The Citadel Bulldogs basketball, 1975–1979

The Citadel Bulldogs basketball teams represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. The program was established in 1900–01, and has continuously fielded a team since 1912–13. Their primary rivals are College of Charleston, Furman and VMI.

1974–75

1974–75 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	5–15 (2–11 SoCon)
Head coach	Les Robinson
Home arena	McAlister Field House

1974–75 Southern Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Furman†	12	–	0		1.000			22	–	7		.759
East Carolina	11	–	3		.786			19	–	9		.679
William & Mary	6	–	5		.545			16	–	12		.571
Richmond	7	–	7		.500			10	–	16		.385
VMI	6	–	6		.500			13	–	13		.500
Davidson	4	–	6		.400			7	–	19		.269
The Citadel	2	–	11		.154			5	–	15		.250
Appalachian State	1	–	11		.083			3	–	23		.115
† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1975 Rankings from AP Poll

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 30* no, no	Baptist	W 107–92	1–0	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
December 3* no, no	UNC Wilmington	W 115–88	2–0	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
December 7 no, no	William & Mary	L 73–82	2–1 (0–1)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
December 14 no, no	Appalachian State	W 99–94	3–1 (1–1)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
December 19* no, no	Rochester Tech	W 90–80	4–1	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
January 4 no, no	at East Carolina	L 81–111	4–2 (1–2)	Minges Coliseum  Greenville, North Carolina
January 8* no, no	at Tulane	L 71–78	4–3	Devlin Fieldhouse  New Orleans
January 11 no, no	at Appalachian State	W 70–69	5–3 (2–2)	Varsity Gymnasium  Boone, North Carolina
January 13 no, no	at VMI	L 101–108	5–4 (2–3)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, Virginia
January 18 no, no	Furman	L 65–66	5–5 (2–4)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
January 25 no, no	at Davidson	L 76–90	5–6 (2–5)	Johnston Gym  Davidson, North Carolina
January 29* no, no	at Clemson	L 75–106	5–7	Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, South Carolina
February 1 no, no	at Richmond	L 75–80	5–8 (2–6)	Robins Center  Richmond, Virginia
February 3 no, no	at William & Mary	L 53–81	5–9 (2–7)	William & Mary Hall  Williambsurg, Virginia
February 8 no, no	VMI	L 68–82	5–10 (2–8)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
February 15 no, no	Richmond	L 90–99	5–11 (2–9)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
February 18 no, no	at Furman	L 69–94	5–12 (2–10)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium  Greenville, South Carolina
February 22 no, no	East Carolina	L 84–87	5–13 (2–11)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
February 24* no, no	Campbell	L 78–86	5–14	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
1975 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
March 1 no, no	at East Carolina	L 66–78	5–15	Minges Coliseum  Greenville, North Carolina
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1975–76

1975–76 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	10–17 (6–8 SoCon)
Head coach	Les Robinson
Home arena	McAlister Field House

1975–76 Southern Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
VMI†	9	–	3		.750			22	–	10		.688
William & Mary	8	–	3		.727			15	–	13		.536
Richmond	7	–	7		.500			14	–	14		.500
East Carolina	7	–	7		.500			11	–	15		.423
Appalachian State	6	–	6		.500			13	–	14		.481
The Citadel	6	–	7		.462			10	–	17		.370
Furman	5	–	7		.417			9	–	18		.333
Davidson	1	–	9		.100			5	–	21		.192
† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1976 Rankings from AP Poll

