1978–79 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team
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1978–79 Utah State Aggies men's basketball | |
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Pacific Coast Athletic Association Regular season champion | |
NCAA tournament, First Round | |
Conference | Pacific Coast Athletic Association |
Record | 19–11 (9–5 PCAA) |
Head coach | |
Home arena | Dee Glen Smith Spectrum |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pacific † | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 18 | – | 12 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utah State | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 19 | – | 11 | .633 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fresno State | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 16 | – | 12 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cal State Fullerton | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 16 | – | 11 | .593 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Long Beach State | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 16 | – | 12 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UC Santa Barbara[note 1] | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 12 | – | 15 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Jose State | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 7 | – | 20 | .259 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UC Irvine[note 2] | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 9 | – | 19 | .321 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1979 PCAA tournament winner As of March 18, 1978[1] Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1978–79 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team represented Utah State University as a member of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association during the 1978–79 men's college basketball season. The Aggies were led by head coach Dutch Belnap and played their home games at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum in Logan, Utah. After finishing second in the conference regular season standings, Utah State received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the first round to Southern California.
Roster
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Schedule and results
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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Regular season | |||||||||||
Nov 28, 1978* |
at Utah | L 81–84 | 0–1 |
Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah | |||||||
Dec 1, 1978* |
vs. Iona Carrier Classic |
L 61–73 | 0–2 |
Manley Field House Syracuse, New York | |||||||
Dec 2, 1978* |
vs. Western Michigan Carrier Classic |
W 93–85 | 1–2 |
Manley Field House Syracuse, New York | |||||||
Dec 6, 1978* |
at Brigham Young | L 80–99 | 1–3 |
Marriott Center Provo, Utah | |||||||
Dec 9, 1978* |
Boise State | W 84–75 | 2–3 |
Dee Glen Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah | |||||||
Dec 11, 1978* |
Colorado | W 91–70 | 3–3 |
Dee Glen Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah | |||||||
Dec 16, 1978* |
at Weber State | W 76–70 | 4–3 |
Dee Events Center Ogden, Utah | |||||||
Dec 18, 1978* |
Portland State | W 94–68 | 5–3 |
Dee Glen Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah | |||||||
Dec 23, 1978* |
Weber State | L 64–73 | 5–4 |
Dee Glen Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah | |||||||
Jan 3, 1979* |
Utah | W 80–72 | 6–4 |
Dee Glen Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah | |||||||
Jan 6, 1979* |
BYU | W 84–68 | 7–4 |
Dee Glen Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah | |||||||
Jan 9, 1979 |
Fresno State | W 56–49 | 8–4 (1–0) |
Dee Glen Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah | |||||||
Jan 11, 1979 |
at Pacific | L 82–86 | 8–5 (1–1) |
Pacific Pavilion Stockton, California | |||||||
PCAA tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 1, 1979* |
vs. San Jose State Quarterfinals |
W 85–78 | 18–9 |
Anaheim Convention Center Anaheim, California | |||||||
Mar 2, 1979* |
vs. Fresno State Semifinals |
W 81–74 | 19–9 |
Anaheim Convention Center Anaheim, California | |||||||
Mar 3, 1979* |
vs. Pacific Championship game |
L 73–82 | 19–10 |
Anaheim Convention Center Anaheim, California | |||||||
NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 9, 1979* |
(10 W) | vs. (7 W) Southern California First round |
L 67–86 | 19–11 |
Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, California | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
W=West. |
Notes
References
- ^ "1978-79 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Season Summary". Retrieved July 21, 2017.
- ^ "1978–79 Utah State Aggies Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
- ^ "1978-79 Utah State University Men's Basketball Schedule". Utah State University.
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