1982 Southwest Conference men's basketball tournament

The 1982 Southwest Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 4–6 at Reunion Arena in Dallas, Texas. The first round took place March 1 at the higher seeded campus sites.^[1][2]

1982 Southwest Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1981–82
Teams	9
Site	Reunion Arena Dallas, Texas
Champions	Arkansas (3rd title)
Winning coach	Eddie Sutton (3rd title)
MVP	Alvin Robertson (Arkansas)
Southwest Conference men's basketball tournaments ← 1981 1983 →

1981–82 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 12 Arkansas †	12	–	4		.750			23	–	6		.793
Houston	11	–	5		.688			25	–	8		.758
Texas A&M	10	–	6		.625			20	–	11		.645
Baylor	9	–	7		.563			17	–	11		.607
TCU	9	–	7		.563			16	–	13		.552
Texas Tech	8	–	8		.500			17	–	11		.607
Texas	6	–	10		.375			16	–	10		.615
Rice	6	–	10		.375			15	–	15		.500
SMU	1	–	15		.063			6	–	21		.222
† 1982 SWC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Number 1 seed Arkansas defeated 2 seed Houston 84–69 to win their 3rd championship and receive the conference's automatic bid to the 1982 NCAA tournament.

Format and seeding

The tournament consisted of 9 teams in a single-elimination tournament. The 3 seed received a bye to the Quarterfinals and the 1 and 2 seed received a bye to the Semifinals. ^{[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]}

Place	Seed	Team	Conference			Overall
			W	L	%	W	L	%
1	1	Arkansas	12	4	.750	23	6	.793
2	2	Houston	11	5	.688	25	8	.758
3	3	Texas A&M	10	6	.625	20	11	.645
4	4	TCU	9	7	.563	16	13	.552
4	5	Baylor	9	7	.563	17	11	.607
6	6	Texas Tech	8	8	.500	17	11	.607
7	7	Rice	6	10	.375	15	15	.500
7	8	Texas	6	10	.375	16	11	.593
9	9	SMU	1	15	.063	6	21	.222

Tournament

Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
First Round
Mar 1	6 Texas Tech	60-46	7 Rice	at Texas Tech
	4 TCU	54-46	9 SMU	at TCU
	5 Baylor	48-46	8 Texas	at Baylor
Quarterfinals
Mar 4	4 TCU	67-61	6 Texas Tech
	3 Texas A&M	64-63	5 Baylor
Semifinals
Mar 5	1 Arkansas	80-70	4 TCU
	2 Houston	89-76	3 Texas A&M
Finals
Mar 6	1 Arkansas	84-69	2 Houston

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