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1978-79 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 24-6 (Independent)

Rank: 4th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Digger Phelps

PS/G: 79.7 (57th of 262)

PA/G: 64.1 (18th of 262)

SRS: 18.94 (2nd of 256)

SOS: 3.31 (59th of 256)

NCAA Tournament: (#1 seed in Mideast)
Won Mideast Second Round (73-67) versus #8 Tennessee
Won Mideast Regional Semifinal (79-71) versus #5 Toledo
Lost Mideast Regional Final (80-68) versus #2 Michigan State

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
Notre Dame	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	3	3	2	5	4

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, Dec 2, 1978	REG		Valparaiso	Ind	-16.83	W	87	57		1	0	W 1	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
2	Mon, Dec 4, 1978	REG		Rice	SWC	-10.91	W	105	61		2	0	W 2	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
3	Wed, Dec 6, 1978	REG		Northwestern	Big Ten	1.11	W	101	57		3	0	W 3	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
4	Sat, Dec 9, 1978	REG	@	UCLA (2)	Pac-10	18.45	W	81	78		4	0	W 4	Pauley Pavilion
5	Wed, Dec 27, 1978	REG		Saint Francis (PA)	Ind	-8.15	W	96	43		5	0	W 5	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
6	Sat, Dec 30, 1978	REG	N	Kentucky (13)	SEC	13.69	L	76	81		5	1	L 1	Freedom Hall
7	Sat, Jan 6, 1979	REG	@	Villanova	EAA	2.32	W	75	64		6	1	W 1	The Palestra
8	Mon, Jan 8, 1979	REG	@	Davidson	Southern	-7.27	W	95	63		7	1	W 2	Charlotte Coliseum (I)
9	Sat, Jan 13, 1979	REG	@	Marquette (13)	Ind	11.89	W	65	60		8	1	W 3	MECCA Arena
10	Tue, Jan 16, 1979	REG		Lafayette	ECC	-4.75	W	91	66		9	1	W 4	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
11	Thu, Jan 18, 1979	REG		San Francisco	WCAC	12.13	W	88	69		10	1	W 5	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
12	Sat, Jan 20, 1979	REG		South Carolina	Ind	1.70	W	82	73		11	1	W 6	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
13	Wed, Jan 24, 1979	REG		Fordham	NJNY7	-8.79	W	85	53		12	1	W 7	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
14	Sat, Jan 27, 1979	REG	@	Maryland	ACC	10.73	L	66	67		12	2	L 1	Cole Fieldhouse
15	Tue, Jan 30, 1979	REG		Brown	Ivy	-9.17	W	80	53		13	2	W 1	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
16	Thu, Feb 1, 1979	REG		Xavier	Ind	-0.71	W	66	57		14	2	W 2	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
17	Sat, Feb 3, 1979	REG		Dayton	Ind	7.41	W	86	71		15	2	W 3	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
18	Mon, Feb 5, 1979	REG		Loyola (IL)	Ind	2.69	W	84	66		16	2	W 4	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
19	Wed, Feb 7, 1979	REG	@	NC State	ACC	15.83	W	53	52		17	2	W 5	Reynolds Coliseum
20	Sun, Feb 11, 1979	REG		UCLA (4)	Pac-10	18.45	L	52	56		17	3	L 1	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
21	Thu, Feb 15, 1979	REG	@	Manhattan	NJNY7	-7.22	W	86	63		18	3	W 1	Alumni Gym
22	Sat, Feb 17, 1979	REG	@	West Virginia	EAA	-0.43	W	70	54		19	3	W 2	WVU Coliseum
23	Wed, Feb 21, 1979	REG		Oklahoma City	TAAC	-1.68	W	88	60		20	3	W 3	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
24	Sat, Feb 24, 1979	REG		La Salle	ECC	-1.26	W	93	70		21	3	W 4	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
25	Mon, Feb 26, 1979	REG		East Carolina	Ind	-3.44	W	89	72		22	3	W 5	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
26	Fri, Mar 2, 1979	REG	@	DePaul (15)	Ind	10.10	L	72	76		22	4	L 1	Alumni Hall
27	Sun, Mar 4, 1979	REG	@	Michigan	Big Ten	10.80	L	59	62		22	5	L 2	Pontiac Silverdome
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
28	Sun, Mar 11, 1979	NCAA	N	Tennessee (20)	SEC	11.50	W	73	67		23	5	W 1	Murphy Center
29	Fri, Mar 16, 1979	NCAA	N	Toledo (19)	MAC	8.51	W	79	71		24	5	W 2	Market Square Arena
30	Sun, Mar 18, 1979	NCAA	N	Michigan State (3)	Big Ten	22.53	L	68	80		24	6	L 1	Market Square Arena