1979 Southwest Conference men's basketball tournament

August 2023 1979 Southwest Conference I Men's 9 The Summit Houston, Texas Arkansas 2nd Eddie Sutton 2nd Sidney Moncrief Arkansas Metro Communications The 1979 Southwest Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 1–3, 1979 at The Summit in Houston, Texas. The first round took place February 24 at the higher seeded campus sites.https://texaslonghorns.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 Arkansas defeated 2 seed Texas 39–38 to win their 2nd championship and receive the conference's automatic bid to the 1979 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://12thman.com/documents/aa6308fd-cee1-4743-9807-1bd8f25bfe7f.pdf 65- 2019-20 Texas A&M Men's Basketball Record Book Texas A&M Aggies PDF November 22, 2019https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/sidearm.nextgen.sites/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.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/sidearm.nextgen.sites/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.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/sidearm.nextgen.sites/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.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/sidearm.nextgen.sites/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 1Arkansas13313 325525 51 2Texas13313 321821 83 31978 men Texas A&M Aggies Texas A&M11511 524924 94 41978 men Baylor Bears Baylor979 7161216 124 5Texas Tech979 7191119 116 61978 men Houston Cougars Houston6106 10161516 156 71978 men SMU Mustangs SMU6106 10111611 168 81978 men Rice Owls Rice4124 127207 209 91978 men TCU Horned Frogs TCU1151 156216 21 Tournament Date Winner Score Loser NotesFirst RoundFeb 245 Texas Tech82-498 Riceat Texas Tech 6 Houston74-677 SMUat Houston 4 Baylor104-789 TCUat BaylorQuarterfinalsMar 15 Texas Tech63-62 (OT)3 Texas A&M 6 Houston83-824 BaylorSemifinalsMar 21 Arkansas93-775 Texas Tech 2 Texas70-656 HoustonFinals Mar 31 Arkansas39-382 Texas References Tournament Category:Basketball competitions in Houston Category:Southwest Conference men's basketball tournament Category:1970s in Houston Category:1979 in sports in Texas