1987 Southwest Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

The 1987 Southwest Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was held March 4-7, 1987 at Moody Coliseum in Dallas, TX. [1]

1987 Southwest Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Site	Moody Coliseum Dallas, TX
Champions	Texas (5th title)
Winning coach	Jody Conradt (5th title)
MVP	Beverly Williams (Texas)
Southwest Conference Women's Basketball Tournaments

1986-87 Southwest Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 Texas†	16	–	0		1.000			31	–	2		.939
Arkansas	12	–	4		.750			20	–	12		.625
Houston	10	–	6		.625			19	–	10		.655
Texas Tech	10	–	6		.625			18	–	11		.621
Rice	7	–	9		.438			15	–	13		.536
Baylor	5	–	11		.313			8	–	20		.286
Texas A&M	5	–	11		.313			9	–	17		.346
SMU	4	–	12		.250			8	–	19		.296
TCU	3	–	13		.188			8	–	19		.296
† 1987 SWC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Number 1 seed Texas defeated 2 seed Arkansas 72-70 to win their 5th championship and receive the conference's automatic bid to the 1987 NCAA Tournament.

Format and Seeding

The tournament consisted of a 6 team single-elimination tournament. The top two seeds had a bye to the Semifinals. [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

Place	Seed	Team	Conference			Overall
			W	L	%	W	L	%
1	1	Texas	16	0	1.000	31	2	.939
2	2	Arkansas	12	4	.750	20	12	.625
3	3	Houston	10	6	.625	19	10	.655
3	4	Texas Tech	10	6	.625	18	11	.621
5	5	Rice	7	9	.438	15	13	.536
6	6	Baylor	5	11	.313	8	20	.286
6	-	Texas A&M	5	11	.313	9	17	.346
8	-	SMU	4	12	.250	8	19	.296
9	-	TCU	3	13	.188	8	19	.296

Tournament

	Quarterfinal Wednesday, March 4					Semifinals Thursday, March 5					Finals Saturday, March 7
						1	Texas	73
	4	Texas Tech	69			4	Texas Tech	49
	5	Rice	59								1	Texas	72
											2	Arkansas	70
						2	Arkansas	96
	3	Houston	70			3	Houston	82
	6	Baylor	52

References

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