1979 ACC men's basketball tournament
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 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.[2]
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 | ||||||||||||
Source:[3]
Awards and honors
| 1979 ACC Men's Basketball All-Tournament Teams[4] | |
| First Team | Second Team |
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MVP in bold
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "ACC Tournament - History indicates team with bye has advantage". The Sanford Herald. Associated Press. March 7, 1991. p. 7A. Retrieved June 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1978-79 Men's Atlantic Coast Conference Season Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved June 25, 2025.
- ^ "Spanarkel Leads All-Tourney Team". Rocky Mount Telegram. Associated Press. March 5, 1979. p. 11. Retrieved June 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.