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 29* no, no	at No. 13 NC State	L 75–103	0–1	Reynolds Coliseum  Raleigh, North Carolina
December 1* no, no	UNC Wilmington	W 81–63	1–1	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
December 6 no, no	at William & Mary	L 61–70	1–2 (0–1)	William & Mary Hall  Williamsburg, Virginia
December 10* no, no	at Baptist	W 75–70	2–2	CSU Field House  North Charleston, South Carolina
December 13 no, no	at Appalachian State	L 65–83	2–3 (0–2)	Varsity Gymnasium  Boone, North Carolina
December 20 no, no	East Carolina	L 67–68	2–4 (0–3)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
December 29* no, no	vs. Rutgers Poinsettia Classic	L 73–96	2–5	Greenville Memorial Auditorium  Greenville, South Carolina
December 30 no, no	at Furman Poinsettia Classic	L 90–92 OT	2–6 (0–4)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium  Greenville, South Carolina
January 2 no, no	at East Carolina	L 76–81	2–7 (0–5)	Minges Coliseum  Greenville, North Carolina
January 5* no, no	at Stetson Hatter Classic	L 60–66	2–8	Edmunds Center  DeLand, Florida
January 6* no, no	vs. Boston University Hatter Classic	W 86–73	3–8	Edmunds Center  DeLand, Florida
January 10* no, no	Clemson	L 68–81	3–9	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
January 12 no, no	VMI	W 78–74	4–9 (1–5)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
January 14* no, no	at South Carolina	L 74–90	4–10	Carolina Coliseum  Columbia, South Carolina
January 17 no, no	at Furman	L 67–68	4–11 (1–6)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium  Greenville, South Carolina
January 21 no, no	Davidson	W 81–77	5–11 (2–6)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
January 24 no, no	at Richmond	W 75–74	6–11 (3–6)	Robins Center  Richmond, Virginia
January 26* no, no	Tulane	L 85–101	6–12	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
January 31 no, no	Appalachian State	L 67–70	6–13 (3–7)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
February 2* no, no	at Campbell	L 106–112 OT	6–14	Carter Gymnasium  Buies Creek, North Carolina
February 7 no, no	Richmond	W 91–79	7–14 (4–7)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
February 10 no, no	Furman	W 76–72	8–14 (5–7)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
February 14 no, no	at VMI	L 59–76	8–15 (5–8)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, Virginia
February 16 no, no	William & Mary	W 64–62	9–15 (6–8)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
February 21* no, no	at Georgia Tech	L 56–58	9–16	Alexander Memorial Coliseum  Atlanta
February 23* no, no	Baptist	W 96–69	10–16	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
1976 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
February 28 no, no	at Richmond	L 69–82	10–17	Robins Center  Richmond, Virginia
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1976–77

1976–77 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	8–19 (0–10 SoCon)
Head coach	Les Robinson
Home arena	McAlister Field House

1976–77 Southern Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
VMI †	8	–	2		.800			26	–	4		.867
Furman	8	–	2		.800			18	–	10		.643
Appalachian State	8	–	4		.667			17	–	12		.586
William & Mary	7	–	4		.636			16	–	14		.533
East Carolina	3	–	9		.250			10	–	18		.357
Davidson	2	–	8		.200			5	–	22		.185
The Citadel	2	–	9		.182			8	–	19		.296
Chattanooga	0	–	0		–			27	–	5		.844
Western Carolina	0	–	0		–			8	–	16		.333
Marshall	0	–	0		–			8	–	19		.296
† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1977 Rankings from AP Poll

