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1977-78 Providence Friars Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 24-8 (Independent)

Coach: Dave Gavitt

PS/G: 68.4 (215th of 259)

PA/G: 63.5 (11th of 259)

SRS: 4.92 (70th of 253)

SOS: 0.65 (104th of 253)

NCAA Tournament:
Lost Mideast First Round (77-63) versus Michigan State

AP Poll Summary

1977-78 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	11/28	12/5	12/12	12/19	12/26	1/2	1/9	1/16	1/23	1/30	2/6	2/13	2/20	2/27	3/6	Final
Providence	-	-	20	14	14	13	17	14	12	9	16	20	13	11	18	-	-

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 30, 1977	REG		Louisville (9)	Metro	13.13	W	57	51		1	0	W 1	Providence Civic Center
2	Sat, Dec 3, 1977	REG	N	Seton Hall	NJNY7	-1.38	W	60	58		2	0	W 2	Madison Square Garden (IV)
3	Fri, Dec 9, 1977	REG		Wisconsin	Big Ten	1.98	W	73	62		3	0	W 3	Providence Civic Center
4	Tue, Dec 27, 1977	REG	N	Lafayette	ECC	-1.94	W	70	59		4	0	W 4	Neal S. Blaisdell Center
5	Thu, Dec 29, 1977	REG	N	Stanford	Pac-8	0.65	L	61	76		4	1	L 1	Neal S. Blaisdell Center
6	Fri, Dec 30, 1977	REG	N	Texas Tech	SWC	6.00	W	53	52		5	1	W 1	Neal S. Blaisdell Center
7	Thu, Jan 5, 1978	REG	@	Brown	Ivy	-15.72	W	68	52		6	1	W 2	Marvel Gym
8	Sat, Jan 7, 1978	REG		Canisius	Ind	-14.19	W	82	72		7	1	W 3	Providence Civic Center
9	Mon, Jan 9, 1978	REG		Brown	Ivy	-15.72	W	76	58		8	1	W 4	Providence Civic Center
10	Wed, Jan 11, 1978	REG	@	Saint Joseph's	ECC	-1.62	W	76	69		9	1	W 5	The Palestra
11	Sat, Jan 14, 1978	REG		Pennsylvania	Ivy	5.83	W	67	65		10	1	W 6	Providence Civic Center
12	Tue, Jan 17, 1978	REG		Rhode Island	Ind	5.37	W	79	59		11	1	W 7	Providence Civic Center
13	Thu, Jan 19, 1978	REG		Holy Cross (14)	Ind	4.62	W	90	64		12	1	W 8	Providence Civic Center
14	Sat, Jan 21, 1978	REG	@	Connecticut	Ind	-8.45	W	57	49		13	1	W 9	UConn/Hugh S. Greer Fieldhouse
15	Wed, Jan 25, 1978	REG	@	Massachusetts	EAA	-0.48	W	50	49		14	1	W 10	MassMutual Center
16	Sat, Jan 28, 1978	REG	@	DePaul (19)	Ind	14.27	L	68	78		14	2	L 1	Alumni Hall
17	Tue, Jan 31, 1978	REG		Villanova	EAA	6.23	L	66	73		14	3	L 2	Providence Civic Center
18	Thu, Feb 2, 1978	REG	@	St. Bonaventure	Ind	4.83	L	64	72		14	4	L 3	Reilly Center
19	Wed, Feb 8, 1978	REG		Boston College	Ind	-1.66	W	92	74		15	4	W 1	Providence Civic Center
20	Sat, Feb 11, 1978	REG		Niagara	Ind	-5.18	W	72	70		16	4	W 2	Providence Civic Center
21	Sun, Feb 12, 1978	REG		North Carolina (7)	ACC	16.25	W	61	59		17	4	W 3	Providence Civic Center
22	Thu, Feb 16, 1978	REG		Jacksonville	Sun Belt	-3.51	W	52	50	OT	18	4	W 4	Providence Civic Center
23	Sat, Feb 18, 1978	REG		Campbell	Ind	-13.87	W	63	54		19	4	W 5	Providence Civic Center
24	Tue, Feb 21, 1978	REG	@	Rhode Island	Ind	5.37	L	64	73		19	5	L 1	Keaney Gymnasium
25	Sat, Feb 25, 1978	REG		St. John's (NY)	NJNY7	6.90	L	51	60		19	6	L 2	Providence Civic Center
26	Mon, Feb 27, 1978	REG		Long Island University	Ind	-15.25	W	85	62		20	6	W 1	Providence Civic Center
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
27	Thu, Mar 2, 1978	CTOURN		Holy Cross	Ind	4.62	W	71	67		21	6	W 2	Providence Civic Center
28	Sat, Mar 4, 1978	CTOURN	N	Rhode Island	Ind	5.37	L	62	65		21	7	L 1	Providence Civic Center
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
29	Sat, Mar 11, 1978	NCAA	N	Michigan State (6)	Big Ten	16.30	L	63	77		21	8	L 2	Market Square Arena