1979 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1979 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
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  1980»
1978–79 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
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

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]

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

* Overtime game

See also

References

  1. ↑ Southern Conference Tournament Results. p. 25-26. Retrieved August 13, 2014.