The 1979 Metro Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 1–3 at the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, Tennessee.[2]
| 1979 Metro Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 1978–79 |
| Teams | 7 |
| Site | Mid-South Coliseum Memphis, TN |
| Champions | Virginia Tech (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Charles Moir (1st title) |
| MVP | Dale Solomon (Virginia Tech) |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13 Louisville | 9 | – | 1 | .900 | 24 | – | 8 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida State | 7 | – | 3 | .700 | 19 | – | 10 | .655 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memphis State | 5 | – | 5 | .500 | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia Tech † | 4 | – | 6 | .400 | 22 | – | 9 | .710 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 4 | – | 6 | .400 | 13 | – | 14 | .481 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | 3 | – | 7 | .300 | 10 | – | 17 | .370 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulane | 2 | – | 8 | .200 | 8 | – | 19 | .296 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 1979 Metro Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Conference newcomers Virginia Tech defeated Florida State in the championship game, 68–60, to win their first Metro men's basketball tournament.
The Hokies, in turn, received a bid to the 1979 NCAA Tournament. They would be joined in the NCAA field by regular season champions Louisville, who lost to Virginia Tech in the tournament's semifinal round.
Format edit
All seven of the conference's members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based on regular season conference records, with the top team earning a bye into the semifinal round. The other six teams entered into the preliminary first round.
This was the first tournament for Virginia Tech, who joined the Metro Conference after playing as an Independent. They replaced Georgia Tech, who departed for the Atlantic Coast Conference prior to the season.
Bracket edit
| First round Thursday, March 1 | Semifinals Friday, March 2 | Championship Saturday, March 3 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Louisville | 68 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Virginia Tech | 72 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Cincinnati | 74 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Virginia Tech | 80 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Virginia Tech | 68 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Florida State | 60 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Memphis State | 62 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Saint Louis | 58 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Memphis State | 34 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Florida State | 35 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Tulane | 92 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Florida State | 101 | ||||||||||||
References edit
- ^ sports-reference.com 1978-79 Metropolitan Collegiate Athletic Conference Season Summary
- ^ "1978-79 Metro Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2018. Retrieved January 21, 2018.