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1978-79 DePaul Blue Demons Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 26-6 (Independent)

Rank: 6th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Ray Meyer

PS/G: 82.5 (30th of 262)

PA/G: 74.8 (162nd of 262)

SRS: 10.10 (30th of 256)

SOS: 2.48 (76th of 256)

NCAA Tournament: (#2 seed in West)
Won West Second Round (89-78) versus #7 Southern California
Won West Regional Semifinal (62-56) versus #3 Marquette
Won West Regional Final (95-91) versus #1 UCLA
Lost National Semifinal (76-74) versus #1 Indiana State
Won National Third Place (96-93) versus #9 Pennsylvania

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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
DePaul	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	15	8	6

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 25, 1978	REG	@	UCLA (2)	Pac-10	18.45	L	85	108		0	1	L 1	Pauley Pavilion
2	Wed, Nov 29, 1978	REG	@	Evansville	Ind	-5.07	W	74	55		1	1	W 1	Roberts Stadium
3	Sat, Dec 2, 1978	REG		Northern Illinois	MAC	-3.40	W	108	86		2	1	W 2	Alumni Hall
4	Mon, Dec 4, 1978	REG		Eastern Michigan	MAC	-10.44	W	96	68		3	1	W 3	Alumni Hall
5	Sat, Dec 9, 1978	REG	@	Wichita State	MVC	2.34	L	92	95		3	2	L 1	Levitt Arena
6	Wed, Dec 13, 1978	REG	@	Butler	Ind	-5.79	W	81	62		4	2	W 1	Hinkle Fieldhouse
7	Sat, Dec 16, 1978	REG		Wisconsin	Big Ten	5.45	W	84	78		5	2	W 2	Alumni Hall
8	Tue, Dec 19, 1978	REG		Northwestern	Big Ten	1.11	W	90	83	OT	6	2	W 3	Alumni Hall
9	Sat, Dec 23, 1978	REG	@	Bradley	MVC	-0.23	W	51	50		7	2	W 4	Robertson Memorial Field House
10	Sat, Dec 30, 1978	REG		Creighton	MVC	1.89	W	88	70		8	2	W 5	Alumni Hall
11	Tue, Jan 2, 1979	REG		Georgia Tech	Ind	8.13	W	77	71		9	2	W 6	Alumni Hall
12	Sat, Jan 6, 1979	REG		Air Force	Ind	-3.90	W	86	66		10	2	W 7	Alumni Hall
13	Tue, Jan 9, 1979	REG	@	Providence	Ind	-9.24	W	84	75		11	2	W 8	Providence Civic Center
14	Sat, Jan 13, 1979	REG		Loyola (IL)	Ind	2.69	W	80	73		12	2	W 9	Alumni Hall
15	Sat, Jan 20, 1979	REG	@	Dayton	Ind	7.41	L	64	68		12	3	L 1	University of Dayton Arena
16	Sat, Jan 27, 1979	REG	@	Illinois State	Ind	2.26	W	87	69		13	3	W 1	Horton Field House
17	Wed, Jan 31, 1979	REG	@	Western Michigan	MAC	-8.64	L	80	82		13	4	L 1	University Arena
18	Sat, Feb 3, 1979	REG	@	Oral Roberts	Ind	5.56	W	75	72		14	4	W 1	Mabee Center
19	Thu, Feb 8, 1979	REG	@	Loyola (IL)	Ind	2.69	W	77	73		15	4	W 2	Alumni Gym
20	Sat, Feb 10, 1979	REG		Centenary (LA)	TAAC	-11.32	W	82	66		16	4	W 3	Alumni Hall
21	Wed, Feb 14, 1979	REG	@	Ball State	MAC	-2.48	W	85	76		17	4	W 4	Irving Gymnasium
22	Sat, Feb 17, 1979	REG	@	Villanova	EAA	2.32	W	69	66		18	4	W 5	The Palestra
23	Wed, Feb 21, 1979	REG		Valparaiso	Ind	-16.83	W	104	76		19	4	W 6	Alumni Hall
24	Sat, Feb 24, 1979	REG		Marquette (9)	Ind	11.89	W	61	60		20	4	W 7	Alumni Hall
25	Fri, Mar 2, 1979	REG		Notre Dame (2)	Ind	18.94	W	76	72		21	4	W 8	Alumni Hall
26	Mon, Mar 5, 1979	REG		Loyola (IL)	Ind	2.69	L	99	101		21	5	L 1	Alumni Hall
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
27	Sun, Mar 11, 1979	NCAA	N	Southern California	Pac-10	10.08	W	89	78		22	5	W 1	Pauley Pavilion
28	Thu, Mar 15, 1979	NCAA	N	Marquette (10)	Ind	11.89	W	62	56		23	5	W 2	Marriott Center
29	Sat, Mar 17, 1979	NCAA	N	UCLA (2)	Pac-10	18.45	W	95	91		24	5	W 3	Marriott Center
30	Sat, Mar 24, 1979	NCAA	N	Indiana State (1)	MVC	14.39	L	74	76		24	6	L 1	Jon M. Huntsman Center
31	Mon, Mar 26, 1979	NCAA	N	Pennsylvania (14)	Ivy	5.74	W	96	93	OT	25	6	W 1	Jon M. Huntsman Center