The Southern University Jaguars are the 2026 Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Men's Basketball Tournament champions. They defeated the Prairie View A&M Panthers 65-53 in the championship game on Saturday, March 15, 2026, at Bartow Arena in Birmingham, Alabama.
Southern, the tournament's No. 1 seed, secured the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Jaguars were led by tournament MVP Brandon Davis, who scored 19 points in the final. Prairie View A&M, the No. 2 seed, was seeking its first SWAC tournament title since 1998.
The game was a defensive battle, with Southern holding a narrow lead for much of the contest before pulling away in the final minutes. The victory marks Southern's first SWAC tournament championship since 2021.
