1978 Metro Conference men's basketball tournament
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The 1978 Metro Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 2–4 at the Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati, Ohio.[2]
| 1978 Metro Conference men's basketball tournament | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 1977–78 |
| Teams | 7 |
| Site | Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, OH |
| Champions | Louisville (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Denny Crum (1st title) |
| MVP | Rick Wilson (Louisville) |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 Florida State | 12 | – | 1 | .923 | 23 | – | 6 | .793 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Louisville † | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | 23 | – | 7 | .767 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memphis State | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 19 | – | 9 | .679 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 17 | – | 10 | .630 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Tech | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 15 | – | 12 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | 2 | – | 10 | .167 | 7 | – | 20 | .259 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulane | 1 | – | 12 | .077 | 5 | – | 22 | .185 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 1978 Metro Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
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.
| 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 | ||||||||||||
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