1981 Southwest Conference men's basketball tournament

Competition in San Antonio, Texas August 2023 1981 Southwest Conference I Men's 9 HemisFair Arena San Antonio, Texas Houston 2nd Guy Lewis 2nd Rob Williams Houston The 1981 Southwest Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 5–7 at HemisFair Arena in San Antonio, Texas. The first round took place March 2 at the higher seeded campus sites.https://s3.amazonaws.com/texassports_com/documents/2019/10/30/2019_20_Texas_Basketball_Fact_Book.pdf 161- 2019-20 Fact Book Texas Sports PDF November 22, 2019https://arkansasrazorbacks.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Records-thru-2018-19-season.pdf 54–57 Razorback Records Arkansas Razorbacks PDF November 22, 2019 Number 2 seed Houston defeated 6 seed 1980 men Texas Longhorns Texas 84-59 to win their 2nd championship and receive the conference's automatic bid to the 1981 NCAA tournament. Format and seeding The tournament consisted of 9 teams in a single-elimination tournament. The 3 seed received a bye to the Quarterfinals and the 1 and 2 seed received a bye to the Semifinals. https://arkansasrazorbacks.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Records-thru-2018-19-season.pdf 54–57 Razorback Records Arkansas Razorbacks PDF November 22, 2019https://s3.amazonaws.com/uhcougars.com/documents/2019/10/2/MBB_Complete.pdf 116–117 2019-20 Houston Cougars Men's Basketball Media Guide Houston Cougars PDF November 22, 2019https://s3.amazonaws.com/baylorbears.com/documents/2019/11/1/19_20_mbb_almanac.pdf 150–153 2019-2020 Baylor Men's Basketball Media Almanac Baylor Bears PDF November 22, 2019https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/texastech.com/documents/2019/10/11/Tech_MBB_Record_Book_ONLINE_.pdf 77–81 2019-2020 Red Raider Program Guide Texas Tech Red Raiders PDF November 22, 2019 April 7, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230407075146/https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/texastech.com/documents/2019/10/11/Tech_MBB_Record_Book_ONLINE_.pdf deadhttps://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/tamu.sidearmsports.com/documents/2019/11/6/RecordBook_MBB_1920.pdf 65- 2019-20 Texas A&M Men's Basketball Record Book Texas A&M Aggies PDF November 22, 2019July 2026 InternetArchiveBot https://s3.amazonaws.com/texassports_com/documents/2019/10/30/2019_20_Texas_Basketball_Fact_Book.pdf 161- 2019-20 Fact Book Texas Sports PDF November 22, 2019https://s3.amazonaws.com/riceowls.com/documents/2018/11/12/2018_19_MBB_Fact_Book.pdf 162-162 The Rice Way, 2018-2019 Rice Basketball Fact Book Rice Owls PDF November 22, 2019https://s3.amazonaws.com/gofrogs.com/documents/2019/11/13/Media_Guide_5_online.pdf 133–135 TCU Men's Basketball 2019-20 Fact Book TCU Horned Frogs PDF November 22, 2019https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/smumustangs.com/documents/2019/11/8/2019_20SMU_MBB_Almanac.pdf 121- 2019-20 SMU Men's Basketball Almanac SMU Mustangs PDF November 22, 2019 April 7, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230407075146/https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/smumustangs.com/documents/2019/11/8/2019_20SMU_MBB_Almanac.pdf dead Place SeedTeam Conference Overall W L % W L %1 1Arkansas13313 324824 82 2Houston10610 621921 92 31980 men Baylor Bears Baylor10610 6151215 124 4Texas Tech888 8151315 134 51980 men Texas A&M Aggies Texas A&M888 8151215 126 61980 men Texas Longhorns Texas797 9151515 156 71980 men Rice Owls Rice797 9121512 158 81980 men TCU Horned Frogs TCU6106 10111811 189 9SMU3133 137207 20 Tournament Date Winner Score Loser NotesFirst RoundMar 26 Texas58-447 Riceat Texas 4 Texas Tech80-589 SMUat Texas Tech 8 TCU62-605 Texas A&Mat Texas A&MQuarterfinalsMar 56 Texas66-584 Texas Tech 8 TCU56-473 BaylorSemifinalsMar 66 Texas76-731 Arkansas 2 Houston73-538 TCUFinals Mar 72 Houston84-596 Texas References Tournament Category:Basketball competitions in San Antonio Category:Southwest Conference men's basketball tournament Category:1981 in sports in Texas Category:1980s in San Antonio