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1978-79 Michigan State Spartans Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 26-6 (13-5, 1st in Big Ten MBB)

Rank: 3rd in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Jud Heathcote

PS/G: 75.7 (109th of 262)

PA/G: 62.6 (13th of 262)

SRS: 22.53 (1st of 256)

SOS: 9.47 (2nd of 256)

NCAA Tournament: (#2 seed in Mideast)
Won Mideast Second Round (95-64) versus #10 Lamar
Won Mideast Regional Semifinal (87-71) versus #3 Louisiana State
Won Mideast Regional Final (80-68) versus #1 Notre Dame
Won National Semifinal (101-67) versus #9 Pennsylvania
Won National Final (75-64) versus #1 Indiana State

NCAA Champion
Big Ten Reg Season Champ

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
Michigan State	7	7	4	3	5	4	1	1	6	4	14	10	8	7	4	4	3

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	Mon, Nov 27, 1978	REG		Central Michigan	MAC	0.92	W	71	54		1	0	W 1	Jenison Field House
2	Sat, Dec 9, 1978	REG		Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	2.14	W	92	89		2	0	W 2	Jenison Field House
3	Wed, Dec 13, 1978	REG	@	Western Michigan	MAC	-8.64	W	109	69		3	0	W 3	University Arena
4	Sat, Dec 16, 1978	REG	@	North Carolina (13)	ACC	18.54	L	69	70		3	1	L 1	Carmichael Auditorium
5	Tue, Dec 19, 1978	REG		Cincinnati	Metro	3.39	W	63	52		4	1	W 1	Pontiac Silverdome
6	Thu, Dec 28, 1978	REG	N	Washington State	Pac-10	9.41	W	98	52		5	1	W 2	Memorial Coliseum
7	Fri, Dec 29, 1978	REG	@	Oregon State	Pac-10	13.84	W	65	57		6	1	W 3	Memorial Coliseum
8	Sat, Dec 30, 1978	REG	N	Indiana	Big Ten	14.86	W	74	57		7	1	W 4	Memorial Coliseum
9	Thu, Jan 4, 1979	REG		Wisconsin	Big Ten	5.45	W	84	55		8	1	W 5	Jenison Field House
10	Sat, Jan 6, 1979	REG		Minnesota	Big Ten	5.29	W	69	62		9	1	W 6	Jenison Field House
11	Thu, Jan 11, 1979	REG	@	Illinois (4)	Big Ten	11.28	L	55	57		9	2	L 1	Assembly Hall
12	Sat, Jan 13, 1979	REG	@	Purdue	Big Ten	15.56	L	50	52		9	3	L 2	Mackey Arena
13	Thu, Jan 18, 1979	REG		Indiana	Big Ten	14.86	W	82	58		10	3	W 1	Jenison Field House
14	Sat, Jan 20, 1979	REG		Iowa	Big Ten	17.60	W	83	72	OT	11	3	W 2	Jenison Field House
15	Thu, Jan 25, 1979	REG	@	Michigan	Big Ten	10.80	L	48	49		11	4	L 1	Crisler Arena
16	Sat, Jan 27, 1979	REG	@	Northwestern	Big Ten	1.11	L	65	83		11	5	L 2	Welsh-Ryan Arena
17	Thu, Feb 1, 1979	REG		Ohio State (7)	Big Ten	12.05	W	84	79	OT	12	5	W 1	Jenison Field House
18	Sat, Feb 3, 1979	REG		Northwestern	Big Ten	1.11	W	61	50		13	5	W 2	Jenison Field House
19	Sun, Feb 4, 1979	REG		Kansas	Big 8	6.05	W	85	61		14	5	W 3	Jenison Field House
20	Thu, Feb 8, 1979	REG	@	Iowa (15)	Big Ten	17.60	W	60	57		15	5	W 4	Iowa Field House
21	Sat, Feb 10, 1979	REG	@	Ohio State (13)	Big Ten	12.05	W	73	57		16	5	W 5	St. John Arena
22	Thu, Feb 15, 1979	REG	@	Indiana	Big Ten	14.86	W	59	47		17	5	W 6	Assembly Hall
23	Sat, Feb 17, 1979	REG		Michigan	Big Ten	10.80	W	80	57		18	5	W 7	Jenison Field House
24	Thu, Feb 22, 1979	REG		Purdue (18)	Big Ten	15.56	W	73	67		19	5	W 8	Jenison Field House
25	Sat, Feb 24, 1979	REG		Illinois	Big Ten	11.28	W	76	62		20	5	W 9	Jenison Field House
26	Thu, Mar 1, 1979	REG	@	Minnesota	Big Ten	5.29	W	76	63		21	5	W 10	Williams Arena
27	Sat, Mar 3, 1979	REG	@	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5.45	L	81	83		21	6	L 1	Wisconsin Field House
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
28	Sat, Mar 10, 1979	NCAA	N	Lamar	Southland	2.11	W	95	64		22	6	W 1	Murphy Center
29	Fri, Mar 16, 1979	NCAA	N	Louisiana State (7)	SEC	13.29	W	87	71		23	6	W 2	Market Square Arena
30	Sun, Mar 18, 1979	NCAA	N	Notre Dame (4)	Ind	18.94	W	80	68		24	6	W 3	Market Square Arena
31	Sat, Mar 24, 1979	NCAA	N	Pennsylvania (14)	Ivy	5.74	W	101	67		25	6	W 4	Jon M. Huntsman Center
32	Mon, Mar 26, 1979	NCAA	N	Indiana State (1)	MVC	14.39	W	75	64		26	6	W 5	Jon M. Huntsman Center