9	1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1983, 1984, 1985, 2010[100]
Texas Southern	5	2004, 2008, 2015, 2017, 2018
Prairie View A&M	3	2006, 2007,[101] 2012
Alabama State	1	2016
Alcorn State	1	2011

Western Division championships by school

The following is a list of Western Division champions, listed by school.

School	No. of titles	Year(s)
Southern	29	1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982,[102] 1984,[103] 1986,[104] 1987,[105] 1990,[106] 1991,[107] 1992,[108] 1994,[109] 1995,[31] 1996,[110] 1997,[111] 1998,[112] 1999,[113] 2000,[114] 2001,[115] 2002,[116] 2003,[117] 2004,[118] 2005,[119] 2008,[120] 2009,[121] 2011,[122] 2012, 2013, 2019
Grambling State	7	1981, 1983,[123] 1985,[124] 1988,[125] 1989,[126] 1993,[25] 2017
Arkansas–Pine Bluff	3	2014, 2015, 2016
Texas Southern	3	2005,[119] 2010,[127] 2018
Prairie View A&M	2	2006,[128] 2007[129]

Note: in 2015 Arkansas–Pine Bluff was ineligible for the SWAC Tournament, due to a violation of SWAC rules concerning Academic Progress Rate scores.

Eastern Division championships by school

The following is a list of Eastern Division champions, listed by school.

School	No. of titles	Year(s)
Jackson State	25	1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982,[102] 1984,[103] 1986,[104] 1987,[105] 1989,[126] 1990,[106] 1991,[107] 1992,[108] 1993,[25] 1994,[109] 1995,[31] 1996,[110] 1998,[112] 1999,[113] 2000,[114] 2007,[129] 2008,[130] 2010,[127] 2012, 2013, 2017
Alcorn State	7	1981, 1985,[124] 1988,[131] 1997,[111] 2001,[115] 2002,[116] 2011[132]
Mississippi Valley State	6	1983,[133] 2003,[134] 2004,[134] 2005,[134] 2006,[134] 2009[135]
Alabama State	5	2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019

Note: in 2006 Jackson State initially clinched at least a share of the Eastern Division championship[136] but, after forfeiting conference games for the use of ineligible players, fell behind Mississippi Valley State by the final division standings, before the SWAC Tournament; though Jackson State still had a good enough record remaining to qualify for the tournament, it subsequently withdrew.[134]

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