1977-78 Michigan State Spartans Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 25-5 (15-3, 1st in Big Ten MBB)

Rank: 4th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Jud Heathcote

PS/G: 76.7 (99th of 259)

PA/G: 65.8 (22nd of 259)

SRS: 16.30 (5th of 253)

SOS: 5.37 (34th of 253)

NCAA Tournament:
Won Mideast First Round (77-63) versus Providence
Won Mideast Regional Semifinal (90-69) versus Western Kentucky
Lost Mideast Regional Final (52-49) versus Kentucky

Big Ten Reg Season Champ

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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
Michigan State	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	12	10	7	7	10	10	10	9	6	4

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	Mon, Nov 28, 1977	REG		Central Michigan	MAC	0.03	W	68	61		1	0	W 1	Jenison Field House
2	Fri, Dec 2, 1977	REG	N	Rhode Island	Ind	5.37	W	92	64		2	0	W 2	Manley Field House
3	Sat, Dec 3, 1977	REG	@	Syracuse (12)	Ind	13.91	L	67	75		2	1	L 1	Manley Field House
4	Thu, Dec 8, 1977	REG		Wichita State	MVC	1.89	W	84	57		3	1	W 1	Jenison Field House
5	Sat, Dec 10, 1977	REG		Western Michigan	MAC	-8.04	W	79	57		4	1	W 2	Jenison Field House
6	Mon, Dec 19, 1977	REG		Middle Tennessee	OVC	-1.07	W	72	51		5	1	W 3	Jenison Field House
7	Wed, Dec 21, 1977	REG	@	Detroit Mercy (15)	Ind	10.36	W	103	74		6	1	W 4	Calihan Hall
8	Thu, Dec 29, 1977	REG	N	Southern Methodist	SWC	-0.40	W	95	69		7	1	W 5	Norfolk Scope
9	Fri, Dec 30, 1977	REG	N	New Hampshire	Ind	-15.16	W	102	65		8	1	W 6	Norfolk Scope
10	Thu, Jan 5, 1978	REG		Minnesota	Big Ten	10.27	W	87	83		9	1	W 7	Jenison Field House
11	Sat, Jan 7, 1978	REG		Wisconsin	Big Ten	1.98	W	74	63		10	1	W 8	Jenison Field House
12	Thu, Jan 12, 1978	REG	@	Illinois	Big Ten	6.11	W	82	70		11	1	W 9	Assembly Hall
13	Sat, Jan 14, 1978	REG	@	Northwestern	Big Ten	0.33	W	67	63		12	1	W 10	Welsh-Ryan Arena
14	Thu, Jan 19, 1978	REG		Purdue	Big Ten	10.26	W	60	51		13	1	W 11	Jenison Field House
15	Sat, Jan 21, 1978	REG		Iowa	Big Ten	5.83	W	68	58		14	1	W 12	Jenison Field House
16	Thu, Jan 26, 1978	REG	@	Ohio State	Big Ten	7.18	W	70	60		15	1	W 13	St. John Arena
17	Sat, Jan 28, 1978	REG	@	Indiana	Big Ten	12.48	L	66	71		15	2	L 1	Assembly Hall
18	Thu, Feb 2, 1978	REG		Michigan	Big Ten	9.79	L	63	65		15	3	L 2	Jenison Field House
19	Sat, Feb 4, 1978	REG		Indiana	Big Ten	12.48	W	68	59		16	3	W 1	Jenison Field House
20	Thu, Feb 9, 1978	REG	@	Iowa	Big Ten	5.83	W	71	70		17	3	W 2	Iowa Field House
21	Sat, Feb 11, 1978	REG	@	Michigan	Big Ten	9.79	W	73	62		18	3	W 3	Crisler Arena
22	Thu, Feb 16, 1978	REG	@	Purdue	Big Ten	10.26	L	80	99		18	4	L 1	Mackey Arena
23	Sat, Feb 18, 1978	REG		Ohio State	Big Ten	7.18	W	79	74		19	4	W 1	Jenison Field House
24	Thu, Feb 23, 1978	REG		Northwestern	Big Ten	0.33	W	66	56		20	4	W 2	Jenison Field House
25	Sat, Feb 25, 1978	REG		Illinois	Big Ten	6.11	W	89	67		21	4	W 3	Jenison Field House
26	Thu, Mar 2, 1978	REG	@	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1.98	W	89	75		22	4	W 4	Wisconsin Field House
27	Sat, Mar 4, 1978	REG	@	Minnesota	Big Ten	10.27	W	71	70		23	4	W 5	Williams Arena
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
28	Sat, Mar 11, 1978	NCAA	N	Providence	Ind	4.92	W	77	63		24	4	W 6	Market Square Arena
29	Thu, Mar 16, 1978	NCAA	N	Western Kentucky	OVC	-0.32	W	90	69		25	4	W 7	University of Dayton Arena
30	Sat, Mar 18, 1978	NCAA	N	Kentucky (1)	SEC	21.13	L	49	52		25	5	L 1	University of Dayton Arena