1977 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
1977 Sun Belt Men's Basketball Tournament | |||||
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Classification | Division I | ||||
Teams | 6 | ||||
Site |
Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC | ||||
Champions | UNC Charlotte (1st title) | ||||
Winning coach | Lee Rose (1st title) | ||||
MVP | Cedric Maxwell (UNC Charlotte) | ||||
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The 1977 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held February 27–March 11 at a combination of on-campus gymnasiums and the Charlotte Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina.[1] This was the first edition of the tournament.
UNC Charlotte defeated New Orleans in the championship game, 71–70, to win their first Sun Belt men's basketball tournament.
The 49ers, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1977 NCAA Tournament, where they defeated Central Michigan, Syracuse, and Michigan on their way to the Final Four before falling to eventual-champions Marquette.
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 Sunday, February 27 |
Semifinals Tuesday, March 8 |
Championship Wednesday, March 9 | |||||||||||
1 | UNC Charlotte | 74 | |||||||||||
4 | Jacksonville | 69 | |||||||||||
5 | South Florida | 49 | |||||||||||
4 | Jacksonville | 64 | |||||||||||
1 | UNC Charlotte | 71 | |||||||||||
2 | New Orleans | 70 | |||||||||||
3 | South Alabama | 81 | |||||||||||
6 | Georgia State | 82* | |||||||||||
6 | Georgia State | 66 | Third place Friday, March 11 | ||||||||||
2 | New Orleans | 86 | |||||||||||
4 | Jacksonville | 102 | |||||||||||
6 | Georgia State | 72 |
References
- ↑ "1976-77 Sun Belt Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved March 9, 2016.