1976 Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1976 Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 4-6, 1976 at Moody Coliseum in Dallas, TX. The first round took place on February 28 at the higher seeded campus sites. [1][2]
| 1976 Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Teams | 9 |
| Site | Moody Coliseum Dallas, TX |
| Champions | Texas Tech (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Gerald Myers (1st title) |
| MVP | Rick Bullock (Texas Tech) |
| 1975–76 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 14 | – | 2 | .875 | 21 | – | 6 | .778 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16 Texas Tech† | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 25 | – | 6 | .806 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 16 | – | 12 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 19 | – | 9 | .679 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 12 | – | 15 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 17 | – | 11 | .607 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 11 | – | 16 | .407 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 9 | – | 17 | .346 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 1 | – | 15 | .063 | 3 | – | 24 | .111 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 1976 SWC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number 2 seed Texas Tech defeated 1 seed Texas A&M 74-72 to win their 1st championship and receive the conference's automatic bid to the 1976 NCAA Tournament.
Format and Seeding
The tournament consisted of 9 teams, seeds 2-8 played in a 8 team single-elimination tournament with the winner playing the top seeded team in the tournament final. [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
| Place | Seed | Team | Conference | Overall | ||||
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| W | L | % | W | L | % | |||
| Texas A&M | .875 | .778 | ||||||
| Texas Tech | .813 | .806 | ||||||
| SMU | .625 | .571 | ||||||
| Arkansas | .563 | .679 | ||||||
| Baylor | .500 | .444 | ||||||
| Houston | .438 | .607 | ||||||
| TCU | .375 | .407 | ||||||
| Texas | .250 | .346 | ||||||
| Rice | .063 | .111 | ||||||
Tournament
| First Round Saturday, February 28 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 4 | Semifinals Friday, March 5 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Texas Tech | 101 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Rice | 84 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Texas Tech | 80 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Houston | 69 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Baylor | 86 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Houston | 88 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Texas Tech | 70 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Arkansas | 63 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Arkansas | 81 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | TCU | 65 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Arkansas | 74 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | SMU | 70 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | SMU | 103 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Texas | 90 | ||||||||||||
Final
| Finals Saturday, March 6 | ||||
| 1 | Texas A&M | 72 | ||
| 2 | Texas Tech | 74 | ||
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