1978-79 Michigan Wolverines Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 15-12 (8-10, 6th in Big Ten MBB)

Coach: Johnny Orr

PS/G: 70.6 (191st of 262)

PA/G: 69.1 (63rd of 262)

SRS: 10.80 (26th of 256)

SOS: 9.36 (3rd 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
Michigan	8	8	6	9	9	8	13	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Thu, Nov 30, 1978	REG		Central Michigan	MAC	0.92	W	87	78	1	0	W 1	Crisler Arena
2	Sat, Dec 2, 1978	REG		Alabama	SEC	9.98	W	99	84	2	0	W 2	Crisler Arena
3	Wed, Dec 6, 1978	REG	@	Louisville (7)	Metro	14.27	L	84	86	2	1	L 1	Freedom Hall
4	Sat, Dec 9, 1978	REG	@	Dayton	Ind	7.41	W	66	61	3	1	W 1	University of Dayton Arena
5	Sat, Dec 16, 1978	REG		Western Michigan	MAC	-8.64	W	104	73	4	1	W 2	Crisler Arena
6	Thu, Dec 28, 1978	REG	N	Texas Tech	SWC	6.63	L	85	87	4	2	L 1	Don Haskins Center
7	Fri, Dec 29, 1978	REG	@	UTEP	WAC	2.13	W	60	54	5	2	W 1	Don Haskins Center
8	Sun, Dec 31, 1978	REG		Eastern Michigan	MAC	-10.44	W	86	73	6	2	W 2	Crisler Arena
9	Thu, Jan 4, 1979	REG		Minnesota	Big Ten	5.29	W	88	75	7	2	W 3	Crisler Arena
10	Sat, Jan 6, 1979	REG		Iowa	Big Ten	17.60	L	79	85	7	3	L 1	Crisler Arena
11	Thu, Jan 11, 1979	REG	@	Purdue	Big Ten	15.56	L	67	77	7	4	L 2	Mackey Arena
12	Sat, Jan 13, 1979	REG	@	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5.45	L	66	77	7	5	L 3	Wisconsin Field House
13	Thu, Jan 18, 1979	REG	@	Northwestern	Big Ten	1.11	W	53	51	8	5	W 1	Welsh-Ryan Arena
14	Sat, Jan 20, 1979	REG		Ohio State (16)	Big Ten	12.05	L	69	78	8	6	L 1	Crisler Arena
15	Thu, Jan 25, 1979	REG		Michigan State (4)	Big Ten	22.53	W	49	48	9	6	W 1	Crisler Arena
16	Sat, Jan 27, 1979	REG	@	Illinois (8)	Big Ten	11.28	W	56	54	10	6	W 2	Assembly Hall
17	Thu, Feb 1, 1979	REG	@	Indiana	Big Ten	14.86	L	62	68	10	7	L 1	Assembly Hall
18	Sat, Feb 3, 1979	REG		Illinois (14)	Big Ten	11.28	W	74	65	11	7	W 1	Crisler Arena
19	Thu, Feb 8, 1979	REG	@	Ohio State (13)	Big Ten	12.05	L	60	63	11	8	L 1	St. John Arena
20	Sat, Feb 10, 1979	REG		Indiana	Big Ten	14.86	W	60	59	12	8	W 1	Crisler Arena
21	Thu, Feb 15, 1979	REG		Northwestern	Big Ten	1.11	W	78	67	13	8	W 2	Crisler Arena
22	Sat, Feb 17, 1979	REG	@	Michigan State (8)	Big Ten	22.53	L	57	80	13	9	L 1	Jenison Field House
23	Thu, Feb 22, 1979	REG		Wisconsin	Big Ten	5.45	L	65	66	13	10	L 2	Crisler Arena
24	Sat, Feb 24, 1979	REG		Purdue (18)	Big Ten	15.56	L	59	67	13	11	L 3	Crisler Arena
25	Thu, Mar 1, 1979	REG	@	Iowa (11)	Big Ten	17.60	W	61	53	14	11	W 1	Iowa Field House
26	Sat, Mar 3, 1979	REG	@	Minnesota	Big Ten	5.29	L	69	78	14	12	L 1	Williams Arena
27	Sun, Mar 4, 1979	REG		Notre Dame (2)	Ind	18.94	W	62	59	15	12	W 1	Pontiac Silverdome