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1978-79 Providence Friars Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 10-16 (Independent)

Coach: Dave Gavitt

PS/G: 65.1 (240th of 262)

PA/G: 74.2 (151st of 262)

SRS: -9.24 (212th of 256)

SOS: 0.76 (104th of 256)

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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
Providence	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Sat, Nov 25, 1978	REG		Maine	Ind	-5.03	W	75	73	1	0	W 1	Providence Civic Center
2	Sat, Dec 2, 1978	REG		Saint Joseph's	ECC	1.46	L	66	77	1	1	L 1	Providence Civic Center
3	Wed, Dec 6, 1978	REG	@	Boston College	Ind	1.50	L	64	83	1	2	L 2	Roberts Center
4	Fri, Dec 15, 1978	REG		California	Pac-10	-2.62	W	59	58	2	2	W 1	Providence Civic Center
5	Sat, Dec 16, 1978	REG		Florida	SEC	3.08	L	61	79	2	3	L 1	Providence Civic Center
6	Wed, Dec 20, 1978	REG		North Carolina A&T	MEAC	-8.99	W	75	63	3	3	W 1	Providence Civic Center
7	Sat, Dec 23, 1978	REG	@	Louisville (12)	Metro	14.27	L	70	88	3	4	L 1	Freedom Hall
8	Thu, Dec 28, 1978	REG	N	Virginia	ACC	11.49	L	68	106	3	5	L 2	Louisiana Superdome
9	Fri, Dec 29, 1978	REG	N	Bradley	MVC	-0.23	L	52	84	3	6	L 3	Louisiana Superdome
10	Wed, Jan 3, 1979	REG	@	Villanova	EAA	2.32	W	52	51	4	6	W 1	The Palestra
11	Sat, Jan 6, 1979	REG	@	Brown	Ivy	-9.17	L	60	69	4	7	L 1	Marvel Gym
12	Tue, Jan 9, 1979	REG		DePaul	Ind	10.10	L	75	84	4	8	L 2	Providence Civic Center
13	Thu, Jan 11, 1979	REG		Seton Hall	NJNY7	0.21	L	68	80	4	9	L 3	Providence Civic Center
14	Sat, Jan 13, 1979	REG		Massachusetts	EAA	-10.68	L	62	66	4	10	L 4	Providence Civic Center
15	Tue, Jan 16, 1979	REG	N	Rhode Island	Ind	7.68	L	42	86	4	11	L 5	Providence Civic Center
16	Sat, Jan 20, 1979	REG		Connecticut	Ind	3.19	W	64	63	5	11	W 1	Providence Civic Center
17	Sat, Jan 27, 1979	REG	@	Canisius	Ind	-5.38	L	74	89	5	12	L 1	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
18	Mon, Jan 29, 1979	REG	@	Niagara	Ind	-9.09	W	56	55	6	12	W 1	Niagara Falls Convention Center
19	Sat, Feb 3, 1979	REG		St. Bonaventure	Ind	0.60	L	51	59	6	13	L 1	Providence Civic Center
20	Wed, Feb 7, 1979	REG		Long Island University	Ind	-10.85	W	87	78	7	13	W 1	Providence Civic Center
21	Sat, Feb 10, 1979	REG	@	North Carolina (6)	ACC	18.54	L	55	89	7	14	L 1	Charlotte Coliseum (I)
22	Wed, Feb 14, 1979	REG		Brown	Ivy	-9.17	W	62	60	8	14	W 1	Providence Civic Center
23	Sat, Feb 17, 1979	REG		Rhode Island	Ind	7.68	W	84	77	9	14	W 2	Providence Civic Center
24	Tue, Feb 20, 1979	REG	@	Holy Cross	Ind	0.23	L	65	75	9	15	L 1	Hart Recreation Center
25	Sat, Feb 24, 1979	REG	@	St. John's (NY)	NJNY7	7.93	L	65	70	9	16	L 2	Alumni Hall