1979 TAAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1979 Trans America Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament (now known as the Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament) was held March 1–3 at the Fant–Ewing Coliseum in Monroe, Louisiana.[1] This was the first edition of the tournament.
| 1979 TAAC Men's Basketball Tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 1978–79 |
| Teams | 6 |
| Site | Fant–Ewing Coliseum Monroe, Louisiana |
| Champions | Northeast Louisiana (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Lenny Fant (1st title) |
| MVP | Calvin Natt (Northeast Louisiana) |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northeast Louisiana† | 2 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 30 | – | 4 | .882 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mercer | 2 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 21 | – | 6 | .778 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma City | 5 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 18 | – | 11 | .621 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pan American | 2 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 13 | – | 13 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hardin–Simmons | 2 | – | 5 | .286 | 7 | – | 20 | .259 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston Baptist | 1 | – | 4 | .200 | 11 | – | 16 | .407 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Samford | 0 | – | 2 | .000 | 10 | – | 15 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Centenary | 0 | – | 3 | .000 | 9 | – | 20 | .310 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 1979 TAAC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northeast Louisiana defeated Mercer in the championship game, 90–69, to win their first TAAC/Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament. The Indians, in turn, received a bid to the 1979 NIT.
Only six of the eight TAAC members participated in the inaugural tournament. However, this would be the only TAAC tournament for Oklahoma City, who subsequently joined the Midwestern City Conference for the 1979–80 season.
Bracket
| Quarterfinals Thursday, March 1 |
Semifinals Friday, March 2 |
Championship Saturday, March 3 | |||||||||||
| Northeast Louisiana | 89 | ||||||||||||
| Houston Baptist | 62 | ||||||||||||
| Houston Baptist | 68 | ||||||||||||
| Samford | 66 | ||||||||||||
| Northeast Louisiana | 90 | ||||||||||||
| Mercer | 69 | ||||||||||||
| Mercer | 90 | Third place Saturday, March 3 | |||||||||||
| Oklahoma City | 70 | ||||||||||||
| Oklahoma City | 90 | Houston Baptist | 77 | ||||||||||
| Hardin–Simmons | 86 | Oklahoma City | 83 | ||||||||||
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References
- "1978-79 Atlantic Sun Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
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