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1977-78 Indiana Hoosiers Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 21-8 (12-6, 2nd in Big Ten MBB)

Rank: 13th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Bob Knight

PS/G: 70.3 (195th of 259)

PA/G: 63.8 (13th of 259)

SRS: 12.48 (19th of 253)

SOS: 5.96 (25th of 253)

NCAA Tournament:
Won East First Round (63-62) versus Furman
Lost East Regional Semifinal (61-60) versus Villanova

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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
Indiana	-	-	-	-	-	15	11	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13

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		East Carolina	Ind	-10.45	W	75	59		1	0	W 1	Assembly Hall
2	Mon, Dec 5, 1977	REG	@	Kentucky (1)	SEC	21.13	L	64	78		1	1	L 1	Rupp Arena
3	Sat, Dec 10, 1977	REG		Murray State	OVC	-6.26	W	85	61		2	1	W 1	Assembly Hall
4	Wed, Dec 14, 1977	REG		Notre Dame (2)	Ind	18.29	W	67	66		3	1	W 2	Assembly Hall
5	Sat, Dec 17, 1977	REG		Southern Methodist	SWC	-0.40	W	56	51		4	1	W 3	Market Square Arena
6	Tue, Dec 20, 1977	REG		Bowling Green State	MAC	-4.61	W	89	52		5	1	W 4	Assembly Hall
7	Wed, Dec 21, 1977	REG		Alabama (18)	SEC	8.09	W	66	57		6	1	W 5	Assembly Hall
8	Tue, Dec 27, 1977	REG	@	Jacksonville	Sun Belt	-3.51	W	69	59		7	1	W 6	Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum
9	Wed, Dec 28, 1977	REG	@	Florida	SEC	5.36	W	73	60		8	1	W 7	Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum
10	Thu, Jan 5, 1978	REG		Iowa	Big Ten	5.83	W	69	51		9	1	W 8	Assembly Hall
11	Sat, Jan 7, 1978	REG		Illinois	Big Ten	6.11	L	64	65		9	2	L 1	Assembly Hall
12	Thu, Jan 12, 1978	REG	@	Minnesota	Big Ten	10.27	L	62	75		9	3	L 2	Williams Arena
13	Sat, Jan 14, 1978	REG	@	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1.98	L	65	78		9	4	L 3	Wisconsin Field House
14	Thu, Jan 19, 1978	REG		Ohio State	Big Ten	7.18	W	77	63		10	4	W 1	Assembly Hall
15	Sat, Jan 21, 1978	REG	@	Purdue	Big Ten	10.26	L	67	77		10	5	L 1	Mackey Arena
16	Thu, Jan 26, 1978	REG	@	Michigan	Big Ten	9.79	L	73	92		10	6	L 2	Crisler Arena
17	Sat, Jan 28, 1978	REG		Michigan State (7)	Big Ten	16.30	W	71	66		11	6	W 1	Assembly Hall
18	Thu, Feb 2, 1978	REG	@	Northwestern	Big Ten	0.33	W	86	70		12	6	W 2	Welsh-Ryan Arena
19	Sat, Feb 4, 1978	REG	@	Michigan State (7)	Big Ten	16.30	L	59	68		12	7	L 1	Jenison Field House
20	Thu, Feb 9, 1978	REG		Purdue	Big Ten	10.26	W	65	64		13	7	W 1	Assembly Hall
21	Sat, Feb 11, 1978	REG		Northwestern	Big Ten	0.33	W	86	62		14	7	W 2	Assembly Hall
22	Thu, Feb 16, 1978	REG	@	Ohio State	Big Ten	7.18	W	83	70		15	7	W 3	St. John Arena
23	Sat, Feb 18, 1978	REG		Michigan	Big Ten	9.79	W	71	59		16	7	W 4	Assembly Hall
24	Thu, Feb 23, 1978	REG		Wisconsin	Big Ten	1.98	W	58	54		17	7	W 5	Assembly Hall
25	Sat, Feb 25, 1978	REG		Minnesota (19)	Big Ten	10.27	W	68	47		18	7	W 6	Assembly Hall
26	Thu, Mar 2, 1978	REG	@	Illinois	Big Ten	6.11	W	77	68		19	7	W 7	Assembly Hall
27	Sat, Mar 4, 1978	REG	@	Iowa	Big Ten	5.83	W	71	55		20	7	W 8	Iowa Field House
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
28	Sun, Mar 12, 1978	NCAA	N	Furman	Southern	3.03	W	63	62		21	7	W 9	Charlotte Coliseum (I)
29	Fri, Mar 17, 1978	NCAA	N	Villanova	EAA	6.23	L	60	61		21	8	L 1	Providence Civic Center