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1978-79 Tennessee Volunteers Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 21-12 (12-6, 2nd in SEC MBB)

Coach: Don DeVoe

PS/G: 78.2 (75th of 262)

PA/G: 72.8 (125th of 262)

SRS: 11.50 (23rd of 256)

SOS: 6.15 (27th of 256)

NCAA Tournament: (#8 seed in Mideast)
Won Mideast First Round (97-81) versus #9 Eastern Kentucky
Lost Mideast Second Round (73-67) versus #1 Notre Dame

SEC Tourney 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
Tennessee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	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	Sat, Dec 2, 1978	REG	@	Louisville (5)	Metro	14.27	L	61	82		0	1	L 1	Freedom Hall
2	Tue, Dec 5, 1978	REG		East Carolina	Ind	-3.44	W	89	71		1	1	W 1	Stokely Center
3	Sat, Dec 9, 1978	REG		Ohio State	Big Ten	12.05	L	78	86		1	2	L 1	Stokely Center
4	Fri, Dec 15, 1978	REG		Niagara	Ind	-9.09	W	100	80		2	2	W 1	Stokely Center
5	Sat, Dec 16, 1978	REG		Xavier	Ind	-0.71	L	50	51		2	3	L 1	Stokely Center
6	Fri, Dec 22, 1978	REG	N	San Jose State	PCAA	-5.33	W	73	68		3	3	W 1	Toso Pavilion
7	Sat, Dec 23, 1978	REG	N	Seton Hall	NJNY7	0.21	W	94	80		4	3	W 2	Toso Pavilion
8	Wed, Dec 27, 1978	REG	N	Utah	WAC	6.19	L	71	80		4	4	L 1	Neal S. Blaisdell Center
9	Thu, Dec 28, 1978	REG	N	Fordham	NJNY7	-8.79	W	83	58		5	4	W 1	Neal S. Blaisdell Center
10	Sat, Dec 30, 1978	REG	N	Boston College	Ind	1.50	L	72	74		5	5	L 1	Neal S. Blaisdell Center
11	Wed, Jan 3, 1979	REG	@	Mississippi	SEC	6.47	W	72	67		6	5	W 1	C.M. Tad Smith Coliseum
12	Sat, Jan 6, 1979	REG		Alabama	SEC	9.98	W	85	77		7	5	W 2	Stokely Center
13	Mon, Jan 8, 1979	REG		Mississippi State	SEC	12.37	L	62	72		7	6	L 1	Stokely Center
14	Thu, Jan 11, 1979	REG		Florida	SEC	3.08	W	116	73		8	6	W 1	Stokely Center
15	Sat, Jan 13, 1979	REG	@	Georgia	SEC	3.85	L	75	79		8	7	L 1	Stegeman Coliseum
16	Sat, Jan 20, 1979	REG	@	Kentucky	SEC	13.69	W	66	55		9	7	W 1	Rupp Arena
17	Mon, Jan 22, 1979	REG	@	Vanderbilt (19)	SEC	8.22	W	71	70		10	7	W 2	McQuiddy Gymnasium
18	Wed, Jan 24, 1979	REG	@	Louisiana State (9)	SEC	13.29	L	75	77		10	8	L 1	Maravich Assembly Center
19	Sat, Jan 27, 1979	REG		Mississippi	SEC	6.47	L	64	65		10	9	L 2	Stokely Center
20	Mon, Jan 29, 1979	REG		Louisiana State (10)	SEC	13.29	L	78	84		10	10	L 3	Stokely Center
21	Sat, Feb 3, 1979	REG	@	Alabama (13)	SEC	9.98	W	83	77		11	10	W 1	Memorial Coliseum
22	Mon, Feb 5, 1979	REG	@	Mississippi State	SEC	12.37	L	84	90		11	11	L 1	Humphrey Coliseum
23	Wed, Feb 7, 1979	REG		Auburn	SEC	5.72	W	73	62		12	11	W 1	Stokely Center
24	Sat, Feb 10, 1979	REG		Georgia	SEC	3.85	W	87	81		13	11	W 2	Stokely Center
25	Sat, Feb 17, 1979	REG		Kentucky	SEC	13.69	W	101	84		14	11	W 3	Stokely Center
26	Mon, Feb 19, 1979	REG		Vanderbilt (19)	SEC	8.22	W	83	78		15	11	W 4	Stokely Center
27	Thu, Feb 22, 1979	REG	@	Florida	SEC	3.08	W	87	73		16	11	W 5	Florida Gymnasium
28	Sat, Feb 24, 1979	REG	@	Auburn	SEC	5.72	W	60	55		17	11	W 6	Memorial Coliseum
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
29	Fri, Mar 2, 1979	CTOURN	N	Auburn	SEC	5.72	W	75	64		18	11	W 7	BJCC Coliseum
30	Sat, Mar 3, 1979	CTOURN	N	Kentucky	SEC	13.69	W	75	69	OT	19	11	W 8	BJCC Coliseum
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
31	Fri, Mar 9, 1979	NCAA	N	Eastern Kentucky	OVC	-1.64	W	97	81		20	11	W 9	Murphy Center
32	Sun, Mar 11, 1979	NCAA	N	Notre Dame (5)	Ind	18.94	L	67	73		20	12	L 1	Murphy Center