1977-78 DePaul Blue Demons Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 27-3 (Independent)

Rank: 3rd in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Ray Meyer

PS/G: 82.0 (47th of 259)

PA/G: 70.0 (67th of 259)

SRS: 14.27 (13th of 253)

SOS: 2.27 (87th of 253)

NCAA Tournament:
Won Midwest First Round (80-78) versus Creighton
Won Midwest Regional Semifinal (90-89) versus Louisville
Lost Midwest Regional Final (84-64) versus Notre Dame

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AP Poll Summary

1977-78 Season AP Poll summary

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
DePaul	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	18	19	13	11	8	7	6	4	3

Schedules prior to the 1992-93 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	Sat, Nov 26, 1977	REG		Butler	Ind	-7.70	W	93	65		1	0	W 1	Alumni Hall
2	Sat, Dec 3, 1977	REG		Evansville	Ind	-6.77	W	94	71		2	0	W 2	Alumni Hall
3	Mon, Dec 5, 1977	REG		Bradley	MVC	3.17	W	89	85		3	0	W 3	Alumni Hall
4	Sat, Dec 10, 1977	REG		Wichita State	MVC	1.89	W	89	84		4	0	W 4	Alumni Hall
5	Wed, Dec 14, 1977	REG	@	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1.98	W	85	62		5	0	W 5	Wisconsin Field House
6	Sat, Dec 17, 1977	REG		Northwestern	Big Ten	0.33	W	83	79		6	0	W 6	Alumni Hall
7	Wed, Dec 21, 1977	REG	N	Louisiana State	SEC	14.21	L	67	68		6	1	L 1	Blue Cross Arena
8	Fri, Dec 23, 1977	REG	@	Centenary (LA)	Ind	-5.33	W	96	77		7	1	W 1	Gold Dome
9	Wed, Dec 28, 1977	REG	N	Penn State	EAA	-5.90	W	82	67		8	1	W 2	Blue Cross Arena
10	Thu, Dec 29, 1977	REG	N	Yale	Ivy	-12.26	W	100	52		9	1	W 3	Blue Cross Arena
11	Mon, Jan 2, 1978	REG		Western Michigan	MAC	-8.04	W	92	61		10	1	W 4	Alumni Hall
12	Sat, Jan 7, 1978	REG		Loyola (IL)	Ind	2.76	W	93	73		11	1	W 5	Alumni Hall
13	Tue, Jan 10, 1978	REG	@	Eastern Michigan	MAC	-6.12	W	91	83		12	1	W 6	Bowen Field House
14	Sat, Jan 14, 1978	REG	@	Bradley	MVC	3.17	W	80	66		13	1	W 7	Robertson Memorial Field House
15	Wed, Jan 18, 1978	REG	@	Marquette (2)	Ind	14.30	L	74	80		13	2	L 1	MECCA Arena
16	Sat, Jan 21, 1978	REG		Dayton	Ind	8.52	W	74	70		14	2	W 1	Alumni Hall
17	Mon, Jan 23, 1978	REG		Saint Louis	Metro	-2.35	W	100	81		15	2	W 2	Alumni Hall
18	Sat, Jan 28, 1978	REG		Providence (9)	Ind	4.92	W	78	68		16	2	W 3	Alumni Hall
19	Wed, Feb 1, 1978	REG	@	Creighton	MVC	7.02	W	85	82		17	2	W 4	Omaha Civic Auditorium
20	Sat, Feb 4, 1978	REG		Oral Roberts	Ind	2.26	W	63	57		18	2	W 5	Alumni Hall
21	Tue, Feb 7, 1978	REG		Duquesne	EAA	-0.55	W	83	58		19	2	W 6	Alumni Hall
22	Sun, Feb 12, 1978	REG	@	Notre Dame (4)	Ind	18.29	W	69	68		20	2	W 7	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
23	Sat, Feb 18, 1978	REG	@	Loyola (IL)	Ind	2.76	W	73	63		21	2	W 8	Alumni Gym
24	Wed, Feb 22, 1978	REG	@	Air Force	Ind	2.00	W	54	41		22	2	W 9	Clune Arena
25	Wed, Mar 1, 1978	REG	@	Valparaiso	Ind	-12.24	W	89	62		23	2	W 10	Hilltop Gym
26	Sat, Mar 4, 1978	REG		Illinois State (13)	Ind	7.13	W	96	84		24	2	W 11	Alumni Hall
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
27	Sun, Mar 12, 1978	NCAA	N	Creighton	MVC	7.02	W	80	78		25	2	W 12	Levitt Arena
28	Fri, Mar 17, 1978	NCAA	N	Louisville (9)	Metro	13.13	W	90	89	2OT	26	2	W 13	Allen Fieldhouse
29	Sun, Mar 19, 1978	NCAA	N	Notre Dame (6)	Ind	18.29	L	64	84		26	3	L 1	Allen Fieldhouse