1988 Southwest Conference Baseball Tournament

1988 Southwest Conference
Baseball TournamentTeams| 4

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Format| Double-elimination tournament
Finals site|

* George Cole Field
* Fayetteville, AR

Champions| Texas (8th title)
Winning coach| Cliff Gustafson (8th title)

* ← 1987
* SWC Baseball Tournament
* 1989 →

1988 Southwest Conference baseball standings

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| Conf |  |  | Overall
Team | W |  | L |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | PCT
No. 10 Texas ‍†‍‡‍y | 18 | - | 2 |  | .900 |  |  | 58 | - | 11 |  | .841
No. 11 Texas A&M ‍‍‍y | 17 | - | 4 |  | .810 |  |  | 52 | - | 15 |  | .776
Arkansas ‍‍‍y | 12 | - | 9 |  | .571 |  |  | 39 | - | 23 |  | .629
Baylor ‍‍‍ | 9 | - | 12 |  | .429 |  |  | 25 | - | 31 |  | .446
TCU ‍‍‍ | 8 | - | 13 |  | .381 |  |  | 27 | - | 32 |  | .458
Texas Tech ‍‍‍ | 7 | - | 14 |  | .333 |  |  | 34 | - | 25 |  | .576
Houston ‍‍‍ | 6 | - | 14 |  | .300 |  |  | 33 | - | 22 |  | .600
Rice ‍‍‍ | 6 | - | 15 |  | .286 |  |  | 31 | - | 28 |  | .525
† - Conference champion
‡ - Tournament champion
y - Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1988[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1988 Southwest Conference Baseball Tournament was the league's annual postseason tournament used to determine the Southwest Conference's (SWC) automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. The tournament was held from May 19 through May 22 at George Cole Field on the campus of The University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, AR.

The number 1 seed Texas Longhorns went 4-1 to win the team's 8th SWC Tournament under head coach Cliff Gustafson.[2]

## Format and seeding[edit]

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  | %

| Texas |

| .900 |

| .841 |

| Texas A&M |

| .810 |

1.5

| .776 |

| Arkansas |

| .571 |

6.5

| .629 |

| Baylor |

| .429 |

9.5

| .446 |

| TCU |

| .381 |

10.5

| .458 |

| Texas Tech |

| .333 |

11.5

| .576 |

| Houston |

| .300 |

| .600 |

| Rice |

| .286 |

12.5

| .525 |

## Tournament[edit]

| First round | | | Semi-finals | | | Finals |

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| 1 | Texas | 2 | | |
| 4 | Baylor | 4 |
| | 4 | Baylor | 1 |
| Winner's bracket |
| | | 2 | Texas A&M | 6 |
| 2 | Texas A&M | 4 |

| 3 | Arkansas | 3 |
| | 2 | Texas A&M | 0 | 7 |
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| | | 1 | Texas | 10 | 12 |
| 1 | Texas | 7 | |

| 3 | Arkansas | 1 |
| | 4 | Baylor | 5 |
| Loser's bracket |
| | | 1 | Texas | 8 |

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Division I Baseball Records" (PDF). NCAA. pp. 39–40. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
2. ^ "2018 Texas Baseball Fact Book" (PDF). Texas Longhorns. pp. 51–56. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
3. ^ "2018 Texas Baseball Fact Book" (PDF). Texas Longhorns. pp. 51–56. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
4. ^ "2019 Texas A&M Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). Texas A&M Aggies. pp. 128–134. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
5. ^ "2019 Arkansas Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). Arkansas Razorbacks. pp. 158–161. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
6. ^ "2019 Baylor Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). Baylor Bears. pp. 57–61. Retrieved November 20, 2019.

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