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1979 SEC men's basketball tournament

1979 SEC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1978–79
Teams10
SiteBirmingham-Jefferson Civic Center
Birmingham, Alabama
ChampionsTennessee Volunteers[1] (4th title)
Winning coachDon DeVoe (1st title)
MVPKyle Macy (Kentucky)
TelevisionThe C.D. Chesley Company [2]
← 1952
1980 →
1978–79 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 7 LSU 14 – 4   .778 23 – 6   .793
Tennessee † 12 – 6   .667 21 – 12   .636
Vanderbilt 11 – 7   .611 18 – 9   .667
Alabama 11 – 7   .611 22 – 11   .667
Mississippi State 11 – 7   .611 19 – 9   .679
Kentucky 10 – 8   .556 19 – 12   .613
Georgia 7 – 11   .389 14 – 14   .500
Ole Miss 6 – 12   .333 11 – 16   .407
Auburn 5 – 13   .278 13 – 16   .448
Florida 3 – 15   .167 8 – 19   .296
† 1979 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll[3]

The 1979 SEC men's basketball tournament took place in Birmingham, Alabama, at the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex. This tournament marks the first SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament held since the event’s hiatus that started after the 1952 tournament.

The Tennessee Volunteers won the tournament championship game, and received the SEC's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament by beating the Kentucky Wildcats in a 75–69 overtime win on March 3, 1979. The tournament took place from February 28 to March 3, 1979.[4][5] After the SEC tournament ended, Tennessee was ranked number 20 in the Associated Press polls.[6]

With the return of the SEC tournament, the SEC awarded the winner of the tournament the SEC Tournament Championship and the conference's NCAA tournament bid. The conference continued to award the SEC Championship to the team with the best conference record during the regular season.

Television coverage

The 1979 tournament marks the first time that the SEC tournament was covered through television. Television coverage of the tournament was produced by The C.D. Chesley Company, who syndicated the coverage of the games regionally over 30 television stations.[7] C.D. Chesley was known as the pioneer in syndicated college basketball broadcasts as he started production of the first package of Atlantic Coast Conference basketball telecasts in the late 1950s.

Bracket

[8][5][9][10]

First Round
Wednesday, February 28		Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 1		Semifinals
Friday, March 2		Final
Saturday, March 3
4Alabama81
1#8 LSU67
10Florida64
4Alabama1006Kentucky80
6Kentucky101
6Kentucky82
6Kentucky69
8Ole Miss77
2Tennessee OT75
5Mississippi State72
2Tennessee75
7Georgia75
7Georgia919Auburn64
9Auburn 4OT95
3Vanderbilt53
9Auburn59

All-tournament team

References

  1. ^ "Tennessee Volunteers Index | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com"
  2. ^ 1979 Tennessee vs. Kentucky on YouTube. (1979 SEC Tournament Championship Game)
  3. ^ sports-reference.com 1978-79 Southeastern Conference Season Summary
  4. ^ 2014-2015 Southeaastern Conference Men's Basketball Media Guide, page 134
  5. ^ a b "1978-79 Tennessee Volunteers Roster and Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com"
  6. ^ 2014-15 Tennessee Basketball Record Book, page 111.
  7. ^ "SEC tournament Starts Wednesday". The Harlan Daily Enterprise. February 27, 1979. p. 2 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ “1978-79 Southeastern Conference Schedule and Results”. Sports-reference.com. Retrieved August 23, 2015.
  9. ^ 2014-15 Tennessee Basketball Record Book, page 103.
  10. ^ 2014-15 Tennessee Basketball Record Book, pages 103 and 109.
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