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 29* no, no	Wofford	W 83–77	1–0	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
December 1* no, no	at Penn	L 69–108	1–1	Palestra  Philadelphia
December 4 no, no	at William & Mary	L 61–94	1–2 (0–1)	William & Mary Hall  Williamsburg, Virginia
December 6* no, no	Presbyterian Citadel Invitational Tournament	W 87–78	2–2	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
December 7* no, no	College of Charleston Citadel Invitational Tournament	L 72–81	2–3	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
December 11* no, no	USC Aiken	W 86–78	3–3	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
December 18* no, no	at East Carolina	W 70–62	4–3	Minges Coliseum  Greenville, North Carolina
December 28* no, no	vs. Columbia Poinsettia Classic	L 87–89 OT	4–4	Greenville Memorial Auditorium  Greenville, South Carolina
December 29* no, no	vs. Navy Poinsettia Classic	L 56–89	4–5	Greenville Memorial Auditorium  Greenville, South Carolina
January 3* no, no	at Stetson	W 67–65	5–5	Edmunds Center  DeLand, Florida
January 10* no, no	at Baptist	L 54–68	5–6	CSU Field House  North Charleston, South Carolina
January 15 no, no	at Furman	L 74–88	5–7 (0–2)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium  Greenville, South Carolina
January 17 no, no	VMI	L 62–68	5–8 (0–3)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
January 22* no, no	Georgia Tech	L 59–63	5–9	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
January 24 no, no	William & Mary	L 53–61	5–10 (0–4)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
January 27 no, no	at Appalachian State	L 56–76	5–11 (0–5)	Varsity Gymnasium  Boone, North Carolina
January 29 no, no	at VMI	L 70–88	5–12 (0–6)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, Virginia
January 31 no, no	Marshall	L 73–82	5–13 (0–7)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
February 2 no, no	at Davidson	L 60–62	5–14 (0–8)	Johnston Gym  Davidson, North Carolina
February 5 no, no	Appalachian State	L 64–68	5–15 (0–9)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
February 9* no, no	at South Carolina	L 66–85	5–16	Carolina Coliseum  Columbia, South Carolina
February 12 no, no	Furman	L 88–91	5–17 (0–10)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
February 15* no, no	at Georgia Tech	L 64–90	5–18	Alexander Memorial Coliseum  Atlanta, Georgia
February 17* no, no	Baptist	W 78–74	6–18	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
February 19* no, no	at East Carolina	W 75–72	7–18	Minges Coliseum  Greenville, North Carolina
February 21* no, no	James Madison	W 79–72	8–18	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
1977 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
February 26 no, no	at Furman	L 69–76	8–19	Greenville Memorial Auditorium  Greenville, South Carolina
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1977–78

1977–78 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	8–19 (2–11 SoCon)
Head coach	Les Robinson
Home arena	McAlister Field House

1977–78 Southern Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Appalachian State	9	–	3		.750			15	–	13		.536
VMI	7	–	3		.700			21	–	7		.750
Marshall	8	–	5		.615			14	–	15		.483
Furman †	7	–	5		.583			19	–	11		.633
Chattanooga	7	–	5		.583			16	–	11		.593
Western Carolina	4	–	8		.333			7	–	19		.269
Davidson	3	–	7		.300			9	–	18		.333
The Citadel	2	–	11		.154			8	–	19		.296
† 1978 SoCon tournament winner As of April 30, 1978 Rankings from AP Poll

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 25* no, no	USC Aiken	W 82–58	1–0	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
November 28* no, no	College of Charleston Citadel Invitational	W 84–82 OT	2–0	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
November 29* no, no	Lander Citadel Invitational	W 74–69	3–0	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
December 3* no, no	at Clemson	L 65–99	3–1	Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, South Carolina
December 5* no, no	Wofford	W 88–59	4–1	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
December 8* no, no	Vanderbilt	L 50–53 OT	4–2	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
December 10 no, no	Western Carolina	L 64–65	4–3 (0–1)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
December 20* no, no	Canisius	W 79–72	5–3	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
December 21* no, no	Catholic	L 72–74	5–4	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
January 5* no, no	at UNC Wilmington	L 66–81	5–5	Trask Coliseum  Wilmington, North Carolina
January 7 no, no	at Chattanooga	L 70–80	5–6 (0–2)	Maclellan Gymnasium  Chattanooga, Tennessee
January 10* no, no	Penn	L 73–103	5–7	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
January 12 no, no	at Western Carolina	L 72–73	5–8 (0–3)	Cullowhee, North Carolina
January 14 no, no	at Marshall	L 81–85 OT	5–9 (0–4)	Veterans Memorial Fieldhouse  Huntington, West Virginia
January 17 no, no	at Furman	L 77–106	5–10 (0–5)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium  Greenville, South Carolina
January 21 no, no	at Appalachian State	L 66–75	5–11 (0–6)	Varsity Gymnasium  Boone, North Carolina
January 25 no, no	Chattanooga	L 81–84 OT	5–12 (0–7)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
January 28 no, no	VMI	L 61–79	5–13 (0–8)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
February 1 no, no	Appalachian State	L 65–66	5–14 (0–9)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
February 4 no, no	Marshall	W 74–57	6–14 (1–9)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
February 6 no, no	Davidson	L 81–88	6–15 (1–10)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
February 8 no, no	Furman	W 85–82	7–15 (2–10)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
February 11 no, no	at VMI	L 72–84	7–16 (2–11)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, Virginia
February 13* no, no	at James Madison	L 70–71	7–17	Harrisonburg, Virginia
February 15* no, no	Baptist	L 77–83	7–18	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
February 20* no, no	James Madison	W 89–88	8–18	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
1978 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
February 25 no, no	at Appalachian State	L 64–81	8–19	Varsity Gymnasium  Boone, North Carolina
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1978–79

