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1978-79 New Mexico Lobos Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 19-10 (8-4, 3rd in WAC MBB)

Coach: Norm Ellenberger

PS/G: 88.5 (5th of 262)

PA/G: 82.0 (238th of 262)

SRS: 7.56 (44th of 256)

SOS: 4.60 (42nd 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
New Mexico	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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 27, 1978	REG	@	New Mexico State	MVC	6.40	L	93	96		0	1	L 1	Pan American Center
2	Fri, Dec 1, 1978	REG	N	Wichita State	MVC	2.34	W	95	81		1	1	W 1	Desert Financial Arena
3	Sat, Dec 2, 1978	REG	@	Arizona State	Pac-10	7.97	L	100	104		1	2	L 1	Desert Financial Arena
4	Tue, Dec 5, 1978	REG		Lamar	Southland	2.11	W	97	84		2	2	W 1	University Arena
5	Sat, Dec 9, 1978	REG		New Mexico State	MVC	6.40	W	81	74		3	2	W 2	University Arena
6	Fri, Dec 22, 1978	REG	@	Arizona	Pac-10	2.80	L	88	107		3	3	L 1	McKale Center
7	Fri, Dec 29, 1978	REG		Davidson	Southern	-7.27	W	92	77		4	3	W 1	University Arena
8	Sat, Dec 30, 1978	REG		Idaho State	Big Sky	-2.55	L	67	73		4	4	L 1	University Arena
9	Tue, Jan 2, 1979	REG	@	Hawaii	Ind	-3.35	L	64	66		4	5	L 2	Neal S. Blaisdell Center
10	Thu, Jan 11, 1979	REG	@	Utah	WAC	6.19	L	90	101		4	6	L 3	Jon M. Huntsman Center
11	Sat, Jan 13, 1979	REG	@	Brigham Young	WAC	12.31	L	83	100		4	7	L 4	Marriott Center
12	Thu, Jan 18, 1979	REG	@	Colorado State	WAC	0.46	W	94	76		5	7	W 1	Moby Arena
13	Sat, Jan 20, 1979	REG		Wyoming	WAC	4.58	W	72	64		6	7	W 2	University Arena
14	Thu, Jan 25, 1979	REG	@	San Diego State	WAC	7.28	L	72	78		6	8	L 1	San Diego Sports Arena
15	Sat, Jan 27, 1979	REG	@	Nevada-Las Vegas	Ind	10.74	W	102	99		7	8	W 1	Las Vegas Convention Center
16	Sat, Feb 3, 1979	REG		UTEP	WAC	2.13	W	64	59		8	8	W 2	University Arena
17	Fri, Feb 9, 1979	REG		Brigham Young	WAC	12.31	W	66	65		9	8	W 3	University Arena
18	Sat, Feb 10, 1979	REG		Utah	WAC	6.19	W	84	68		10	8	W 4	University Arena
19	Thu, Feb 15, 1979	REG	@	Wyoming	WAC	4.58	L	63	66		10	9	L 1	War Memorial Fieldhouse
20	Sat, Feb 17, 1979	REG	@	Colorado State	WAC	0.46	W	77	69		11	9	W 1	Moby Arena
21	Fri, Feb 23, 1979	REG		Nevada-Las Vegas	Ind	10.74	W	110	100		12	9	W 2	University Arena
22	Sat, Feb 24, 1979	REG		San Diego State	WAC	7.28	W	84	78		13	9	W 3	University Arena
23	Mon, Feb 26, 1979	REG		Arizona	Pac-10	2.80	W	129	98		14	9	W 4	University Arena
24	Sat, Mar 3, 1979	REG	@	UTEP	WAC	2.13	W	83	82		15	9	W 5	Don Haskins Center
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
25	Thu, Mar 8, 1979	NIT		Texas A&M	SWC	10.06	L	68	79		15	10	L 1	University Arena