The 1977 Southwest Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 3–5, 1977, at The Summit in Houston, Texas. The first round took place February 26 at the higher seeded campus sites. Number 1 seed

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defeated 2 seed

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84–70 to win their 1st championship and receive the conference's automatic bid to the 1977 NCAA tournament.

Format and Seeding

The tournament consisted of 9 teams, seeds 2-8 played in an 8 team

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tournament with the winner playing the top seeded team in the tournament final.

Tournament

Final

References

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