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 |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. Dudley Bradley of North Carolina was named the tournament MVP.
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
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 |
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