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1978-79 Kentucky Wildcats Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 19-12 (10-8, 6th in SEC MBB)

Coach: Joe B. Hall

PS/G: 78.9 (66th of 262)

PA/G: 73.5 (139th of 262)

SRS: 13.69 (14th of 256)

SOS: 8.34 (10th of 256)

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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
Kentucky	11	10	10	6	11	13	9	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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, Dec 2, 1978	REG		La Salle	ECC	-1.26	W	109	77		1	0	W 1	Rupp Arena
2	Mon, Dec 4, 1978	REG		West Texas A&M	MVC	-8.14	W	121	67		2	0	W 2	Rupp Arena
3	Sat, Dec 9, 1978	REG		Kansas (5)	Big 8	6.05	W	67	66	OT	3	0	W 3	Rupp Arena
4	Sat, Dec 16, 1978	REG	@	Indiana	Big Ten	14.86	L	67	68	OT	3	1	L 1	Assembly Hall
5	Fri, Dec 22, 1978	REG		Texas A&M (17)	SWC	10.06	L	69	73		3	2	L 2	Rupp Arena
6	Sat, Dec 23, 1978	REG		Syracuse (8)	Ind	15.51	W	94	87		4	2	W 1	Rupp Arena
7	Sat, Dec 30, 1978	REG	N	Notre Dame (2)	Ind	18.94	W	81	76		5	2	W 2	Freedom Hall
8	Wed, Jan 3, 1979	REG	@	Florida	SEC	3.08	L	65	76		5	3	L 1	Florida Gymnasium
9	Sat, Jan 6, 1979	REG		Louisiana State (7)	SEC	13.29	L	89	93		5	4	L 2	Rupp Arena
10	Mon, Jan 8, 1979	REG		Mississippi	SEC	6.47	W	90	64		6	4	W 1	Rupp Arena
11	Sat, Jan 13, 1979	REG	@	Alabama	SEC	9.98	L	52	55		6	5	L 1	Memorial Coliseum
12	Mon, Jan 15, 1979	REG	@	Mississippi State	SEC	12.37	L	61	63		6	6	L 2	Humphrey Coliseum
13	Sat, Jan 20, 1979	REG		Tennessee	SEC	11.50	L	55	66		6	7	L 3	Rupp Arena
14	Mon, Jan 22, 1979	REG		Georgia	SEC	3.85	W	73	64		7	7	W 1	Rupp Arena
15	Thu, Jan 25, 1979	REG	@	Auburn	SEC	5.72	W	86	83	OT	8	7	W 2	Memorial Coliseum
16	Sat, Jan 27, 1979	REG		Florida	SEC	3.08	W	87	81		9	7	W 3	Rupp Arena
17	Mon, Jan 29, 1979	REG		Auburn	SEC	5.72	W	66	59		10	7	W 4	Rupp Arena
18	Sat, Feb 3, 1979	REG	@	Louisiana State (10)	SEC	13.29	L	61	70		10	8	L 1	Maravich Assembly Center
19	Mon, Feb 5, 1979	REG	@	Mississippi	SEC	6.47	W	87	82		11	8	W 1	C.M. Tad Smith Coliseum
20	Wed, Feb 7, 1979	REG	@	Vanderbilt (17)	SEC	8.22	L	58	68		11	9	L 1	McQuiddy Gymnasium
21	Sat, Feb 10, 1979	REG		Alabama (16)	SEC	9.98	W	80	71		12	9	W 1	Rupp Arena
22	Mon, Feb 12, 1979	REG		Mississippi State	SEC	12.37	W	80	65		13	9	W 2	Rupp Arena
23	Sat, Feb 17, 1979	REG	@	Tennessee	SEC	11.50	L	84	101		13	10	L 1	Stokely Center
24	Mon, Feb 19, 1979	REG	@	Georgia	SEC	3.85	W	90	74		14	10	W 1	Stegeman Coliseum
25	Fri, Feb 23, 1979	REG		Vanderbilt (19)	SEC	8.22	W	96	70		15	10	W 2	Rupp Arena
26	Sun, Feb 25, 1979	REG	@	South Carolina	Ind	1.70	W	79	74		16	10	W 3	Carolina Coliseum
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
27	Wed, Feb 28, 1979	CTOURN	N	Mississippi	SEC	6.47	W	82	77		17	10	W 4	BJCC Coliseum
28	Thu, Mar 1, 1979	CTOURN	@	Alabama	SEC	9.98	W	101	100		18	10	W 5	BJCC Coliseum
29	Fri, Mar 2, 1979	CTOURN	N	Louisiana State (8)	SEC	13.29	W	80	67		19	10	W 6	BJCC Coliseum
30	Sat, Mar 3, 1979	CTOURN	N	Tennessee	SEC	11.50	L	69	75	OT	19	11	L 1	BJCC Coliseum
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
31	Wed, Mar 7, 1979	NIT		Clemson	ACC	10.51	L	67	68	OT	19	12	L 2	Rupp Arena