1996 Southwest Conference men's basketball tournament

1996 Southwest Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1995–96
Teams8
SiteReunion Arena
Dallas, Texas
ChampionsTexas Tech (5th title)
Winning coachJames Dickey (2nd title)
MVPReggie Freeman (Texas)
1995–96 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 8 Texas Tech 14 0   1.000 30 2   .938
Houston 11 3   .786 17 10   .630
Texas 10 4   .714 21 10   .677
TCU 6 8   .429 15 15   .500
Rice 5 9   .357 14 14   .500
Texas A&M 3 11   .214 11 16   .407
SMU 3 11   .214 8 20   .286
Baylor 4 10   .286 9 18   .333
1996 SWC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1996 Southwest Conference men's basketball tournament was held in March 7–9, 1996, at Reunion Arena in Dallas, Texas.

Number 1 seed Texas Tech narrowly defeated 3 seed Texas, 75-73, to win their 5th championship and receive the conference's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA tournament. This was the final season of the Southwest Conference tournament since the SWC would cease operations after the 1995-96 school year.