1979 TAAC Men's Basketball Tournament

1979 TAAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1978–79
Teams 6
Site Fant–Ewing Coliseum
Monroe, LA
Champions Northeast Louisiana (1st title)
Winning coach Lenny Fant (1st title)
MVP Calvin Natt (Northeast Louisiana)
TAAC Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1978  1980»

Template:1978–79 TAAC men's basketball standings

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.

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

References

  1. ↑ "1978-79 Atlantic Sun Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
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