1978_Metro_Conference_men's_basketball_tournament

1978 Metro Conference men's basketball tournament

1978 Metro Conference men's basketball tournament

College basketball tournament

The 1978 Metro Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 2–4 at the Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati, Ohio.[2]

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Louisville defeated top-seeded Florida State in the championship game, 94–93, to win their first Metro men's basketball tournament.

The Cardinals, in turn, received a bid to the 1978 NCAA Tournament. They were joined by fellow Metro member, and tournament runner-up, Florida State, who earned an at-large bid.

Format

All seven of the conference's members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based on regular season conference records, with the top team earning a bye into the semifinal round. The other six teams entered into the preliminary first round.

Bracket

First round
Thursday, March 2 		Semifinals
Friday, March 3 		Championship
Saturday, March 4
         
1 Florida State 71
4 Georgia Tech 69
5 Cincinnati 38
4 Georgia Tech 39
1 Florida State 93
2 Louisville 94
3 Memphis State 79
6 Saint Louis 57
3 Memphis State 62
2 Louisville 67
7 Tulane 64
2 Louisville 93

References

  1. [1]
    sports-reference.com 1977-78 Metropolitan Collegiate Athletic Conference Season Summary
  2. [2]
    "1976-77 Metro Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
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