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1977-78 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 23-8 (Independent)

Rank: 6th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Digger Phelps

PS/G: 80.7 (58th of 259)

PA/G: 68.1 (48th of 259)

SRS: 18.29 (3rd of 253)

SOS: 6.49 (15th of 253)

NCAA Tournament:
Won Midwest First Round (100-77) versus Houston
Won Midwest Regional Semifinal (69-56) versus Utah
Won Midwest Regional Final (84-64) versus DePaul
Lost National Semifinal (90-86) versus Duke
Lost National Third Place (71-69) versus Arkansas

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
Notre Dame	4	3	3	2	5	4	5	5	7	5	4	4	7	9	7	10	6

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 26, 1977	REG		Mississippi	SEC	-0.16	W	111	62		1	0	W 1	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
2	Wed, Nov 30, 1977	REG		Baylor	SWC	4.65	W	98	57		2	0	W 2	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
3	Sat, Dec 3, 1977	REG		Valparaiso	Ind	-12.24	W	89	75		3	0	W 3	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
4	Mon, Dec 5, 1977	REG		Lafayette	ECC	-1.94	W	76	42		4	0	W 4	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
5	Wed, Dec 7, 1977	REG	@	Northwestern	Big Ten	0.33	W	88	48		5	0	W 5	Welsh-Ryan Arena
6	Sat, Dec 10, 1977	REG		UCLA (5)	Pac-8	22.76	W	69	66		6	0	W 6	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
7	Wed, Dec 14, 1977	REG	@	Indiana	Big Ten	12.48	L	66	67		6	1	L 1	Assembly Hall
8	Sat, Dec 31, 1977	REG	N	Kentucky (1)	SEC	21.13	L	68	73		6	2	L 2	Freedom Hall
9	Tue, Jan 10, 1978	REG	@	San Francisco	WCAC	11.28	L	70	79		6	3	L 3	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
10	Sat, Jan 14, 1978	REG	@	St. Bonaventure	Ind	4.83	W	79	78		7	3	W 1	Blue Cross Arena
11	Tue, Jan 17, 1978	REG		Manhattan	NJNY7	-5.21	W	81	64		8	3	W 2	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
12	Thu, Jan 19, 1978	REG		Villanova	EAA	6.23	W	70	69		9	3	W 3	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
13	Sun, Jan 22, 1978	REG		UCLA (3)	Pac-8	22.76	W	75	73		10	3	W 4	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
14	Mon, Jan 23, 1978	REG		Dartmouth	Ivy	-10.22	W	78	64		11	3	W 5	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
15	Wed, Jan 25, 1978	REG		West Virginia	EAA	-0.32	W	103	82		12	3	W 6	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
16	Sun, Jan 29, 1978	REG		Maryland	ACC	9.10	W	69	54		13	3	W 7	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
17	Wed, Feb 1, 1978	REG	@	La Salle	ECC	2.49	W	95	90		14	3	W 8	The Palestra
18	Sat, Feb 4, 1978	REG		Davidson	Southern	-9.78	W	100	76		15	3	W 9	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
19	Sun, Feb 12, 1978	REG		DePaul (11)	Ind	14.27	L	68	69		15	4	L 1	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
20	Thu, Feb 16, 1978	REG	@	Fordham	NJNY7	-12.98	W	95	76		16	4	W 1	Madison Square Garden (IV)
21	Sat, Feb 18, 1978	REG	@	South Carolina	Ind	4.29	L	60	65		16	5	L 1	Carolina Coliseum
22	Tue, Feb 21, 1978	REG		NC State	ACC	13.64	W	70	59		17	5	W 1	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
23	Sun, Feb 26, 1978	REG		Marquette (1)	Ind	14.30	W	65	59		18	5	W 2	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
24	Sat, Mar 4, 1978	REG	@	Dayton	Ind	8.52	L	59	66		18	6	L 1	University of Dayton Arena
25	Mon, Mar 6, 1978	REG		Loyola (IL)	Ind	2.76	W	83	68		19	6	W 1	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
26	Sun, Mar 12, 1978	NCAA	N	Houston (14)	SWC	15.25	W	100	77		20	6	W 2	Mabee Center
27	Fri, Mar 17, 1978	NCAA	N	Utah (14)	WAC	10.00	W	69	56		21	6	W 3	Allen Fieldhouse
28	Sun, Mar 19, 1978	NCAA	N	DePaul (3)	Ind	14.27	W	84	64		22	6	W 4	Allen Fieldhouse
29	Sat, Mar 25, 1978	NCAA	N	Duke (7)	ACC	16.10	L	86	90		22	7	L 1	St. Louis Arena
30	Mon, Mar 27, 1978	NCAA	N	Arkansas (5)	SWC	15.97	L	69	71		22	8	L 2	St. Louis Arena