1979 ACC men's basketball tournament

1979 ACC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1978–79
Teams7
SiteGreensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, North Carolina
ChampionsNorth Carolina (8th title)
Winning coachDean Smith (7th title)
MVPDudley Bradley (North Carolina)
TelevisionThe C.D. Chesley Company
← 1978
1980 →
1978–79 ACC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
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.[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.

  1. ^ 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.