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1978-79 Florida Gators Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 8-19 (3-15, 10th in SEC MBB)

Coach: John Lotz

PS/G: 73.7 (140th of 262)

PA/G: 76.0 (180th of 262)

SRS: 3.08 (83rd of 256)

SOS: 5.34 (37th of 256)

AP Poll Summary

1978-79 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	11/27	12/4	12/11	12/18	12/25	1/3	1/8	1/15	1/22	1/29	2/5	2/12	2/19	2/26	3/5	Final
Florida	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Schedules prior to the 1994-95 season may be missing games vs. non-Division I opponents.

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Thu, Nov 30, 1978	REG		Ohio	MAC	-4.02	W	96	61		1	0	W 1	Florida Gymnasium
2	Sat, Dec 2, 1978	REG		UNC Wilmington	Ind	-5.96	W	66	51		2	0	W 2	Edmunds Center
3	Sat, Dec 9, 1978	REG	N	Florida State	Metro	1.66	L	61	68		2	1	L 1	Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum
4	Fri, Dec 15, 1978	REG	N	Fairfield	Ind	0.65	W	109	99	2OT	3	1	W 1	Providence Civic Center
5	Sat, Dec 16, 1978	REG	@	Providence	Ind	-9.24	W	79	61		4	1	W 2	Providence Civic Center
6	Tue, Dec 19, 1978	REG	@	Hofstra	ECC	-8.27	L	67	68		4	2	L 1	Physical Fitness Center
7	Tue, Dec 26, 1978	REG		Massachusetts	EAA	-10.68	W	89	65		5	2	W 1	Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum
8	Wed, Dec 27, 1978	REG	@	Jacksonville	Sun Belt	-0.13	L	59	60		5	3	L 1	Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum
9	Wed, Jan 3, 1979	REG		Kentucky (9)	SEC	13.69	W	76	65		6	3	W 1	Florida Gymnasium
10	Sat, Jan 6, 1979	REG	@	Auburn	SEC	5.72	L	86	91		6	4	L 1	Memorial Coliseum
11	Thu, Jan 11, 1979	REG	@	Tennessee	SEC	11.50	L	73	116		6	5	L 2	Stokely Center
12	Sat, Jan 13, 1979	REG	@	Louisiana State (5)	SEC	13.29	L	72	80		6	6	L 3	Maravich Assembly Center
13	Mon, Jan 15, 1979	REG	@	Mississippi	SEC	6.47	L	45	58		6	7	L 4	C.M. Tad Smith Coliseum
14	Sat, Jan 20, 1979	REG		Mississippi State	SEC	12.37	W	77	75		7	7	W 1	Florida Gymnasium
15	Mon, Jan 22, 1979	REG		Alabama (18)	SEC	9.98	L	66	77		7	8	L 1	Florida Gymnasium
16	Wed, Jan 24, 1979	REG		Vanderbilt (19)	SEC	8.22	L	56	57		7	9	L 2	Florida Gymnasium
17	Sat, Jan 27, 1979	REG	@	Kentucky	SEC	13.69	L	81	87		7	10	L 3	Rupp Arena
18	Mon, Jan 29, 1979	REG	@	Vanderbilt (20)	SEC	8.22	W	90	87		8	10	W 1	McQuiddy Gymnasium
19	Sat, Feb 3, 1979	REG		Auburn	SEC	5.72	L	92	93		8	11	L 1	Florida Gymnasium
20	Wed, Feb 7, 1979	REG	@	Georgia	SEC	3.85	L	64	76		8	12	L 2	Stegeman Coliseum
21	Sat, Feb 10, 1979	REG		Louisiana State (8)	SEC	13.29	L	82	88		8	13	L 3	Florida Gymnasium
22	Mon, Feb 12, 1979	REG		Mississippi	SEC	6.47	L	65	67		8	14	L 4	Florida Gymnasium
23	Sat, Feb 17, 1979	REG	@	Mississippi State	SEC	12.37	L	64	80		8	15	L 5	Humphrey Coliseum
24	Mon, Feb 19, 1979	REG	@	Alabama	SEC	9.98	L	76	90		8	16	L 6	Memorial Coliseum
25	Thu, Feb 22, 1979	REG		Tennessee	SEC	11.50	L	73	87		8	17	L 7	Florida Gymnasium
26	Sat, Feb 24, 1979	REG		Georgia	SEC	3.85	L	62	63		8	18	L 8	Florida Gymnasium
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
27	Wed, Feb 28, 1979	CTOURN	@	Alabama	SEC	9.98	L	64	81		8	19	L 9	BJCC Coliseum