1983 Southwest Conference baseball tournament
The 1983 Southwest Conference baseball tournament was the league's annual postseason tournament used to determine the Southwest Conference's (SWC) automatic bid to the 1983 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The tournament was held from May 13 through 16 at Disch–Falk Field on the campus of The University of Texas in Austin, Texas.
| Teams | 4 |
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| Format | Double-elimination tournament |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Texas (5th title) |
| Winning coach | Cliff Gustafson (5th title) |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Texas †‡y | 18 | – | 3 | .857 | 66 | – | 14 | .825 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 24 Arkansas y | 13 | – | 8 | .619 | 44 | – | 21 | .677 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston | 13 | – | 8 | .619 | 43 | – | 15 | .741 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 8 | – | 7 | .533 | 20 | – | 9 | .690 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 2 | – | 11 | .154 | 9 | – | 12 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech | 8 | – | 13 | .381 | 18 | – | 23 | .439 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 6 | – | 15 | .286 | 26 | – | 25 | .510 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 4 | – | 17 | .190 | 24 | – | 21 | .533 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1983[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The number 1 seed Texas Longhorns went 3–1 to win the team's 5th SWC tournament under head coach Cliff Gustafson.[2]
Format and seeding
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 | 18 | 3 | .857 | - | 66 | 14 | .825 | 1 |
2 | Arkansas | 13 | 8 | .619 | 5 | 44 | 21 | .677 | 2 |
3 | Houston | 13 | 8 | .619 | 5 | 43 | 15 | .741 | 3 |
4 | Rice | 11 | 10 | .524 | 7 | 36 | 16 | .692 | 4 |
5 | Baylor | 11 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 26 | 22 | .542 | - |
6 | Texas Tech | 8 | 13 | .381 | 10 | 18 | 23 | .439 | - |
7 | TCU | 6 | 15 | .286 | 12 | 26 | 25 | .510 | - |
8 | Texas A&M | 4 | 17 | .190 | 14 | 24 | 21 | .533 | - |
Tournament
| Upper round 1 | Upper final | Final | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Texas | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Rice | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Texas | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Arkansas | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Arkansas | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Houston | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Texas | 4 | 14 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Arkansas | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower final | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Arkansas | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Rice | 2 | 3 | Houston | 7 | |||||||||
| 3 | Houston | 4 | ||||||||||||
References
- "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1950". boydsworld.com. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
- "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.
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