1978–79 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team
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SEC tournament champions | |
NCAA tournament, Second round | |
Conference | Southeastern Conference |
Division | East |
Record | 21–12 (12–6 SEC) |
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Home arena | Stokely Athletic Center |
Seasons ← 1977–78 1979–80 → |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 7 LSU | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 23 | – | 6 | .793 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee † | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 21 | – | 12 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vanderbilt | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 18 | – | 9 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alabama | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 22 | – | 11 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mississippi State | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 19 | – | 9 | .679 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kentucky | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 19 | – | 12 | .613 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ole Miss | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 11 | – | 16 | .407 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Auburn | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 13 | – | 16 | .448 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 8 | – | 19 | .296 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1979 SEC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll[1] |
The 1978–79 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team represented the University of Tennessee as a member of the Southeastern Conference during the 1978–79 college basketball season. Led by first-year head coach Don DeVoe, the team played their home games at the Stokely Athletic Center in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Volunteers finished with a record of 21–12 (12–6 SEC, 2nd) and, after winning the SEC tournament, received an automatic bid to the 1979 NCAA tournament as the 8 seed in the Mideast region. After an opening round win over Eastern Kentucky, Tennessee was defeated by No. 1 seed Notre Dame.
This was the first of five straight seasons of NCAA Tournament basketball for the Tennessee men's program.
Roster
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Schedule and results
Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Regular season | |||||||||||
Dec 2, 1978* | at No. 5 Louisville | L 61–82 | 0–1 | Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky | |||||||
Dec 5, 1978* | East Carolina | W 89–71 | 1–1 | Stokely Center Knoxville, Tennessee | |||||||
Dec 9, 1978* | Ohio State | L 78–86 | 1–2 | Stokely Center Knoxville, Tennessee | |||||||
Dec 15, 1978* | Niagara | W 100–80 | 2–2 | Stokely Center | |||||||
Dec 16, 1978* | Xavier | L 50–51 | 2–3 | Stokely Center | |||||||
Dec 22, 1978* | vs. San Jose State | W 73–68 | 3–3 | Toso Pavilion | |||||||
Dec 23, 1978* | vs. Seton Hall | W 94–80 | 4–3 | Toso Pavilion | |||||||
Dec 27, 1978* | vs. Utah Rainbow Classic | L 71–80 | 4–4 | Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, Hawaii | |||||||
Dec 28, 1978* | vs. Fordham Rainbow Classic | W 83–58 | 5–4 | Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, Hawaii | |||||||
Dec 30, 1978* | vs. Boston College Rainbow Classic | L 72–74 | 5–5 | Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, Hawaii | |||||||
Jan 3, 1979 | at Ole Miss | W 72–67 | 6–5 (1–0) | Tad Smith Coliseum Oxford, Mississippi | |||||||
Feb 24, 1979 | at Auburn | W 60–55 | 18–11 (12–6) | Memorial Coliseum Auburn, Alabama | |||||||
SEC tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 2, 1979* Chesley-TPC | vs. Auburn Semifinals | W 75–64 | 19–11 | BJCC Coliseum Birmingham, Alabama | |||||||
Mar 3, 1979* Chesley-TPC | vs. Kentucky Championship game | W 75–69 OT | 20–11 | BJCC Coliseum Birmingham, Alabama | |||||||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 9, 1979* | (8 ME) No. 20 | vs. (9 ME) Eastern Kentucky First round | W 97–81 | 20–11 | Murphy Center Murfreesboro, Tennessee | ||||||
Mar 11, 1979* | (8 ME) No. 20 | vs. (1 ME) No. 5 Notre Dame Second round | L 67–73 | 20–12 | Murphy Center (10,982) Murfreesboro, Tennessee | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ME=Mideast. All times are in Eastern Time. |
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Rankings
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NBA draft
Round | Pick | Player | NBA Club |
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3 | 62 | Terry Crosby | Kansas City Kings |
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References
- ^ sports-reference.com 1978-79 Southeastern Conference Season Summary
- ^ "1978-79 Men's Basketball Roster". University of Tennessee Athletics. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
- ^ "1978-79 Men's Basketball Schedule". University of Tennessee Athletics. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
- ^ "2019-20 Tennessee Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). University of Tennessee Athletics. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
- ^ *ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 899–900. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
- ^ "1979 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved February 12, 2023.