1978–79 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

1978–79 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
1978–79 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	18–11 (8–6 Big 8)
Head coach	Ted Owens (15th season);
Assistant coaches	Lafayette Norwood (1st season); Mark Taylor (1st season);
Captains	Paul Mokeski; Brad Sanders;
Home arena	Allen Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 1977–78 1979–80 →

1978–79 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 16 Oklahoma †	10	–	4	.714	21	–	10	.677
Missouri	8	–	6	.571	13	–	15	.464
Kansas State	8	–	6	.571	16	–	12	.571
Kansas	8	–	6	.571	18	–	11	.621
Nebraska	7	–	7	.500	14	–	13	.519
Iowa State	6	–	8	.429	11	–	16	.407
Oklahoma State	5	–	9	.357	12	–	15	.444
Colorado	4	–	10	.286	14	–	13	.519

† 1979 Big Eight tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1978–79 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1978–79 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

Roster

Darnell Valentine
Paul Mokeski
John Crawford
Wilmore Fowler
Tony Guy
Douglas Booty Neal
Dave Magley
Mac Stallcup
Brad Sanders
Chester Giles
Randolph Carroll
Mark Snow

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 29*	No. 4	Fairleigh Dickinson	W 91-68	1-0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 2*	No. 4	Murray State	W 81-66	2-0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 4*	No. 4	Boise State	W 82-68	3-0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 5*	No. 5	Oral Roberts	W 90-77	4-0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 9*	No. 5	at No. 10 Kentucky	L 66-67 ^OT	4-1	Rupp Arena Lexington, KY
December 16*	No. 8	SMU	W 71-64	5-1	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 21*	No. 7	at No. 20 USC	L 83-89 ^OT	5-2	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA
December 23*	No. 7	at San Diego State	L 69-81	5-3	Peterson Gym San Diego, CA
December 27	No. 18	vs. Iowa State	W 75-55	6-3	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
December 29	No. 18	vs. Oklahoma	W 86-75	7-3	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
December 30*	No. 18	vs. Colorado	W 72-66	8-3	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
January 10	No. 15	at No. 13 Oklahoma	L 45-68	8-4 (0-1)	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK
January 13	No. 15	at Oklahoma State	W 82-70	9-4 (1-1)	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
January 17	No. 20	Missouri Border War	L 55-58	9-5 (1-2)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 20	No. 20	at Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	L 69-96	9-6 (1-3)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS
January 24		Iowa State	W 80-71	10-6 (2-3)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 27		at Nebraska	L 64-66 ^OT	10-7 (2-4)	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, NE
January 31		Colorado	W 56-51	11-7 (3-4)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 2		Oklahoma State	W 82-71	12-7 (4-4)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 4*		at No. 14 Michigan State	L 61-85	12-8	Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, MI
February 7		at Missouri Border War	W 88-85	13-8 (5-4)	Hearnes Center Columbia, MO
February 10		Oklahoma	W 74-62	14-8 (6-4)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 14		at Iowa State	L 66-68	14-9 (6-5)	James H. Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
February 17		Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	L 56-58	14-10 (6-6)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 21		Nebraska	W 66-59	15-10 (7-6)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 24		at Colorado	W 71-60	16-10 (8-6)	Balch Fieldhouse Boulder, CO
February 27		Iowa State Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament Quarterfinals	W 91-70	17-10	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
March 2		vs. Missouri Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament semifinals Border War	W 76-73	18-10	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
March 3		vs. Oklahoma Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament championship Game	L 65-80	18-11	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

^ sports-reference.com 1978-79 Big Eight Conference Season Summary
^ ^a ^b 2014-15 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2015-May-22.

[1] sports-reference.com 1978-79 Big Eight Conference Season Summary

[KU_Media_Guide-2] 2014-15 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2015-May-22.

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v t e Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Venues	Robinson Gymnasium (1907–1927) Hoch Auditorium (1927–1955) Allen Fieldhouse (1955–present)
Rivalries	Kansas State Missouri
Culture & lore	Big Jay Baby Jay Blue blood status Champions Classic "Rock Chalk, Jayhawk" Jayhawkers
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Helms and NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics