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1978-79 Men's Big Ten Conference Schedule and Results

1977-78 Big Ten 1979-80 Big Ten

Record: 177-121, .594 W-L% (3rd of 25) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

SRS: 11.65 (2nd of 25)

SOS: 8.74 (1st of 25)

Regular Season Champion: Iowa, Michigan State and Purdue

Coach of the Year: Lute Olson

Conference Tournament Champion: None

NCAA Tournament: 2 teams (Iowa and Michigan State)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 teams (Indiana, Michigan and Michigan State)

Ranked in Final AP Poll: 3 teams (Iowa, Michigan State and Purdue)

90 Games

Conference games only

90 Games Table
Date	Visitor/Neutral	PTS	Home/Neutral	PTS	OT	Notes
Thu, Jan 4, 1979	Illinois	65	Indiana	61
Thu, Jan 4, 1979	Minnesota	75	Michigan	88
Thu, Jan 4, 1979	Wisconsin	55	Michigan State	84
Thu, Jan 4, 1979	Iowa	65	Northwestern	57
Thu, Jan 4, 1979	Purdue	71	Ohio State	75
Sat, Jan 6, 1979	Purdue	54	Indiana	63
Sat, Jan 6, 1979	Iowa	85	Michigan	79
Sat, Jan 6, 1979	Minnesota	62	Michigan State	69
Sat, Jan 6, 1979	Illinois	74	Northwestern	56
Sat, Jan 6, 1979	Wisconsin	71	Ohio State	82
Thu, Jan 11, 1979	Michigan State	55	Illinois	57
Thu, Jan 11, 1979	Ohio State	72	Iowa	67
Thu, Jan 11, 1979	Indiana	63	Minnesota	80
Thu, Jan 11, 1979	Michigan	67	Purdue	77
Thu, Jan 11, 1979	Northwestern	82	Wisconsin	95
Sat, Jan 13, 1979	Ohio State	69	Illinois	66	OT
Sat, Jan 13, 1979	Indiana	61	Iowa	90
Sat, Jan 13, 1979	Northwestern	58	Minnesota	60
Sat, Jan 13, 1979	Michigan State	50	Purdue	52
Sat, Jan 13, 1979	Michigan	66	Wisconsin	77
Date	Visitor/Neutral	PTS	Home/Neutral	PTS	OT	Notes
Thu, Jan 18, 1979	Indiana	58	Michigan State	82
Thu, Jan 18, 1979	Michigan	53	Northwestern	51
Thu, Jan 18, 1979	Minnesota	80	Ohio State	83
Thu, Jan 18, 1979	Iowa	56	Purdue	46
Thu, Jan 18, 1979	Illinois	81	Wisconsin	74
Sat, Jan 20, 1979	Purdue	69	Illinois	57
Sat, Jan 20, 1979	Northwestern	45	Indiana	74
Sat, Jan 20, 1979	Ohio State	78	Michigan	69
Sat, Jan 20, 1979	Iowa	72	Michigan State	83	OT
Sat, Jan 20, 1979	Wisconsin	72	Minnesota	82
Thu, Jan 25, 1979	Wisconsin	61	Indiana	82
Thu, Jan 25, 1979	Illinois	52	Iowa	58
Thu, Jan 25, 1979	Michigan State	48	Michigan	49
Thu, Jan 25, 1979	Purdue	64	Minnesota	61
Thu, Jan 25, 1979	Northwestern	61	Ohio State	73
Sat, Jan 27, 1979	Michigan	56	Illinois	54
Sat, Jan 27, 1979	Minnesota	64	Iowa	81
Sat, Jan 27, 1979	Michigan State	65	Northwestern	83
