SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
                             ----------------------


                                    FORM 10-Q


                QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                              ---------------------


For the Quarter Ended December 31, 2001           Commission File Number: 814-61


                          CAPITAL SOUTHWEST CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

              Texas                                             75-1072796
 (State or other Jurisdiction of                             (I.R.S. Employer
 Incorporation or Organization)                           Identification Number)

               12900 Preston Road, Suite 700, Dallas, Texas 75230
           (Address of principal executive offices including zip code)

                                 (972) 233-8242
               (Registrant's telephone number including area code)



Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the  preceding 12 months (or for such shorter  periods that the  registrant  was
required  to file  such  reports),  and  (2) has  been  subject  to such  filing
requirements for the past 90 days.

                                                  Yes  X      No
                                                      ---       ---

Indicate the number of shares  outstanding  of each of the  issuer's  classes of
common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

      3,829,051 shares of Common Stock, $1 Par Value as of January 31, 2002






                          PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
                          -----------------------------

Item 1.    Financial Statements

                  CAPITAL SOUTHWEST CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY
                 Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition

Assets                                                   December 31,      March 31,
                                                              2001             2001
                                                        -------------    -------------
                                                         (Unaudited)
                                                                   
Investments at market or fair value
      Companies more than 25% owned
        (Cost: December 31, 2001 - $23,194,865,
         March 31, 2001 - $23,140,865)                  $ 239,605,999    $ 205,273,759
      Companies 5% to 25% owned
        (Cost: December 31, 2001 - $27,167,649,
        March 31, 2001 - $17,642,756)                      34,307,001       19,623,004
      Companies less than 5% owned
        (Cost: December 31, 2001 - $34,972,684,
        March 31, 2001 - $46,818,025)                      72,418,320       91,020,746
                                                        -------------    -------------
      Total investments
        (Cost: December 31, 2001 - $85,335,198,
        March 31, 2001 - $87,601,646)                     346,331,320      315,917,509
Cash and cash equivalents                                   3,147,843        1,137,767
Receivables                                                 1,438,116          264,377
Other assets                                                5,799,172        5,348,315
                                                        -------------    -------------
      Totals                                            $ 356,716,451    $ 322,667,968
                                                        =============    =============

Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity

Note payable to bank                                    $   6,500,000    $   5,000,000
Notes payable to portfolio companies                        5,000,000        6,000,000
Accrued interest and other liabilities                      1,924,797        2,135,052
Deferred income taxes                                      89,644,765       77,924,303
Subordinated debenture                                      5,000,000        5,000,000
                                                        -------------    -------------
      Total liabilities                                   108,069,562       96,059,355
                                                        -------------    -------------

Shareholders' equity
      Common stock, $1 par value: authorized,
        5,000,000 shares; issued, 4,266,416 shares
        at December 31, 2001 and 4,252,416 shares
        at March 31, 2001                                   4,266,416        4,252,416
      Additional capital                                    6,935,497        6,450,747
      Undistributed net investment income                   2,988,642        3,550,573
      Undistributed net realized gain on investments       71,016,512       70,382,314
      Unrealized appreciation of investments -
        net of deferred income taxes                      170,473,124      149,005,865
      Treasury stock - at cost (437,365 shares)            (7,033,302)      (7,033,302)
                                                        -------------    -------------
      Net assets at market or fair value, equivalent
        to $64.94 per share on the 3,829,051 shares
        outstanding at December 31, 2001, and $59.40
        per share on the 3,815,051 shares outstanding
        at March 31, 2001                                 248,646,889      226,608,613
                                                        -------------    -------------
      Totals                                            $ 356,716,451    $ 322,667,968
                                                        =============    =============



                (See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements)



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                          CAPITAL SOUTHWEST CORPORATION
                                 AND SUBSIDIARY
                      Consolidated Statements of Operations
                                   (Unaudited)


                                                       Three Months Ended             Nine Months Ended
                                                           December 31                    December 31
                                                    ------------------------       ------------------------
                                                       2001            2000           2001            2000
                                                       ----            ----           ----            ----
                                                                                          
