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1978-79 Purdue Boilermakers Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 27-8 (13-5, 1st in Big Ten MBB)

Rank: 15th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Lee Rose

PS/G: 70.3 (197th of 262)

PA/G: 62.5 (11th of 262)

SRS: 15.56 (7th of 256)

SOS: 8.56 (9th of 256)

Big Ten Reg Season Champ

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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
Purdue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	18	19	16	15

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	Sat, Nov 25, 1978	REG		Louisiana	Southland	1.17	W	81	72		1	0	W 1	Mackey Arena
2	Mon, Nov 27, 1978	REG		Indiana State	MVC	14.39	L	53	63		1	1	L 1	Mackey Arena
3	Wed, Nov 29, 1978	REG	@	Xavier	Ind	-0.71	W	66	58		2	1	W 1	Schmidt Fieldhouse
4	Sat, Dec 2, 1978	REG	@	Nebraska	Big 8	3.75	W	58	47		3	1	W 2	Bob Devaney Sports Center
5	Mon, Dec 4, 1978	REG		Northern Colorado			W	91	57		4	1	W 3	Mackey Arena
6	Fri, Dec 8, 1978	REG	N	Santa Clara	WCAC	4.58	W	71	62		5	1	W 4	Marriott Center
7	Sat, Dec 9, 1978	REG	@	Brigham Young	WAC	12.31	L	64	76		5	2	L 1	Marriott Center
8	Mon, Dec 11, 1978	REG		Arizona State	Pac-10	7.97	W	73	63		6	2	W 1	Mackey Arena
9	Thu, Dec 21, 1978	REG		Miami (OH)	MAC	-5.03	W	76	57		7	2	W 2	Mackey Arena
10	Thu, Dec 28, 1978	REG	N	Boston College	Ind	1.50	W	82	54		8	2	W 3	Neal S. Blaisdell Center
11	Fri, Dec 29, 1978	REG	N	Arizona State	Pac-10	7.97	W	92	87	OT	9	2	W 4	Neal S. Blaisdell Center
12	Sat, Dec 30, 1978	REG	N	Utah	WAC	6.19	W	77	62		10	2	W 5	Neal S. Blaisdell Center
13	Thu, Jan 4, 1979	REG	@	Ohio State	Big Ten	12.05	L	71	75		10	3	L 1	St. John Arena
14	Sat, Jan 6, 1979	REG	@	Indiana	Big Ten	14.86	L	54	63		10	4	L 2	Assembly Hall
15	Thu, Jan 11, 1979	REG		Michigan (16)	Big Ten	10.80	W	77	67		11	4	W 1	Mackey Arena
16	Sat, Jan 13, 1979	REG		Michigan State (1)	Big Ten	22.53	W	52	50		12	4	W 2	Mackey Arena
17	Thu, Jan 18, 1979	REG		Iowa	Big Ten	17.60	L	46	56		12	5	L 1	Mackey Arena
18	Sat, Jan 20, 1979	REG	@	Illinois (4)	Big Ten	11.28	W	69	57		13	5	W 1	Assembly Hall
19	Thu, Jan 25, 1979	REG	@	Minnesota	Big Ten	5.29	W	64	61		14	5	W 2	Williams Arena
20	Sat, Jan 27, 1979	REG		Wisconsin	Big Ten	5.45	W	73	60		15	5	W 3	Mackey Arena
21	Thu, Feb 1, 1979	REG	@	Northwestern	Big Ten	1.11	W	68	58		16	5	W 4	Welsh-Ryan Arena
22	Sat, Feb 3, 1979	REG	@	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5.45	W	54	48		17	5	W 5	Wisconsin Field House
23	Thu, Feb 8, 1979	REG		Illinois (20)	Big Ten	11.28	W	71	65		18	5	W 6	Mackey Arena
24	Sat, Feb 10, 1979	REG		Northwestern	Big Ten	1.11	W	76	64		19	5	W 7	Mackey Arena
25	Thu, Feb 15, 1979	REG	@	Iowa (14)	Big Ten	17.60	L	72	75		19	6	L 1	Iowa Field House
26	Sat, Feb 17, 1979	REG		Minnesota	Big Ten	5.29	W	80	56		20	6	W 1	Mackey Arena
27	Thu, Feb 22, 1979	REG	@	Michigan State (7)	Big Ten	22.53	L	67	73		20	7	L 1	Jenison Field House
28	Sat, Feb 24, 1979	REG	@	Michigan	Big Ten	10.80	W	67	59		21	7	W 1	Crisler Arena
29	Thu, Mar 1, 1979	REG		Indiana	Big Ten	14.86	W	55	48		22	7	W 2	Mackey Arena
30	Sat, Mar 3, 1979	REG		Ohio State (17)	Big Ten	12.05	W	74	66		23	7	W 3	Mackey Arena
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
31	Thu, Mar 8, 1979	NIT		Central Michigan	MAC	0.92	W	97	80		24	7	W 4	Mackey Arena
32	Mon, Mar 12, 1979	NIT		Dayton	Ind	7.41	W	84	70		25	7	W 5	Mackey Arena
33	Thu, Mar 15, 1979	NIT		Old Dominion	Ind	1.81	W	67	59		26	7	W 6	Mackey Arena
34	Mon, Mar 19, 1979	NIT	@	Alabama	SEC	9.98	W	87	68		27	7	W 7	Madison Square Garden (IV)
35	Wed, Mar 21, 1979	NIT		Indiana	Big Ten	14.86	L	52	53		27	8	L 1	Madison Square Garden (IV)