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1977-78 Men's Big Ten Conference Schedule and Results

1976-77 Big Ten 1978-79 Big Ten

Record: 152-123, .553 W-L% (12th of 24) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

SRS: 8.05 (2nd of 24)

SOS: 6.41 (2nd of 24)

Regular Season Champion: Michigan State

Coach of the Year: Jud Heathcote

Conference Tournament Champion: None

NCAA Tournament: 2 teams (Indiana and Michigan State)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 teams (Michigan, Minnesota and Purdue)

Ranked in Final AP Poll: 2 teams (Indiana and Michigan State)

90 Games

Conference games only

90 Games Table
Date	Visitor/Neutral	PTS	Home/Neutral	PTS	OT	Notes
Thu, Jan 5, 1978	Iowa	51	Indiana	69
Thu, Jan 5, 1978	Northwestern	65	Michigan	80
Thu, Jan 5, 1978	Minnesota	83	Michigan State	87
Thu, Jan 5, 1978	Wisconsin	61	Ohio State	77
Thu, Jan 5, 1978	Illinois	85	Purdue	95
Sat, Jan 7, 1978	Illinois	65	Indiana	64
Sat, Jan 7, 1978	Wisconsin	63	Michigan State	74
Sat, Jan 7, 1978	Iowa	87	Ohio State	75
Sat, Jan 7, 1978	Northwestern	62	Purdue	87
Sun, Jan 8, 1978	Minnesota	65	Michigan	69
Thu, Jan 12, 1978	Michigan State	82	Illinois	70
Thu, Jan 12, 1978	Michigan	66	Iowa	56
Thu, Jan 12, 1978	Indiana	62	Minnesota	75
Thu, Jan 12, 1978	Ohio State	88	Northwestern	81
Thu, Jan 12, 1978	Purdue	79	Wisconsin	70
Sat, Jan 14, 1978	Michigan	61	Illinois	65
Sat, Jan 14, 1978	Purdue	60	Iowa	66
Sat, Jan 14, 1978	Ohio State	47	Minnesota	72
Sat, Jan 14, 1978	Michigan State	67	Northwestern	63
Sat, Jan 14, 1978	Indiana	65	Wisconsin	78
Date	Visitor/Neutral	PTS	Home/Neutral	PTS	OT	Notes
Thu, Jan 19, 1978	Ohio State	63	Indiana	77
Thu, Jan 19, 1978	Wisconsin	64	Michigan	83
Thu, Jan 19, 1978	Purdue	51	Michigan State	60
Thu, Jan 19, 1978	Illinois	66	Minnesota	70
Thu, Jan 19, 1978	Iowa	59	Northwestern	62
Sat, Jan 21, 1978	Northwestern	64	Illinois	73
Sat, Jan 21, 1978	Iowa	58	Michigan State	68
Sat, Jan 21, 1978	Indiana	67	Purdue	77
Sat, Jan 21, 1978	Minnesota	61	Wisconsin	51
Mon, Jan 23, 1978	Michigan	71	Ohio State	80
Thu, Jan 26, 1978	Illinois	70	Iowa	61
Thu, Jan 26, 1978	Indiana	73	Michigan	92
Thu, Jan 26, 1978	Michigan State	70	Ohio State	60
Thu, Jan 26, 1978	Minnesota	64	Purdue	72
Thu, Jan 26, 1978	Northwestern	93	Wisconsin	85
Sat, Jan 28, 1978	Michigan State	66	Indiana	71
Sat, Jan 28, 1978	Minnesota	69	Northwestern	58
Mon, Jan 30, 1978	Ohio State	87	Illinois	84
Mon, Jan 30, 1978	Wisconsin	73	Iowa	88
Mon, Jan 30, 1978	Purdue	80	Michigan	65
Date	Visitor/Neutral	PTS	Home/Neutral	PTS	OT	Notes
Thu, Feb 2, 1978	Wisconsin	71	Illinois	74
Thu, Feb 2, 1978	Michigan	65	Michigan State	63
Thu, Feb 2, 1978	Iowa	71	Minnesota	82
Thu, Feb 2, 1978	Indiana	86	Northwestern	70
Thu, Feb 2, 1978	Ohio State	69	Purdue	71
Sat, Feb 4, 1978	Indiana	59	Michigan State	68
Sat, Feb 4, 1978	Northwestern	69	Minnesota	80
Sat, Feb 4, 1978	Illinois	65	Ohio State	70
Sat, Feb 4, 1978	Michigan	66	Purdue	75
Sat, Feb 4, 1978	Iowa	72	Wisconsin	82
Thu, Feb 9, 1978	Purdue	64	Indiana	65
Thu, Feb 9, 1978	Michigan State	71	Iowa	70
Thu, Feb 9, 1978	Ohio State	74	Michigan	85
Thu, Feb 9, 1978	Wisconsin	55	Minnesota	64
Thu, Feb 9, 1978	Illinois	61	Northwestern	72
Sat, Feb 11, 1978	Northwestern	62	Indiana	86
Sat, Feb 11, 1978	Minnesota	78	Iowa	65
Sat, Feb 11, 1978	Michigan State	73	Michigan	62
Sat, Feb 11, 1978	Purdue	77	Ohio State	91
Sat, Feb 11, 1978	Illinois	73	Wisconsin	80
Date	Visitor/Neutral	PTS	Home/Neutral	PTS	OT	Notes
Thu, Feb 16, 1978	Minnesota	75	Illinois	69
Thu, Feb 16, 1978	Northwestern	74	Iowa	76
Thu, Feb 16, 1978	Indiana	83	Ohio State	70
Thu, Feb 16, 1978	Michigan State	80	Purdue	99
Thu, Feb 16, 1978	Michigan	68	Wisconsin	66
Sat, Feb 18, 1978	Iowa	76	Illinois	77
Sat, Feb 18, 1978	Michigan	59	Indiana	71
Sat, Feb 18, 1978	Ohio State	74	Michigan State	79
Sat, Feb 18, 1978	Purdue	72	Minnesota	79
Sat, Feb 18, 1978	Wisconsin	81	Northwestern	80
Thu, Feb 23, 1978	Wisconsin	54	Indiana	58
Thu, Feb 23, 1978	Illinois	96	Michigan	107
Thu, Feb 23, 1978	Northwestern	56	Michigan State	66
Thu, Feb 23, 1978	Minnesota	87	Ohio State	94	OT
Thu, Feb 23, 1978	Iowa	69	Purdue	82
Sat, Feb 25, 1978	Minnesota	47	Indiana	68
Sat, Feb 25, 1978	Iowa	76	Michigan	82
Sat, Feb 25, 1978	Illinois	67	Michigan State	89
Sat, Feb 25, 1978	Northwestern	76	Ohio State	103
Sat, Feb 25, 1978	Wisconsin	78	Purdue	87
Date	Visitor/Neutral	PTS	Home/Neutral	PTS	OT	Notes
Thu, Mar 2, 1978	Indiana	77	Illinois	68
Thu, Mar 2, 1978	Ohio State	70	Iowa	87
Thu, Mar 2, 1978	Michigan	78	Minnesota	84
Thu, Mar 2, 1978	Purdue	71	Northwestern	80
Thu, Mar 2, 1978	Michigan State	89	Wisconsin	75
Sat, Mar 4, 1978	Purdue	66	Illinois	67
Sat, Mar 4, 1978	Indiana	71	Iowa	55
Sat, Mar 4, 1978	Michigan State	71	Minnesota	70
Sat, Mar 4, 1978	Michigan	99	Northwestern	88
Sat, Mar 4, 1978	Ohio State	83	Wisconsin	78

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