1980 Southwest Conference baseball tournament

1980 Southwest Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsTexas (2nd title)
Winning coachCliff Gustafson (2nd title)
1980 Southwest Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 11 Texas ‍y 18 6   .750 53 13   .803
No. 28 Texas A&M ‍‍‍ 17 6   .739 38 14   .731
No. 19 Arkansas ‍‍‍y 15 8   .652 44 22   .667
Texas Tech ‍‍‍ 14 10   .583 28 23   .549
Baylor ‍‍‍ 12 12   .500 25 19   .568
Rice ‍‍‍ 8 16   .333 14 29   .326
TCU ‍‍‍ 7 14   .333 19 28   .404
SMU ‍‍‍ 7 15   .318 21 22   .488
Houston ‍‍‍ 6 17   .261 17 28   .378
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1980[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


The 1980 Southwest Conference baseball tournament was the league's annual postseason tournament used to determine the Southwest Conference's (SWC) automatic bid to the 1980 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The tournament was held from May 17 through 20 at Olsen Field on the campus of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.

The number 1 seed Texas Longhorns went 3–1 to win the team's second 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.