Investment income:
     Interest                                    $     85,171    $    111,955    $    258,330    $    438,276
     Dividends                                      1,172,883         772,382       2,584,641       2,249,054
     Management and directors' fees                   138,072         121,108         398,320         388,808
                                                 ------------    ------------    ------------    ------------
                                                    1,396,126       1,005,445       3,241,291       3,076,138
                                                 ------------    ------------    ------------    ------------
Operating expenses
     Interest                                         218,303         313,701         752,522         848,721
     Salaries                                         236,119         220,209         635,612         582,209
     Net pension benefit                             (126,135)       (121,542)       (378,405)       (364,626)
     Other operating expenses                         128,587         116,707         391,293         436,298
                                                 ------------    ------------    ------------    ------------
                                                      456,874         529,075       1,401,022       1,502,602
                                                 ------------    ------------    ------------    ------------
Income before income taxes                            939,252         476,370       1,840,269       1,573,536
Income tax expense                                     19,249          42,601         107,569         127,800
                                                 ------------    ------------    ------------    ------------

Net investment income                            $    920,003    $    433,769    $  1,732,700    $  1,445,736
                                                 ============    ============    ============    ============
Proceeds from disposition of
  investments                                    $  3,612,518    $    160,669    $  4,396,496    $  7,207,377
Cost of investments sold                            1,821,102       1,455,730       3,387,336       6,282,775
                                                 ------------    ------------    ------------    ------------
Realized gain (loss) on investments
  before income taxes                               1,791,416      (1,295,061)      1,009,160         924,602
Income tax expense (benefit)                          706,840        (526,803)        374,962         250,640
                                                 ------------    ------------    ------------    ------------

Net realized gain (loss) on investments             1,084,576        (768,258)        634,198         673,962
                                                 ------------    ------------    ------------    ------------

Increase (decrease) in unrealized appreciation
  of investments before income taxes               11,222,404     (15,055,062)     32,680,259     (21,784,395)
Increase (decrease) in deferred income taxes
  on appreciation of investments                    3,926,000      (5,234,000)     11,213,000      (7,822,000)
                                                 ------------    ------------    ------------    ------------

Net increase (decrease) in unrealized
   appreciation of investments                      7,296,404      (9,821,062)     21,467,259     (13,962,395)
                                                 ------------    ------------    ------------    ------------

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
  on investments                                 $  8,380,980    $(10,589,320)   $ 22,101,457    $(13,288,433)
                                                 ============    ============    ============    ============

Increase (decrease) in net assets from
  operations                                     $  9,300,983    $(10,155,551)   $ 23,834,157    $(11,842,697)
                                                 ============    ============    ============    ============



                (See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements)


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                          CAPITAL SOUTHWEST CORPORATION
                                 AND SUBSIDIARY
                Consolidated Statements of Changes in Net Assets


                                                          Nine Months Ended         Year Ended
                                                          December 31, 2001       March 31, 2001
                                                          -----------------      -----------------
                                                             (Unaudited)
                                                                           
Operations
      Net investment income                               $       1,732,700      $       1,722,500
      Net realized gain (loss) on investments                       634,198             (3,230,987)
      Net increase (decrease) in unrealized
        appreciation of investments                              21,467,259             (6,469,835)
                                                          -----------------      -----------------
      Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations          23,834,157             (7,978,322)

Distributions from:
      Undistributed net investment income                        (2,294,631)            (2,289,031)

Capital share transactions
      Exercise of employee stock options                            498,750                   --
                                                          -----------------      -----------------

      Increase (decrease) in net assets                          22,038,276            (10,267,353)

Net assets, beginning of period                                 226,608,613            236,875,966
                                                          -----------------      -----------------

Net assets, end of period                                 $     248,646,889      $     226,608,613
                                                          =================      =================


                (See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements)


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                          CAPITAL SOUTHWEST CORPORATION
                                 AND SUBSIDIARY
                      Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
                      -------------------------------------
                                   (Unaudited)

                                                         Three Months Ended                Nine Months Ended
                                                             December 31                      December 31
                                                             -----------                      -----------
                                                        2001             2000            2001             2000
                                                        ----             ----            ----             ----
                                                                                              
