1980 Southwest Conference men's basketball tournament

August 2023 1980 Southwest Conference I Men's 9 HemisFair Arena San Antonio, Texas Texas A&M 1st Shelby Metcalf 1st David Britton Texas A&M The 1980 Southwest Conference men's basketball tournament was held February 28 – March 1, 1980 at HemisFair Arena in San Antonio, Texas. The first round took place February 25 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 1 seed Texas A&M defeated 2 seed Arkansas 52-50 to win their 1st championship and receive the conference's automatic bid to the 1980 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://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://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/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/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/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/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 deadhttps://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/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, 2019 Place SeedTeam Conference Overall W L % W L %1 1Texas A&M14214 226826 82 2Arkansas13313 321821 83 31979 men Texas Longhorns Texas10610 6191119 114 4Texas Tech888 8161316 134 51979 men Houston Cougars Houston888 8141414 146 6SMU797 9161216 127 71979 men Baylor Bears Baylor6106 10111611 168 81979 men Rice Owls Rice4124 127197 199 91979 men TCU Horned Frogs TCU2142 147197 19 Tournament Date Winner Score Loser NotesFirst RoundFeb 256 SMU86-837 Baylorat SMU 4 Texas Tech71-529 TCUat Texas Tech 5 Houston92-808 Riceat HoustonQuarterfinalsFeb 284 Texas Tech73-656 SMU 3 Texas67-475 HoustonSemifinalsFeb 291 Texas A&M61-514 Texas Tech 2 Arkansas64-623 TexasFinals Mar 11 Texas A&M52-502 Arkansas References Tournament Category:Basketball competitions in San Antonio Category:Southwest Conference men's basketball tournament Category:1980s in San Antonio Category:College basketball tournaments in Texas Category:1980 in sports in Texas