The 1979 Southwest Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 1–3, 1979 at The Summit in Houston, Texas. The first round took place February 24 at the higher seeded campus sites.
Number 1 seed
Arkansas
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defeated 2 seed 39–38 to win their 2nd championship and receive the conference's automatic bid to the
1979 NCAA tournament.
Format and seeding
The tournament consisted of 9 teams in a
single-elimination
A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final matc ...
tournament. The 3 seed received a bye to the Quarterfinals and the 1 and 2 seed received a bye to the Semifinals.
Tournament
References
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1978–79 Southwest Conference men's basketball season
Basketball in Houston
Southwest Conference men's basketball tournament