1977 Southwest Conference men's basketball tournament

The 1977 Southwest Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 3–5, 1977, at The Summit in Houston, Texas. The first round took place February 26 at the higher seeded campus sites.[1][2]

1977 Southwest Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1976–77
Teams9
SiteThe Summit
Houston, Texas
ChampionsArkansas (1st title)
Winning coachEddie Sutton (1st title)
MVPRon Brewer (Arkansas)
1976–77 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 18 Arkansas†16–0 1.00026–2  .929
Houston13–3 .81329–8  .784
Texas Tech12–4 .75020–9  .690
Texas8–8 .50013–13  .500
Texas A&M8–8 .50014–14  .500
SMU7–9 .4388–19  .296
Baylor5–11 .31311–17  .393
Rice3–13 .1889–18  .333
TCU0–16 .0003–23  .115
† 1977 SWC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Number 1 seed Arkansas defeated 2 seed Houston 80–74 to win their 1st championship and receive the conference's automatic bid to the 1977 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. [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

Place Seed Team Conference Overall
W L  % W L  %
1
1
Arkansas
16
0
1.000
26
2
.929
2
2
Houston
13
3
.813
29
8
.784
3
3
Texas Tech
12
4
.750
20
9
.690
4
4
Texas
8
8
.500
13
13
.500
4
5
Texas A&M
8
8
.500
14
14
.500
6
6
SMU
7
9
.438
8
19
.296
7
7
Baylor
5
11
.313
11
17
.393
8
8
Rice
3
13
.188
9
18
.333
9
9
TCU
0
16
.000
3
23
.115

Tournament
First round
Saturday, February 26 		Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 3 		Semifinals
Friday, March 4
         
2 Houston 111
9 TCU 67
2 Houston 96
5 Texas A&M 77
5 Texas A&M 89
6 SMU 79
2 Houston 94
3 Texas Tech 83
4 Texas 70
7 Baylor 72
7 Baylor 57
3 Texas Tech 66
3 Texas Tech 93
8 Rice 74

Final
Finals
Saturday, March 5
   
1 #7 Arkansas 80
2 Houston 74

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