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1978-79 USC Trojans Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 20-9 (14-4, 2nd in Pac-10 MBB)

Coach: Bob Boyd

PS/G: 74.4 (126th of 262)

PA/G: 70.3 (80th of 262)

SRS: 10.08 (31st of 256)

SOS: 6.15 (28th of 256)

NCAA Tournament: (#7 seed in West)
Won West First Round (86-67) versus #10 Utah State
Lost West Second Round (89-78) versus #2 DePaul

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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
USC	13	12	11	12	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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		Houston	SWC	2.09	W	88	80		1	0	W 1	L.A. Sports Arena
2	Sat, Dec 2, 1978	REG		Utah	WAC	6.19	W	70	56		2	0	W 2	L.A. Sports Arena
3	Wed, Dec 6, 1978	REG	@	Stanford	Pac-10	2.88	W	57	55		3	0	W 3	Maples Pavilion
4	Wed, Dec 13, 1978	REG	@	Duke (1)	ACC	15.35	L	65	79		3	1	L 1	Cameron Indoor Stadium
5	Fri, Dec 15, 1978	REG	N	Xavier	Ind	-0.71	L	68	75		3	2	L 2	Stokely Center
6	Sat, Dec 16, 1978	REG	N	Niagara	Ind	-9.09	W	75	68		4	2	W 1	Stokely Center
7	Thu, Dec 21, 1978	REG		Kansas (7)	Big 8	6.05	W	89	83	OT	5	2	W 2	L.A. Sports Arena
8	Tue, Dec 26, 1978	REG	@	California	Pac-10	-2.62	W	59	54		6	2	W 3	Harmon Gym
9	Fri, Dec 29, 1978	REG	N	Holy Cross	Ind	0.23	W	78	60		7	2	W 4	Cole Fieldhouse
10	Sat, Dec 30, 1978	REG	@	Maryland	ACC	10.73	L	79	83		7	3	L 1	Cole Fieldhouse
11	Fri, Jan 5, 1979	REG		Oregon	Pac-10	3.78	W	70	64		8	3	W 1	L.A. Sports Arena
12	Sat, Jan 6, 1979	REG		Oregon State	Pac-10	13.84	W	76	75		9	3	W 2	L.A. Sports Arena
13	Sat, Jan 13, 1979	REG		UCLA (6)	Pac-10	18.45	L	86	89		9	4	L 1	L.A. Sports Arena
14	Thu, Jan 18, 1979	REG	@	Arizona State	Pac-10	7.97	W	69	65		10	4	W 1	Desert Financial Arena
15	Sat, Jan 20, 1979	REG	@	Texas	SWC	12.03	L	68	87		10	5	L 1	Frank Erwin Center
16	Mon, Jan 22, 1979	REG	@	Arizona	Pac-10	2.80	L	72	74		10	6	L 2	McKale Center
17	Sat, Jan 27, 1979	REG		Washington State	Pac-10	9.41	W	67	61		11	6	W 1	L.A. Sports Arena
18	Tue, Jan 30, 1979	REG		Washington	Pac-10	4.98	W	69	59		12	6	W 2	L.A. Sports Arena
19	Sat, Feb 3, 1979	REG	@	Oregon	Pac-10	3.78	W	87	64		13	6	W 3	McArthur Court
20	Mon, Feb 5, 1979	REG	@	Oregon State	Pac-10	13.84	L	67	70		13	7	L 1	Gill Coliseum
21	Fri, Feb 9, 1979	REG	@	UCLA (4)	Pac-10	18.45	L	94	102		13	8	L 2	Pauley Pavilion
22	Thu, Feb 15, 1979	REG		Arizona	Pac-10	2.80	W	70	67		14	8	W 1	L.A. Sports Arena
23	Sat, Feb 17, 1979	REG		Arizona State	Pac-10	7.97	W	75	59		15	8	W 2	L.A. Sports Arena
24	Thu, Feb 22, 1979	REG	@	Washington State	Pac-10	9.41	W	71	69		16	8	W 3	Friel Court at Beasley Coliseum
25	Sat, Feb 24, 1979	REG	@	Washington	Pac-10	4.98	W	61	59		17	8	W 4	Hec Edmundson Pavilion
26	Thu, Mar 1, 1979	REG		Stanford	Pac-10	2.88	W	79	68		18	8	W 5	L.A. Sports Arena
27	Sat, Mar 3, 1979	REG		California	Pac-10	-2.62	W	86	64		19	8	W 6	L.A. Sports Arena
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
28	Fri, Mar 9, 1979	NCAA	N	Utah State	PCAA	2.33	W	86	67		20	8	W 7	Pauley Pavilion
29	Sun, Mar 11, 1979	NCAA	N	DePaul (8)	Ind	10.10	L	78	89		20	9	L 1	Pauley Pavilion