1976 Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Tournament


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 on February 28 at the higher seeded campus sites.
Number 2 seed Texas Tech defeated 1 seed 74-72 to win their 1st championship and receive the conference's automatic bid to the 1976 NCAA Tournament.

Format and Seeding

The tournament consisted of 9 teams, seeds 2-8 played in a 8 team single-elimination tournament with the winner playing the top seeded team in the tournament final.
PlaceSeedTeamConferenceConferenceConferenceOverallOverallOverall
PlaceSeedTeamWL%WL%
1
1
14
2
21
6
2
2
Texas Tech
13
3
25
6
3
3
10
6
16
12
4
4
9
7
19
9
5
5
8
8
12
15
6
6
7
9
17
11
7
7
6
10
11
16
8
8
4
12
9
17
9
9
1
15
3
24

Tournament

Final