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1978-79 BYU Cougars Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 20-8 (10-2, 1st in WAC MBB)

Coach: Frank Arnold

PS/G: 85.0 (14th of 262)

PA/G: 76.6 (186th of 262)

SRS: 12.31 (18th of 256)

SOS: 3.84 (50th of 256)

NCAA Tournament: (#5 seed in West)
Lost West Second Round (86-63) versus #4 San Francisco

WAC Reg Season Champ

AP Poll Summary

1978-79 Season AP Poll summary

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
BYU	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Schedules prior to the 1994-95 season may be missing games vs. non-Division I opponents.

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Fri, Nov 24, 1978	REG		Hawaii	Ind	-3.35	W	93	69		1	0	W 1	Marriott Center
2	Sat, Nov 25, 1978	REG		Portland State	Ind	-13.45	W	111	82		2	0	W 2	Marriott Center
3	Fri, Dec 1, 1978	REG	@	Baylor	SWC	5.07	W	92	86		3	0	W 3	Heart O' Texas Coliseum
4	Sat, Dec 2, 1978	REG	@	Texas (13)	SWC	12.03	L	57	96		3	1	L 1	Frank Erwin Center
5	Wed, Dec 6, 1978	REG		Utah State	PCAA	2.33	W	99	80		4	1	W 1	Marriott Center
6	Fri, Dec 8, 1978	REG		Saint Joseph's	ECC	1.46	W	90	71		5	1	W 2	Marriott Center
7	Sat, Dec 9, 1978	REG		Purdue	Big Ten	15.56	W	76	64		6	1	W 3	Marriott Center
8	Thu, Dec 14, 1978	REG	@	Rhode Island	Ind	7.68	L	76	85		6	2	L 1	Providence Civic Center
9	Sat, Dec 16, 1978	REG	@	St. John's (NY)	NJNY7	7.93	L	83	90		6	3	L 2	Alumni Hall
10	Thu, Dec 21, 1978	REG		Harvard	Ivy	-10.58	W	113	72		7	3	W 1	Marriott Center
11	Sat, Dec 23, 1978	REG		Oral Roberts	Ind	5.56	W	120	104		8	3	W 2	Marriott Center
12	Fri, Dec 29, 1978	REG	N	Georgia Tech	Ind	8.13	L	81	83		8	4	L 1	Met Center
13	Sat, Dec 30, 1978	REG	N	Houston	SWC	2.09	W	84	77		9	4	W 1	Met Center
14	Thu, Jan 4, 1979	REG		Denver	Ind	-3.74	W	92	53		10	4	W 2	Marriott Center
15	Sat, Jan 6, 1979	REG	@	Utah State	PCAA	2.33	L	68	84		10	5	L 1	Dee Glen Smith Spectrum
16	Thu, Jan 11, 1979	REG		UTEP	WAC	2.13	W	80	56		11	5	W 1	Marriott Center
17	Sat, Jan 13, 1979	REG		New Mexico	WAC	7.56	W	100	83		12	5	W 2	Marriott Center
18	Sat, Jan 20, 1979	REG	@	Utah	WAC	6.19	W	90	76		13	5	W 3	Jon M. Huntsman Center
19	Thu, Jan 25, 1979	REG	@	Colorado State	WAC	0.46	W	98	83		14	5	W 4	Moby Arena
20	Sat, Jan 27, 1979	REG	@	Wyoming	WAC	4.58	L	69	71		14	6	L 1	War Memorial Fieldhouse
21	Sat, Feb 3, 1979	REG		San Diego State	WAC	7.28	W	88	80		15	6	W 1	Marriott Center
22	Fri, Feb 9, 1979	REG	@	New Mexico	WAC	7.56	L	65	66		15	7	L 1	University Arena
23	Sat, Feb 10, 1979	REG	@	UTEP	WAC	2.13	W	77	68		16	7	W 1	Don Haskins Center
24	Sat, Feb 17, 1979	REG		Utah	WAC	6.19	W	76	50		17	7	W 2	Marriott Center
25	Thu, Feb 22, 1979	REG		Wyoming	WAC	4.58	W	78	73		18	7	W 3	Marriott Center
26	Sat, Feb 24, 1979	REG		Colorado State	WAC	0.46	W	66	61		19	7	W 4	Marriott Center
27	Fri, Mar 2, 1979	REG	@	San Diego State	WAC	7.28	W	96	95		20	7	W 5	San Diego Sports Arena
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
28	Sun, Mar 11, 1979	NCAA	N	San Francisco (19)	WCAC	12.13	L	63	86		20	8	L 1	McKale Center