1978-79 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 22-9 (7-3, 2nd in EAA MBB)

Rank: 18th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Tom Young

PS/G: 70.0 (202nd of 262)

PA/G: 65.4 (29th of 262)

SRS: 4.64 (68th of 256)

SOS: 0.03 (112th of 256)

NCAA Tournament: (#6 seed in East)
Won East Second Round (64-58) versus #3 Georgetown
Lost East Regional Semifinal (67-65) versus #10 St. John's (NY)

EAA Tourney 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
Rutgers	15	16	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18

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 18, 1978	REG		Columbia	Ivy	0.88	W	70	63		1	0	W 1	Louis Brown Athletic Center
2	Fri, Dec 1, 1978	REG		Rider	ECC	-16.23	W	101	51		2	0	W 2	Louis Brown Athletic Center
3	Sat, Dec 2, 1978	REG		Lafayette	ECC	-4.75	L	70	77		2	1	L 1	Louis Brown Athletic Center
4	Sat, Dec 9, 1978	REG	@	Villanova	EAA	2.32	L	67	86		2	2	L 2	Villanova Field House
5	Tue, Dec 12, 1978	REG	@	Manhattan	NJNY7	-7.22	W	62	60	OT	3	2	W 1	Alumni Gym
6	Sat, Dec 16, 1978	REG		Princeton	Ivy	-3.54	W	54	51		4	2	W 2	Louis Brown Athletic Center
7	Fri, Dec 22, 1978	REG		Saint Peter's	Ind	-5.11	L	58	67		4	3	L 1	Louis Brown Athletic Center
8	Fri, Dec 29, 1978	REG	@	St. John's (NY)	NJNY7	7.93	W	72	61		5	3	W 1	Madison Square Garden (IV)
9	Sat, Dec 30, 1978	REG	N	Ohio State	Big Ten	12.05	W	97	96	3OT	6	3	W 2	Madison Square Garden (IV)
10	Sat, Jan 6, 1979	REG	@	UCLA (6)	Pac-10	18.45	L	57	78		6	4	L 1	Pauley Pavilion
11	Tue, Jan 9, 1979	REG	@	Connecticut	Ind	3.19	L	67	69	OT	6	5	L 2	UConn/Hugh S. Greer Fieldhouse
12	Thu, Jan 11, 1979	REG		George Washington	EAA	-0.32	W	80	72		7	5	W 1	Louis Brown Athletic Center
13	Sat, Jan 13, 1979	REG	@	St. John's (NY)	NJNY7	7.93	W	69	66		8	5	W 2	Alumni Hall
14	Sat, Jan 20, 1979	REG		Penn State	EAA	-2.68	W	48	46		9	5	W 3	Louis Brown Athletic Center
15	Mon, Jan 22, 1979	REG	@	Syracuse (12)	Ind	15.51	L	65	71		9	6	L 1	Manley Field House
16	Fri, Jan 26, 1979	REG		Duquesne	EAA	-3.12	W	70	67		10	6	W 1	Louis Brown Athletic Center
17	Sat, Jan 27, 1979	REG		Villanova	EAA	2.32	W	64	55		11	6	W 2	Louis Brown Athletic Center
18	Wed, Jan 31, 1979	REG	@	Massachusetts	EAA	-10.68	W	60	55		12	6	W 3	Curry Hicks Cage
19	Sat, Feb 3, 1979	REG	@	George Washington	EAA	-0.32	L	71	74		12	7	L 1	Charles E. Smith Center
20	Thu, Feb 8, 1979	REG		Drexel	ECC	-4.63	W	87	61		13	7	W 1	Louis Brown Athletic Center
21	Sat, Feb 10, 1979	REG	@	West Virginia	EAA	-0.43	L	61	68		13	8	L 1	WVU Coliseum
22	Mon, Feb 12, 1979	REG		New Hampshire	Ind	-12.37	W	83	73		14	8	W 1	Louis Brown Athletic Center
23	Thu, Feb 15, 1979	REG	N	Seton Hall	NJNY7	0.21	W	88	67		15	8	W 2	Madison Square Garden (IV)
24	Sat, Feb 17, 1979	REG		Fordham	NJNY7	-8.79	W	67	59		16	8	W 3	Louis Brown Athletic Center
25	Mon, Feb 19, 1979	REG		Massachusetts	EAA	-10.68	W	95	76		17	8	W 4	Louis Brown Athletic Center
26	Fri, Feb 23, 1979	REG	@	Pittsburgh	EAA	4.40	W	76	68		18	8	W 5	Fitzgerald Fieldhouse
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
27	Tue, Feb 27, 1979	CTOURN		Penn State	EAA	-2.68	W	67	57		19	8	W 6	Louis Brown Athletic Center
28	Thu, Mar 1, 1979	CTOURN	N	West Virginia	EAA	-0.43	W	55	52		20	8	W 7	Civic Arena
29	Sat, Mar 3, 1979	CTOURN	@	Pittsburgh	EAA	4.40	W	61	57		21	8	W 8	Civic Arena
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
30	Sat, Mar 10, 1979	NCAA	N	Georgetown (11)	Ind	7.26	W	64	58		22	8	W 9	Providence Civic Center
31	Fri, Mar 16, 1979	NCAA	N	St. John's (NY) (17)	NJNY7	7.93	L	65	67		22	9	L 1	Greensboro Coliseum