1978-79 Men's Basketball Schedule
Overall19-110.633
Conference7-110.389
StreakL5
Home7-6
Away8-5
Neutral4-0
| Date | Time | At | Opponent | Location | Tournament | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24 (Fri) | Home | Texas-Arlington | Assembly Hall | W 109-74 | ||
| Nov 28 (Tue) | Home | Denver | Assembly Hall | W 81-57 | ||
| Dec 2 (Sat) | Away | Tulane | New Orleans, La. | W 65-60 | ||
| Dec 5 (Tue) | Away | Missouri | Columbia, Mo. | W 69-57 | ||
| Dec 8 (Fri) | Home | South Carolina | Assembly Hall | W 64-57 | ||
| Dec 9 (Sat) | Home | Centenary | Assembly Hall | W 86-60 | ||
| Dec 16 (Sat) | Away | Kent State | Kent, Ohio | W 82-44 | ||
| Dec 22 (Fri) | Neutral | #8 Syracuse | Lexington, Ky. | W 64-61 | ||
| Dec 23 (Sat) | Neutral | #17 Texas A&M | Lexington, Ky. | W 71-57 | ||
| Dec 28 (Thu) | Neutral | Western Michigan | Anchorage, Alaska | W 84-79 | ||
| Dec 29 (Fri) | Neutral | Ozarks | Anchorage, Alaska | W 88-82 | ||
| Dec 30 (Sat) | Away | Alaska-Anchorage | Anchorage, Alaska | W 92-80 | ||
| Jan 4 (Thu) | Away | Indiana | Bloomington, Ind. | W 65-61 | ||
| Jan 6 (Sat) | Away | Northwestern | Evanston, Ill. | W 74-56 | ||
| Jan 11 (Thu) | Home | #1 Michigan State | Assembly Hall | W 57-55 | ||
| Jan 13 (Sat) | Home | Ohio State | Assembly Hall | L 66-69 | ||
| Jan 18 (Thu) | Away | Wisconsin | Madison, Wis. | W 81-74 | ||
| Jan 20 (Sat) | Home | Purdue | Assembly Hall | L 57-69 | ||
| Jan 25 (Thu) | Away | Iowa | Iowa City, Iowa | L 52-58 | ||
| Jan 27 (Sat) | Home | Michigan | Assembly Hall | L 54-56 | ||
| Feb 1 (Thu) | Home | Minnesota | Assembly Hall | W 67-57 | ||
| Feb 3 (Sat) | Away | Michigan | Ann Arbor, Mich. | L 54-56 | ||
| Feb 8 (Thu) | Away | Purdue | West Lafayette, Ind. | L 65-71 | ||
| Feb 10 (Sat) | Away | Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minn. | W 59-57 | ||
| Feb 15 (Thu) | Home | Wisconsin | Assembly Hall | W 81-64 | ||
| Feb 17 (Sat) | Home | #14 Iowa | Assembly Hall | L 53-67 | ||
| Feb 22 (Thu) | Away | #14 Ohio State | Columbus, Ohio | L 55-73 | ||
| Feb 24 (Sat) | Away | #7 Michigan State | East Lansing, Mich. | L 62-76 | ||
| Mar 1 (Thu) | Home | Northwestern | Assembly Hall | L 64-71 | ||
| Mar 3 (Sat) | Home | Indiana | Assembly Hall | L 60-72 |