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1978-79 UCLA Bruins Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 25-5 (15-3, 1st in Pac-10 MBB)

Rank: 2nd in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Gary Cunningham

PS/G: 85.6 (11th of 262)

PA/G: 73.4 (132nd of 262)

SRS: 18.45 (4th of 256)

SOS: 6.25 (26th of 256)

NCAA Tournament: (#1 seed in West)
Won West Second Round (76-71) versus #9 Pepperdine
Won West Regional Semifinal (99-81) versus #4 San Francisco
Lost West Regional Final (95-91) versus #2 DePaul

Pac-10 Reg Season Champ

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
UCLA	2	2	2	5	3	3	6	6	3	6	5	4	2	1	3	2	2

Schedules prior to the 1994-95 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		Boise State	Big Sky	-5.37	W	79	59		1	0	W 1	Pauley Pavilion
2	Sat, Nov 25, 1978	REG		DePaul	Ind	10.10	W	108	85		2	0	W 2	Pauley Pavilion
3	Sat, Dec 2, 1978	REG		Santa Clara	WCAC	4.58	W	87	73		3	0	W 3	Pauley Pavilion
4	Sat, Dec 9, 1978	REG		Notre Dame (3)	Ind	18.94	L	78	81		3	1	L 1	Pauley Pavilion
5	Sat, Dec 16, 1978	REG		San Diego State	WAC	7.28	W	97	73		4	1	W 1	Pauley Pavilion
6	Fri, Dec 22, 1978	REG		Fordham	NJNY7	-8.79	W	95	64		5	1	W 2	Pauley Pavilion
7	Sat, Dec 23, 1978	REG		Boston College	Ind	1.50	W	103	81		6	1	W 3	Pauley Pavilion
8	Wed, Dec 27, 1978	REG	@	Stanford	Pac-10	2.88	L	72	75		6	2	L 1	Maples Pavilion
9	Thu, Dec 28, 1978	REG	@	California	Pac-10	-2.62	W	95	67		7	2	W 1	Harmon Gym
10	Thu, Jan 4, 1979	REG	@	Oregon State	Pac-10	13.84	W	65	63		8	2	W 2	Gill Coliseum
11	Sat, Jan 6, 1979	REG		Rutgers	EAA	4.64	W	78	57		9	2	W 3	Pauley Pavilion
12	Mon, Jan 8, 1979	REG		Oregon	Pac-10	3.78	W	74	71		10	2	W 4	Pauley Pavilion
13	Sat, Jan 13, 1979	REG	@	Southern California	Pac-10	10.08	W	89	86		11	2	W 5	L.A. Sports Arena
14	Thu, Jan 18, 1979	REG	@	Arizona	Pac-10	2.80	L	69	70		11	3	L 1	McKale Center
15	Sat, Jan 20, 1979	REG	@	Arizona State	Pac-10	7.97	W	95	79		12	3	W 1	Desert Financial Arena
16	Thu, Jan 25, 1979	REG		Washington State	Pac-10	9.41	W	89	71		13	3	W 2	Pauley Pavilion
17	Sat, Jan 27, 1979	REG		Washington	Pac-10	4.98	W	86	61		14	3	W 3	Pauley Pavilion
18	Thu, Feb 1, 1979	REG	@	Oregon	Pac-10	3.78	W	65	58		15	3	W 4	McArthur Court
19	Sat, Feb 3, 1979	REG	@	Oregon State	Pac-10	13.84	W	69	56		16	3	W 5	Gill Coliseum
20	Fri, Feb 9, 1979	REG		Southern California	Pac-10	10.08	W	102	94		17	3	W 6	Pauley Pavilion
21	Sun, Feb 11, 1979	REG	@	Notre Dame (1)	Ind	18.94	W	56	52		18	3	W 7	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
22	Thu, Feb 15, 1979	REG		Arizona State	Pac-10	7.97	W	85	83		19	3	W 8	Pauley Pavilion
23	Sat, Feb 17, 1979	REG		Arizona	Pac-10	2.80	W	110	86		20	3	W 9	Pauley Pavilion
24	Thu, Feb 22, 1979	REG	@	Washington	Pac-10	4.98	L	68	69		20	4	L 1	Hec Edmundson Pavilion
25	Sat, Feb 24, 1979	REG	@	Washington State	Pac-10	9.41	W	110	102		21	4	W 1	Friel Court at Beasley Coliseum
26	Thu, Mar 1, 1979	REG		California	Pac-10	-2.62	W	79	68		22	4	W 2	Pauley Pavilion
27	Sat, Mar 3, 1979	REG		Stanford	Pac-10	2.88	W	99	71		23	4	W 3	Pauley Pavilion
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
28	Sun, Mar 11, 1979	NCAA	N	Pepperdine	WCAC	7.32	W	76	71		24	4	W 4	Pauley Pavilion
29	Thu, Mar 15, 1979	NCAA	N	San Francisco (12)	WCAC	12.13	W	99	81		25	4	W 5	Marriott Center
30	Sat, Mar 17, 1979	NCAA	N	DePaul (6)	Ind	10.10	L	91	95		25	5	L 1	Marriott Center