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1978-79 Indiana Hoosiers Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 22-12 (10-8, 5th in Big Ten MBB)

Coach: Bob Knight

PS/G: 67.3 (229th of 262)

PA/G: 61.2 (5th of 262)

SRS: 14.86 (10th of 256)

SOS: 8.77 (8th of 256)

NIT Champion

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
Indiana	10	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	Fri, Nov 24, 1978	REG	N	Pepperdine	WCAC	7.32	L	58	59		0	1	L 1	Buckner Fieldhouse
2	Sat, Nov 25, 1978	REG	N	Texas A&M	SWC	10.06	L	49	54		0	2	L 2	Buckner Fieldhouse
3	Sun, Nov 26, 1978	REG	N	Penn State	EAA	-2.68	W	86	65		1	2	W 1	Buckner Fieldhouse
4	Sat, Dec 2, 1978	REG		Morehead State	OVC	-8.16	W	80	37		2	2	W 2	Assembly Hall
5	Wed, Dec 6, 1978	REG	@	Georgetown (20)	Ind	7.26	L	54	60		2	3	L 1	Capital Centre
6	Sat, Dec 9, 1978	REG		Bradley	MVC	-0.23	W	80	64		3	3	W 1	Market Square Arena
7	Sat, Dec 16, 1978	REG		Kentucky (6)	SEC	13.69	W	68	67	OT	4	3	W 2	Assembly Hall
8	Mon, Dec 18, 1978	REG		Davidson	Southern	-7.27	W	101	64		5	3	W 3	Assembly Hall
9	Tue, Dec 19, 1978	REG		Washington	Pac-10	4.98	W	73	56		6	3	W 4	Assembly Hall
10	Wed, Dec 27, 1978	REG	N	Washington	Pac-10	4.98	W	71	57		7	3	W 5	Memorial Coliseum
11	Thu, Dec 28, 1978	REG	@	Oregon	Pac-10	3.78	W	68	60		8	3	W 6	Memorial Coliseum
12	Sat, Dec 30, 1978	REG	N	Michigan State (4)	Big Ten	22.53	L	57	74		8	4	L 1	Memorial Coliseum
13	Thu, Jan 4, 1979	REG		Illinois (4)	Big Ten	11.28	L	61	65		8	5	L 2	Assembly Hall
14	Sat, Jan 6, 1979	REG		Purdue	Big Ten	15.56	W	63	54		9	5	W 1	Assembly Hall
15	Thu, Jan 11, 1979	REG	@	Minnesota	Big Ten	5.29	L	63	80		9	6	L 1	Williams Arena
16	Sat, Jan 13, 1979	REG	@	Iowa	Big Ten	17.60	L	61	90		9	7	L 2	Iowa Field House
17	Thu, Jan 18, 1979	REG	@	Michigan State (6)	Big Ten	22.53	L	58	82		9	8	L 3	Jenison Field House
18	Sat, Jan 20, 1979	REG		Northwestern	Big Ten	1.11	W	74	45		10	8	W 1	Assembly Hall
19	Thu, Jan 25, 1979	REG		Wisconsin	Big Ten	5.45	W	82	61		11	8	W 2	Assembly Hall
20	Sat, Jan 27, 1979	REG	@	Ohio State (10)	Big Ten	12.05	L	63	66	OT	11	9	L 1	St. John Arena
21	Thu, Feb 1, 1979	REG		Michigan	Big Ten	10.80	W	68	62		12	9	W 1	Assembly Hall
22	Sat, Feb 3, 1979	REG		Ohio State (7)	Big Ten	12.05	W	70	62		13	9	W 2	Assembly Hall
23	Thu, Feb 8, 1979	REG	@	Northwestern	Big Ten	1.11	W	82	57		14	9	W 3	Welsh-Ryan Arena
24	Sat, Feb 10, 1979	REG	@	Michigan	Big Ten	10.80	L	59	60		14	10	L 1	Crisler Arena
25	Thu, Feb 15, 1979	REG		Michigan State (8)	Big Ten	22.53	L	47	59		14	11	L 2	Assembly Hall
26	Sat, Feb 17, 1979	REG	@	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5.45	W	68	62	OT	15	11	W 1	Wisconsin Field House
27	Thu, Feb 22, 1979	REG		Iowa (12)	Big Ten	17.60	W	64	62		16	11	W 2	Assembly Hall
28	Sat, Feb 24, 1979	REG		Minnesota	Big Ten	5.29	W	71	46		17	11	W 3	Assembly Hall
29	Thu, Mar 1, 1979	REG	@	Purdue (19)	Big Ten	15.56	L	48	55		17	12	L 1	Mackey Arena
30	Sat, Mar 3, 1979	REG	@	Illinois	Big Ten	11.28	W	72	60		18	12	W 1	Assembly Hall
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
31	Thu, Mar 8, 1979	NIT	@	Texas Tech	SWC	6.63	W	78	59		19	12	W 2	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum
32	Mon, Mar 12, 1979	NIT		Alcorn State	SWAC	4.50	W	73	69		20	12	W 3	Assembly Hall
33	Mon, Mar 19, 1979	NIT	@	Ohio State	Big Ten	12.05	W	64	55		21	12	W 4	Madison Square Garden (IV)
34	Wed, Mar 21, 1979	NIT	@	Purdue (15)	Big Ten	15.56	W	53	52		22	12	W 5	Madison Square Garden (IV)