1978-79 Utah Utes Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 20-10 (9-3, 2nd in WAC MBB)

Coach: Jerry Pimm

PS/G: 77.6 (84th of 262)

PA/G: 75.5 (173rd of 262)

SRS: 6.19 (54th of 256)

SOS: 4.68 (41st of 256)

NCAA Tournament: (#8 seed in West)
Lost West First Round (92-88) versus #9 Pepperdine

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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
Utah	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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 25, 1978	REG		Boise State	Big Sky	-5.37	W	75	56		1	0	W 1	Jon M. Huntsman Center
2	Tue, Nov 28, 1978	REG		Utah State	PCAA	2.33	W	84	81		2	0	W 2	Jon M. Huntsman Center
3	Sat, Dec 2, 1978	REG	@	Southern California (12)	Pac-10	10.08	L	56	70		2	1	L 1	L.A. Sports Arena
4	Mon, Dec 4, 1978	REG	@	Oregon State	Pac-10	13.84	L	56	74		2	2	L 2	Gill Coliseum
5	Sat, Dec 9, 1978	REG		Denver	Ind	-3.74	W	100	87		3	2	W 1	Jon M. Huntsman Center
6	Mon, Dec 11, 1978	REG		Weber State	Big Sky	6.27	L	81	86		3	3	L 1	Jon M. Huntsman Center
7	Fri, Dec 15, 1978	REG		Hofstra	ECC	-8.27	W	82	71		4	3	W 1	Jon M. Huntsman Center
8	Sat, Dec 16, 1978	REG		Idaho State	Big Sky	-2.55	W	64	57		5	3	W 2	Jon M. Huntsman Center
9	Thu, Dec 21, 1978	REG	@	Idaho State	Big Sky	-2.55	W	85	76		6	3	W 3	Holt Arena
10	Sat, Dec 23, 1978	REG	@	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	2.14	W	83	76		7	3	W 4	Titan Gym
11	Wed, Dec 27, 1978	REG	N	Tennessee	SEC	11.50	W	80	71		8	3	W 5	Neal S. Blaisdell Center
12	Fri, Dec 29, 1978	REG	@	Hawaii	Ind	-3.35	W	68	63		9	3	W 6	Neal S. Blaisdell Center
13	Sat, Dec 30, 1978	REG	N	Purdue	Big Ten	15.56	L	62	77		9	4	L 1	Neal S. Blaisdell Center
14	Wed, Jan 3, 1979	REG	@	Utah State	PCAA	2.33	L	72	80		9	5	L 2	Dee Glen Smith Spectrum
15	Sat, Jan 6, 1979	REG		Nevada-Las Vegas	Ind	10.74	W	103	96		10	5	W 1	Jon M. Huntsman Center
16	Thu, Jan 11, 1979	REG		New Mexico	WAC	7.56	W	101	90		11	5	W 2	Jon M. Huntsman Center
17	Sat, Jan 13, 1979	REG		UTEP	WAC	2.13	W	77	69		12	5	W 3	Jon M. Huntsman Center
18	Sat, Jan 20, 1979	REG		Brigham Young	WAC	12.31	L	76	90		12	6	L 1	Jon M. Huntsman Center
19	Thu, Jan 25, 1979	REG	@	Wyoming	WAC	4.58	W	64	60		13	6	W 1	War Memorial Fieldhouse
20	Sat, Jan 27, 1979	REG	@	Colorado State	WAC	0.46	W	96	75		14	6	W 2	Moby Arena
21	Fri, Feb 2, 1979	REG		San Diego State	WAC	7.28	W	76	74		15	6	W 3	Jon M. Huntsman Center
22	Fri, Feb 9, 1979	REG	@	UTEP	WAC	2.13	W	78	69		16	6	W 4	Don Haskins Center
23	Sat, Feb 10, 1979	REG	@	New Mexico	WAC	7.56	L	68	84		16	7	L 1	University Arena
24	Sat, Feb 17, 1979	REG	@	Brigham Young	WAC	12.31	L	50	76		16	8	L 2	Marriott Center
25	Mon, Feb 19, 1979	REG	@	Nevada-Las Vegas	Ind	10.74	L	86	95		16	9	L 3	Las Vegas Convention Center
26	Thu, Feb 22, 1979	REG		Colorado State	WAC	0.46	W	72	63		17	9	W 1	Jon M. Huntsman Center
27	Sat, Feb 24, 1979	REG		Wyoming	WAC	4.58	W	58	52		18	9	W 2	Jon M. Huntsman Center
28	Sat, Mar 3, 1979	REG	@	San Diego State	WAC	7.28	W	100	87		19	9	W 3	San Diego Sports Arena
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
29	Fri, Mar 9, 1979	NCAA	N	Pepperdine	WCAC	7.32	L	88	92	OT	19	10	L 1	Pauley Pavilion