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1978-79 St. John's (NY) Red Storm Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 21-11 (3-3, 3rd in NJNY7 MBB)

Rank: 17th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Lou Carnesecca

PS/G: 74.3 (131st of 262)

PA/G: 68.0 (51st of 262)

SRS: 7.93 (41st of 256)

SOS: 1.56 (89th of 256)

NCAA Tournament: (#10 seed in East)
Won East First Round (75-70) versus #7 Temple
Won East Second Round (80-78) versus #2 Duke
Won East Regional Semifinal (67-65) versus #6 Rutgers
Lost East Regional Final (64-62) versus #9 Pennsylvania

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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
St. John's (NY)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17

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	Fri, Nov 24, 1978	REG		American	ECC	-6.62	W	72	70		1	0	W 1	Alumni Hall
2	Sat, Nov 25, 1978	REG		Wagner	Ind	0.82	W	108	91		2	0	W 2	Alumni Hall
3	Tue, Nov 28, 1978	REG		Wisconsin	Big Ten	5.45	L	68	73		2	1	L 1	Alumni Hall
4	Sat, Dec 2, 1978	REG		Princeton	Ivy	-3.54	W	71	51		3	1	W 1	Alumni Hall
5	Thu, Dec 7, 1978	REG		Baylor	SWC	5.07	W	83	82		4	1	W 2	Alumni Hall
6	Sat, Dec 9, 1978	REG		Georgetown (20)	Ind	7.26	L	71	77		4	2	L 1	Alumni Hall
7	Tue, Dec 12, 1978	REG	@	Columbia	Ivy	0.88	L	77	90		4	3	L 2	Levien Gymnasium
8	Sat, Dec 16, 1978	REG		Brigham Young	WAC	12.31	W	90	83		5	3	W 1	Alumni Hall
9	Fri, Dec 22, 1978	REG		Tennessee Tech	OVC	-15.61	W	100	56		6	3	W 2	Alumni Hall
10	Fri, Dec 29, 1978	REG		Rutgers	EAA	4.64	L	61	72		6	4	L 1	Madison Square Garden (IV)
11	Sat, Dec 30, 1978	REG		Duke (1)	ACC	15.35	W	69	66		7	4	W 1	Madison Square Garden (IV)
12	Thu, Jan 4, 1979	REG	@	Seton Hall	NJNY7	0.21	L	70	76		7	5	L 1	Walsh Gymnasium
13	Sat, Jan 6, 1979	REG		Temple	ECC	8.12	L	73	74		7	6	L 2	Alumni Hall
14	Tue, Jan 9, 1979	REG		Baltimore	Ind	-20.87	W	75	52		8	6	W 1	Alumni Hall
15	Sat, Jan 13, 1979	REG		Rutgers	EAA	4.64	L	66	69		8	7	L 1	Alumni Hall
16	Tue, Jan 16, 1979	REG	@	Villanova	EAA	2.32	W	74	54		9	7	W 1	The Palestra
17	Sat, Jan 20, 1979	REG		Rhode Island	Ind	7.68	L	70	71		9	8	L 1	Alumni Hall
18	Tue, Jan 23, 1979	REG	@	Manhattan	NJNY7	-7.22	W	80	55		10	8	W 1	Alumni Gym
19	Sun, Jan 28, 1979	REG	@	Saint Joseph's	ECC	1.46	W	47	40		11	8	W 2	The Palestra
20	Wed, Jan 31, 1979	REG	@	Army	Ind	-1.63	W	72	65		12	8	W 3	USMA Fieldhouse
21	Sat, Feb 3, 1979	REG		Niagara	Ind	-9.09	W	80	52		13	8	W 4	Alumni Hall
22	Tue, Feb 6, 1979	REG		Boston College	Ind	1.50	W	85	76		14	8	W 5	Alumni Hall
23	Sat, Feb 10, 1979	REG	@	Fordham	NJNY7	-8.79	W	66	48		15	8	W 6	Rose Hill Gymnasium
24	Tue, Feb 13, 1979	REG		Holy Cross	Ind	0.23	W	82	66		16	8	W 7	Alumni Hall
25	Sat, Feb 17, 1979	REG	@	Syracuse (7)	Ind	15.51	L	72	79		16	9	L 1	Manley Field House
26	Sat, Feb 24, 1979	REG		Providence	Ind	-9.24	W	70	65		17	9	W 1	Alumni Hall
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
27	Fri, Mar 9, 1979	NCAA	N	Temple (13)	ECC	8.12	W	75	70		18	9	W 2	Reynolds Coliseum
28	Sun, Mar 11, 1979	NCAA	N	Duke (6)	ACC	15.35	W	80	78		19	9	W 3	Reynolds Coliseum
29	Fri, Mar 16, 1979	NCAA	N	Rutgers (18)	EAA	4.64	W	67	65		20	9	W 4	Greensboro Coliseum
30	Sun, Mar 18, 1979	NCAA	N	Pennsylvania (14)	Ivy	5.74	L	62	64		20	10	L 1	Greensboro Coliseum