1976 Southwest Conference men's basketball tournament

The 1976 Southwest Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 4–6, 1976, at Moody Coliseum in Dallas, TX. The first round took place February 28 at the higher seeded campus sites.^[1][2]

1976 Southwest Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1975–76
Teams	9
Site	Moody Coliseum Dallas, TX
Champions	Texas Tech (1st title)
Winning coach	Gerald Myers (1st title)
MVP	Rick Bullock (Texas Tech)
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1975–76 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Texas A&M	14	–	2		.875			21	–	6		.778
No. 16 Texas Tech†	13	–	3		.813			25	–	6		.806
SMU	10	–	6		.625			16	–	12		.571
Arkansas	9	–	7		.563			19	–	9		.679
Baylor	8	–	8		.500			12	–	15		.444
Houston	7	–	9		.438			17	–	11		.607
TCU	6	–	10		.375			11	–	16		.407
Texas	4	–	12		.250			9	–	17		.346
Rice	1	–	15		.063			3	–	24		.111
† 1976 SWC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Number 2 seed Texas Tech defeated 1 seed Texas A&M 74–72 to win their 1st championship and receive the conference's automatic bid to the 1976 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	Texas A&M	14	2	.875	21	6	.778
2	2	Texas Tech	13	3	.813	25	6	.806
3	3	SMU	10	6	.625	16	12	.571
4	4	Arkansas	9	7	.563	19	9	.679
5	5	Baylor	8	8	.500	12	15	.444
6	6	Houston	7	9	.438	17	11	.607
7	7	TCU	6	10	.375	11	16	.407
8	8	Texas	4	12	.250	9	17	.346
9	9	Rice	1	15	.063	3	24	.111

Tournament

	First round Saturday, February 28					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 4					Semifinals Friday, March 5
	2	Texas Tech	101
	9	Rice	84
						2	Texas Tech	80
						6	Houston	69
	5	Baylor	86
	6	Houston	88
											2	Texas Tech	70
											4	Arkansas	63
	4	Arkansas	81
	7	TCU	65
						4	Arkansas	74
						3	SMU	70
	3	SMU	103
	8	Texas	90

Final

	Finals Saturday, March 6
	1	#19 Texas A&M	72
	2	Texas Tech	74

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