Sat, Jan 27, 1979	Indiana	63	Ohio State	66	OT
Sat, Jan 27, 1979	Wisconsin	60	Purdue	73
Date	Visitor/Neutral	PTS	Home/Neutral	PTS	OT	Notes
Thu, Feb 1, 1979	Minnesota	57	Illinois	67
Thu, Feb 1, 1979	Michigan	62	Indiana	68
Thu, Feb 1, 1979	Ohio State	79	Michigan State	84	OT
Thu, Feb 1, 1979	Purdue	68	Northwestern	58
Thu, Feb 1, 1979	Iowa	70	Wisconsin	64
Sat, Feb 3, 1979	Ohio State	62	Indiana	70
Sat, Feb 3, 1979	Illinois	65	Michigan	74
Sat, Feb 3, 1979	Northwestern	50	Michigan State	61
Sat, Feb 3, 1979	Iowa	97	Minnesota	71
Sat, Feb 3, 1979	Purdue	54	Wisconsin	48
Thu, Feb 8, 1979	Michigan State	60	Iowa	57
Thu, Feb 8, 1979	Indiana	82	Northwestern	57
Thu, Feb 8, 1979	Michigan	60	Ohio State	63
Thu, Feb 8, 1979	Illinois	65	Purdue	71
Thu, Feb 8, 1979	Minnesota	74	Wisconsin	72
Sat, Feb 10, 1979	Wisconsin	65	Iowa	79
Sat, Feb 10, 1979	Indiana	59	Michigan	60
Sat, Feb 10, 1979	Illinois	59	Minnesota	57
Sat, Feb 10, 1979	Michigan State	73	Ohio State	57
Sat, Feb 10, 1979	Northwestern	64	Purdue	76
Date	Visitor/Neutral	PTS	Home/Neutral	PTS	OT	Notes
Thu, Feb 15, 1979	Wisconsin	64	Illinois	81
Thu, Feb 15, 1979	Michigan State	59	Indiana	47
Thu, Feb 15, 1979	Purdue	72	Iowa	75
Thu, Feb 15, 1979	Northwestern	67	Michigan	78
Thu, Feb 15, 1979	Ohio State	74	Minnesota	68
Sat, Feb 17, 1979	Iowa	67	Illinois	53
Sat, Feb 17, 1979	Michigan	57	Michigan State	80
Sat, Feb 17, 1979	Ohio State	88	Northwestern	73
Sat, Feb 17, 1979	Minnesota	56	Purdue	80
Sat, Feb 17, 1979	Indiana	68	Wisconsin	62	OT
Thu, Feb 22, 1979	Iowa	62	Indiana	64
Thu, Feb 22, 1979	Wisconsin	66	Michigan	65
Thu, Feb 22, 1979	Purdue	67	Michigan State	73
Thu, Feb 22, 1979	Minnesota	73	Northwestern	71	OT
Thu, Feb 22, 1979	Illinois	55	Ohio State	73
Sat, Feb 24, 1979	Minnesota	46	Indiana	71
Sat, Feb 24, 1979	Purdue	67	Michigan	59
Sat, Feb 24, 1979	Illinois	62	Michigan State	76
Sat, Feb 24, 1979	Wisconsin	72	Northwestern	70
Sat, Feb 24, 1979	Iowa	83	Ohio State	68
Date	Visitor/Neutral	PTS	Home/Neutral	PTS	OT	Notes
Thu, Mar 1, 1979	Northwestern	71	Illinois	64
Thu, Mar 1, 1979	Michigan	61	Iowa	53
Thu, Mar 1, 1979	Michigan State	76	Minnesota	63
Thu, Mar 1, 1979	Indiana	48	Purdue	55
Thu, Mar 1, 1979	Ohio State	73	Wisconsin	76
Sat, Mar 3, 1979	Indiana	72	Illinois	60
Sat, Mar 3, 1979	Northwestern	64	Iowa	95
Sat, Mar 3, 1979	Michigan	69	Minnesota	78
Sat, Mar 3, 1979	Ohio State	66	Purdue	74
Sat, Mar 3, 1979	Michigan State	81	Wisconsin	83

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