1978 Southwest Conference men's basketball tournament

August 2023 1978 Southwest Conference I Men's 9 The Summit Houston, Texas Houston 1st Guy Lewis 1st Mike Schultz Houston 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.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 3 seed Houston 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 an 8 team single-elimination tournament with the winner playing the top seeded team in the tournament final. https://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/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/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/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://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/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 1Texas14214 226526 51 2Arkansas14214 232432 43 3Houston11511 525825 84 4Texas Tech10610 6191019 105 51977 men Baylor Bears Baylor888 8141314 136 61977 men SMU Mustangs SMU6106 10101810 187 71977 men Texas A&M Aggies Texas A&M5115 11121512 158 81977 men Rice Owls Rice2142 144224 228 91977 men TCU Horned Frogs TCU2142 144224 22 Tournament First roundSaturday, February 25 QuarterfinalsThursday, March 2 SemifinalsFriday, March 3 2 #4 Arkansas 84 9 TCU 42 5 Baylor 68 6 SMU 73 4 Texas Tech 85 7 Texas A&M 78 3 Houston 108 8 Rice 67 2 #4 Arkansas 94 6 SMU 73 4 Texas Tech 82 3 Houston 93 2 #4 Arkansas 69 3 Houston 70 Final FinalsSaturday, March 4 1 #12 Texas 90 3 Houston 92 References Tournament Category:Basketball competitions in Houston Category:Southwest Conference men's basketball tournament Category:1978 in sports in Texas Category:1970s in Houston