1978–79 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	20–7 (10–4 SoCon)
Head coach	Les Robinson
Home arena	McAlister Field House

1978–79 Southern Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Appalachian State †	11	–	3		.786			23	–	6		.793
Furman	9	–	3		.750			20	–	9		.690
The Citadel	10	–	4		.714			20	–	7		.741
Western Carolina	5	–	7		.417			14	–	14		.500
Marshall	5	–	8		.385			11	–	16		.407
Davidson	3	–	7		.300			8	–	19		.296
Chattanooga	3	–	8		.273			14	–	13		.519
VMI	2	–	8		.200			12	–	15		.444
East Tennessee State	0	–	0		–			16	–	11		.593
† 1979 SoCon Tournament winner As of April 30, 1979 Rankings from AP poll

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 27* no, no	Piedmont	W 103–61	1–0	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
December 1* no, no	Fredonia State	W 75–48	2–0	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
December 2* no, no	Biscayne	W 98–69	3–0	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
December 4* no, no	at Vanderbilt	L 63–78	3–1	Memorial Gymnasium  Nashville, Tennessee
December 7* no, no	USC Upstate	W 99–67	4–1	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
December 9* no, no	at Clemson	L 58–71	4–2	Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, South Carolina
December 16* no, no	Wofford	W 92–62	5–2	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
January 6* no, no	Clemson	W 58–56	6–2	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
January 8 no, no	VMI	W 91–83	7–2 (1–0)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
January 13 no, no	at Marshall	W 58–57	8–2 (2–0)	Veterans Memorial Fieldhouse  Huntington, West Virginia
January 15 no, no	Western Carolina	W 78–54	9–2 (3–0)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
January 20 no, no	Furman	W 78–76	10–2 (4–0)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
January 22* no, no	Erskine	W 83–61	11–2	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
January 24 no, no	at Davidson	L 72–87	11–3 (4–1)	Johnston Gym  Davidson, North Carolina
January 27 no, no	at Chattanooga	W 79–71	12–3 (5–1)	Maclellan Gymnasium  Chattanooga, Tennessee
January 29 no, no	at South Carolina State	W 91–86	13–3	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
February 3 no, no	at Appalachian State	L 65–76	13–4 (5–2)	Varsity Gymnasium  Boone, North Carolina
February 5 no, no	Davidson	W 79–70	14–4 (6–2)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
February 7 no, no	Chattanooga	W 62–61	15–4 (7–2)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
February 10 no, no	at Furman	L 84–88 OT	15–5 (7–3)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium  Greenville, South Carolina
February 12 no, no	at VMI	W 72–69	16–5 (8–3)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, Virginia
February 14 no, no	Appalachian State	L 64–68	16–6 (8–4)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
February 17 no, no	at Western Carolina	W 70–69	17–6 (9–4)	Cullowhee, North Carolina
February 19 no, no	Marshall	W 75–69	18–6 (10–4)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
February 21 no, no	Baptist	W 91–42	19–6	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
1979 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
February 24 no, no	Davidson	W 86–79	20–6	McAlister Field House  Charleston, South Carolina
March 3 no, no	vs. Furman	L 94–105	20–7	Roanoke Civic Center  Roanoke, Virginia
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

1. 2012-13 The Citadel Basketball Fact Back (PDF). The Citadel. pp. 92–94. Retrieved May 31, 2014.