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1977-78 New Mexico Lobos Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 24-4 (13-1, 1st in WAC MBB)

Rank: 12th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Norm Ellenberger

PS/G: 97.5 (1st of 259)

PA/G: 82.9 (240th of 259)

SRS: 14.70 (11th of 253)

SOS: 2.45 (83rd of 253)

NCAA Tournament:
Lost West First Round (90-85) versus Cal State Fullerton

WAC Reg Season Champ

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
New Mexico	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	14	10	6	5	5	8	5	12

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	Fri, Nov 25, 1977	REG		Idaho	Big Sky	-13.95	W	120	70		1	0	W 1	University Arena
2	Sat, Dec 3, 1977	REG	@	New Mexico State	MVC	2.18	W	94	87		2	0	W 2	Pan American Center
3	Fri, Dec 9, 1977	REG	@	Southern California	Pac-8	4.87	L	80	93		2	1	L 1	L.A. Sports Arena
4	Wed, Dec 21, 1977	REG		New Mexico State	MVC	2.18	W	106	78		3	1	W 1	University Arena
5	Thu, Dec 29, 1977	REG		Vermont	Ind	-16.06	W	104	81		4	1	W 2	University Arena
6	Fri, Dec 30, 1977	REG		Syracuse (10)	Ind	13.91	L	91	96		4	2	L 1	University Arena
7	Sat, Jan 7, 1978	REG	@	Nevada-Las Vegas (9)	Ind	3.49	W	102	98		5	2	W 1	Las Vegas Convention Center
8	Fri, Jan 13, 1978	REG	@	Arizona State	WAC	5.56	W	91	84		6	2	W 2	Desert Financial Arena
9	Sat, Jan 14, 1978	REG	@	Arizona	WAC	8.79	W	93	81		7	2	W 3	McKale Center
10	Tue, Jan 17, 1978	REG		Nevada-Las Vegas (16)	Ind	3.49	W	89	76		8	2	W 4	University Arena
11	Sat, Jan 21, 1978	REG	@	UTEP	WAC	-0.21	W	84	57		9	2	W 5	Don Haskins Center
12	Thu, Jan 26, 1978	REG		Brigham Young	WAC	3.61	W	95	82		10	2	W 6	University Arena
13	Sat, Jan 28, 1978	REG		Utah	WAC	10.00	W	113	89		11	2	W 7	University Arena
14	Thu, Feb 2, 1978	REG	@	Wyoming	WAC	-1.90	W	94	91		12	2	W 8	War Memorial Fieldhouse
15	Sat, Feb 4, 1978	REG	@	Colorado State	WAC	5.74	W	91	82		13	2	W 9	Moby Arena
16	Thu, Feb 9, 1978	REG		Arizona	WAC	8.79	W	103	85		14	2	W 10	University Arena
17	Sat, Feb 11, 1978	REG		Arizona State	WAC	5.56	W	103	92		15	2	W 11	University Arena
18	Tue, Feb 14, 1978	REG		Hawaii	Ind	-10.56	W	87	69		16	2	W 12	University Arena
19	Sat, Feb 18, 1978	REG		UTEP	WAC	-0.21	W	59	51		17	2	W 13	University Arena
20	Thu, Feb 23, 1978	REG	@	Utah	WAC	10.00	L	92	95		17	3	L 1	Jon M. Huntsman Center
21	Sat, Feb 25, 1978	REG	@	Brigham Young	WAC	3.61	W	71	68		18	3	W 1	Marriott Center
22	Thu, Mar 2, 1978	REG		Colorado State	WAC	5.74	W	111	88		19	3	W 2	University Arena
23	Sat, Mar 4, 1978	REG		Wyoming	WAC	-1.90	W	93	74		20	3	W 3	University Arena
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
24	Sat, Mar 11, 1978	NCAA	N	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	6.09	L	85	90		20	4	L 1	Desert Financial Arena