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1977-78 Illinois State Redbirds Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 24-4 (Independent)

Coach: Gene Smithson

PS/G: 83.7 (28th of 259)

PA/G: 74.2 (134th of 259)

SRS: 7.13 (44th of 253)

SOS: -1.30 (144th of 253)

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
Illinois State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	19	15	15	15	13	17	-

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, Nov 26, 1977	REG	@	Saint Louis	Metro	-2.35	W	90	83		1	0	W 1	Kiel Auditorium
2	Tue, Nov 29, 1977	REG		Valparaiso	Ind	-12.24	W	98	81		2	0	W 2	Horton Field House
3	Fri, Dec 2, 1977	REG	N	Colgate	Ind	-21.24	W	94	62		3	0	W 3	Charlotte Coliseum (I)
4	Sat, Dec 3, 1977	REG	N	Delaware	ECC	-9.38	W	89	70		4	0	W 4	Charlotte Coliseum (I)
5	Wed, Dec 7, 1977	REG	@	Southern Illinois	MVC	3.28	W	51	48		5	0	W 5	SIU Arena
6	Sat, Dec 17, 1977	REG		New Orleans	Sun Belt	7.15	W	93	86		6	0	W 6	Horton Field House
7	Mon, Dec 19, 1977	REG		Central Michigan	MAC	0.03	W	90	78		7	0	W 7	Horton Field House
8	Mon, Dec 26, 1977	REG		Kent State	MAC	-11.07	W	79	71		8	0	W 8	Horton Field House
9	Fri, Dec 30, 1977	REG		Long Island University	Ind	-15.25	W	93	68		9	0	W 9	Horton Field House
10	Mon, Jan 2, 1978	REG	@	Bradley	MVC	3.17	W	84	83		10	0	W 10	Robertson Memorial Field House
11	Thu, Jan 5, 1978	REG	@	UC Santa Barbara	PCAA	-6.64	L	69	84		10	1	L 1	Rob Gym
12	Sat, Jan 7, 1978	REG	@	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	6.09	W	88	85		11	1	W 1	Titan Gym
13	Wed, Jan 11, 1978	REG		Northern Illinois	MAC	-1.88	W	79	67		12	1	W 2	Horton Field House
14	Fri, Jan 13, 1978	REG	@	Nevada-Las Vegas (11)	Ind	3.49	L	92	94		12	2	L 1	Las Vegas Convention Center
15	Sat, Jan 21, 1978	REG		Indiana State (4)	MVC	10.23	W	81	76		13	2	W 1	Horton Field House
16	Mon, Feb 6, 1978	REG		Oral Roberts	Ind	2.26	W	84	71		14	2	W 2	Horton Field House
17	Wed, Feb 15, 1978	REG	@	Northern Illinois	MAC	-1.88	W	79	67		15	2	W 3	Chick Evans Fieldhouse
18	Mon, Feb 20, 1978	REG		McNeese State	Southland	-0.19	W	87	68		16	2	W 4	Horton Field House
19	Sat, Feb 25, 1978	REG	@	Centenary (LA)	Ind	-5.33	W	90	77		17	2	W 5	Gold Dome
20	Sat, Mar 4, 1978	REG	@	DePaul (6)	Ind	14.27	L	84	96		17	3	L 1	Alumni Hall
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
21	Fri, Mar 10, 1978	NIT	@	Indiana State	MVC	10.23	L	71	73		17	4	L 2	Hulman Center