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1977-78 Southwest Conference Season Summary

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Record: 146-117, .555 W-L% (11th of 24)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.

Regular Season Champion: Arkansas and Texas
Tournament Champion: Houston

NCAA Tournament: 2 (Arkansas and Houston)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 1 (Arkansas)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 2 (Arkansas and Texas)

Standings

Conference Overall
Rk School W L W-L% W L W-L%
1 Arkansas* RF 14 2 .875 32 4 .889
1 Texas R 14 2 .875 26 5 .839
3 Houston* T 11 5 .688 25 8 .758
4 Texas Tech  10 6 .625 19 10 .655
5 Baylor  8 8 .500 14 13 .519
6 Southern Methodist  6 10 .375 10 18 .357
7 Texas A&M  5 11 .313 12 15 .444
8 Rice  2 14 .125 4 22 .154
8 Texas Christian  2 14 .125 4 22 .154

AP Poll Summary

School Pre 11/29 12/6 12/13 12/20 12/27 1/3 1/10 1/17 1/24 1/31 2/7 2/14 2/21 2/28 3/6 Final
Arkansas 7 7 6 4 4 3 3 3 6 4 2 2 1 4 4 7 5
Texas                 15 15 12 12 12 14 12 16 17
Houston                               14  

NCAA Tournament

National Third Place
Arkansas won (71-69) versus Notre Dame

First Round
Arkansas won (73-52) versus Weber State (West Regional)
Houston lost (100-77) versus Notre Dame (Midwest Regional)

Regional Semifinal
Arkansas won (74-70) versus UCLA (West Regional)

Regional Final
Arkansas won (61-58) versus Cal State Fullerton (West Regional)

National Semifinal
Arkansas lost (64-59) versus Kentucky