EXHIBIT 15.1

                  AWARENESS LETTER OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

November 8, 2001

Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549

Re: Southwest Bancorporation of Texas, Inc. Registrations on Form S-3 and Form
    S-8.

We are aware that our report dated October 15, 2001 on our review of interim
financial information of Southwest Bancorporation of Texas, Inc. and
subsidiaries for the period ended September 30, 2001 and included in the
Company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter then ended is
incorporated by reference in the Company's registration statements on Form S-3
(File Nos. 333-53162 and 333-80603) and Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-76269,
333-21619, 333-33533, 333-55685, 333-60190, 333-27891, and 333-36092). Pursuant
to Rule 436(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this report should not be
considered a part of the registration statement prepared or certified by us
within the meaning of Sections 7 and 11 of that Act.

                                        PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP