1979 Southwest Conference baseball tournament

August 2023 1979 Southwest Conference SWC I 4 Double-elimination tournament Disch–Falk Field Austin, TX Texas 1st Cliff Gustafson 1st The 1979 Southwest Conference baseball tournament was the league's annual postseason tournament used to determine the Southwest Conference's (SWC) automatic bid to the 1979 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The tournament was held from May 12 through 14 at Disch–Falk Field on the campus of The University of Texas in Austin, Texas. The number 1 seed Texas Longhorns went 3–0 to win the team's first SWC tournament under head coach Cliff Gustafson.https://s3.amazonaws.com/texassports_com/documents/2018/2/13/Texas_Baseball_History_2018_Fact_Book.pdf 51–56 2018 Texas Baseball Fact Book Texas Longhorns PDF November 20, 2019 Format and seeding The tournament featured the top four finishers of the SWC's 9 teams in a double-elimination tournament.https://s3.amazonaws.com/texassports_com/documents/2018/2/13/Texas_Baseball_History_2018_Fact_Book.pdf 51–56 2018 Texas Baseball Fact Book Texas Longhorns PDF November 20, 2019https://arkansasrazorbacks.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2019-Arkansas-Baseball-Media-Guide-COMPLETE.pdf 158–161 2019 Arkansas Baseball Media Guide Arkansas Razorbacks PDF November 20, 2019https://s3.amazonaws.com/baylorbears.com/documents/2019/2/15/Final_Baylor_Baseball_Media_Guide_2019.pdf 57–61 2019 Baylor Baseball Media Guide Baylor Bears PDF November 20, 2019https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/tamu.sidearmsports.com/documents/2019/2/22/BASE_2019_GUIDE_thruF.pdf 128–134 2019 Texas A&M Baseball Media Guide Texas A&M Aggies PDF November 20, 2019 March 25, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190325214002/https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/tamu.sidearmsports.com/documents/2019/2/22/BASE_2019_GUIDE_thruF.pdf dead Place Team Conference Overall Seed W L % GB W L %1 Texas 22222 2-55855 812 Arkansas 19519 53491549 1523 1979 Baylor Bears Baylor 13913 98341534 1534 1979 Texas A&M Aggies Texas A&M 131013 108.5302030 2045 1979 Houston Cougars Houston 111311 1311271727 17-6 1979 Texas Tech Red Raiders Texas Tech 9159 1513162316 23-7 1979 SMU Mustangs SMU 7167 1614.5212621 26-8 1979 TCU Horned Frogs TCU 7177 1715212421 24-9 1979 Rice Owls Rice 5195 1917202920 29- Tournament 1 Texas 6 4 Texas A&M 4 2 Arkansas 6 3 Baylor 1 4 Texas A&M 2 3 Baylor 1 1 Texas 6 2 Arkansas 2 2 Arkansas 6 4 Texas A&M 2 1 Texas 12 – 2 Arkansas 6 – References Tournament Category:Southwest Conference baseball tournament Southwest Conference baseball tournament