| Year: | 1979 |
| Conference: | Southern Conference |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 8 |
| Arena: | Roanoke Civic Center |
| City: | Roanoke, VA |
| Champions: | Appalachian State |
| Titlecount: | 1st |
| Coach: | Bobby Cremins |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
The 1979 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament took place from February 24–March 4, 1979. The quarterfinal round was hosted at campus sites, while the semifinals and finals were hosted at the Roanoke Civic Center in Roanoke, Virginia. The Appalachian State Mountaineers, led by head coach Bobby Cremins, won their first Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1979 NCAA tournament.[1]
All of the conference's eight members were eligible for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The tournament used a preset bracket consisting of three rounds.
* Overtime game