1978–79 Syracuse Orangemen basketball team

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1978–79 Syracuse Orangemen men's basketball
NCAA Tournament, Second Round, L 76–84 vs. Penn
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 8
Record	26–4
Head coach	Jim Boeheim
Home arena	Manley Field House
Seasons ← 1977–78 1979–80 →

The 1978–79 Syracuse Orangemen men's basketball team represented Syracuse University during the 1978–79 NCAA men's basketball season. The team qualified for the NCAA Tournament, winning their first game against UCONN before losing in the second round to Penn.

Personnel

1978–79 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Year
C	Roosevelt Bouie	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	—	Jr
	Dan Boyle	—	—
	Hal Cohen	—	—
G	Mark Cubit	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	—
	Ken Davis	—	—
	Ed Gooding	—	—
G	Rick Harmon	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—
G	Marty Headd	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	So
F	Chris Jerebko	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	So
G	Eddie Moss	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	So
F	Louis Orr	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	—	Jr
F	Ron Payton	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	Fr
C	Danny Schayes	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	—	So
F	Dale Shackleford	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	Sr

Head coach

Jim Boeheim

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

References

v t e Syracuse Orange men's basketball
Venues	Archbold Gymnasium (1908–1947; 1952–1955) State Fair Coliseum (1947–1951) Onondaga County War Memorial (1951–1952; 1955–1962) Manley Field House (1962–1980) JMA Wireless Dome (1980–present) Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center (practice)
Rivalries	UConn
Culture & lore	"McNamara's Band" Otto the Orange Scandal 6-overtime game Syracuse Sports Network
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 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 Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics