1995 Southwest Conference baseball tournament

The 1995 Southwest Conference baseball tournament was the league's annual postseason tournament used to determine the Southwest Conference's (SWC) automatic bid to the 1995 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The tournament was held from May 18 through 21 at Olsen Field on the main campus of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.

1995 Southwest Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsTexas Tech (1st title)
Winning coachLarry Hays (1st title)
MVPJason Totman (Texas Tech[1])
1995 Southwest Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 10 Texas Tech  ‍y 16 8   .667 51 14   .785
No. 15 Rice  ‍‍‍y 15 9   .625 43 19   .694
No. 12 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y 15 9   .625 44 22   .667
No. 23 Texas  ‍‍‍y 14 10   .583 44 19   .698
Texas Christian  ‍‍‍ 11 13   .458 27 29   .482
Baylor  ‍‍‍ 7 17   .292 25 28   .472
Houston  ‍‍‍ 6 18   .250 26 29   .473
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1995[2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The number one seed Texas Tech Red Raiders went 3–1 to win the team's first SWC tournament under head coach Larry Hays.

Format and seeding

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The tournament featured the top four finishers of the SWC's seven teams in a double-elimination tournament.

Regular season conference champion Texas Tech received the first seed while Rice claimed the second seed by tiebreaker over Texas A&M, and Texas received the fourth seed.

Place Team Conference Overall Seed
W L % GB W L %
1
Texas Tech
16
8
.667
-
51
14
.785
1
2
Rice
15
9
.625
1
43
19
.694
2
3
Texas A&M
15
9
.625
1
44
22
.667
3
4
Texas
14
10
.583
2
44
19
.698
4
5
TCU
11
13
.458
5
27
29
.482
-
6
Baylor
7
17
.292
9
25
28
.472
-
7
Houston
6
18
.250
10
26
29
.473
-

Tournament

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First roundSemi-finalsFinal
1Texas Tech9
4Texas3
1Texas Tech6
3Texas A&M5
2Rice6
3Texas A&M8
1Texas Tech
3Texas A&M
Lower round 1Lower final
3Texas A&M11
4Texas64Texas3
2Rice0

References

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  1. ^ "Postseason Honors". Texas Tech University. Archived from the original on June 6, 2014. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
  2. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1995". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved May 30, 2014.