1979 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament

August 2023 1979 Sun Belt Conference I Men's 200px 6 Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC Jacksonville 1st Tates Locke 1st James Ray Jacksonville The 1979 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament was held February 23–25 at the Charlotte Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina.1978-79 Sun Belt Conference Season Summary sports-reference.com Sports Reference LLC 2016 https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/jacksonville/1979-schedule.html March 20, 2016 Jacksonville defeated 1978 men South Florida Bulls 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. ESPN televised every game of the tournament. It was the first time that all the games of a college basketball conference championship tournament were televised.http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/Rules.pdf Playing Rules History ncaa.org NCAA June 25, 2024 11 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 QuarterfinalsFriday, February 23 SemifinalsSaturday, February 24 ChampionshipSunday, February 25 5 1978 men New Orleans Privateers New Orleans 47 4 Jacksonville 56 3 1978 men Charlotte 49ers UNC Charlotte 51 6 1978 men Georgia State Panthers Georgia State 47 1 1978 men South Alabama Jaguars South Alabama 77 4 Jacksonville 85 2 1978 men South Florida Bulls South Florida 50 3 UNC Charlotte 47 4 Jacksonville 68 2 South Florida 54 References Category:Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament Tournament Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament