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1978-79 Men's Big Ten Conference Season Summary

Record: 177-121, .594 W-L% (3rd of 25) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

SRS: 11.65 (2nd of 25)

SOS: 8.74 (1st of 25)

Regular Season Champion: Iowa, Michigan State and Purdue

Coach of the Year: Lute Olson

Conference Tournament Champion: None

NCAA Tournament: 2 teams (Iowa and Michigan State)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 teams (Indiana, Michigan and Michigan State)

Ranked in Final AP Poll: 3 teams (Iowa, Michigan State and Purdue)

Standings

Standings Table
		Conference			Overall			PTS/G		SRS
Rk	School	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
1	Michigan State	13	5	.722	26	6	.813	75.7	62.6	22.5	9.5	NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion; NCAA FF; NCAA Champion
1	Purdue	13	5	.722	27	8	.771	70.3	62.5	15.6	8.6	Reg. Season Champion
1	Iowa	13	5	.722	20	8	.714	77.4	66.5	17.6	7.8	NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion
4	Ohio State	12	6	.667	19	12	.613	74.9	72.5	12.0	9.6
5	Indiana	10	8	.556	22	12	.647	67.3	61.2	14.9	8.8
6	Michigan	8	10	.444	15	12	.556	70.6	69.1	10.8	9.4
7	Illinois	7	11	.389	19	11	.633	69.7	64.9	11.3	6.8
8	Wisconsin	6	12	.333	12	15	.444	69.7	73.5	5.4	9.2
8	Minnesota	6	12	.333	11	16	.407	66.6	70.3	5.3	9.0
10	Northwestern	2	16	.111	6	21	.222	67.3	75.1	1.1	8.9

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
Michigan State	7	7	4	3	5	4	1	1	6	4	14	10	8	7	4	4	3
Michigan	8	8	6	9	9	8	13	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Northwestern	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Illinois	-	-	-	18	15	6	4	4	4	8	14	20	-	-	-	-	-
Purdue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	18	19	16	15
Indiana	10	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Minnesota	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Iowa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	14	12	11	14	20
Ohio State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	10	7	13	17	14	17	-	-
Wisconsin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	Iowa	28	20	8	.714	13	5	10	3	8	4				29.8	62.9	.474					17.9	24.4	.733		39.5	15.1				21.0	77.4	66.5	17.60	7.79
2	Michigan State	32	26	6	.813	13	5	13	0	6	6				29.1	55.3	.527					17.5	24.2	.721		34.6						75.7	62.6	22.53	9.47
3	Purdue	35	27	8	.771	13	5	15	3	8	5				27.8	55.6	.499					14.8	21.5	.688		38.1	16.1	8.0	3.2		19.7	70.3	62.5	15.56	8.56
4	Ohio State	31	19	12	.613	12	6	10	5	8	6				30.4	63.1	.482					14.1	20.9	.675		38.2	16.2	7.0	5.1	17.1	20.8	74.9	72.5	12.05	9.63
5	Indiana	34	22	12	.647	10	8	13	2	7	7				26.0	51.6	.504					15.3	21.1	.722		35.6	16.3	6.1	2.4	16.8	18.1	67.3	61.2	14.86	8.77
6	Michigan	27	15	12	.556	8	10	10	4	5	7				29.3	60.3	.486					12.0	18.2	.657		35.3	13.3	5.5	1.4	19.3	19.7	70.6	69.1	10.80	9.36
7	Illinois	30	19	11	.633	7	11	7	6	8	5				29.7	63.6	.467					10.3	15.1	.683		41.3	15.8	7.2	5.4	15.8	20.6	69.7	64.9	11.28	6.78
8	Minnesota	27	11	16	.407	6	12	9	6	2	10				28.5	61.8	.461					9.6	13.6	.703		36.2	11.0	5.4			19.0	66.6	70.3	5.29	8.95
9	Wisconsin	27	12	15	.444	6	12	9	5	3	9				28.1	64.0	.440					13.4	20.2	.666		38.8						69.7	73.5	5.45	9.23
10	Northwestern	27	6	21	.222	2	16	2	10	2	11				26.3	60.3	.436					14.8	20.8	.711		36.4						67.3	75.1	1.11	8.89