1982 Southwest Conference men's basketball tournament
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{{Infobox NCAA Basketball Conference tournament |
| Year=1982
| Conference=Southwest Conference
| Division=I
| Gender=Men's
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| Teams=9
| Arena=Reunion Arena
| City=Dallas, Texas
| Champions=Arkansas
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| Coach=Eddie Sutton
| CoachCount=3rd
| MVP=Alvin Robertson
| MVPTeam=Arkansas
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{{1981–82 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings}}
The 1982 Southwest Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 4–6 at Reunion Arena in Dallas, Texas. The first round took place March 1 at the higher seeded campus sites.{{cite web |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/texassports_com/documents/2019/10/30/2019_20_Texas_Basketball_Fact_Book.pdf|pages=161-|title=2019-20 Fact Book|publisher=Texas Sports|format=PDF|access-date=November 22, 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://arkansasrazorbacks.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Records-thru-2018-19-season.pdf|pages=54–57|title=Razorback Records|publisher=Arkansas Razorbacks|format=PDF|access-date=November 22, 2019}}
Number 1 seed Arkansas defeated 2 seed Houston 84–69 to win their 3rd championship and receive the conference's automatic bid to the 1982 NCAA tournament.
Format and seeding
The tournament consisted of 9 teams in a single-elimination tournament. The 3 seed received a bye to the Quarterfinals and the 1 and 2 seed received a bye to the Semifinals.
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!rowspan ="2" | Place !rowspan ="2" | Seed !rowspan ="2" width= "100pt"|Team !colspan = "3" | Conference !colspan ="3" | Overall | ||||||||
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! L ! % ! W ! L ! % | ||||||||
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| {{center|1}} | {{center| 1}} | Arkansas | {{center|12}} | {{center|4}} | {{winpct|12|4}} | {{center|23}} | {{center|6}} | {{winpct|23|6}} |
| {{center|2}} | {{center| 2}} | Houston | {{center|11}} | {{center|5}} | {{winpct|11|5}} | {{center|25}} | {{center|8}} | {{winpct|25|8}} |
| {{center|3}} | {{center| 3}} | {{cbb link|year=1981|sex=men|team=Texas A&M Aggies |title=Texas A&M}} | {{center|10}} | {{center|6}} | {{winpct|10|6}} | {{center|20}} | {{center|11}} | {{winpct|20|11}} |
| {{center|4}} | {{center| 4}} | {{cbb link|year=1981|sex=men|team=TCU Horned Frogs |title=TCU}} | {{center|9}} | {{center|7}} | {{winpct|9|7}} | {{center|16}} | {{center|13}} | {{winpct|16|13}} |
| {{center|4}} | {{center| 5}} | {{cbb link|year=1981|sex=men|team=Baylor Bears |title=Baylor}} | {{center|9}} | {{center|7}} | {{winpct|9|7}} | {{center|17}} | {{center|11}} | {{winpct|17|11}} |
| {{center|6}} | {{center| 6}} | Texas Tech | {{center|8}} | {{center|8}} | {{winpct|8|8}} | {{center|17}} | {{center|11}} | {{winpct|17|11}} |
| {{center|7}} | {{center| 7}} | {{cbb link|year=1981|sex=men|team=Rice Owls |title=Rice}} | {{center|6}} | {{center|10}} | {{winpct|6|10}} | {{center|15}} | {{center|15}} | {{winpct|15|15}} |
| {{center|7}} | {{center| 8}} | {{cbb link|year=1981|sex=men|team=Texas Longhorns |title=Texas}} | {{center|6}} | {{center|10}} | {{winpct|6|10}} | {{center|16}} | {{center|11}} | {{winpct|16|11}} |
| {{center|9}} | {{center| 9}} | SMU | {{center|1}} | {{center|15}} | {{winpct|1|15}} | {{center|6}} | {{center|21}} | {{winpct|6|21}} |
Tournament
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! Date ! Winner ! Score ! Loser ! Notes | ||||
| colspan = "5"; style="text-align: center|First Round | ||||
| rowspan ="3" |Mar 1 | 6 Texas Tech | 60-46 | 7 Rice | at Texas Tech |
| 4 TCU | 54-46 | 9 SMU | at TCU | |
| 5 Baylor | 48-46 | 8 Texas | at Baylor | |
| colspan = "5"; style="text-align: center|Quarterfinals | ||||
| rowspan ="2" |Mar 4 | 4 TCU | 67-61 | 6 Texas Tech | |
| 3 Texas A&M | 64-63 | 5 Baylor | ||
| colspan = "5"; style="text-align: center|Semifinals | ||||
| rowspan ="2" |Mar 5 | 1 Arkansas | 80-70 | 4 TCU | |
| 2 Houston | 89-76 | 3 Texas A&M | ||
| colspan = "5"; style="text-align: center|Finals | ||||
| Mar 6 | 1 Arkansas | 84-69 | 2 Houston |
References
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{{1982 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament navbox}}
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