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1978-79 Alabama Crimson Tide Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 22-11 (11-7, 4th in SEC MBB)

Coach: C.M. Newton

PS/G: 79.1 (64th of 262)

PA/G: 75.5 (175th of 262)

SRS: 9.98 (33rd of 256)

SOS: 6.70 (21st 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
Alabama	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	18	13	16	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	Fri, Nov 24, 1978	REG	@	Wagner	Ind	0.82	L	74	96		0	1	L 1	Madison Square Garden (IV)
2	Sat, Nov 25, 1978	REG	N	American	ECC	-6.62	W	110	87		1	1	W 1	Madison Square Garden (IV)
3	Wed, Nov 29, 1978	REG		Austin Peay	OVC	-13.10	W	83	64		2	1	W 2	Memorial Coliseum
4	Sat, Dec 2, 1978	REG	@	Michigan (8)	Big Ten	10.80	L	84	99		2	2	L 1	Crisler Arena
5	Tue, Dec 5, 1978	REG		Middle Tennessee	OVC	-7.42	W	89	66		3	2	W 1	BJCC Coliseum
6	Mon, Dec 18, 1978	REG	@	Missouri	Big 8	2.61	W	65	58		4	2	W 2	Hearnes Center
7	Thu, Dec 28, 1978	REG	N	Bradley	MVC	-0.23	W	66	64		5	2	W 3	Louisiana Superdome
8	Fri, Dec 29, 1978	REG	N	Virginia	ACC	11.49	W	71	69		6	2	W 4	Louisiana Superdome
9	Wed, Jan 3, 1979	REG		Mississippi State (18)	SEC	12.37	W	87	65		7	2	W 5	Memorial Coliseum
10	Sat, Jan 6, 1979	REG	@	Tennessee	SEC	11.50	L	77	85		7	3	L 1	Stokely Center
11	Mon, Jan 8, 1979	REG	@	Georgia	SEC	3.85	W	83	71		8	3	W 1	Stegeman Coliseum
12	Wed, Jan 10, 1979	REG		Louisiana State (5)	SEC	13.29	W	90	76		9	3	W 2	Memorial Coliseum
13	Sat, Jan 13, 1979	REG		Kentucky (17)	SEC	13.69	W	55	52		10	3	W 3	Memorial Coliseum
14	Mon, Jan 15, 1979	REG		Vanderbilt	SEC	8.22	L	73	75		10	4	L 1	Memorial Coliseum
15	Sat, Jan 20, 1979	REG	@	Auburn	SEC	5.72	W	83	76		11	4	W 1	Memorial Coliseum
16	Mon, Jan 22, 1979	REG	@	Florida	SEC	3.08	W	77	66		12	4	W 2	Florida Gymnasium
17	Sat, Jan 27, 1979	REG	@	Mississippi State	SEC	12.37	W	68	67		13	4	W 3	Humphrey Coliseum
18	Sat, Feb 3, 1979	REG		Tennessee	SEC	11.50	L	77	83		13	5	L 1	Memorial Coliseum
19	Mon, Feb 5, 1979	REG		Georgia	SEC	3.85	W	67	59		14	5	W 1	Memorial Coliseum
20	Thu, Feb 8, 1979	REG		Mississippi	SEC	6.47	W	83	73		15	5	W 2	Memorial Coliseum
21	Sat, Feb 10, 1979	REG	@	Kentucky	SEC	13.69	L	71	80		15	6	L 1	Rupp Arena
22	Mon, Feb 12, 1979	REG	@	Vanderbilt (19)	SEC	8.22	L	57	65		15	7	L 2	McQuiddy Gymnasium
23	Sat, Feb 17, 1979	REG		Auburn	SEC	5.72	W	80	73		16	7	W 1	Memorial Coliseum
24	Mon, Feb 19, 1979	REG		Florida	SEC	3.08	W	90	76		17	7	W 2	Memorial Coliseum
25	Thu, Feb 22, 1979	REG	@	Louisiana State (5)	SEC	13.29	L	66	86		17	8	L 1	Maravich Assembly Center
26	Sat, Feb 24, 1979	REG	@	Mississippi	SEC	6.47	L	80	89		17	9	L 2	C.M. Tad Smith Coliseum
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
27	Wed, Feb 28, 1979	CTOURN		Florida	SEC	3.08	W	81	64		18	9	W 1	BJCC Coliseum
28	Thu, Mar 1, 1979	CTOURN		Kentucky	SEC	13.69	L	100	101		18	10	L 1	BJCC Coliseum
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
29	Thu, Mar 8, 1979	NIT		St. Bonaventure	Ind	0.60	W	98	89		19	10	W 1	BJCC Coliseum
30	Mon, Mar 12, 1979	NIT		Virginia	ACC	11.49	W	90	88		20	10	W 2	BJCC Coliseum
31	Thu, Mar 15, 1979	NIT	@	Texas A&M	SWC	10.06	W	72	68		21	10	W 3	The Summit
32	Mon, Mar 19, 1979	NIT		Purdue (15)	Big Ten	15.56	L	68	87		21	11	L 1	Madison Square Garden (IV)
33	Wed, Mar 21, 1979	NIT	@	Ohio State	Big Ten	12.05	W	96	86		22	11	W 1	Madison Square Garden (IV)