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<DESCRIPTION>CONSENT OF KPMG LLP
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EXHIBIT 23
                          Independent Auditors' Consent



The Board of Directors
Capital Southwest Corporation:


We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration  statement (No.
33-43881) on Form S-8 of Capital Southwest Corporation of our report dated April
19, 2002, with respect to the consolidated  statements of financial condition of
Capital Southwest  Corporation and subsidiary as of March 31, 2002 and 2001, the
portfolio  of  investments  as of March 31, 2002,  and the related  consolidated
statements of operations,  changes in net assets, and cash flows for each of the
years in the three-year  period ended March 31, 2002, and the selected per share
data and ratios for each of the years in the  five-year  period  ended March 31,
2002,  which report  appears in the annual report to  shareholders  for the year
ended March 31,  2002,  and is  incorporated  by reference in the March 31, 2002
annual report on Form 10-K of Capital Southwest Corporation.

                                    KPMG LLP


Dallas, Texas
June 5, 2002



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