1978 Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1978 Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 2–4, 1978, at The Summit in Houston, Texas. The first round took place on February 25 at the higher-seeded campus sites.[1][2]
| 1978 Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Division I |
| Teams | 9 |
| Site | The Summit Houston, TX |
| Champions | Houston (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Guy Lewis (1st title) |
| MVP | Mike Schultz (Houston) |
| 1977–78 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 17 Texas | 14 | – | 2 | .875 | 26 | – | 5 | .839 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 Arkansas | 14 | – | 2 | .875 | 32 | – | 4 | .889 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston† | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 25 | – | 8 | .758 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 19 | – | 10 | .655 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 14 | – | 13 | .519 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 10 | – | 18 | .357 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 12 | – | 15 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 2 | – | 14 | .125 | 4 | – | 22 | .154 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 2 | – | 14 | .125 | 4 | – | 22 | .154 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 1978 SWC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number 3 seed Houston defeated 1 seed Texas 92–90 to win their 1st championship and receive the conference's automatic bid to the 1978 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 | % | |||
| Texas | .875 | .839 | ||||||
| Arkansas | .875 | .889 | ||||||
| Houston | .688 | .758 | ||||||
| Texas Tech | .625 | .655 | ||||||
| Baylor | .500 | .519 | ||||||
| SMU | .375 | .357 | ||||||
| Texas A&M | .313 | .444 | ||||||
| Rice | .125 | .154 | ||||||
| TCU | .125 | .154 | ||||||
Tournament
| First Round Saturday, February 25 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 2 | Semifinals Friday, March 3 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Arkansas | 84 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | TCU | 42 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Arkansas | 94 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | SMU | 73 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Baylor | 68 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | SMU | 73 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Arkansas | 69 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Houston | 70 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Texas Tech | 85 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Texas A&M | 78 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Texas Tech | 82 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Houston | 93 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Houston | 108 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Rice | 67 | ||||||||||||
Final
| Finals Saturday, March 4 | ||||
| 1 | Texas | 90 | ||
| 3 | Houston | 92 | ||
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- "2019-2020 Baylor Men's Basketball Media Almanac" (PDF). Baylor Bears. pp. 150–153. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
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- "2019-20 Texas A&M Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Texas A&M Aggies. pp. 65-. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
- "The Rice Way, 2018-2019 Rice Basketball Fact Book" (PDF). Rice Owls. pp. 162–162. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
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