1979 NCAA Division I basketball tournament

The following are the sites that were selected to host each round of the 1979 tournament: First and Second Rounds • March 9 and 11 • East Region • Reynolds Coliseum, Raleigh, North Carolina (Host: North Carolina State University) • Mideast Region • Murphy Center, Murfreesboro, Tennessee (Host: Middle Tennessee State University) • Midwest Region • Allen Fieldhouse, Lawrence, Kansas (Host: University of Kansas) • West Region • Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles, California (Host: UCLA) • March 10 (second round only) • East Region • Providence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island (Host: Providence College) • Mideast Region • Assembly Hall, Bloomington, Indiana (Host: Indiana University Bloomington) • Midwest Region • Moody Coliseum, Dallas, Texas (Host: Southern Methodist University) • West Region • McKale Center, Tucson, Arizona (Host: University of Arizona) Regional semifinals and finals (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight) • March 15 and 17 • Midwest Regional, Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, Ohio (Hosts: University of Cincinnati, Xavier University) • West Regional, Marriott Center, Provo, Utah (Host: Brigham Young University) • March 16 and 18 • East Regional, Greensboro Memorial Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina (Host: Atlantic Coast Conference) • Mideast Regional, Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, Indiana (Host: Butler University) National semifinals, 3rd-place game, and championship (Final Four and championship) • March 24 and 26 • Special Events Center, Salt Lake City, Utah (Host: University of Utah) ==Tournament notes==

In the East, the Round of 32 was called Black Sunday because of Penn's upset of number 1 North Carolina and St. John's upset of number 2-seeded Duke, both in Raleigh, NC. Both victors, the lowest two seeds, achieved upsets again in the next round with #9 Penn defeating #4 Syracuse and #10 St. John's winning over #6 Rutgers, to make the regional final. Penn won 64–62 to reach the Final Four before losing to eventual champion Michigan State. Both teams had to defeat higher-seeded opponents in the Round of 40 to have the chance to beat UNC and Duke. Penn beat three higher-seeded opponents to reach the Final Four, a feat which was later bettered in 1986 by LSU, 2006 by George Mason, and 2011 by Virginia Commonwealth, who each beat four higher-seeded opponents on the way to the Final Four. ==Teams==

• – Denotes overtime period East region Mideast region Midwest region West region Final Four ==Announcers==

• Dick Enberg, Billy Packer, and Al McGuire – Final Four at Salt Lake City, Utah • Dick Enberg and Al McGuire – Second Round at Providence, Rhode Island (Georgetown–Rutgers, Syracuse–Connecticut); Second Round at Murfreesboro, Tennessee (Michigan State–Lamar, Notre Dame–Tennessee); Mideast Regional Final at Indianapolis, Indiana; West Regional Final at Provo, Utah • Jim Simpson and Billy Packer – Second Round at Tucson, Arizona (San Francisco–Brigham Young, Marquette–Pacific); Second Round at Lawrence, Kansas (Indiana State–Virginia Tech, Arkansas–Weber State); East Regional Final at Greensboro, North Carolina; Midwest Regional Final at Cincinnati, Ohio • Jay Randolph and Gary Thompson – Midwest Regional semifinals at Cincinnati, Ohio • Connie Alexander and Bill Strannigan – West Regional semifinals at Provo, Utah • Marv Albert and Bucky Waters – Second Round at Raleigh, North Carolina (North Carolina–Pennsylvania, Duke–St. John's) • Merle Harmon and Fred Taylor – Second Round at Bloomington, Indiana (Iowa–Toledo, LSU–Appalachian State) • Jim Thacker and Gary Thompson – Second Round at Dallas, Texas (Louisville–South Alabama, Texas–Oklahoma) • Jay Randolph and Lynn Shackelford – Second Round at Los Angeles, California (UCLA–Pepperdine, DePaul–USC) ==See also==