Cash flows from operating activities
Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations   $  9,300,983    $(10,155,551)   $ 23,834,157    $(11,842,697)
Adjustments to reconcile increase (decrease) in
  net assets from operations to net cash provided
  by operating activities:
  Depreciation and amortization                            6,841           7,298          18,661          21,761
  Net pension benefit                                   (126,135)       (121,542)       (378,405)       (364,626)
  Net realized and unrealized (gain) loss on
     investments                                      (8,380,980)     10,589,320     (22,101,457)     13,288,433
  (Increase) decrease in receivables                    (628,743)         50,086      (1,173,739)        (42,116)
  Decrease in other assets                                 6,315          21,174           4,017           2,362
  Increase (decrease) in accrued interest
     and other liabilities                               (94,819)         12,973        (147,925)        (66,578)
  Decrease in accrued pension cost                       (52,487)        (52,488)       (157,460)       (157,462)
  Deferred income taxes                                   44,180          42,601         132,500         127,800
                                                    ------------    ------------    ------------    ------------
Net cash provided  by operating activities                75,155         393,871          30,349         966,877
                                                    ------------    ------------    ------------    ------------

Cash flows from investing activities
Proceeds from disposition of investments               3,612,518         160,669       4,396,496       7,207,377
Purchases of securities                               (1,608,000)     (4,854,456)     (3,388,858)    (15,226,007)
Maturities of securities                               2,117,970            --         2,267,970         240,000
Net cash provided by (used in) investing            ------------    ------------    ------------    ------------
  activities                                           4,122,488      (4,693,787)      3,275,608      (7,778,630)
                                                    ------------    ------------    ------------    ------------

Cash flows from financing activities
Increase (decrease) in note payable to bank                 --        35,000,000       1,500,000     (20,000,000)
Increase (decrease) in notes payable to
  portfolio companies                                 (1,500,000)      2,500,000      (1,000,000)      2,000,000
Distributions from undistributed net
  investment income                                   (1,531,621)     (1,526,021)     (2,294,631)     (2,289,031)
Proceeds from exercise of employee stock
  options                                                   --              --           498,750            --
                                                    ------------    ------------    ------------    ------------
Net cash provided by (used in) financing
  activities                                          (3,031,621)     35,973,979      (1,295,881)    (20,289,031)
                                                    ------------    ------------    ------------    ------------

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash
  equivalents                                          1,166,022      31,674,063       2,010,076     (27,100,784)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning
  of period                                            1,981,821       5,211,868       1,137,767      63,986,715
                                                    ------------    ------------    ------------    ------------
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period          $  3,147,843    $ 36,885,931    $  3,147,843    $ 36,885,931
                                                    ============    ============    ============    ============

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Cash paid during the period for:
  Interest                                          $    315,153    $    298,898    $    845,479    $    837,222
  Income taxes                                      $       --      $       --      $       --      $       --



                (See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements)


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                         CAPITAL SOUTHWEST CORPORATION
                                 AND SUBSIDIARY
                   Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
                   ------------------------------------------
                                  (Unaudited)

1.   Basis of Presentation

     The  accompanying  consolidated  financial  statements,  which  include the
accounts of Capital  Southwest  Corporation and its wholly-owned  small business
investment company  subsidiary (the "Company"),  have been prepared on the value
basis in accordance with accounting  principles generally accepted in the United
States  of  America  for  investment  companies.  All  significant  intercompany
accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

     The financial  statements  included herein have been prepared in accordance
with accounting  principles  generally  accepted in the United States of America
for interim financial  information and the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article
6 of Regulation S-X. The financial statements should be read in conjunction with
the  consolidated  financial  statements  and  notes  thereto  included  in  the
Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2001.  Certain
information and footnotes normally included in financial  statements prepared in
accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America have been condensed or omitted,  although the Company  believes that the
disclosures are adequate for a fair presentation.  The information  reflects all
adjustments  (consisting  of normal  recurring  adjustments)  which are,  in the
opinion of  management,  necessary  for a fair  presentation  of the  results of
operations for the interim periods.


