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1977-78 Kentucky Wildcats Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 30-2 (16-2, 1st in SEC MBB)

Rank: 1st in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Joe B. Hall

PS/G: 84.2 (21st of 259)

PA/G: 69.8 (63rd of 259)

SRS: 21.12 (2nd of 253)

SOS: 6.78 (10th of 253)

NCAA Tournament:
Won Mideast First Round (85-76) versus Florida State
Won Mideast Regional Semifinal (91-69) versus Miami (OH)
Won Mideast Regional Final (52-49) versus Michigan State
Won National Semifinal (64-59) versus Arkansas
Won National Final (94-88) versus Duke

NCAA Champion
SEC Reg Season Champ

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
Kentucky	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	1	1	1

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	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Sat, Nov 26, 1977	REG		Southern Methodist	SWC	-0.40	W	110	86		1	0	W 1	Rupp Arena
2	Mon, Dec 5, 1977	REG		Indiana	Big Ten	12.48	W	78	64		2	0	W 2	Rupp Arena
3	Sat, Dec 10, 1977	REG	@	Kansas (19)	Big 8	18.02	W	73	66		3	0	W 3	Allen Fieldhouse
4	Mon, Dec 12, 1977	REG		South Carolina	Ind	4.29	W	84	65		4	0	W 4	Rupp Arena
5	Fri, Dec 16, 1977	REG		Portland State	Ind	-3.92	W	114	88		5	0	W 5	Rupp Arena
6	Sat, Dec 17, 1977	REG		St. John's (NY)	NJNY7	6.90	W	102	72		6	0	W 6	Rupp Arena
7	Fri, Dec 23, 1977	REG		Iona	Ind	0.00	W	104	65		7	0	W 7	Rupp Arena
8	Sat, Dec 31, 1977	REG	N	Notre Dame (4)	Ind	18.29	W	73	68		8	0	W 8	Freedom Hall
9	Mon, Jan 2, 1978	REG		Vanderbilt	SEC	1.83	W	72	59		9	0	W 9	Rupp Arena
10	Sat, Jan 7, 1978	REG	@	Florida	SEC	5.36	W	86	67		10	0	W 10	Florida Gymnasium
11	Mon, Jan 9, 1978	REG	@	Auburn	SEC	5.64	W	101	77		11	0	W 11	Memorial Coliseum
12	Sat, Jan 14, 1978	REG		Louisiana State	SEC	14.21	W	96	76		12	0	W 12	Rupp Arena
13	Mon, Jan 16, 1978	REG		Mississippi	SEC	-0.16	W	76	56		13	0	W 13	Rupp Arena
14	Sat, Jan 21, 1978	REG	@	Mississippi State	SEC	7.64	W	75	65		14	0	W 14	Humphrey Coliseum
15	Mon, Jan 23, 1978	REG	@	Alabama	SEC	8.09	L	62	78		14	1	L 1	Memorial Coliseum
16	Mon, Jan 30, 1978	REG		Georgia	SEC	0.39	W	90	73		15	1	W 1	Rupp Arena
17	Sat, Feb 4, 1978	REG		Florida	SEC	5.36	W	88	61		16	1	W 2	Rupp Arena
18	Mon, Feb 6, 1978	REG		Auburn	SEC	5.64	W	104	81		17	1	W 3	Rupp Arena
19	Sat, Feb 11, 1978	REG	@	Louisiana State	SEC	14.21	L	94	95	OT	17	2	L 1	Maravich Assembly Center
20	Mon, Feb 13, 1978	REG	@	Mississippi	SEC	-0.16	W	64	52		18	2	W 1	C.M. Tad Smith Coliseum
21	Wed, Feb 15, 1978	REG		Tennessee	SEC	3.45	W	90	77		19	2	W 2	Rupp Arena
22	Sat, Feb 18, 1978	REG		Mississippi State	SEC	7.64	W	58	56		20	2	W 3	Rupp Arena
23	Mon, Feb 20, 1978	REG		Alabama	SEC	8.09	W	97	84		21	2	W 4	Rupp Arena
24	Sat, Feb 25, 1978	REG	@	Tennessee	SEC	3.45	W	68	57		22	2	W 5	Stokely Center
25	Mon, Feb 27, 1978	REG	@	Georgia	SEC	0.39	W	78	67		23	2	W 6	Stegeman Coliseum
26	Sat, Mar 4, 1978	REG		Nevada-Las Vegas	Ind	3.49	W	92	70		24	2	W 7	Rupp Arena
27	Mon, Mar 6, 1978	REG	@	Vanderbilt	SEC	1.83	W	78	68		25	2	W 8	Memorial Gymnasium
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
28	Sat, Mar 11, 1978	NCAA	N	Florida State (13)	Metro	12.30	W	85	76		26	2	W 9	Stokely Center
29	Thu, Mar 16, 1978	NCAA	N	Miami (OH) (19)	MAC	4.32	W	91	69		27	2	W 10	University of Dayton Arena
30	Sat, Mar 18, 1978	NCAA	N	Michigan State (4)	Big Ten	16.30	W	52	49		28	2	W 11	University of Dayton Arena
31	Sat, Mar 25, 1978	NCAA	N	Arkansas (5)	SWC	15.97	W	64	59		29	2	W 12	St. Louis Arena
32	Mon, Mar 27, 1978	NCAA	N	Duke (7)	ACC	16.10	W	94	88		30	2	W 13	St. Louis Arena