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1978-79 Minnesota Golden Gophers Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 11-16 (6-12, 8th in Big Ten MBB)

Coach: Jim Dutcher

PS/G: 66.6 (236th of 262)

PA/G: 70.3 (78th of 262)

SRS: 5.29 (62nd of 256)

SOS: 8.95 (6th 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
Minnesota	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	Sat, Nov 25, 1978	REG		Idaho	Big Sky	-7.46	W	72	57		1	0	W 1	Williams Arena
2	Tue, Nov 28, 1978	REG	@	Nebraska	Big 8	3.75	L	48	58		1	1	L 1	Bob Devaney Sports Center
3	Sat, Dec 2, 1978	REG		Loyola (IL)	Ind	2.69	W	95	90	OT	2	1	W 1	Williams Arena
4	Tue, Dec 5, 1978	REG	@	Kansas State	Big 8	4.31	L	62	72		2	2	L 1	Ahearn Field House
5	Sat, Dec 16, 1978	REG	@	Marquette (14)	Ind	11.89	L	55	72		2	3	L 2	MECCA Arena
6	Wed, Dec 20, 1978	REG		South Florida	Sun Belt	-7.85	W	69	54		3	3	W 1	Williams Arena
7	Sat, Dec 23, 1978	REG		South Carolina	Ind	1.70	L	53	57		3	4	L 1	Williams Arena
8	Fri, Dec 29, 1978	REG		Houston	SWC	2.09	W	80	67		4	4	W 1	Met Center
9	Sat, Dec 30, 1978	REG		Georgia Tech	Ind	8.13	W	57	56		5	4	W 2	Met Center
10	Thu, Jan 4, 1979	REG	@	Michigan (13)	Big Ten	10.80	L	75	88		5	5	L 1	Crisler Arena
11	Sat, Jan 6, 1979	REG	@	Michigan State (1)	Big Ten	22.53	L	62	69		5	6	L 2	Jenison Field House
12	Thu, Jan 11, 1979	REG		Indiana	Big Ten	14.86	W	80	63		6	6	W 1	Williams Arena
13	Sat, Jan 13, 1979	REG		Northwestern	Big Ten	1.11	W	60	58		7	6	W 2	Williams Arena
14	Thu, Jan 18, 1979	REG	@	Ohio State (16)	Big Ten	12.05	L	80	83		7	7	L 1	St. John Arena
15	Sat, Jan 20, 1979	REG		Wisconsin	Big Ten	5.45	W	82	72		8	7	W 1	Williams Arena
16	Thu, Jan 25, 1979	REG		Purdue	Big Ten	15.56	L	61	64		8	8	L 1	Williams Arena
17	Sat, Jan 27, 1979	REG	@	Iowa	Big Ten	17.60	L	64	81		8	9	L 2	Iowa Field House
18	Thu, Feb 1, 1979	REG	@	Illinois (14)	Big Ten	11.28	L	57	67		8	10	L 3	Assembly Hall
19	Sat, Feb 3, 1979	REG		Iowa	Big Ten	17.60	L	71	97		8	11	L 4	Williams Arena
20	Thu, Feb 8, 1979	REG	@	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5.45	W	74	72		9	11	W 1	Wisconsin Field House
21	Sat, Feb 10, 1979	REG		Illinois (20)	Big Ten	11.28	L	57	59		9	12	L 1	Williams Arena
22	Thu, Feb 15, 1979	REG		Ohio State (17)	Big Ten	12.05	L	68	74		9	13	L 2	Williams Arena
23	Sat, Feb 17, 1979	REG	@	Purdue (13)	Big Ten	15.56	L	56	80		9	14	L 3	Mackey Arena
24	Thu, Feb 22, 1979	REG	@	Northwestern	Big Ten	1.11	W	73	71	OT	10	14	W 1	Welsh-Ryan Arena
25	Sat, Feb 24, 1979	REG	@	Indiana	Big Ten	14.86	L	46	71		10	15	L 1	Assembly Hall
26	Thu, Mar 1, 1979	REG		Michigan State (4)	Big Ten	22.53	L	63	76		10	16	L 2	Williams Arena
27	Sat, Mar 3, 1979	REG		Michigan	Big Ten	10.80	W	78	69		11	16	W 1	Williams Arena