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1977-78 Detroit Mercy Titans Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 25-4 (Independent)

Rank: 18th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Smokey Gaines

PS/G: 94.1 (4th of 259)

PA/G: 77.2 (178th of 259)

SRS: 10.36 (23rd of 253)

SOS: -0.33 (115th of 253)

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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
Detroit Mercy	19	19	17	16	15	20	-	-	-	-	-	17	19	16	16	19	18

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	Thu, Dec 1, 1977	REG	@	Toledo	MAC	4.73	W	76	64		1	0	W 1	John F. Savage Hall
2	Thu, Dec 8, 1977	REG		Saint Louis	Metro	-2.35	W	69	61		2	0	W 2	Calihan Hall
3	Mon, Dec 12, 1977	REG	@	St. Bonaventure	Ind	4.83	W	94	92		3	0	W 3	Reilly Center
4	Sat, Dec 17, 1977	REG		Ball State	MAC	-5.98	W	103	70		4	0	W 4	Calihan Hall
5	Wed, Dec 21, 1977	REG		Michigan State	Big Ten	16.30	L	74	103		4	1	L 1	Calihan Hall
6	Mon, Dec 26, 1977	REG		Harvard	Ivy	-9.59	W	77	69		5	1	W 1	Cobo Arena
7	Tue, Dec 27, 1977	REG		Eastern Michigan	MAC	-6.12	W	109	71		6	1	W 2	Cobo Arena
8	Fri, Dec 30, 1977	REG	@	Marshall	Southern	-2.97	W	89	84		7	1	W 3	Memorial Field House
9	Wed, Jan 11, 1978	REG	@	Iona	Ind	0.00	W	84	79		8	1	W 4	John A. Mulcahy Campus Events Center
10	Sat, Jan 14, 1978	REG		Dayton	Ind	8.52	W	87	73		9	1	W 5	Calihan Hall
11	Wed, Jan 18, 1978	REG	@	Bowling Green State	MAC	-4.61	W	84	79		10	1	W 6	Anderson Arena
12	Sat, Jan 21, 1978	REG		Saint Peter's	Ind	-11.88	W	87	77		11	1	W 7	Calihan Hall
13	Sat, Jan 28, 1978	REG		Duquesne	EAA	-0.55	W	98	80		12	1	W 8	Calihan Hall
14	Sat, Feb 4, 1978	REG		Xavier	Ind	-2.83	W	80	74		13	1	W 9	Calihan Hall
15	Sat, Feb 11, 1978	REG	@	Georgetown	Ind	5.34	L	82	83		13	2	L 1	McDonough Gymnasium
16	Wed, Feb 15, 1978	REG	@	Western Michigan	MAC	-8.04	W	113	91		14	2	W 1	University Arena
17	Sat, Feb 18, 1978	REG		Canisius	Ind	-14.19	W	124	89		15	2	W 2	Calihan Hall
18	Wed, Feb 22, 1978	REG		Saint Francis (PA)	Ind	-7.00	W	121	89		16	2	W 3	Calihan Hall
19	Sat, Feb 25, 1978	REG	@	Xavier	Ind	-2.83	W	82	77		17	2	W 4	Schmidt Fieldhouse
20	Mon, Feb 27, 1978	REG		Loyola (IL)	Ind	2.76	W	89	69		18	2	W 5	Calihan Hall
21	Sat, Mar 4, 1978	REG		Marquette (3)	Ind	14.30	L	77	80		18	3	L 1	Calihan Hall
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
22	Thu, Mar 9, 1978	NIT		Virginia Commonwealth	Ind	0.89	W	94	86		19	3	W 1	Calihan Hall
23	Tue, Mar 14, 1978	NIT	@	NC State	ACC	13.64	L	77	84		19	4	L 1	Reynolds Coliseum