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1978-79 Rice Owls Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 7-20 (4-12, 8th in SWC MBB)

Coach: Mike Schuler

PS/G: 68.6 (216th of 262)

PA/G: 78.7 (207th of 262)

SRS: -10.91 (222nd of 256)

SOS: 3.83 (51st 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
Rice	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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, Dec 2, 1978	REG	@	Northwestern	Big Ten	1.11	L	71	93		0	1	L 1	Welsh-Ryan Arena
2	Mon, Dec 4, 1978	REG	@	Notre Dame (3)	Ind	18.94	L	61	105		0	2	L 2	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
3	Fri, Dec 15, 1978	REG		Louisiana	Southland	1.17	L	70	76		0	3	L 3	Rice Gymnasium
4	Sat, Dec 16, 1978	REG		Texas-Rio Grande Valley	TAAC	-2.74	L	72	75		0	4	L 4	Rice Gymnasium
5	Sat, Dec 23, 1978	REG	@	Vanderbilt	SEC	8.22	L	59	88		0	5	L 5	McQuiddy Gymnasium
6	Thu, Jan 4, 1979	REG		UT Arlington	Southland	-12.98	L	65	67		0	6	L 6	Rice Gymnasium
7	Sat, Jan 6, 1979	REG	@	Baylor	SWC	5.07	L	52	64		0	7	L 7	Heart O' Texas Coliseum
8	Mon, Jan 8, 1979	REG		Southern Methodist	SWC	-1.77	W	78	76		1	7	W 1	Rice Gymnasium
9	Wed, Jan 10, 1979	REG	@	Arkansas (10)	SWC	13.63	L	66	79		1	8	L 1	Barnhill Arena
10	Sat, Jan 13, 1979	REG	@	Texas Tech	SWC	6.63	W	62	56		2	8	W 1	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum
11	Tue, Jan 16, 1979	REG		Texas	SWC	12.03	L	81	94		2	9	L 1	Rice Gymnasium
12	Sat, Jan 20, 1979	REG		Houston	SWC	2.09	L	75	101		2	10	L 2	Rice Gymnasium
13	Mon, Jan 22, 1979	REG	@	TCU	SWC	-13.86	W	59	56		3	10	W 1	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum
14	Sat, Jan 27, 1979	REG		Texas A&M (14)	SWC	10.06	L	62	81		3	11	L 1	Rice Gymnasium
15	Mon, Jan 29, 1979	REG	@	Southern Methodist	SWC	-1.77	L	67	80		3	12	L 2	Moody Coliseum
16	Thu, Feb 1, 1979	REG		Texas Tech	SWC	6.63	L	56	78		3	13	L 3	Rice Gymnasium
17	Sat, Feb 3, 1979	REG		Arkansas (19)	SWC	13.63	L	50	68		3	14	L 4	Rice Gymnasium
18	Tue, Feb 6, 1979	REG	@	Texas (12)	SWC	12.03	L	52	95		3	15	L 5	Frank Erwin Center
19	Sat, Feb 10, 1979	REG	@	Houston	SWC	2.09	L	72	75		3	16	L 6	Hofheinz Pavilion
20	Mon, Feb 12, 1979	REG		TCU	SWC	-13.86	W	84	80		4	16	W 1	Rice Gymnasium
21	Sat, Feb 17, 1979	REG		Baylor	SWC	5.07	L	69	70		4	17	L 1	Rice Gymnasium
22	Tue, Feb 20, 1979	REG	@	Texas A&M	SWC	10.06	L	60	92		4	18	L 2	G. Rollie White Coliseum
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
23	Sat, Feb 24, 1979	CTOURN	@	Texas Tech	SWC	6.63	L	49	82		4	19	L 3	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum