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1978-79 Men's Southwest Conference Season Summary

Record: 145-117, .553 W-L% (11th of 25) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

SRS: 2.55 (9th of 25)

SOS: 2.85 (7th of 25)

Regular Season Champion: Arkansas and Texas

Player of the Year: Sidney Moncrief

Conference Tournament Champion: Arkansas

NCAA Tournament: 2 teams (Arkansas and Texas)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 1 teams (Texas)

Ranked in Final AP Poll: 1 teams (Arkansas)

Standings

Standings Table
		Conference			Overall			PTS/G		SRS
Rk	School	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
1	Arkansas	13	3	.813	25	5	.833	74.6	62.6	13.6	2.6	NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion; Conf. Tournament Champion
1	Texas	13	3	.813	21	8	.724	77.8	65.9	12.0	2.5	NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion
3	Texas A&M	11	5	.688	24	9	.727	75.3	66.6	10.1	4.2
4	Texas Tech	9	7	.563	19	11	.633	74.1	68.6	6.6	3.5
4	Baylor	9	7	.563	16	12	.571	81.8	75.2	5.1	1.8
6	Houston	6	10	.375	16	15	.516	81.5	78.1	2.1	2.6
6	Southern Methodist	6	10	.375	11	16	.407	76.3	77.9	-1.8	3.1
8	Rice	4	12	.250	7	20	.259	68.6	78.7	-10.9	3.8
9	TCU	1	15	.063	6	21	.222	70.6	77.1	-13.9	1.6

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
Texas	6	13	13	17	19	-	-	-	-	17	11	12	12	11	14	15	-
Arkansas	-	-	-	-	-	20	14	10	11	15	19	14	11	10	9	7	5
SMU	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rice	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Houston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Baylor	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Texas A&M	-	-	-	-	17	12	10	11	15	14	16	11	-	-	-	-	-
Texas Tech	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
TCU	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	Arkansas	30	25	5	.833	13	3	12	2	7	2				28.3	52.9	.535					18.0	25.1	.717		37.8	13.5	4.8	3.2	15.3	18.6	74.6	62.6	13.63	2.56
2	Texas	29	21	8	.724	13	3	12	1	8	5				31.3	62.7	.499					15.2	20.6	.736		38.3	17.0				15.7	77.8	65.9	12.03	2.46
3	Texas A&M	33	24	9	.727	11	5	8	2	10	4				31.5	65.0	.485					12.3	19.4	.635		41.3	10.9	5.5	1.2	12.8	21.0	75.3	66.6	10.06	4.23
4	Baylor	28	16	12	.571	9	7	9	6	6	5				33.1	64.9	.511					15.5	23.8	.652		38.0	14.3	6.2	3.0	13.8	18.8	81.8	75.2	5.07	1.79
5	Texas Tech	30	19	11	.633	9	7	9	4	4	5				29.9	62.5	.479					14.2	19.5	.728		34.9					21.2	74.1	68.6	6.63	3.52
6	Houston	31	16	15	.516	6	10	9	6	3	8				33.5	70.1	.478					14.5	21.5	.672		39.9						81.5	78.1	2.09	2.57
7	SMU	27	11	16	.407	6	10	7	4	1	12				31.8	70.9	.449					12.7	18.8	.673		41.3	15.7	7.1	3.1	11.3	18.2	76.3	77.9	-1.77	3.10
8	Rice	27	7	20	.259	4	12	2	9	2	10				27.4	62.0	.442					13.8	20.3	.680		35.9	14.4				20.6	68.6	78.7	-10.91	3.83
9	TCU	27	6	21	.222	1	15	2	8	0	11				29.0	63.9	.454					12.6	17.8	.710		38.1					18.9	70.6	77.1	-13.86	1.57

Statistical coverage for seasons prior to 1992-93 is mostly complete, however there are a small number of unknown player records.