1978-79 South Alabama Jaguars Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 20-7 (10-0, 1st in Sun Belt MBB)

Coach: Cliff Ellis

PS/G: 82.4 (31st of 262)

PA/G: 72.6 (118th of 262)

SRS: 5.36 (61st of 256)

SOS: -3.92 (189th of 256)

NCAA Tournament: (#6 seed in Midwest)
Lost Midwest Second Round (69-66) versus #3 Louisville

Sun Belt 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
South Alabama	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	Thu, Nov 30, 1978	REG	@	Mississippi State	SEC	12.37	L	78	86		0	1	L 1	Humphrey Coliseum
2	Sat, Dec 9, 1978	REG	@	Northwestern State	Ind	-11.93	W	79	66		1	1	W 1	Prather Coliseum
3	Mon, Dec 11, 1978	REG		Georgia Southern	Ind	-9.76	L	91	93		1	2	L 1	Jaguar Gym
4	Wed, Dec 27, 1978	REG		Austin Peay	OVC	-13.10	W	96	67		2	2	W 1	Mobile Municipal Auditorium
5	Thu, Dec 28, 1978	REG		Louisiana Tech	Southland	0.44	W	71	69		3	2	W 2	Mobile Municipal Auditorium
6	Mon, Jan 8, 1979	REG		Houston Christian	TAAC	-14.94	W	97	74		4	2	W 3	Jaguar Gym
7	Wed, Jan 10, 1979	REG	@	UNC Wilmington	Ind	-5.96	L	63	65		4	3	L 1	Trask Coliseum
8	Sat, Jan 13, 1979	REG		Charlotte	Sun Belt	2.11	W	71	60		5	3	W 1	Jaguar Gym
9	Mon, Jan 15, 1979	REG		Georgia State	Sun Belt	-12.93	W	84	70		6	3	W 2	Jaguar Gym
10	Thu, Jan 18, 1979	REG	@	New Orleans	Sun Belt	-5.90	W	80	73		7	3	W 3	Human Performance Center
11	Mon, Jan 22, 1979	REG		Jacksonville	Sun Belt	-0.13	W	72	61		8	3	W 4	Jaguar Gym
12	Thu, Jan 25, 1979	REG		New Orleans	Sun Belt	-5.90	W	101	65		9	3	W 5	Jaguar Gym
13	Mon, Jan 29, 1979	REG	@	Georgia State	Sun Belt	-12.93	W	89	71		10	3	W 6	GSU Sports Arena
14	Thu, Feb 1, 1979	REG		South Florida	Sun Belt	-7.85	W	114	83		11	3	W 7	Jaguar Gym
15	Tue, Feb 6, 1979	REG		Florida State	Metro	1.66	W	78	61		12	3	W 8	Jaguar Gym
16	Sat, Feb 10, 1979	REG	@	Jacksonville	Sun Belt	-0.13	W	72	71		13	3	W 9	Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum
17	Mon, Feb 12, 1979	REG	@	South Florida	Sun Belt	-7.85	W	73	61		14	3	W 10	Curtis Hixon Hall
18	Thu, Feb 15, 1979	REG		Illinois State	Ind	2.26	L	70	77		14	4	L 1	Jaguar Gym
19	Sat, Feb 17, 1979	REG	@	Charlotte	Sun Belt	2.11	W	66	63		15	4	W 1	Charlotte Coliseum (I)
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
20	Sat, Feb 24, 1979	CTOURN	N	Jacksonville	Sun Belt	-0.13	L	77	85		15	5	L 1	Charlotte Coliseum (I)
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
21	Wed, Feb 28, 1979	REG		Northwestern State	Ind	-11.93	W	97	91		16	5	W 1	Jaguar Gym
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
22	Sat, Mar 10, 1979	NCAA	N	Louisville (18)	Metro	14.27	L	66	69		16	6	L 1	Moody Coliseum