1988 Southwest Conference baseball tournament

1988 Southwest Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsTexas (8th title)
Winning coachCliff Gustafson (8th title)
1988 Southwest Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 10 Texas ‍y 18 2   .900 58 11   .841
No. 11 Texas A&M ‍‍‍y 17 4   .810 52 15   .776
Arkansas ‍‍‍y 12 9   .571 39 23   .629
Baylor ‍‍‍ 9 12   .429 25 31   .446
TCU ‍‍‍ 8 13   .381 27 32   .458
Texas Tech ‍‍‍ 7 14   .333 34 25   .576
Houston ‍‍‍ 6 14   .300 33 22   .600
Rice ‍‍‍ 6 15   .286 31 28   .525
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1988[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


The 1988 Southwest Conference baseball tournament was the league's annual postseason tournament used to determine the Southwest Conference's (SWC) automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The tournament was held from May 19 through 22 at George Cole Field on the campus of The University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, AR.

The number 1 seed Texas Longhorns went 4–1 to win the team's 8th SWC tournament under head coach Cliff Gustafson.[2]

  1. ^ "Division I Baseball Records" (PDF). NCAA. pp. 39–40. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
  2. ^ "2018 Texas Baseball Fact Book" (PDF). Texas Longhorns. pp. 51–56. Retrieved November 20, 2019.