The 1981 Southwest Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 5–7 at HemisFair Arena in San Antonio, Texas. The first round took place March 2 at the higher seeded campus sites.
Number 2 seed
Houston
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defeated 6 seed 84-59 to win their 2nd championship and receive the conference's automatic bid to the
1981 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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1980–81 Southwest Conference men's basketball season
Basketball in San Antonio
Southwest Conference men's basketball tournament