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.
Number 3 seed 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.
PlaceSeedTeamConferenceConferenceConferenceOverallOverallOverall
PlaceSeedTeamWL%WL%
1
1
Texas
14
2
26
5
1
2
Arkansas
14
2
32
4
3
3
11
5
25
8
4
4
Texas Tech
10
6
19
10
5
5
8
8
14
13
6
6
6
10
10
18
7
7
5
11
12
15
8
8
2
14
4
22
8
9
2
14
4
22

Tournament

Final