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1977-78 Men's Big Eight Conference Season Summary

Record: 125-100, .556 W-L% (9th of 24) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

SRS: 6.49 (4th of 24)

SOS: 5.56 (4th of 24)

Regular Season Champion: Kansas

Player of the Year: Mike Evans

Coach of the Year: Joe Cipriano, Ted Owens

Conference Tournament Champion: Missouri

NCAA Tournament: 2 teams (Kansas and Missouri)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: None

Ranked in Final AP Poll: 1 teams (Kansas)

Standings

Standings Table
		Conference			Overall			PTS/G		SRS
Rk	School	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
1	Kansas	13	1	.929	24	5	.828	81.6	66.4	18.0	4.3	NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion
2	Iowa State	9	5	.643	14	13	.519	72.4	73.3	3.5	4.7
3	Nebraska	9	5	.643	22	8	.733	67.7	62.9	10.2	5.5
4	Kansas State	7	7	.500	18	11	.621	69.6	64.6	9.9	5.3
5	Oklahoma	7	7	.500	14	13	.519	69.2	69.3	7.2	6.5
6	Oklahoma State	4	10	.286	10	16	.385	72.7	74.9	0.8	5.6
7	Missouri	4	10	.286	14	16	.467	68.2	70.1	3.5	6.2	NCAA Tournament; Conf. Tournament Champion
8	Colorado	3	11	.214	9	18	.333	69.0	72.4	-1.1	6.4

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
Iowa State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oklahoma State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kansas	-	-	19	20	16	17	14	10	8	8	8	8	6	6	5	9	10
Colorado	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oklahoma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nebraska	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	-
Kansas State	-	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Missouri	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

School Stats Table
		Overall				Conf.		Home		Away		Ratings			Per Game																			Advanced
Rk	School	G	W	L	W%	W	L	W	L	W	L	ORtg	DRtg	NRtg	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	PTS	SRS	SOS	Pace
1	Kansas	29	24	5	.828	13	1	16	2	7	2				33.3	69.4	.479					15.0	22.3	.671		44.8	18.4	7.8	5.9		23.9	81.6	66.4	18.02	4.30
2	Iowa State	27	14	13	.519	9	5	9	3	4	8				27.7	60.0	.463					16.9	27.0	.628		44.6	13.2				22.7	72.4	73.3	3.48	4.71
3	Nebraska	30	22	8	.733	9	5	15	2	5	5				27.6	56.5	.489					12.5	18.4	.679		32.1	14.4				20.0	67.7	62.9	10.18	5.52
4	Kansas State	29	18	11	.621	7	7	11	2	5	8				28.1	59.6	.471					13.4	19.0	.708		34.1	11.6					69.6	64.6	9.86	5.29
5	Oklahoma	27	14	13	.519	7	7	4	6	7	6				28.4	58.2	.489					12.3	19.3	.639		35.1	13.0	6.2		16.2		69.2	69.3	7.18	6.48
6	Missouri	30	14	16	.467	4	10	13	4	1	10				26.7	58.6	.455					14.9	21.8	.683		40.1	8.7	5.1	1.6		18.7	68.2	70.1	3.51	6.19
7	Oklahoma State	26	10	16	.385	4	10	5	6	2	8				27.4	60.0	.456					17.9	24.2	.739		38.3	8.5	4.5	2.7	17.0	19.5	72.7	74.9	0.81	5.56
8	Colorado	27	9	18	.333	3	11	7	5	2	10				27.1	60.5	.448					14.8	21.6	.686		37.4	14.3	4.8	2.5	19.9	25.1	69.0	72.4	-1.14	6.45