1978 Southwest Conference men's basketball tournament

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.^[1][2]

1978 Southwest Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1977–78
Teams	9
Site	The Summit Houston, Texas
Champions	Houston (1st title)
Winning coach	Guy Lewis (1st title)
MVP	Mike Schultz (Houston)
Southwest Conference men's basketball tournaments ← 1977 1979 →

1977–78 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 3 Arkansas	14	–	2		.875			32	–	4		.889
No. 17 Texas	14	–	2		.875			26	–	5		.839
Houston†	11	–	5		.688			25	–	8		.758
Texas Tech	10	–	6		.625			19	–	10		.655
Baylor	8	–	8		.500			14	–	13		.519
SMU	6	–	10		.375			10	–	18		.357
Texas A&M	5	–	11		.313			12	–	15		.444
Rice	2	–	14		.125			4	–	22		.154
TCU	2	–	14		.125			4	–	22		.154
† 1978 SWC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

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. ^{[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]}

Place	Seed	Team	Conference			Overall
			W	L	%	W	L	%
1	1	Texas	14	2	.875	26	5	.839
1	2	Arkansas	14	2	.875	32	4	.889
3	3	Houston	11	5	.688	25	8	.758
4	4	Texas Tech	10	6	.625	19	10	.655
5	5	Baylor	8	8	.500	14	13	.519
6	6	SMU	6	10	.375	10	18	.357
7	7	Texas A&M	5	11	.313	12	15	.444
8	8	Rice	2	14	.125	4	22	.154
8	9	TCU	2	14	.125	4	22	.154

Tournament

	First round Saturday, February 25					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 2					Semifinals Friday, March 3
	2	#4 Arkansas	84
	9	TCU	42
						2	#4 Arkansas	94
						6	SMU	73
	5	Baylor	68
	6	SMU	73
											2	#4 Arkansas	69
											3	Houston	70
	4	Texas Tech	85
	7	Texas A&M	78
						4	Texas Tech	82
						3	Houston	93
	3	Houston	108
	8	Rice	67

Final

	Finals Saturday, March 4
	1	#12 Texas	90
	3	Houston	92

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