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1978-79 Men's Big Eight Conference Schedule and Results

1977-78 Big 8 1979-80 Big 8

Record: 119-105, .531 W-L% (16th of 25) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

SRS: 3.49 (6th of 25)

SOS: 3.52 (6th of 25)

Regular Season Champion: Oklahoma

Player of the Year: John McCullough

Coach of the Year: Dave Bliss

Conference Tournament Champion: Oklahoma

NCAA Tournament: 1 teams (Oklahoma)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 1 teams (Kansas)

Ranked in Final AP Poll: 1 teams (Oklahoma)

63 Games

Conference games only

63 Games Table
Date	Visitor/Neutral	PTS	Home/Neutral	PTS	OT	Notes
Sat, Jan 6, 1979	Nebraska	72	Iowa State	68
Wed, Jan 10, 1979	Colorado	56	Kansas State	58
Wed, Jan 10, 1979	Oklahoma State	73	Missouri	63
Wed, Jan 10, 1979	Kansas	45	Oklahoma	68
Sat, Jan 13, 1979	Nebraska	61	Colorado	64
Sat, Jan 13, 1979	Iowa State	79	Kansas State	66
Sat, Jan 13, 1979	Oklahoma	67	Missouri	73
Sat, Jan 13, 1979	Kansas	82	Oklahoma State	70
Wed, Jan 17, 1979	Colorado	59	Iowa State	60
Wed, Jan 17, 1979	Missouri	58	Kansas	55
Wed, Jan 17, 1979	Kansas State	53	Nebraska	55
Wed, Jan 17, 1979	Oklahoma State	59	Oklahoma	64
Sat, Jan 20, 1979	Oklahoma State	70	Iowa State	72
Sat, Jan 20, 1979	Kansas	69	Kansas State	96
Sat, Jan 20, 1979	Nebraska	60	Missouri	76
Sat, Jan 20, 1979	Colorado	64	Oklahoma	72
Wed, Jan 24, 1979	Missouri	69	Colorado	82
Wed, Jan 24, 1979	Iowa State	71	Kansas	80
Wed, Jan 24, 1979	Oklahoma	56	Nebraska	74
Wed, Jan 24, 1979	Kansas State	77	Oklahoma State	73	OT
Date	Visitor/Neutral	PTS	Home/Neutral	PTS	OT	Notes
Sat, Jan 27, 1979	Oklahoma State	55	Colorado	63
Sat, Jan 27, 1979	Kansas State	79	Missouri	83
Sat, Jan 27, 1979	Kansas	64	Nebraska	66	OT
Sat, Jan 27, 1979	Iowa State	83	Oklahoma	98
Wed, Jan 31, 1979	Missouri	84	Iowa State	80	OT
Wed, Jan 31, 1979	Colorado	51	Kansas	56
Wed, Jan 31, 1979	Oklahoma	70	Kansas State	62
Wed, Jan 31, 1979	Nebraska	57	Oklahoma State	66
Fri, Feb 2, 1979	Oklahoma State	71	Kansas	82
Sat, Feb 3, 1979	Kansas State	62	Iowa State	60
Sat, Feb 3, 1979	Colorado	52	Nebraska	79
Sat, Feb 3, 1979	Missouri	76	Oklahoma	80
Wed, Feb 7, 1979	Iowa State	71	Colorado	78
Wed, Feb 7, 1979	Nebraska	46	Kansas State	58
Wed, Feb 7, 1979	Kansas	88	Missouri	85
Wed, Feb 7, 1979	Oklahoma State	67	Oklahoma	74
Sat, Feb 10, 1979	Kansas State	59	Colorado	57
Sat, Feb 10, 1979	Oklahoma	62	Kansas	74
Sat, Feb 10, 1979	Iowa State	48	Nebraska	46
Sat, Feb 10, 1979	Missouri	54	Oklahoma State	61
Date	Visitor/Neutral	PTS	Home/Neutral	PTS	OT	Notes
Wed, Feb 14, 1979	Kansas	66	Iowa State	68
Wed, Feb 14, 1979	Oklahoma State	50	Kansas State	59
Wed, Feb 14, 1979	Colorado	69	Missouri	81
Wed, Feb 14, 1979	Nebraska	58	Oklahoma	79
Sat, Feb 17, 1979	Oklahoma	67	Colorado	62
Sat, Feb 17, 1979	Kansas State	58	Kansas	56
Sat, Feb 17, 1979	Missouri	64	Nebraska	76
Sat, Feb 17, 1979	Iowa State	58	Oklahoma State	73
Wed, Feb 21, 1979	Oklahoma	65	Iowa State	66
Wed, Feb 21, 1979	Nebraska	59	Kansas	66
Wed, Feb 21, 1979	Missouri	67	Kansas State	63
Wed, Feb 21, 1979	Colorado	53	Oklahoma State	55
Sat, Feb 24, 1979	Kansas	71	Colorado	60
Sat, Feb 24, 1979	Iowa State	67	Missouri	73
Sat, Feb 24, 1979	Oklahoma State	67	Nebraska	76
Sat, Feb 24, 1979	Kansas State	52	Oklahoma	65
Tue, Feb 27, 1979	Iowa State	70	Kansas	91
Tue, Feb 27, 1979	Oklahoma State	70	Missouri	92
Tue, Feb 27, 1979	Colorado	57	Oklahoma	77
Wed, Feb 28, 1979	Nebraska	60	Kansas State	61	2OT
Date	Visitor/Neutral	PTS	Home/Neutral	PTS	OT	Notes
Fri, Mar 2, 1979	Oklahoma	72	Kansas State	68
Fri, Mar 2, 1979	Kansas	76	Missouri	73
Sat, Mar 3, 1979	Oklahoma	80	Kansas	65

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