1977 Southwest Conference men's basketball tournament

The 1977 Southwest Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 3–5, 1977, at The Summit in Houston, Texas. The first round took place February 26 at the higher seeded campus sites.

Number 1 seed Arkansas defeated 2 seed 80–74 to win their 1st championship and receive the conference's automatic bid to the 1977 NCAA tournament.

Format and Seeding
The tournament consisted of 9 teams, seeds 2-8 played in an 8 team single-elimination tournament with the winner playing the top seeded team in the tournament final.