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1978-79 Men's Southeastern Conference Season Summary

Record: 168-124, .575 W-L% (5th of 25) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

SRS: 8.82 (3rd of 25)

SOS: 6.43 (3rd of 25)

Regular Season Champion: LSU

Player of the Year: Reggie King

Coach of the Year: Dale Brown, Don DeVoe, Wayne Dobbs

Conference Tournament Champion: Tennessee

NCAA Tournament: 2 teams (LSU and Tennessee)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 teams (Alabama, Kentucky and LSU)

Ranked in Final AP Poll: 1 teams (LSU)

Standings

Standings Table
		Conference			Overall			PTS/G		SRS
Rk	School	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
1	Louisiana State	14	4	.778	23	6	.793	82.8	74.8	13.3	5.3	NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion
2	Tennessee	12	6	.667	21	12	.636	78.2	72.8	11.5	6.2	NCAA Tournament; Conf. Tournament Champion
3	Vanderbilt	11	7	.611	18	9	.667	72.7	68.5	8.2	5.4
4	Alabama	11	7	.611	22	11	.667	79.1	75.5	10.0	6.7
5	Mississippi State	11	7	.611	19	9	.679	76.5	70.0	12.4	6.4
6	Kentucky	10	8	.556	19	12	.613	78.9	73.5	13.7	8.3
7	Georgia	7	11	.389	14	14	.500	73.6	74.2	3.8	6.0
8	Mississippi	6	12	.333	11	16	.407	72.0	73.0	6.5	7.6
9	Auburn	5	13	.278	13	16	.448	71.1	72.4	5.7	7.1
10	Florida	3	15	.167	8	19	.296	73.7	76.0	3.1	5.3

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
Auburn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alabama	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	18	13	16	20	-	-	-	-
Mississippi State	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ole Miss	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LSU	14	11	12	11	10	7	7	5	9	9	10	8	6	5	8	9	7
Tennessee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-
Vanderbilt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	20	17	19	19	-	-	-
Kentucky	11	10	10	6	11	13	9	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Florida	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Georgia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

School Stats Table
		Overall				Conf.		Home		Away		Ratings			Per Game																			Advanced
Rk	School	G	W	L	W%	W	L	W	L	W	L	ORtg	DRtg	NRtg	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	PTS	SRS	SOS	Pace
1	LSU	29	23	6	.793	14	4	13	1	9	3				33.2	63.9	.520					16.3	24.3	.671		42.3	14.6				24.0	82.8	74.8	13.29	5.26
2	Tennessee	33	21	12	.636	12	6	8	5	6	4				31.9	61.3	.521					14.3	20.3	.707		35.3	15.7				21.8	78.2	72.8	11.50	6.15
3	Alabama	33	22	11	.667	11	7	12	4	7	7				31.9	62.9	.507					15.3	22.1	.694		36.6	13.3	6.0	3.1	13.5	19.9	79.1	75.5	9.98	6.70
4	Mississippi State	28	19	9	.679	11	7	11	3	6	5				31.9	62.1	.513					12.8	19.5	.658		38.0	15.6				19.4	76.5	70.0	12.37	6.41
5	Vanderbilt	27	18	9	.667	11	7	10	2	5	6				29.1	59.9	.486					14.4	19.4	.742		35.3	10.5			16.9	20.0	72.7	68.5	8.22	5.38
6	Kentucky	31	19	12	.613	10	8	11	4	5	7				28.7	58.0	.495					21.5	27.7	.776		33.4	12.6			15.0	23.1	78.9	73.5	13.69	8.34
7	Georgia	28	14	14	.500	7	11	8	4	2	8				31.2	59.8	.522					11.2	15.9	.703		31.8	13.0				17.9	73.6	74.2	3.85	6.00
8	Ole Miss	27	11	16	.407	6	12	5	6	3	8				28.6	58.5	.489					14.9	20.9	.710		34.9	16.1				21.1	72.0	73.0	6.47	7.62
9	Auburn	29	13	16	.448	5	13	6	7	3	8				29.0	59.8	.486					13.0	18.3	.711		35.0	13.1				20.3	71.1	72.4	5.72	7.13
10	Florida	27	8	19	.296	3	15	5	7	2	11				30.2	62.3	.485					13.3	19.7	.674		36.0	12.1					73.7	76.0	3.08	5.34

Statistical coverage for seasons prior to 1992-93 is mostly complete, however there are a small number of unknown player records.