1978-79 Schedule
Hawai'i
Portland St.
@ Baylor
@ Texas
Utah St.
St. Joseph's
Purdue
@ Rhode Island
@ St. John's
Harvard
Oral Roberts
vs. Georgia Tech
vs. Houston
@ Utah St.
UTEP
New Mexico
@ Utah
@ Colorado St.
@ Wyoming (OT)
San Diego St.
@ New Mexico
@ UTEP
Utah
Wyoming
Colorado St.
@ San Diego St.
vs. San Francisco
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1978-79
BYU Basketball |
| All Games |
20-8 |
| Conference |
10-2 |
| Marriott Center |
14-0 |
| Cougar Classic |
2-0 (1) |
| Pillsbury Classic |
1-1 (3) |
| NCAA |
0-1 |
| Scoring Avg. |
| Offense |
85.0 |
| Defense |
76.8 |
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8.2 |
| Western Athletic Conference Standings |
| Team |
Coach |
W-L |
Pct. |
Off. |
Def. |
W-L |
Pct. |
Off. |
Def. |
| Brigham Young |
Frank Arnold |
13-1 |
.928 |
84.2 |
69.7 |
24-5 |
.837 |
83.5 |
72.5 |
| UTEP |
Don Haskins |
10-4 |
.714 |
71.2 |
68.1 |
20-8 |
.714 |
70.2 |
65.8 |
| Utah |
Jerry Pimm |
10-4 |
.714 |
78.1 |
72.1 |
18-10 |
.643 |
77.7 |
73.1 |
| Wyoming |
Jim Brandenburg |
8-6 |
.571 |
59.5 |
55.8 |
18-10 |
.643 |
69.0 |
58.7 |
| Colorado St. |
Jim Williams |
5-9 |
.357 |
73.7 |
78.4 |
10-17 |
.370 |
72.9 |
77.1 |
| Hawaii |
Larry Little |
4-10 |
.286 |
76.0 |
74.1 |
13-14 |
.481 |
75.7 |
76.4 |
| New Mexico |
Charlie Harrison |
3-11 |
.214 |
67.6 |
76.2 |
7-21 |
.250 |
74.0 |
80.0 |
| San Diego St. |
Smokey Gaines |
3-11 |
.214 |
76.4 |
85.5 |
6-21 |
.222 |
77.6 |
85.3 |
| Schedule/Results |
| Date |
Opponent |
Score |
W/L |
| N 24 |
Hawai'i |
93-69 |
W |
| N 25 |
Portland St. |
111-82 |
W |
| D 1 |
@ Baylor |
92-86 |
W |
| D 2 |
@ Texas |
57-96 |
L |
| D 6 |
Utah St. |
99-80 |
W |
| D 8 |
St. Joseph's* |
90-71 |
W |
| D 9 |
Purdue* |
76-64 |
W |
| D 14 |
@ Rhode Island |
76-85 |
L |
| D 16 |
@ St. John's |
83-90 |
L |
| D 21 |
Harvard |
113-72 |
W |
| D 23 |
Oral Roberts |
120-104 |
W |
| D 29 |
vs. Georgia Tech^ |
81-83 |
L |
| D 30 |
vs. Houston^ |
84-77 |
W |
| J 4 |
Denver |
92-53 |
W |
| J 6 |
@ Utah St. |
68-84 |
L |
| J 11 |
UTEP |
80-56 |
W |
| J 13 |
New Mexico |
100-83 |
W |
| J 20 |
@ Utah |
90-76 |
W |
| J 25 |
@ Colorado St. |
98-83 |
W |
| J 27 |
@ Wyoming (OT) |
69-71 |
L |
| F 3 |
San Diego St. |
88-80 |
W |
| F 9 |
@ New Mexico |
65-66 |
L |
| F 10 |
@ UTEP |
77-68 |
W |
| F 17 |
Utah |
76-50 |
W |
| F 22 |
Wyoming |
78-73 |
W |
| F 24 |
Colorado St. |
66-61 |
W |
| M 2 |
@ San Diego St. |
96-95 |
W |
| M 10 |
vs. San Francisco# |
63-86 |
L |
* Cougar Classic
^ Pillsbury Holiday Classic
# NCAA (Tucson) |
| First-team All WAC |
| Danny Ainge, BYU |
| Danny Vranes, Utah |
| Kim Goetz, San Diego St. |
| Steve Malovic, San Diego St. |
| Larry Belin, New Mexico |
| Charles Bradley, Wyoming |
| Eddie Hughes, Colorado St. |
| Second-team All WAC |
| Phil Abney, New Mexico |
| Scott Runia, BYU |
| Alan Taylor, BYU |
| Tom Chambers, Utah |
| Anthony Berns, UTEP |
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