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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.

1978 Southwest Conference men's basketball tournament
Division I
1977–78
9
The SummitHouston, Texas
Houston (1st title)
Guy Lewis (1st title)
Mike Schultz (Houston)
Southwest Conference men's basketball tournaments

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.

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.

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.

Place	Seed	Team	Conference	Overall
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

Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
FinalsSaturday, March 4

1	#12 Texas	90

3	Houston	92

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