2.   Summary of Per Share Information

                                                    Three Months Ended           Nine Months Ended
                                                        December 31                 December 31
                                                        -----------                 -----------
                                                     2001         2000           2001         2000
                                                     ----         ----           ----         ----
                                                                                  
     Investment income                            $     .37    $     .26       $     .85    $     .80
     Operating expenses                                (.06)        (.05)           (.17)        (.17)
     Interest expense                                  (.06)        (.08)           (.20)        (.22)
     Income taxes                                      (.01)        (.01)           (.03)        (.03)
                                                  ---------    ---------       ---------    ---------
     Net investment income                              .24          .12             .45          .38
     Net realized gain (loss) on investments            .28         (.20)            .16          .18
     Net increase (decrease) in unrealized
       appreciation of investments                     1.91        (2.58)           5.61        (3.66)
     Distributions from undistributed
       net investment income                           (.40)        (.40)           (.60)        (.60)
     Exercise of employee stock options (1)            --           --              (.08)        --
                                                  ---------    ---------       ---------    ---------
     Net increase (decrease) in net asset value        2.03        (3.06)           5.54        (3.70)
     Net asset value:
       Beginning of period                            62.91        61.45           59.40        62.09
                                                  ---------    ---------       ---------    ---------
       End of period                              $   64.94    $   58.39       $   64.94    $   58.39
                                                  =========    =========       =========    =========

     Shares outstanding at end of period
       (000s omitted)                                 3,829        3,815           3,829        3,815



     (1) Net decrease is due to the exercise of employee stock options at prices
     less than beginning of period net asset value.


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Item 2. Management's  Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations

     Net asset value at December 31, 2001 was $248,646,889, equivalent to $64.94
per share after deducting an allowance of $23.64 per share for deferred taxes on
net  unrealized  appreciation.  Assuming  reinvestment  of all  dividends,  this
represents an increase of 12.3% during the past twelve months.

                                        December 31         December 31
                                           2001                2000
                                           ----                ----
        Net assets                     $248,646,889        $222,744,238
        Shares outstanding                3,829,051           3,815,051
        Net assets per share                 $64.94              $58.39


     Interest  income in the nine months ended  December 31, 2001 decreased from
the  year-ago  period  primarily  because  of a decrease  in average  idle funds
invested.  During the nine months ended  December 31, 2001 and 2000, the Company
recorded dividend income from the following sources:

                                                Nine Months Ended
                                                   December 31
                                              2001         2000
                                              ----         ----
     AT&T Corp.                           $   14,990   $   63,624
     Alamo Group Inc.                        507,834      507,834
     Dennis Tool Company                      37,499       37,499
     Kimberly-Clark Corporation               64,831       62,516
     The RectorSeal Corporation              720,000      720,000
     Skylawn Corporation                     919,480      508,275
     TCI Holdings, Inc.                       60,953       60,953
     Texas Shredder, Inc.                     30,345       30,345
     The Whitmore Manufacturing Company      180,000      180,000
     Other                                    48,709       78,008
                                          ----------   ----------
                                          $2,584,641   $2,249,054
                                          ==========   ==========

     Interest expense related to the notes payable to portfolio companies during
the three  months  ended  December  31, 2001 and 2000 was  $45,469 and  $98,350,
respectively  and for the  nine  months  ended  December  31,  2001 and 2000 was
$190,938 and $339,662, respectively.

     During the nine months  ended  December 31,  2001,  the Company  reported a
realized  gain  before  income  taxes of  $1,009,160  which  included  a gain of
$2,152,594 on our investment in Mylan Laboratories,  Inc., a loss of $813,117 on
our  investment  in  CyberSource  Corporation  and a  loss  of  $396,589  on our
investment  in Photon  Dynamics,  Inc.  It should be noted that a realized  gain
before  income taxes occurs when an  appreciated  portfolio  security is sold to
realize a gain and a corresponding decrease in unrealized appreciation occurs by
transferring the gain associated with the transaction from being "unrealized" to
being "realized". Conversely, when a loss is realized on a depreciated portfolio
security, an increase in unrealized appreciation occurs.


