1976 Southwest Conference men's basketball tournament

1976 Southwest Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1975–76
Teams9
SiteMoody Coliseum
Dallas, TX
ChampionsTexas Tech (1st title)
Winning coachGerald Myers (1st title)
MVPRick Bullock (Texas Tech)
1977 →
1975–76 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings
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


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]

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.

  1. ^ "2019-20 Fact Book" (PDF). Texas Sports. pp. 161-. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
  2. ^ "Razorback Records" (PDF). Arkansas Razorbacks. pp. 54–57. Retrieved November 22, 2019.