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 May 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
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 10 Texas Tech  y 168 .667  5114 .785
No. 15 Rice  y 159 .625  4319 .694
No. 12 Texas A&M  y 159 .625  4422 .667
No. 23 Texas  y 1410 .583  4419 .698
Texas Christian   1113 .458  2729 .482
Baylor   717 .292  2528 .472
Houston   618 .250  2629 .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

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

  First Round Semi-Finals Final
                             
1 Texas Tech 9  
4 Texas 3  
  1 Texas Tech 6  
  3 Texas A&M 5  
2 Rice 6
3 Texas A&M 8  
  1 Texas Tech 4 8
  3 Texas A&M 9 6
4 Texas 6  
2 Rice 0  
  3 Texas A&M 11
  4 Texas 3  

References

  1. "Postseason Honors". Texas Tech University. Archived from the original on 2014-06-06. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
  2. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1995". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
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