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1977-78 Metropolitan Collegiate Athletic Conference Season Summary
Record: 109-86, .559 W-L% (7th of 24)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
Regular Season Champion: Florida State
Tournament Champion: Louisville
NCAA Tournament: 2 (Florida State and Louisville)
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 2 (Cincinnati and Louisville)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 2 (Florida State and Louisville)
Standings
| Conference | Overall | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | School | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% |
| 1 | Florida State* R | 11 | 1 | .917 | 23 | 6 | .793 |
| 2 | Louisville* T | 9 | 3 | .750 | 23 | 7 | .767 |
| 3 | Memphis | 7 | 5 | .583 | 19 | 9 | .679 |
| 4 | Cincinnati | 6 | 6 | .500 | 17 | 10 | .630 |
| 4 | Georgia Tech | 6 | 6 | .500 | 15 | 12 | .556 |
| 6 | Saint Louis | 2 | 10 | .167 | 7 | 20 | .259 |
| 7 | Tulane | 1 | 11 | .083 | 5 | 22 | .185 |
AP Poll Summary
| School | Pre | 11/29 | 12/6 | 12/13 | 12/20 | 12/27 | 1/3 | 1/10 | 1/17 | 1/24 | 1/31 | 2/7 | 2/14 | 2/21 | 2/28 | 3/6 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 10 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 9 |
| Florida State | 18 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 15 | ||||||||
| Cincinnati | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 19 |
NCAA Tournament
First Round
Florida State lost (85-76) versus Kentucky (Mideast Regional)
Louisville won (76-68) versus St. John's (NY) (Midwest Regional)
Regional Semifinal
Louisville lost (90-89) versus DePaul (Midwest Regional)
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