1978-79 Men's College Basketball Season Summary

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National Champion: Michigan State

Final Four: DePaul, Indiana State, Michigan State and Penn

Consensus Player of the Year: Larry Bird

AP Preseason #1: Duke

AP Final #1: Indiana State

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Conference Summary

Sorted by SRS

Conference Summary Table
Rk	Conference	Schls	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	AP	NCAA	FF	Regular Season Champ	Tournament Champ
1	Southwest Conference	9	145	117	.553	2.55	2.85	1	2	0	Arkansas, Texas	Arkansas
2	Western Athletic Conference	7	111	83	.572	5.79	4.77	0	2	0	Brigham Young
3	Big Ten Conference	10	177	121	.594	11.65	8.74	0	2	1	Iowa, Michigan State, Purdue
4	Atlantic Coast Conference	7	132	72	.647	12.51	7.39	0	2	0	Duke, North Carolina	North Carolina
5	Southeastern Conference	10	168	124	.575	8.82	6.43	0	2	0	Louisiana State	Tennessee
6	Southwest Athletic Conference	5	86	52	.623	-6.31	-7.20	0	0	0	Alcorn State
7	Southern Conference	9	138	110	.556	-4.22	-3.38	0	1	0	Appalachian State	Appalachian State
8	Metropolitan Collegiate Athletic Conference	7	109	92	.542	2.66	2.41	0	2	0	Louisville	Virginia Tech
9	Pacific-10 Conference	10	154	125	.552	7.16	6.15	0	2	0	UCLA
10	Pacific Coast Athletic Association	8	113	110	.507	-1.83	-0.21	0	2	0	Pacific	Pacific
11	Sun Belt Conference	6	87	79	.524	-3.22	-2.71	0	2	0	South Alabama	Jacksonville
12	Big Eight Conference	8	119	105	.531	3.49	3.52	0	1	0	Oklahoma	Oklahoma
13	Missouri Valley Conference	9	143	113	.559	2.47	2.80	0	2	1	Indiana State	Indiana State
14	Mid-American Conference	10	139	138	.502	-3.76	-2.01	0	1	0	Toledo
15	Eastern Athletic Association	8	112	112	.500	-0.73	-0.02	0	1	0	Villanova	Rutgers
16	Independent	68	976	853	.534	-4.00	-2.78	0	8	1
17	Southland Conference	6	92	73	.558	-3.65	-3.61	0	1	0	Lamar
18	Big Sky Conference	8	119	100	.543	-1.94	-0.80	0	1	0	Weber State	Weber State
19	East Coast Conference	12	165	163	.503	-6.80	-5.16	0	1	0	Temple (East), Bucknell (West)	Temple
20	New Jersey-New York 7 Conference	4	50	64	.439	-1.97	-0.24	0	1	0
21	Ivy League	8	105	112	.484	-4.72	-3.12	0	1	1	Pennsylvania
22	West Coast Athletic Conference	8	129	95	.576	3.21	2.40	0	2	0	San Francisco
23	Trans America Athletic Conference	8	112	107	.511	-7.72	-6.23	0	0	0	Louisiana-Monroe	Louisiana-Monroe
24	Ohio Valley Conference	7	91	98	.481	-8.90	-5.58	0	1	0	Eastern Kentucky	Eastern Kentucky
25	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	4	62	48	.564	-14.41	-12.39	0	0	0	North Carolina A&T	North Carolina A&T

AP Polls

Coaches Polls

Coaches Polls Table
		Week Poll
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
School	Conf	Pre	12/12	12/19	12/26	1/3	1/9	1/16	1/23	1/30	2/6	2/13	2/20	2/27	Final
Indiana State	MVC		16	15	11	9	9	5	3	2	2	2	2	1	1
UCLA	Pac-10	2	5	3	3	5	6	4	7	3	3	1	1	3	2
UNC	ACC	12	12	6	6	4	4	3	2	6	6	4	4	7	3
Michigan State	Big Ten	4	3	4	4	1	1	6	4	13	9	8	8	4	4
Notre Dame	Ind	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	3	3	2	5
Arkansas	SWC		20	20		15	10	13	18		14	11	12	9	6
Duke	ACC	1	1	1	1	7	7	9	6	4	4	6	7	6	7
DePaul	Ind												20	11	8
LSU	SEC	17	10	10	8	6	5	8	10	12	7	5	5	8	9
Syracuse	Ind	13	11	9	18		18	15	13	8	10	7	6	5	10
Iowa	Big Ten										13	15	11	10	11
Georgetown	Ind		15	14	12	18	16	14	12	10	19	16	16	15	12
Marquette	Ind	20	14	13	17	19	11	10	11	9	8	10	9	12	13
Purdue	Big Ten									20	18	13	17	18	14
Texas	SWC	7	17	19	20				16	11	15	12	10	14	15
Temple	ECC						15	12	15	18	17	14	15	13	16
San Francisco	WCAC	16												19	17
Tennessee	SEC														18
Louisville	Metro	5	4	11	9	16	13	7	5	5	5	9	14	16	19
Detroit Mercy	Ind											20	18	20	20
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
School	Conf	Pre	12/12	12/19	12/26	1/3	1/9	1/16	1/23	1/30	2/6	2/13	2/20	2/27	Final
Ohio State	Big Ten							11	9	7	12	18	13	17
Vanderbilt	SEC								17	16	16	17	19
Texas A&M	SWC			18	10	14	12	17	14	14	11	18
USC	Pac-10	10	13				19	20			19
Alabama	SEC	15						16	20	15
Illinois	Big Ten		19	16	5	3	3	2	8	17
Weber State	Big Sky									19
NC State	ACC	9	7	5		10	8	18	19
Kansas	Big 8	5	8	8	14	17	14	19
Long Beach State	PCAA		18	17	13	11	17
Michigan	Big Ten	8	9	7	7	12	20
Kentucky	SEC	14	6	12	15	8
Mississippi State	SEC					13
Maryland	ACC				19	20
Washington State	Pac-10				16