1979 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1979 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held February 23–25 at the Charlotte Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina.[1]

1979 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season197879
Teams6
SiteCharlotte Coliseum
Charlotte, NC
ChampionsJacksonville (1st title)
Winning coachTates Locke (1st title)
MVPJames Ray (Jacksonville)
1978–79 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
South Alabama100 1.000  207  .741
South Florida64 .600  1414  .500
UNC Charlotte64 .600  1611  .593
Jacksonville55 .500  1911  .633
New Orleans37 .300  1116  .407
Georgia State010 .000  720  .259
1979 Sun Belt Conference Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

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 were 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

  1. "1978-79 Sun Belt Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
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