1977 Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1977 Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 3-5, 1977 at The Summit in Houston, TX. The first round took place on February 26 at the higher seeded campus sites. [1][2]
| 1977 Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Division I |
| Teams | 9 |
| Site | The Summit Houston, TX |
| Champions | Arkansas (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Eddie Sutton (1st title) |
| MVP | Ron Brewer (Arkansas) |
| 1976–77 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18 Arkansas† | 16 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 26 | – | 2 | .929 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 29 | – | 8 | .784 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 20 | – | 9 | .690 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 13 | – | 13 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 8 | – | 19 | .296 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 11 | – | 17 | .393 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 9 | – | 18 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 0 | – | 16 | .000 | 3 | – | 23 | .115 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 1977 SWC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number 1 seed Arkansas defeated 2 seed Houston 80-74 to win their 1st championship and receive the conference's automatic bid to the 1977 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | % | W | L | % | |||
| Arkansas | 1.000 | .929 | ||||||
| Houston | .813 | .784 | ||||||
| Texas Tech | .750 | .690 | ||||||
| Texas | .500 | .500 | ||||||
| Texas A&M | .500 | .500 | ||||||
| SMU | .438 | .296 | ||||||
| Baylor | .313 | .393 | ||||||
| Rice | .188 | .333 | ||||||
| TCU | .000 | .115 | ||||||
Tournament
| First Round Saturday, February 26 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 3 | Semifinals Friday, March 4 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Houston | 111 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | TCU | 67 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Houston | 96 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Texas A&M | 77 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Texas A&M | 89 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | SMU | 79 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Houston | 94 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Texas Tech | 83 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Texas | 70 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Baylor | 72 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Baylor | 57 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Texas Tech | 66 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Texas Tech | 93 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Rice | 74 | ||||||||||||
Final
| Finals Saturday, March 5 | ||||
| 1 | Arkansas | 80 | ||
| 2 | Houston | 74 | ||
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