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1978-79 Louisville Cardinals Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 24-8 (9-1, 1st in Metro MBB)

Rank: 13th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Denny Crum

PS/G: 80.9 (46th of 262)

PA/G: 70.2 (77th of 262)

SRS: 14.27 (12th of 256)

SOS: 3.49 (57th of 256)

NCAA Tournament: (#3 seed in Midwest)
Won Midwest Second Round (69-66) versus #6 South Alabama
Lost Midwest Regional Semifinal (73-62) versus #2 Arkansas

Metro Reg Season Champ

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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
Louisville	4	5	7	4	12	10	16	12	7	5	6	5	9	13	13	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	Fri, Nov 24, 1978	REG	N	Penn State	EAA	-2.68	W	89	58		1	0	W 1	Buckner Fieldhouse
2	Sat, Nov 25, 1978	REG	N	Lamar	Southland	2.11	W	90	68		2	0	W 2	Buckner Fieldhouse
3	Sun, Nov 26, 1978	REG	N	NC State (12)	ACC	15.83	L	66	72		2	1	L 1	Buckner Fieldhouse
4	Sat, Dec 2, 1978	REG		Tennessee	SEC	11.50	W	82	61		3	1	W 1	Freedom Hall
5	Wed, Dec 6, 1978	REG		Michigan (6)	Big Ten	10.80	W	86	84		4	1	W 2	Freedom Hall
6	Sat, Dec 9, 1978	REG		Idaho	Big Sky	-7.46	W	101	54		5	1	W 3	Freedom Hall
7	Tue, Dec 12, 1978	REG	@	Ohio State	Big Ten	12.05	L	69	85		5	2	L 1	St. John Arena
8	Sat, Dec 16, 1978	REG		West Virginia	EAA	-0.43	W	106	60		6	2	W 1	Freedom Hall
9	Sat, Dec 23, 1978	REG		Providence	Ind	-9.24	W	88	70		7	2	W 2	Freedom Hall
10	Thu, Dec 28, 1978	REG		Wisconsin	Big Ten	5.45	W	70	53		8	2	W 3	Freedom Hall
11	Fri, Dec 29, 1978	REG		Mississippi State	SEC	12.37	L	73	80		8	3	L 1	Freedom Hall
12	Thu, Jan 4, 1979	REG		Chattanooga	Southern	-6.45	W	94	70		9	3	W 1	Freedom Hall
13	Sat, Jan 6, 1979	REG		Louisiana	Southland	1.17	W	73	60		10	3	W 2	Freedom Hall
14	Mon, Jan 8, 1979	REG		Marshall	Southern	-6.36	W	112	64		11	3	W 3	Freedom Hall
15	Sat, Jan 13, 1979	REG	@	Maryland	ACC	10.73	W	99	84		12	3	W 4	Cole Fieldhouse
16	Tue, Jan 16, 1979	REG	@	Dayton	Ind	7.41	W	77	76		13	3	W 5	University of Dayton Arena
17	Thu, Jan 18, 1979	REG	@	Cincinnati	Metro	3.39	W	82	77		14	3	W 6	Riverfront Coliseum
18	Sat, Jan 20, 1979	REG	@	Florida State	Metro	1.66	W	67	65		15	3	W 7	Tully Gymnasium
19	Wed, Jan 24, 1979	REG		Saint Louis	Metro	-2.29	W	80	65		16	3	W 8	Freedom Hall
20	Sun, Jan 28, 1979	REG		Virginia Tech	Metro	5.87	W	82	72		17	3	W 9	Freedom Hall
21	Wed, Jan 31, 1979	REG		Florida State	Metro	1.66	W	84	71		18	3	W 10	Freedom Hall
22	Sat, Feb 3, 1979	REG		Cincinnati	Metro	3.39	W	88	85		19	3	W 11	Freedom Hall
23	Mon, Feb 5, 1979	REG		Memphis	Metro	0.72	W	103	82		20	3	W 12	Freedom Hall
24	Thu, Feb 8, 1979	REG	@	Tulane	Metro	-5.02	W	77	66		21	3	W 13	Avron B. Fogelman Arena
25	Sat, Feb 10, 1979	REG	@	Marquette (9)	Ind	11.89	L	55	71		21	4	L 1	MECCA Arena
26	Thu, Feb 15, 1979	REG	@	Saint Louis	Metro	-2.29	W	78	62		22	4	W 1	St. Louis Arena
27	Sat, Feb 17, 1979	REG	@	Memphis	Metro	0.72	L	53	60		22	5	L 1	Mid-South Coliseum
28	Sun, Feb 18, 1979	REG	@	Duke (5)	ACC	15.35	L	72	88		22	6	L 2	Charlotte Coliseum (I)
29	Sat, Feb 24, 1979	REG		Tulane	Metro	-5.02	W	95	71		23	6	W 1	Freedom Hall
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
30	Fri, Mar 2, 1979	CTOURN	N	Virginia Tech	Metro	5.87	L	68	72		23	7	L 1	Mid-South Coliseum
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
31	Sat, Mar 10, 1979	NCAA	N	South Alabama	Sun Belt	5.36	W	69	66		24	7	W 1	Moody Coliseum
32	Thu, Mar 15, 1979	NCAA	N	Arkansas (5)	SWC	13.63	L	62	73		24	8	L 1	Riverfront Coliseum