1983 Southwest Conference baseball tournament
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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
editThe 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
editUpper 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
edit- ^ "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.