1979 ACC men's basketball tournament
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1979 ACC men's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 1978–79 |
Teams | 7 |
Site | Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina |
Champions | North Carolina (8th title) |
Winning coach | Dean Smith (7th title) |
MVP | Dudley Bradley (North Carolina) |
Television | The C.D. Chesley Company |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 9 North Carolina † | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | 23 | – | 6 | .793 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 11 Duke | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | 22 | – | 8 | .733 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 19 | – | 10 | .655 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maryland | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 19 | – | 11 | .633 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clemson | 5 | – | 7 | .417 | 19 | – | 10 | .655 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NC State | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 18 | – | 12 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 12 | – | 15 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1979 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1979 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball tournament was held in Greensboro, North Carolina, at the Greensboro Coliseum from March 1–3. North Carolina defeated Duke, 71–63, to win the championship.[1] Dudley Bradley of North Carolina was named the tournament MVP.[1]
With the exception of the 1991 tournament, when Maryland was ineligible to participate due to NCAA sanctions, the 1979 event was the final ACC Tournament scheduled as a seven-team event and the final time the top seed received an automatic bye into the semifinals.
Bracket
[edit]Quarterfinals March 1 | Semifinals March 2 | Championship Game March 3 | ||||||||||||
1 | #7 North Carolina | 102 | ||||||||||||
4 | Maryland | 79 | ||||||||||||
4 | Maryland | 75 | ||||||||||||
5 | Clemson | 67 | ||||||||||||
1 | #7 North Carolina | 71 | ||||||||||||
2 | #5 Duke | 63 | ||||||||||||
2 | #5 Duke | 58 | ||||||||||||
7 | Wake Forest | 56 | ||||||||||||
2 | #5 Duke | 62 | ||||||||||||
6 | NC State | 59 | ||||||||||||
3 | Virginia | 78 | ||||||||||||
6 | NC State | 82 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Rawlings, Lenox (March 4, 1979). "Carolina Tops Duke 71-63 To Win ACC Tournament". Winston-Salem Journal. p. 45. Retrieved November 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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