1979 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament

none August 2023 1979 Southern Conference Men's 8 Roanoke Civic Center Roanoke, VA Appalachian State 1st Bobby Cremins 1st 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.Southern Conference tournament Results. p. 25-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20181003093117/http://www.soconsports.com/fls/4000/socon/files/bktny/all_time_mbk_tny_results.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=4000 October 3, 2018 Retrieved August 13, 2014. 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 QuarterfinalsFebruary 24 SemifinalsMarch 3 FinalsMarch 4 1 Appalachian State 73 8 VMI 63 4 Western Carolina 67 5 Marshall 50 2 Furman 86 7 Chattanooga 68 3 The Citadel 86 6 Davidson 79 1 Appalachian State 65 4 Western Carolina 43 2 Furman 105 3 The Citadel 94 1 Appalachian State 86 2 Furman 83 * Overtime game See also List of Southern Conference men's basketball champions References Tournament Southern Conference men's basketball tournament Southern Conference men's basketball tournament Southern Conference men's basketball tournament Category:Southern Conference men's basketball tournament Category:Sports competitions in Roanoke, Virginia Category:College basketball tournaments in Virginia