1979 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1979 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from February 24–March 4, 1979. The quarterfinal round was hosted at campus sites, while the semifinals and finals were hosted at the Roanoke Civic Center in Roanoke, Virginia. The Appalachian State Mountaineers, led by head coach Bobby Cremins, won their first Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1979 NCAA Tournament.[1]
1979 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 1978–79 |
Teams | 8 |
Site | Roanoke Civic Center Roanoke, VA |
Champions | Appalachian State (1st title) |
Winning coach | Bobby Cremins (1st title) |
Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments |
1978–79 Southern Conference men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Appalachian State† | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 24 | – | 6 | .800 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Furman | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | 20 | – | 9 | .690 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Citadel | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 20 | – | 7 | .741 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Carolina | 5 | – | 7 | .417 | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marshall | 5 | – | 8 | .385 | 11 | – | 16 | .407 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Davidson | 3 | – | 7 | .300 | 8 | – | 19 | .296 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chattanooga | 3 | – | 8 | .273 | 14 | – | 13 | .519 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VMI | 2 | – | 8 | .200 | 12 | – | 15 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Tennessee State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 16 | – | 11 | .593 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1979; Rankings from AP Poll |
Format
All of the conference's eight members were eligible for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The tournament used a preset bracket consisting of three rounds.
Bracket
Quarterfinals February 24 | Semifinals March 3 | Finals March 4 | ||||||||||||
1 | Appalachian State | 73 | ||||||||||||
8 | VMI | 63 | ||||||||||||
1 | Appalachian State | 65 | ||||||||||||
4 | Western Carolina | 43 | ||||||||||||
4 | Western Carolina | 67 | ||||||||||||
5 | Marshall | 50 | ||||||||||||
1 | Appalachian State | 86 | ||||||||||||
2 | Furman | 83 | ||||||||||||
2 | Furman | 86 | ||||||||||||
7 | Chattanooga | 68 | ||||||||||||
2 | Furman | 105 | ||||||||||||
3 | The Citadel | 94 | ||||||||||||
3 | The Citadel | 86 | ||||||||||||
6 | Davidson | 79 | ||||||||||||
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