BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — This city may still be the home office of the Southwestern Athletic Conference, but the SWAC is looking west for new markets to conquer.
The SWAC has signed a pair of three-year deals to move its football championship game and its basketball tournaments to Houston. The football game, set for Dec. 7, will be played at the Houston Texans’ Reliant Stadium. The basketball tournaments will be in March at the Toyota Center, home of the Houston Rockets.
Those facilities, plus the ability to bring its premier championships to one of the nation’s largest markets, is what made Houston so appealing, SWAC Commissioner Duer Sharp said.
“To go from where we play now to NBA and NFL facilities is huge for our student-athletes and our SWAC fans,” he said Monday at Football Media Day.
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