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1977-78 Illinois Fighting Illini Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 13-14 (7-11, 7th in Big Ten MBB)

Coach: Lou Henson

PS/G: 75.7 (114th of 259)

PA/G: 76.7 (171st of 259)

SRS: 6.11 (52nd of 253)

SOS: 7.11 (6th 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
Illinois	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Fri, Nov 25, 1977	REG		Charlotte	Sun Belt	5.18	L	64	68	0	1	L 1	Assembly Hall
2	Mon, Nov 28, 1977	REG		Arizona	WAC	8.79	W	113	107	1	1	W 1	Assembly Hall
3	Thu, Dec 1, 1977	REG		Southern California	Pac-8	4.87	W	82	59	2	1	W 2	Assembly Hall
4	Sat, Dec 3, 1977	REG	@	South Carolina	Ind	4.29	W	84	68	3	1	W 3	Carolina Coliseum
5	Tue, Dec 6, 1977	REG		Missouri	Big 8	3.51	W	96	85	4	1	W 4	Assembly Hall
6	Fri, Dec 16, 1977	REG		Brigham Young	WAC	3.61	W	81	74	5	1	W 5	Assembly Hall
7	Wed, Dec 28, 1977	REG	N	Washington State	Pac-8	3.90	L	75	82	5	2	L 1	Memorial Coliseum
8	Thu, Dec 29, 1977	REG	@	Oregon	Pac-8	3.71	W	86	80	6	2	W 1	Memorial Coliseum
9	Fri, Dec 30, 1977	REG	N	Washington	Pac-8	5.17	L	68	81	6	3	L 1	Memorial Coliseum
10	Thu, Jan 5, 1978	REG	@	Purdue	Big Ten	10.26	L	85	95	6	4	L 2	Mackey Arena
11	Sat, Jan 7, 1978	REG	@	Indiana (11)	Big Ten	12.48	W	65	64	7	4	W 1	Assembly Hall
12	Thu, Jan 12, 1978	REG		Michigan State (12)	Big Ten	16.30	L	70	82	7	5	L 1	Assembly Hall
13	Sat, Jan 14, 1978	REG		Michigan	Big Ten	9.79	W	65	61	8	5	W 1	Assembly Hall
14	Thu, Jan 19, 1978	REG	@	Minnesota	Big Ten	10.27	L	66	70	8	6	L 1	Williams Arena
15	Sat, Jan 21, 1978	REG		Northwestern	Big Ten	0.33	W	73	64	9	6	W 1	Assembly Hall
16	Thu, Jan 26, 1978	REG	@	Iowa	Big Ten	5.83	W	70	61	10	6	W 2	Iowa Field House
17	Mon, Jan 30, 1978	REG		Ohio State	Big Ten	7.18	L	84	87	10	7	L 1	Assembly Hall
18	Thu, Feb 2, 1978	REG		Wisconsin	Big Ten	1.98	W	74	71	11	7	W 1	Assembly Hall
19	Sat, Feb 4, 1978	REG	@	Ohio State	Big Ten	7.18	L	65	70	11	8	L 1	St. John Arena
20	Thu, Feb 9, 1978	REG	@	Northwestern	Big Ten	0.33	L	61	72	11	9	L 2	Welsh-Ryan Arena
21	Sat, Feb 11, 1978	REG	@	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1.98	L	73	80	11	10	L 3	Wisconsin Field House
22	Thu, Feb 16, 1978	REG		Minnesota	Big Ten	10.27	L	69	75	11	11	L 4	Assembly Hall
23	Sat, Feb 18, 1978	REG		Iowa	Big Ten	5.83	W	77	76	12	11	W 1	Assembly Hall
24	Thu, Feb 23, 1978	REG	@	Michigan	Big Ten	9.79	L	96	107	12	12	L 1	Crisler Arena
25	Sat, Feb 25, 1978	REG	@	Michigan State (10)	Big Ten	16.30	L	67	89	12	13	L 2	Jenison Field House
26	Thu, Mar 2, 1978	REG		Indiana	Big Ten	12.48	L	68	77	12	14	L 3	Assembly Hall
27	Sat, Mar 4, 1978	REG		Purdue	Big Ten	10.26	W	67	66	13	14	W 1	Assembly Hall