1978 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
| 1978 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 6 | ||||
| Site |
Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC | ||||
| Champions | New Orleans (1st title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Butch van Breda Kolff (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Nate Mills (New Orleans) | ||||
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The 1978 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held February 24–26 at a combination of on-campus gymnasiums and the Charlotte Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina.[1]
New Orleans defeated South Alabama in the championship game, 22–20, to win their first Sun Belt men's basketball tournament.
However, no Sun Belt teams were invited to the 1978 NCAA Tournament.
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 before the championship were played at the campus gym of the higher-seeded team. The championship game, meanwhile, was played at the Charlotte Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Bracket
| Quarterfinals Friday, February 24 |
Semifinals Saturday, February 25 |
Championship Sunday, February 26 | |||||||||||
| 1 | UNC Charlotte | 56 | |||||||||||
| 4 | South Alabama | 66 | |||||||||||
| 5 | South Florida | 75 | |||||||||||
| 4 | South Alabama | 80 | |||||||||||
| 4 | South Alabama | 20 | |||||||||||
| 2 | New Orleans | 22 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Jacksonville | 82 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Georgia State | 77 | |||||||||||
| 2 | New Orleans | 79 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Jacksonville | 64 | |||||||||||
References
- ↑ "1977-78 Sun Belt Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved March 19, 2016.