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1978-79 Oklahoma Sooners Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 21-10 (10-4, 1st in Big 8 MBB)

Rank: 16th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Dave Bliss

PS/G: 74.1 (136th of 262)

PA/G: 69.4 (66th of 262)

SRS: 8.26 (36th of 256)

SOS: 4.19 (48th of 256)

NCAA Tournament: (#5 seed in Midwest)
Won Midwest Second Round (90-76) versus #4 Texas
Lost Midwest Regional Semifinal (93-72) versus #1 Indiana State

Big 8 Reg Season Champ
Big 8 Tourney Champ

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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
Oklahoma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16

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	Sat, Nov 25, 1978	REG		Oklahoma City	TAAC	-1.68	L	75	81		0	1	L 1	Lloyd Noble Center
2	Tue, Nov 28, 1978	REG	@	Baylor	SWC	5.07	W	78	75		1	1	W 1	Heart O' Texas Coliseum
3	Sat, Dec 2, 1978	REG	@	Arkansas	SWC	13.63	L	74	80		1	2	L 1	Barnhill Arena
4	Tue, Dec 5, 1978	REG		Texas (13)	SWC	12.03	W	71	65		2	2	W 1	Lloyd Noble Center
5	Sat, Dec 9, 1978	REG		Louisiana Tech	Southland	0.44	W	84	68		3	2	W 2	Lloyd Noble Center
6	Tue, Dec 12, 1978	REG		Pepperdine	WCAC	7.32	W	92	66		4	2	W 3	Lloyd Noble Center
7	Fri, Dec 15, 1978	REG	N	Auburn	SEC	5.72	L	70	78		4	3	L 1	Bayfront Center
8	Sat, Dec 16, 1978	REG	@	South Florida	Sun Belt	-7.85	W	86	73		5	3	W 1	Bayfront Center
9	Tue, Dec 19, 1978	REG		Cal State Bakersfield			W	100	75		6	3	W 2	Lloyd Noble Center
10	Wed, Dec 27, 1978	REG	N	Kansas State	Big 8	4.31	W	62	61		7	3	W 3	Kemper Arena
11	Fri, Dec 29, 1978	REG	@	Kansas (18)	Big 8	6.05	L	75	86		7	4	L 1	Kemper Arena
12	Sat, Dec 30, 1978	REG	N	Nebraska	Big 8	3.75	L	53	69		7	5	L 2	Kemper Arena
13	Wed, Jan 10, 1979	REG		Kansas (15)	Big 8	6.05	W	68	45		8	5	W 1	Lloyd Noble Center
14	Sat, Jan 13, 1979	REG	@	Missouri	Big 8	2.61	L	67	73		8	6	L 1	Hearnes Center
15	Wed, Jan 17, 1979	REG		Oklahoma State	Big 8	1.86	W	64	59		9	6	W 1	Lloyd Noble Center
16	Sat, Jan 20, 1979	REG		Colorado	Big 8	0.88	W	72	64		10	6	W 2	Lloyd Noble Center
17	Wed, Jan 24, 1979	REG	@	Nebraska	Big 8	3.75	L	56	74		10	7	L 1	Bob Devaney Sports Center
18	Sat, Jan 27, 1979	REG		Iowa State	Big 8	0.21	W	98	83		11	7	W 1	Lloyd Noble Center
19	Wed, Jan 31, 1979	REG	@	Kansas State	Big 8	4.31	W	70	62		12	7	W 2	Ahearn Field House
20	Sat, Feb 3, 1979	REG		Missouri	Big 8	2.61	W	80	76		13	7	W 3	Lloyd Noble Center
21	Wed, Feb 7, 1979	REG		Oklahoma State	Big 8	1.86	W	74	67		14	7	W 4	Lloyd Noble Center
22	Sat, Feb 10, 1979	REG	@	Kansas	Big 8	6.05	L	62	74		14	8	L 1	Allen Fieldhouse
23	Wed, Feb 14, 1979	REG		Nebraska	Big 8	3.75	W	79	58		15	8	W 1	Lloyd Noble Center
24	Sat, Feb 17, 1979	REG	@	Colorado	Big 8	0.88	W	67	62		16	8	W 2	Balch Fieldhouse
25	Wed, Feb 21, 1979	REG	@	Iowa State	Big 8	0.21	L	65	66		16	9	L 1	James H. Hilton Coliseum
26	Sat, Feb 24, 1979	REG		Kansas State	Big 8	4.31	W	65	52		17	9	W 1	Lloyd Noble Center
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
27	Tue, Feb 27, 1979	CTOURN		Colorado	Big 8	0.88	W	77	57		18	9	W 2	Lloyd Noble Center
28	Fri, Mar 2, 1979	CTOURN	N	Kansas State	Big 8	4.31	W	72	68		19	9	W 3	Kemper Arena
29	Sat, Mar 3, 1979	CTOURN	@	Kansas	Big 8	6.05	W	80	65		20	9	W 4	Kemper Arena
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
30	Sun, Mar 11, 1979	NCAA	N	Texas (15)	SWC	12.03	W	90	76		21	9	W 5	Moody Coliseum
31	Thu, Mar 15, 1979	NCAA	N	Indiana State (1)	MVC	14.39	L	72	93		21	10	L 1	Riverfront Coliseum