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1978-79 Penn Quakers Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 25-7 (13-1, 1st in Ivy MBB)

Rank: 14th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Bob Weinhauer

PS/G: 75.8 (108th of 262)

PA/G: 71.2 (94th of 262)

SRS: 5.74 (57th of 256)

SOS: 1.12 (100th of 256)

NCAA Tournament: (#9 seed in East)
Won East First Round (73-69) versus #8 Iona
Won East Second Round (72-71) versus #1 North Carolina
Won East Regional Semifinal (84-76) versus #4 Syracuse
Won East Regional Final (64-62) versus #10 St. John's (NY)
Lost National Semifinal (101-67) versus #2 Michigan State
Lost National Third Place (96-93) versus #2 DePaul

Ivy Reg Season Champ

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
Penn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14

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	Wed, Nov 29, 1978	REG		Virginia	ACC	11.49	W	80	78		1	0	W 1	The Palestra
2	Fri, Dec 1, 1978	REG	@	Navy	Ind	-3.95	W	82	66		2	0	W 2	Halsey Field House
3	Wed, Dec 6, 1978	REG	@	Tulane	Metro	-5.02	W	76	59		3	0	W 3	Avron B. Fogelman Arena
4	Sat, Dec 9, 1978	REG	N	La Salle	ECC	-1.26	W	68	67		4	0	W 4	The Palestra
5	Wed, Dec 20, 1978	REG		Wake Forest	ACC	5.10	W	88	66		5	0	W 5	The Palestra
6	Fri, Dec 29, 1978	REG	N	Iowa	Big Ten	17.60	L	84	87	2OT	5	1	L 1	San Diego Sports Arena
7	Sat, Dec 30, 1978	REG	@	San Diego State	WAC	7.28	L	86	110		5	2	L 2	San Diego Sports Arena
8	Fri, Jan 5, 1979	REG	@	Harvard	Ivy	-10.58	W	103	77		6	2	W 1	Indoor Athletic Building
9	Sat, Jan 6, 1979	REG	@	Dartmouth	Ivy	-5.43	W	52	44		7	2	W 2	Alumni Gym
10	Wed, Jan 10, 1979	REG	N	Temple (18)	ECC	8.12	W	79	74		8	2	W 3	The Palestra
11	Sat, Jan 13, 1979	REG	@	Princeton	Ivy	-3.54	W	59	58		9	2	W 4	Jadwin Gymnasium
12	Tue, Jan 16, 1979	REG	N	Saint Joseph's	ECC	1.46	W	43	42		10	2	W 5	The Palestra
13	Thu, Jan 18, 1979	REG	@	Richmond	Ind	-6.62	W	97	85		11	2	W 6	Robins Center
14	Sat, Jan 20, 1979	REG		Georgetown (10)	Ind	7.26	L	76	78		11	3	L 1	The Palestra
15	Fri, Feb 2, 1979	REG	@	Brown	Ivy	-9.17	W	72	60		12	3	W 1	Marvel Gym
16	Sat, Feb 3, 1979	REG	@	Yale	Ivy	-5.15	W	86	84		13	3	W 2	John J. Lee Ampitheater
17	Fri, Feb 9, 1979	REG		Columbia	Ivy	0.88	W	64	54		14	3	W 3	The Palestra
18	Sat, Feb 10, 1979	REG		Cornell	Ivy	-10.49	W	78	56		15	3	W 4	The Palestra
19	Tue, Feb 13, 1979	REG	N	Villanova	EAA	2.32	L	80	89		15	4	L 1	The Palestra
20	Fri, Feb 16, 1979	REG		Dartmouth	Ivy	-5.43	W	59	54		16	4	W 1	The Palestra
21	Sat, Feb 17, 1979	REG		Harvard	Ivy	-10.58	W	86	73		17	4	W 2	The Palestra
22	Tue, Feb 20, 1979	REG		Princeton	Ivy	-3.54	W	42	41		18	4	W 3	The Palestra
23	Fri, Feb 23, 1979	REG	@	Cornell	Ivy	-10.49	W	85	72		19	4	W 4	Barton Hall
24	Sat, Feb 24, 1979	REG	@	Columbia	Ivy	0.88	L	72	74		19	5	L 1	Levien Gymnasium
25	Fri, Mar 2, 1979	REG		Yale	Ivy	-5.15	W	94	81		20	5	W 1	The Palestra
26	Sat, Mar 3, 1979	REG		Brown	Ivy	-9.17	W	83	75		21	5	W 2	The Palestra
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
27	Fri, Mar 9, 1979	NCAA	N	Iona	Ind	4.26	W	73	69		22	5	W 3	Reynolds Coliseum
28	Sun, Mar 11, 1979	NCAA	N	North Carolina (3)	ACC	18.54	W	72	71		23	5	W 4	Reynolds Coliseum
29	Fri, Mar 16, 1979	NCAA	N	Syracuse (8)	Ind	15.51	W	84	76		24	5	W 5	Greensboro Coliseum
30	Sun, Mar 18, 1979	NCAA	N	St. John's (NY) (17)	NJNY7	7.93	W	64	62		25	5	W 6	Greensboro Coliseum
31	Sat, Mar 24, 1979	NCAA	N	Michigan State (3)	Big Ten	22.53	L	67	101		25	6	L 1	Jon M. Huntsman Center
32	Mon, Mar 26, 1979	NCAA	N	DePaul (6)	Ind	10.10	L	93	96	OT	25	7	L 2	Jon M. Huntsman Center