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1978-79 Wisconsin Badgers Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 12-15 (6-12, 8th in Big Ten MBB)

Coach: Bill Cofield

PS/G: 69.7 (206th of 262)

PA/G: 73.5 (138th of 262)

SRS: 5.45 (60th of 256)

SOS: 9.22 (4th 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
Wisconsin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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		Milwaukee	Ind	-12.36	W	74	55		1	0	W 1	Wisconsin Field House
2	Tue, Nov 28, 1978	REG	@	St. John's (NY)	NJNY7	7.93	W	73	68		2	0	W 2	Alumni Hall
3	Fri, Dec 1, 1978	REG		Long Island University	Ind	-10.85	W	89	70		3	0	W 3	Wisconsin Field House
4	Sat, Dec 2, 1978	REG		Saint Louis	Metro	-2.29	W	66	63		4	0	W 4	Wisconsin Field House
5	Sat, Dec 9, 1978	REG		Loyola (IL)	Ind	2.69	W	79	74		5	0	W 5	Wisconsin Field House
6	Sat, Dec 16, 1978	REG	@	DePaul	Ind	10.10	L	78	84		5	1	L 1	Alumni Hall
7	Sat, Dec 23, 1978	REG		Marquette (13)	Ind	11.89	W	65	52		6	1	W 1	Wisconsin Field House
8	Thu, Dec 28, 1978	REG	@	Louisville (10)	Metro	14.27	L	53	70		6	2	L 1	Freedom Hall
9	Fri, Dec 29, 1978	REG	N	Oral Roberts	Ind	5.56	L	69	102		6	3	L 2	Freedom Hall
10	Thu, Jan 4, 1979	REG	@	Michigan State (1)	Big Ten	22.53	L	55	84		6	4	L 3	Jenison Field House
11	Sat, Jan 6, 1979	REG	@	Ohio State	Big Ten	12.05	L	71	82		6	5	L 4	St. John Arena
12	Thu, Jan 11, 1979	REG		Northwestern	Big Ten	1.11	W	95	82		7	5	W 1	Wisconsin Field House
13	Sat, Jan 13, 1979	REG		Michigan (16)	Big Ten	10.80	W	77	66		8	5	W 2	Wisconsin Field House
14	Thu, Jan 18, 1979	REG		Illinois (4)	Big Ten	11.28	L	74	81		8	6	L 1	Wisconsin Field House
15	Sat, Jan 20, 1979	REG	@	Minnesota	Big Ten	5.29	L	72	82		8	7	L 2	Williams Arena
16	Thu, Jan 25, 1979	REG	@	Indiana	Big Ten	14.86	L	61	82		8	8	L 3	Assembly Hall
17	Sat, Jan 27, 1979	REG	@	Purdue	Big Ten	15.56	L	60	73		8	9	L 4	Mackey Arena
18	Thu, Feb 1, 1979	REG		Iowa	Big Ten	17.60	L	64	70		8	10	L 5	Wisconsin Field House
19	Sat, Feb 3, 1979	REG		Purdue	Big Ten	15.56	L	48	54		8	11	L 6	Wisconsin Field House
20	Thu, Feb 8, 1979	REG		Minnesota	Big Ten	5.29	L	72	74		8	12	L 7	Wisconsin Field House
21	Sat, Feb 10, 1979	REG	@	Iowa (15)	Big Ten	17.60	L	65	79		8	13	L 8	Iowa Field House
22	Thu, Feb 15, 1979	REG	@	Illinois	Big Ten	11.28	L	64	81		8	14	L 9	Assembly Hall
23	Sat, Feb 17, 1979	REG		Indiana	Big Ten	14.86	L	62	68	OT	8	15	L 10	Wisconsin Field House
24	Thu, Feb 22, 1979	REG	@	Michigan	Big Ten	10.80	W	66	65		9	15	W 1	Crisler Arena
25	Sat, Feb 24, 1979	REG	@	Northwestern	Big Ten	1.11	W	72	70		10	15	W 2	Welsh-Ryan Arena
26	Thu, Mar 1, 1979	REG		Ohio State (17)	Big Ten	12.05	W	76	73		11	15	W 3	Wisconsin Field House
27	Sat, Mar 3, 1979	REG		Michigan State (4)	Big Ten	22.53	W	83	81		12	15	W 4	Wisconsin Field House