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1978-79 Illinois Fighting Illini Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 19-11 (7-11, 7th in Big Ten MBB)

Coach: Lou Henson

PS/G: 69.7 (207th of 262)

PA/G: 64.9 (26th of 262)

SRS: 11.28 (25th of 256)

SOS: 6.78 (18th of 256)

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	-	-	-	18	15	6	4	4	4	8	14	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		UT Arlington	Southland	-12.98	W	109	74		1	0	W 1	Assembly Hall
2	Tue, Nov 28, 1978	REG		Denver	Ind	-3.74	W	81	57		2	0	W 2	Assembly Hall
3	Sat, Dec 2, 1978	REG	@	Tulane	Metro	-5.02	W	65	60		3	0	W 3	Avron B. Fogelman Arena
4	Tue, Dec 5, 1978	REG	@	Missouri	Big 8	2.61	W	69	57		4	0	W 4	Hearnes Center
5	Fri, Dec 8, 1978	REG		South Carolina	Ind	1.70	W	64	57		5	0	W 5	Assembly Hall
6	Sat, Dec 9, 1978	REG		Centenary (LA)	TAAC	-11.32	W	86	60		6	0	W 6	Assembly Hall
7	Sat, Dec 16, 1978	REG	@	Kent State	MAC	-8.92	W	82	44		7	0	W 7	Memorial Athletic & Convocation Center
8	Fri, Dec 22, 1978	REG	N	Syracuse (8)	Ind	15.51	W	64	61		8	0	W 8	Rupp Arena
9	Sat, Dec 23, 1978	REG	N	Texas A&M (17)	SWC	10.06	W	71	57		9	0	W 9	Rupp Arena
10	Thu, Dec 28, 1978	REG	N	Western Michigan	MAC	-8.64	W	84	79		10	0	W 10	Seawolf Sports Complex
11	Fri, Dec 29, 1978	REG	N	University of the Ozarks			W	88	82		11	0	W 11	Seawolf Sports Complex
12	Sat, Dec 30, 1978	REG	@	Alaska-Anchorage			W	92	80		12	0	W 12	Seawolf Sports Complex
13	Thu, Jan 4, 1979	REG	@	Indiana	Big Ten	14.86	W	65	61		13	0	W 13	Assembly Hall
14	Sat, Jan 6, 1979	REG	@	Northwestern	Big Ten	1.11	W	74	56		14	0	W 14	Welsh-Ryan Arena
15	Thu, Jan 11, 1979	REG		Michigan State (1)	Big Ten	22.53	W	57	55		15	0	W 15	Assembly Hall
16	Sat, Jan 13, 1979	REG		Ohio State	Big Ten	12.05	L	66	69	OT	15	1	L 1	Assembly Hall
17	Thu, Jan 18, 1979	REG	@	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5.45	W	81	74		16	1	W 1	Wisconsin Field House
18	Sat, Jan 20, 1979	REG		Purdue	Big Ten	15.56	L	57	69		16	2	L 1	Assembly Hall
19	Thu, Jan 25, 1979	REG	@	Iowa	Big Ten	17.60	L	52	58		16	3	L 2	Iowa Field House
20	Sat, Jan 27, 1979	REG		Michigan	Big Ten	10.80	L	54	56		16	4	L 3	Assembly Hall
21	Thu, Feb 1, 1979	REG		Minnesota	Big Ten	5.29	W	67	57		17	4	W 1	Assembly Hall
22	Sat, Feb 3, 1979	REG	@	Michigan	Big Ten	10.80	L	65	74		17	5	L 1	Crisler Arena
23	Thu, Feb 8, 1979	REG	@	Purdue	Big Ten	15.56	L	65	71		17	6	L 2	Mackey Arena
24	Sat, Feb 10, 1979	REG	@	Minnesota	Big Ten	5.29	W	59	57		18	6	W 1	Williams Arena
25	Thu, Feb 15, 1979	REG		Wisconsin	Big Ten	5.45	W	81	64		19	6	W 2	Assembly Hall
26	Sat, Feb 17, 1979	REG		Iowa (14)	Big Ten	17.60	L	53	67		19	7	L 1	Assembly Hall
27	Thu, Feb 22, 1979	REG	@	Ohio State (14)	Big Ten	12.05	L	55	73		19	8	L 2	St. John Arena
28	Sat, Feb 24, 1979	REG	@	Michigan State (7)	Big Ten	22.53	L	62	76		19	9	L 3	Jenison Field House
29	Thu, Mar 1, 1979	REG		Northwestern	Big Ten	1.11	L	64	71		19	10	L 4	Assembly Hall
30	Sat, Mar 3, 1979	REG		Indiana	Big Ten	14.86	L	60	72		19	11	L 5	Assembly Hall