1979 SEC men's basketball tournament

The 1979 SEC men's basketball tournament took place in Birmingham, Alabama, at the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex. This tournament marks the first SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament held since the event’s hiatus that started after the 1952 tournament.

1979 SEC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season197879
Teams10
SiteBirmingham-Jefferson Civic Center
Birmingham, Alabama
ChampionsTennessee Volunteers (4th title)
Winning coachDon DeVoe (1st title)
MVPKyle Macy (Kentucky)
TelevisionThe C.D. Chesley Company
SEC men's basketball tournaments
1978–79 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 7 LSU144 .778236  .793
Tennessee126 .6672112  .636
Vanderbilt117 .611189  .667
Alabama117 .6112211  .667
Mississippi State117 .611199  .679
Kentucky108 .5561912  .613
Georgia711 .3891414  .500
Ole Miss612 .3331116  .407
Auburn513 .2781316  .448
Florida315 .167819  .296
1979 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The Tennessee Volunteers won the tournament championship game, and received the SEC's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament by beating the Kentucky Wildcats in a 75–69 overtime win on March 3, 1979. The tournament took place from February 28 to March 3, 1979. After the SEC tournament ended, Tennessee was ranked number 20 in the Associated Press polls.

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