1981 Southwest Conference baseball tournament
Appearance
Teams | 4 |
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Format | Double-elimination tournament |
Finals site | |
Champions | Texas (3rd title) |
Winning coach | Cliff Gustafson (3rd title) |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 3 Texas †‡y | 16 | – | 5 | – | 1 | .750 | 61 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .847 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas | 12 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .571 | 31 | – | 21 | – | 0 | .596 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Houston | 11 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .550 | 32 | – | 20 | – | 0 | .615 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rice | 11 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .524 | 34 | – | 23 | – | 0 | .596 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M | 10 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .500 | 35 | – | 16 | – | 0 | .686 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TCU | 9 | – | 12 | – | 0 | .429 | 27 | – | 19 | – | 0 | .587 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas Tech | 8 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .381 | 26 | – | 21 | – | 0 | .553 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Baylor | 6 | – | 15 | – | 0 | .286 | 21 | – | 24 | – | 0 | .467 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1981[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball |
The 1981 Southwest Conference baseball tournament was the league's annual postseason tournament used to determine the Southwest Conference's (SWC) automatic bid to the 1981 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The tournament was held from May 15 through 17 at Disch–Falk Field on the campus of The University of Texas in Austin, Texas.
The number 1 seed Texas Longhorns went 3–0 to win the team's third SWC tournament under head coach Cliff Gustafson.[2]
Format and seeding
[edit]The tournament featured the top four finishers of the SWC's 8 teams in a double-elimination tournament.[3][4][5][6]
Place | Team | Conference | Overall | Seed | |||||
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W | L | % | GB | W | L | % | |||
1 |
Texas | 16 |
5 |
.762 | - |
61 |
11 |
.847 | 1
|
2 |
Arkansas | 12 |
9 |
.571 | 4 |
31 |
21 |
.596 | 2
|
3 |
Houston | 11 |
9 |
.550 | 4.5 |
32 |
20 |
.615 | 3
|
4 |
Rice | 11 |
10 |
.524 | 5 |
34 |
23 |
.596 | 4
|
5 |
Texas A&M | 10 |
10 |
.500 | 5.5 |
35 |
16 |
.686 | -
|
6 |
TCU | 9 |
12 |
.429 | 7 |
27 |
19 |
.587 | -
|
7 |
Texas Tech | 8 |
13 |
.381 | 8 |
26 |
21 |
.553 | -
|
8 |
Baylor | 6 |
15 |
.286 | 10 |
21 |
24 |
.467 | -
|
Tournament
[edit]First round | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
1 | Texas | 7 | ||||||||||||
4 | Rice | 620 | ||||||||||||
1 | Texas | 9 | ||||||||||||
3 | Houston | 3 | ||||||||||||
2 | Arkansas | 2 | ||||||||||||
3 | Houston | 7 | ||||||||||||
1 | Texas | 11 | – | |||||||||||
2 | Arkansas | 1 | – | |||||||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower final | |||||||||||||
3 | Houston | 3 | ||||||||||||
4 | Rice | 4 | 2 | Arkansas | 9 | |||||||||
2 | Arkansas | 5 | ||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Division I Baseball Records" (PDF). NCAA. pp. 39–40. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
- ^ "2018 Texas Baseball Fact Book" (PDF). Texas Longhorns. pp. 51–56. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
- ^ "2018 Texas Baseball Fact Book" (PDF). Texas Longhorns. pp. 51–56. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
- ^ "2019 Arkansas Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). Arkansas Razorbacks. pp. 158–161. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
- ^ "2019 Houston Baseball Records Book" (PDF). Houston Courgars. pp. 57–60. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
- ^ "2017 Rice Owls Baseball Fact Book" (PDF). Rice Owls. pp. 87–88. Retrieved November 20, 2019.