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1978-79 Wichita State Shockers Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 14-14 (8-8, 3rd in MVC MBB)

Coach: Gene Smithson

PS/G: 88.8 (3rd of 262)

PA/G: 87.1 (253rd of 262)

SRS: 2.34 (89th of 256)

SOS: 2.80 (67th of 256)

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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
Wichita State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	Tue, Nov 28, 1978	REG	@	Iowa	Big Ten	17.60	L	67	91		0	1	L 1	Iowa Field House
2	Fri, Dec 1, 1978	REG	N	New Mexico	WAC	7.56	L	81	95		0	2	L 2	Desert Financial Arena
3	Sat, Dec 2, 1978	REG	N	San Jose State	PCAA	-5.33	L	80	82		0	3	L 3	Desert Financial Arena
4	Sat, Dec 9, 1978	REG		DePaul	Ind	10.10	W	95	92		1	3	W 1	Levitt Arena
5	Wed, Dec 13, 1978	REG		Long Beach State	PCAA	1.19	L	88	91		1	4	L 1	Levitt Arena
6	Mon, Dec 18, 1978	REG		UT Arlington	Southland	-12.98	W	104	72		2	4	W 1	Levitt Arena
7	Thu, Dec 28, 1978	REG		West Texas A&M	MVC	-8.14	W	96	84		3	4	W 2	Levitt Arena
8	Sat, Dec 30, 1978	REG		Texas-Rio Grande Valley	TAAC	-2.74	W	93	77		4	4	W 3	Levitt Arena
9	Thu, Jan 4, 1979	REG		Creighton	MVC	1.89	W	94	88		5	4	W 4	Levitt Arena
10	Sat, Jan 6, 1979	REG		Southern Illinois	MVC	3.96	L	79	89		5	5	L 1	Levitt Arena
11	Tue, Jan 9, 1979	REG	@	Nevada-Las Vegas	Ind	10.74	L	89	111		5	6	L 2	Las Vegas Convention Center
12	Sat, Jan 13, 1979	REG	@	Tulsa	MVC	1.00	W	94	93		6	6	W 1	Tulsa Convention Center
13	Tue, Jan 16, 1979	REG	@	Drake	MVC	0.59	L	109	114		6	7	L 1	Veterans Memorial Auditorium
14	Thu, Jan 18, 1979	REG		Indiana State (5)	MVC	14.39	L	84	94		6	8	L 2	Levitt Arena
15	Sat, Jan 27, 1979	REG		Tulsa	MVC	1.00	L	86	88		6	9	L 3	Levitt Arena
16	Mon, Jan 29, 1979	REG	@	Southern Illinois	MVC	3.96	L	81	82		6	10	L 4	SIU Arena
17	Thu, Feb 1, 1979	REG		Bradley	MVC	-0.23	W	91	79		7	10	W 1	Levitt Arena
18	Sat, Feb 3, 1979	REG	@	West Texas A&M	MVC	-8.14	W	79	69		8	10	W 2	WT Fieldhouse
19	Thu, Feb 8, 1979	REG	@	New Mexico State	MVC	6.40	L	75	93		8	11	L 1	Pan American Center
20	Sat, Feb 10, 1979	REG		Creighton	MVC	1.89	W	89	83		9	11	W 1	Levitt Arena
21	Thu, Feb 15, 1979	REG		Drake	MVC	0.59	W	125	96		10	11	W 2	Levitt Arena
22	Sat, Feb 17, 1979	REG		New Mexico State	MVC	6.40	W	86	84		11	11	W 3	Levitt Arena
23	Thu, Feb 22, 1979	REG	@	Bradley	MVC	-0.23	L	74	76		11	12	L 1	Robertson Memorial Field House
24	Sun, Feb 25, 1979	REG	@	Indiana State (2)	MVC	14.39	L	84	109		11	13	L 2	Hulman Center
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
25	Tue, Feb 27, 1979	CTOURN		Drake	MVC	0.59	W	70	69		12	13	W 1	Levitt Arena
26	Thu, Mar 1, 1979	CTOURN	@	New Mexico State	MVC	6.40	L	81	85		12	14	L 1	Pan American Center