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1978-79 Illinois State Redbirds Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 20-10 (Independent)

Coach: Bob Donewald

PS/G: 80.0 (53rd of 262)

PA/G: 72.7 (121st of 262)

SRS: 2.26 (92nd of 256)

SOS: -0.57 (124th 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
Illinois State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Mon, Dec 4, 1978	REG		Indiana State	MVC	14.39	L	76	78	0	1	L 1	Horton Field House
2	Wed, Dec 6, 1978	REG		Southern Illinois	MVC	3.96	W	89	86	1	1	W 1	Horton Field House
3	Sat, Dec 9, 1978	REG		Saint Louis	Metro	-2.29	W	73	63	2	1	W 2	Horton Field House
4	Mon, Dec 11, 1978	REG	@	Central Michigan	MAC	0.92	L	63	66	2	2	L 1	Rose Arena
5	Mon, Dec 18, 1978	REG	@	Western Kentucky	OVC	-3.13	W	75	74	3	2	W 1	E. A. Diddle Arena
6	Fri, Dec 22, 1978	REG		Northern Illinois	MAC	-3.40	W	71	60	4	2	W 2	Horton Field House
7	Sat, Dec 23, 1978	REG		Mississippi	SEC	6.47	W	76	72	5	2	W 3	Horton Field House
8	Fri, Dec 29, 1978	REG	@	Syracuse (19)	Ind	15.51	L	72	82	5	3	L 1	Manley Field House
9	Wed, Jan 3, 1979	REG		Bradley	MVC	-0.23	W	74	61	6	3	W 1	Horton Field House
10	Sat, Jan 6, 1979	REG	@	McNeese State	Southland	-7.45	W	78	73	7	3	W 2	Lake Charles Civic Center
11	Mon, Jan 8, 1979	REG		North Texas	Ind	-6.86	W	98	80	8	3	W 3	Horton Field House
12	Sat, Jan 13, 1979	REG	@	Detroit Mercy	Ind	7.69	L	81	92	8	4	L 1	Calihan Hall
13	Wed, Jan 17, 1979	REG	@	Evansville	Ind	-5.07	W	73	68	9	4	W 1	Roberts Stadium
14	Sat, Jan 20, 1979	REG		Howard	MEAC	-13.32	W	88	62	10	4	W 2	Horton Field House
15	Wed, Jan 24, 1979	REG	@	Valparaiso	Ind	-16.83	W	88	67	11	4	W 3	Hilltop Gym
16	Sat, Jan 27, 1979	REG		DePaul	Ind	10.10	L	69	87	11	5	L 1	Horton Field House
17	Wed, Jan 31, 1979	REG	@	Northern Illinois	MAC	-3.40	L	65	76	11	6	L 2	Chick Evans Fieldhouse
18	Fri, Feb 9, 1979	REG	@	Hawaii	Ind	-3.35	L	77	82	11	7	L 3	Neal S. Blaisdell Center
19	Sat, Feb 10, 1979	REG	@	Hawaii	Ind	-3.35	W	71	62	12	7	W 1	Neal S. Blaisdell Center
20	Tue, Feb 13, 1979	REG		Milwaukee	Ind	-12.36	W	82	65	13	7	W 2	Horton Field House
21	Thu, Feb 15, 1979	REG	@	South Alabama	Sun Belt	5.36	W	77	70	14	7	W 3	Jaguar Gym
22	Sat, Feb 17, 1979	REG	@	Louisiana-Monroe	TAAC	4.27	L	72	80	14	8	L 1	Fant-Ewing Coliseum
23	Thu, Feb 22, 1979	REG	@	North Texas	Ind	-6.86	L	87	90	14	9	L 2	Super Pit
24	Sat, Feb 24, 1979	REG	@	Oral Roberts	Ind	5.56	L	78	89	14	10	L 3	Mabee Center