1979 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
| 1979 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Season | 1978–79 | ||||
| Teams | 6 | ||||
| Site |
Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC | ||||
| Champions | Jacksonville (1st title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Tates Locke (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | James Ray (Jacksonville) | ||||
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The 1979 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held February 23–25 at a combination of on-campus gymnasiums and the Charlotte Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina.[1]
Jacksonville defeated South Florida in the championship game, 68–54, to win their first Sun Belt men's basketball tournament.
The Dolphins, in turn, received a bid for the 1979 NCAA Tournament, where they lost to Virginia Tech in the first round. Top-seeded South Alabama, who lost to Jacksonville in the semifinal round, still received an at-large bid, falling to Louisville in the second round.
Format
All six of the conference's members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based on regular season conference records with the top two teams earning byes to the semifinal round.
All of the games before the championship were played at the campus gym of the higher-seeded team. The championship game, meanwhile, was played at the Charlotte Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Bracket
| Quarterfinals Friday, February 23 |
Semifinals Saturday, February 24 |
Championship Sunday, February 25 | |||||||||||
| 1 | South Alabama | 77 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Jacksonville | 85 | |||||||||||
| 5 | New Orleans | 47 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Jacksonville | 56 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Jacksonville | 68 | |||||||||||
| 2 | South Florida | 54 | |||||||||||
| 3 | UNC Charlotte | 51 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Georgia State | 47 | |||||||||||
| 2 | South Florida | 50 | |||||||||||
| 3 | UNC Charlotte | 47 | |||||||||||
References
- ↑ "1978-79 Sun Belt Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved March 20, 2016.