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1978-79 Georgetown Hoyas Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 24-5 (Independent)

Coach: John Thompson

PS/G: 74.4 (126th of 262)

PA/G: 63.3 (15th of 262)

SRS: 7.26 (48th of 256)

SOS: 1.39 (91st of 256)

NCAA Tournament: (#3 seed in East)
Lost East Second Round (64-58) versus #6 Rutgers

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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
Georgetown	-	-	20	16	14	15	12	14	10	11	9	18	16	17	16	11	-

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	Tue, Nov 28, 1978	REG	N	Maryland (19)	ACC	10.73	W	68	65		1	0	W 1	Capital Centre
2	Sat, Dec 2, 1978	REG		St. Bonaventure	Ind	0.60	W	71	59		2	0	W 2	McDonough Gymnasium
3	Wed, Dec 6, 1978	REG		Indiana	Big Ten	14.86	W	60	54		3	0	W 3	Capital Centre
4	Sat, Dec 9, 1978	REG	@	St. John's (NY)	NJNY7	7.93	W	77	71		4	0	W 4	Alumni Hall
5	Wed, Dec 20, 1978	REG	N	Fresno State	PCAA	-0.94	W	49	42		5	0	W 5	Centennial Coliseum
6	Thu, Dec 21, 1978	REG	@	Nevada	WCAC	7.10	L	77	87		5	1	L 1	Centennial Coliseum
7	Tue, Jan 2, 1979	REG		Saint Joseph's	ECC	1.46	L	36	37		5	2	L 2	McDonough Gymnasium
8	Fri, Jan 5, 1979	REG		Samford	TAAC	-16.45	W	73	50		6	2	W 1	McDonough Gymnasium
9	Sat, Jan 6, 1979	REG		Fordham	NJNY7	-8.79	W	75	65		7	2	W 2	McDonough Gymnasium
10	Tue, Jan 16, 1979	REG		Manhattan	NJNY7	-7.22	W	78	64		8	2	W 3	McDonough Gymnasium
11	Sat, Jan 20, 1979	REG	@	Pennsylvania	Ivy	5.74	W	78	76		9	2	W 4	The Palestra
12	Thu, Jan 25, 1979	REG		Saint Francis (PA)	Ind	-8.15	W	74	62		10	2	W 5	McDonough Gymnasium
13	Sat, Jan 27, 1979	REG	@	American	ECC	-6.62	W	88	80		11	2	W 6	Fort Myer Ceremonial Hall
14	Wed, Jan 31, 1979	REG		Oral Roberts	Ind	5.56	L	74	75		11	3	L 1	McDonough Gymnasium
15	Sat, Feb 3, 1979	REG	@	Detroit Mercy	Ind	7.69	L	71	91		11	4	L 2	Calihan Hall
16	Wed, Feb 7, 1979	REG	@	Saint Peter's	Ind	-5.11	W	62	60		12	4	W 1	Yanitelli Center
17	Sat, Feb 10, 1979	REG		Seton Hall	NJNY7	0.21	W	87	62		13	4	W 2	McDonough Gymnasium
18	Sat, Feb 17, 1979	REG		Boston College	Ind	1.50	W	84	81		14	4	W 3	McDonough Gymnasium
19	Wed, Feb 21, 1979	REG	@	George Washington	EAA	-0.32	W	73	71		15	4	W 4	Charles E. Smith Center
20	Sat, Feb 24, 1979	REG	@	Holy Cross	Ind	0.23	W	63	54		16	4	W 5	Hart Recreation Center
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
21	Thu, Mar 1, 1979	CTOURN	N	Old Dominion	Ind	1.81	W	73	52		17	4	W 6	Richmond Coliseum
22	Fri, Mar 2, 1979	CTOURN	N	Syracuse (6)	Ind	15.51	W	66	58		18	4	W 7	Cole Fieldhouse
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
23	Sat, Mar 10, 1979	NCAA	N	Rutgers	EAA	4.64	L	58	64		18	5	L 1	Providence Civic Center