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1977-78 Northwestern Wildcats Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 8-19 (4-14, 9th in Big Ten MBB)

Coach: Tex Winter

PS/G: 73.2 (153rd of 259)

PA/G: 79.0 (208th of 259)

SRS: 0.33 (116th of 253)

SOS: 7.02 (8th of 253)

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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
Northwestern	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Sat, Nov 26, 1977	REG		Western Illinois			W	82	78	1	0	W 1	Welsh-Ryan Arena
2	Fri, Dec 2, 1977	REG	N	UTEP	WAC	-0.21	L	54	58	1	1	L 1	Hearnes Center
3	Sat, Dec 3, 1977	REG	N	Butler	Ind	-7.70	W	82	78	2	1	W 1	Hearnes Center
4	Wed, Dec 7, 1977	REG		Notre Dame (3)	Ind	18.29	L	48	88	2	2	L 1	Welsh-Ryan Arena
5	Sat, Dec 10, 1977	REG		Valparaiso	Ind	-12.24	W	80	66	3	2	W 1	Welsh-Ryan Arena
6	Sat, Dec 17, 1977	REG	@	DePaul	Ind	14.27	L	79	83	3	3	L 1	Alumni Hall
7	Tue, Dec 20, 1977	REG	@	Nevada-Las Vegas (9)	Ind	3.49	L	95	101	3	4	L 2	Las Vegas Convention Center
8	Wed, Dec 21, 1977	REG	N	Tennessee	SEC	3.45	W	93	86	4	4	W 1	Las Vegas Convention Center
9	Sat, Dec 31, 1977	REG		Loyola (IL)	Ind	2.76	L	78	81	4	5	L 1	Welsh-Ryan Arena
10	Thu, Jan 5, 1978	REG	@	Michigan	Big Ten	9.79	L	65	80	4	6	L 2	Crisler Arena
11	Sat, Jan 7, 1978	REG	@	Purdue	Big Ten	10.26	L	62	87	4	7	L 3	Mackey Arena
12	Thu, Jan 12, 1978	REG		Ohio State	Big Ten	7.18	L	81	88	4	8	L 4	Welsh-Ryan Arena
13	Sat, Jan 14, 1978	REG		Michigan State (12)	Big Ten	16.30	L	63	67	4	9	L 5	Welsh-Ryan Arena
14	Thu, Jan 19, 1978	REG		Iowa	Big Ten	5.83	W	62	59	5	9	W 1	Welsh-Ryan Arena
15	Sat, Jan 21, 1978	REG	@	Illinois	Big Ten	6.11	L	64	73	5	10	L 1	Assembly Hall
16	Thu, Jan 26, 1978	REG	@	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1.98	W	93	85	6	10	W 1	Wisconsin Field House
17	Sat, Jan 28, 1978	REG		Minnesota	Big Ten	10.27	L	58	69	6	11	L 1	Welsh-Ryan Arena
18	Thu, Feb 2, 1978	REG		Indiana	Big Ten	12.48	L	70	86	6	12	L 2	Welsh-Ryan Arena
19	Sat, Feb 4, 1978	REG	@	Minnesota	Big Ten	10.27	L	69	80	6	13	L 3	Williams Arena
20	Thu, Feb 9, 1978	REG		Illinois	Big Ten	6.11	W	72	61	7	13	W 1	Welsh-Ryan Arena
21	Sat, Feb 11, 1978	REG	@	Indiana	Big Ten	12.48	L	62	86	7	14	L 1	Assembly Hall
22	Thu, Feb 16, 1978	REG	@	Iowa	Big Ten	5.83	L	74	76	7	15	L 2	Iowa Field House
23	Sat, Feb 18, 1978	REG		Wisconsin	Big Ten	1.98	L	80	81	7	16	L 3	Welsh-Ryan Arena
24	Thu, Feb 23, 1978	REG	@	Michigan State (10)	Big Ten	16.30	L	56	66	7	17	L 4	Jenison Field House
25	Sat, Feb 25, 1978	REG	@	Ohio State	Big Ten	7.18	L	76	103	7	18	L 5	St. John Arena
26	Thu, Mar 2, 1978	REG		Purdue	Big Ten	10.26	W	80	71	8	18	W 1	Welsh-Ryan Arena
27	Sat, Mar 4, 1978	REG		Michigan	Big Ten	9.79	L	88	99	8	19	L 1	Welsh-Ryan Arena