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Item 2. Management's  Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations (Continued)

     Set  forth  in the  following  table  are  the  significant  increases  and
decreases  in  unrealized  appreciation  (before the related  change in deferred
taxes and excluding the effect of gains or losses  realized  during the periods)
by portfolio company:

                                               Three Months Ended            Nine Months Ended
                                                   December 31                  December 31
                                                   -----------                  -----------
                                             2001           2000            2001            2000
                                             ----           ----            ----            ----
                                                                                
AT&T Corp.                             $   (154,565)   $ (1,615,596)   $   (421,045)   $ (5,221,539)
All Components, Inc.                           --              --        (1,750,000)      3,450,000
Concert Industries Ltd.                  (2,259,000)        615,351          73,000         705,351
Encore Wire Corporation                        --        (1,363,000)      5,449,000      (1,363,000)
Liberty Media Corporation (formerly
  AT&T-Liberty Media Group)                 880,636      (3,175,369)           --       (10,902,100)
Mail-Well, Inc.                            (525,000)       (524,000)     (2,097,000)     (6,290,000)
Media Recovery, Inc.                     (3,000,000)      5,000,000      (3,000,000)     10,000,000
Organized Living, Inc.                         --              --        (2,500,000)           --
Palm Harbor Homes, Inc.                  15,710,000      (7,855,000)     31,420,000      (7,855,000)
PETsMART, Inc.                            1,910,322      (1,185,773)      3,886,066         (81,777)
The RectorSeal Corporation                     --              --         2,500,000       3,500,000
Skylawn Corporation                            --              --              --         3,000,000
Sprint Corporation-FON Group               (282,960)       (648,000)       (137,520)     (3,073,500)
Sprint Corporation-PCS Group                (67,680)       (528,750)        194,760      (1,622,250)



     During  the  quarter  ended  December  31,  2001,  the  Company  made a new
investment of $1,500,000 and an additional investment of $108,000 in an existing
portfolio company.

     The  Company  has agreed,  subject to certain  conditions,  to invest up to
$3,395,946 in six portfolio companies.


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Item 3.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk

     The Company is subject to  financial  market  risks,  including  changes in
marketable equity security prices. The Company does not use derivative financial
instruments  to  mitigate  any of  these  risks.  The  return  on the  Company's
investments is not affected by foreign currency fluctuations.

     The  Company's  investment in portfolio  securities  consists of fixed rate
debt  securities  which totaled  $2,880,000 at December 31, 2001,  equivalent to
0.8%  of  the  value  of the  Company's  total  investments.  Since  these  debt
securities  usually have relatively high fixed rates of interest,  minor changes
in market yields of publicly-traded  debt securities have little or no effect on
the  values  of debt  securities  in the  Company's  portfolio  and no effect on
interest income. On the other hand,  significant changes in the market yields of
publicly-traded debt securities may have a material effect on the values of debt
securities in our portfolio.  The Company's  investments in debt  securities are
generally  held to maturity and their fair values are determined on the basis of
the terms of the debt security and the financial condition of the issuer.

     A portion of the Company's investment portfolio consists of debt and equity
securities of private companies.  The Company anticipates little or no effect on
the values of these  investments  from modest  changes in public  market  equity
valuations.  Should  significant  changes  in market  valuations  of  comparable
publicly-owned   companies  occur,  there  may  be  a  corresponding  effect  on
valuations of private companies, which would affect the value and the amount and
timing of proceeds eventually realized from these investments.  A portion of the
Company's  investment  portfolio  also consists of restricted  common stocks and
warrants to purchase common stocks of publicly-owned  companies. The fair values
of these restricted securities are influenced by the nature of applicable resale
restrictions, the underlying earnings and financial condition of the issuer, and
the market valuations of comparable  publicly-owned  companies. A portion of the
Company's investment portfolio also consists of unrestricted,  freely marketable
common stocks of publicly-owned  companies.  These freely marketable investments
are  directly  exposed to equity  price  risks,  in that a change in an issuer's
public market equity price would result in an identical change in the fair value
of the Company's investment in such security.


                           PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
                           --------------------------

Item 6.   Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

          (a)  Reports on Form 8-K
               No  reports on Form 8-K have been filed  during the  quarter  for
               which this report is filed.


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                                   SIGNATURES


Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

                                                   CAPITAL SOUTHWEST CORPORATION



Date:       February 8, 2002            By:  /s/ William R. Thomas
       ------------------------------      -------------------------------------
                                            William R. Thomas
                                            President


Date:       February 8, 2002            By:  /s/ Susan K. Hodgson
       ------------------------------      -------------------------------------
                                           Susan K. Hodgson, Secretary-Treasurer


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