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1977-78 Arkansas Razorbacks Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 32-4 (14-2, 1st in SWC MBB)

Rank: 5th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Eddie Sutton

PS/G: 75.1 (120th of 259)

PA/G: 61.6 (4th of 259)

SRS: 15.97 (9th of 253)

SOS: 3.57 (66th of 253)

NCAA Tournament:
Won West First Round (73-52) versus Weber State
Won West Regional Semifinal (74-70) versus UCLA
Won West Regional Final (61-58) versus Cal State Fullerton
Lost National Semifinal (64-59) versus Kentucky
Won National Third Place (71-69) versus Notre Dame

SWC Reg Season Champ

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
Arkansas	7	7	6	4	4	3	3	3	6	4	2	2	1	4	4	7	5

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	Mon, Nov 28, 1977	REG		Mississippi State	SEC	7.64	W	94	61		1	0	W 1	Barton Coliseum
2	Thu, Dec 1, 1977	REG	@	Hawaii	Ind	-10.56	W	79	60		2	0	W 2	Neal S. Blaisdell Center
3	Fri, Dec 2, 1977	REG	@	Hawaii	Ind	-10.56	W	78	53		3	0	W 3	Neal S. Blaisdell Center
4	Sat, Dec 10, 1977	REG	@	Oklahoma	Big 8	7.18	W	64	53		4	0	W 4	Lloyd Noble Center
5	Mon, Dec 19, 1977	REG		Hardin-Simmons	Ind	-12.38	W	86	55		5	0	W 5	Barnhill Arena
6	Thu, Dec 22, 1977	REG		Kansas (16)	Big 8	18.02	W	78	72		6	0	W 6	Barton Coliseum
7	Thu, Dec 29, 1977	REG	@	Louisiana State	SEC	14.21	W	67	62		7	0	W 7	Maravich Assembly Center
8	Sat, Dec 31, 1977	REG	@	Memphis	Metro	4.94	W	95	70		8	0	W 8	Mid-South Coliseum
9	Wed, Jan 4, 1978	REG		Hofstra	ECC	-11.25	W	95	70		9	0	W 9	Convention Center
10	Sun, Jan 8, 1978	REG		Houston	SWC	15.25	W	84	65		10	0	W 10	Barnhill Arena
11	Thu, Jan 12, 1978	REG	@	Rice	SWC	-6.55	W	69	60		11	0	W 11	Rice Gymnasium
12	Sat, Jan 14, 1978	REG	@	Texas	SWC	16.05	L	69	75		11	1	L 1	Frank Erwin Center
13	Tue, Jan 17, 1978	REG		Texas A&M	SWC	0.43	W	84	68		12	1	W 1	Barnhill Arena
14	Sat, Jan 21, 1978	REG		TCU	SWC	-14.96	W	43	35		13	1	W 2	Barton Coliseum
15	Mon, Jan 23, 1978	REG	@	Baylor	SWC	4.65	W	56	55		14	1	W 3	Heart O' Texas Coliseum
16	Wed, Jan 25, 1978	REG		Southern Methodist	SWC	-0.40	W	72	65		15	1	W 4	Barnhill Arena
17	Sat, Jan 28, 1978	REG	@	Texas Tech	SWC	6.00	W	54	49		16	1	W 5	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum
18	Wed, Feb 1, 1978	REG		Texas (12)	SWC	16.05	W	75	71		17	1	W 6	Barnhill Arena
19	Sat, Feb 4, 1978	REG		Rice	SWC	-6.55	W	69	48		18	1	W 7	Barnhill Arena
20	Tue, Feb 7, 1978	REG	@	Texas A&M	SWC	0.43	W	80	79		19	1	W 8	G. Rollie White Coliseum
21	Sat, Feb 11, 1978	REG	@	TCU	SWC	-14.96	W	77	57		20	1	W 9	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum
22	Mon, Feb 13, 1978	REG		Baylor	SWC	4.65	W	82	56		21	1	W 10	Barnhill Arena
23	Thu, Feb 16, 1978	REG	@	Southern Methodist	SWC	-0.40	W	86	75		22	1	W 11	Moody Coliseum
24	Sat, Feb 18, 1978	REG	@	Houston	SWC	15.25	L	75	84		22	2	L 1	Hofheinz Pavilion
25	Tue, Feb 21, 1978	REG		Texas Tech	SWC	6.00	W	58	49		23	2	W 1	Barnhill Arena
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
26	Sat, Feb 25, 1978	CTOURN		TCU	SWC	-14.96	W	84	42		24	2	W 2	Barnhill Arena
27	Thu, Mar 2, 1978	CTOURN	N	Southern Methodist	SWC	-0.40	W	94	73		25	2	W 3	The Summit
28	Fri, Mar 3, 1978	CTOURN	@	Houston	SWC	15.25	L	69	70		25	3	L 1	The Summit
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
29	Sat, Mar 11, 1978	NCAA	N	Weber State	Big Sky	1.58	W	73	52		26	3	W 1	McArthur Court
30	Thu, Mar 16, 1978	NCAA	N	UCLA (2)	Pac-8	22.76	W	74	70		27	3	W 2	University Arena
31	Sat, Mar 18, 1978	NCAA	N	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	6.09	W	61	58		28	3	W 3	University Arena
32	Sat, Mar 25, 1978	NCAA	N	Kentucky (1)	SEC	21.13	L	59	64		28	4	L 1	St. Louis Arena
33	Mon, Mar 27, 1978	NCAA	N	Notre Dame (6)	Ind	18.29	W	71	69		29	4	W 1	St. Louis Arena