1978–79 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

The 1978–79 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. The Head Coach was Bobby Knight. The team played its home games in the Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

National Invitation Tournament

• First Round
  • Indiana 78, Texas Tech 59
• Second Round
  • Indiana 72, Alcorn State 68
• Semifinal
  • Indiana 64, Ohio State 55
• Final
  • Indiana 53, Purdue 52

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Awards and honors

• Butch Carter, NIT co-Most Valuable Player
• Ray Tolbert, NIT co-Most Valuable Player

Team players drafted into the NBA

• No one from the Hoosiers was selected in the 1979 NBA Draft.^[2]

See also

• Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
• 1979 National Invitation Tournament

References