1979 Southwest Conference baseball tournament

1979 Southwest Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsTexas (1st title)
Winning coachCliff Gustafson (1st title)
1979 Southwest Conference baseball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Texas  ‍y 22 2   .917 61 8   .884
No. 2 Arkansas  ‍‍‍y 19 5   .792 49 15   .766
Baylor  ‍‍‍ 13 9   .591 34 15   .694
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ 13 10   .565 30 20   .600
Houston  ‍‍‍ 11 13   .458 27 17   .614
Texas Tech  ‍‍‍ 9 15   .375 16 23   .410
Southern Methodist  ‍‍‍ 7 16   .304 21 26   .447
Texas Christian  ‍‍‍ 7 17   .292 21 24   .467
Rice  ‍‍‍ 5 19   .208 20 29   .408
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1979
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


The 1979 Southwest Conference baseball tournament was the league's annual postseason tournament used to determine the Southwest Conference's (SWC) automatic bid to the 1979 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The tournament was held from May 12 through 14 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 first SWC tournament under head coach Cliff Gustafson.