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1978-79 New Jersey-New York 7 Conference Season Summary

Previous Season

Record: 50-64, .439 W-L% (25th of 25)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.

NCAA Tournament: 1 (St. John's (NY))

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 0
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 1 (St. John's (NY))

Standings

Conference Overall
Rk School W L W-L% W L W-L%
2 Seton Hall  5 1 .833 16 11 .593
3 St. John's (NY)*  3 3 .500 21 11 .656
6 Fordham  1 5 .167 7 22 .241
7 Manhattan  1 6 .143 6 20 .231

AP Poll Summary

School Pre 11/28 12/5 12/12 12/19 12/26 1/3 1/9 1/16 1/23 1/30 2/6 2/13 2/20 2/27 3/6 Final
St. John's (NY)                                 17

NCAA Tournament

First Round
St. John's (NY) won (75-70) versus Temple (East Regional)

Second Round
St. John's (NY) won (80-78) versus Duke (East Regional)

Regional Semifinal
St. John's (NY) won (67-65) versus Rutgers (East Regional)

Regional Final
St. John's (NY) lost (64-62) versus Pennsylvania (East Regional)