1981 Southwest Conference baseball tournament
The 1981 Southwest Conference baseball tournament was the league's annual postseason tournament used to determine the Southwest Conference's (SWC) automatic bid to the 1981 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The tournament was held from May 15 through 17 at Disch–Falk Field on the campus of The University of Texas in Austin, Texas.
| Teams | 4 |
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| Format | Double-elimination tournament |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Texas (3rd title) |
| Winning coach | Cliff Gustafson (3rd title) |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 Texas †‡y | 16 | – | 5 | – | 1 | .750 | 61 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .847 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas | 12 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .571 | 31 | – | 21 | – | 0 | .596 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston | 11 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .550 | 32 | – | 20 | – | 0 | .615 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 11 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .524 | 34 | – | 23 | – | 0 | .596 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 10 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .500 | 35 | – | 16 | – | 0 | .686 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 9 | – | 12 | – | 0 | .429 | 27 | – | 19 | – | 0 | .587 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech | 8 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .381 | 26 | – | 21 | – | 0 | .553 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 6 | – | 15 | – | 0 | .286 | 21 | – | 24 | – | 0 | .467 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1981[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The number 1 seed Texas Longhorns went 3–0 to win the team's third SWC tournament under head coach Cliff Gustafson.[2]
Format and seeding
The tournament featured the top four finishers of the SWC's 8 teams in a double-elimination tournament.[3][4][5][6]
| Place | Team | Conference | Overall | Seed | |||||
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| W | L | % | GB | W | L | % | |||
1 | Texas | 16 | 5 | .762 | - | 61 | 11 | .847 | 1 |
2 | Arkansas | 12 | 9 | .571 | 4 | 31 | 21 | .596 | 2 |
3 | Houston | 11 | 9 | .550 | 4.5 | 32 | 20 | .615 | 3 |
4 | Rice | 11 | 10 | .524 | 5 | 34 | 23 | .596 | 4 |
5 | Texas A&M | 10 | 10 | .500 | 5.5 | 35 | 16 | .686 | - |
6 | TCU | 9 | 12 | .429 | 7 | 27 | 19 | .587 | - |
7 | Texas Tech | 8 | 13 | .381 | 8 | 26 | 21 | .553 | - |
8 | Baylor | 6 | 15 | .286 | 10 | 21 | 24 | .467 | - |
Tournament
| First round | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Texas | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Rice | 620 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Texas | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Houston | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Arkansas | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Houston | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Texas | 11 | – | |||||||||||
| 2 | Arkansas | 1 | – | |||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower final | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Houston | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Rice | 4 | 2 | Arkansas | 9 | |||||||||
| 2 | Arkansas | 5 | ||||||||||||
References
- "Division I Baseball Records" (PDF). NCAA. pp. 39–40. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
- "2018 Texas Baseball Fact Book" (PDF). Texas Longhorns. pp. 51–56. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
- "2018 Texas Baseball Fact Book" (PDF). Texas Longhorns. pp. 51–56. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
- "2019 Arkansas Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). Arkansas Razorbacks. pp. 158–161. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
- "2019 Houston Baseball Records Book" (PDF). Houston Courgars. pp. 57–60. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
- "2017 Rice Owls Baseball Fact Book" (PDF). Rice Owls. pp. 87–88. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
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