1978–79 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team

1978–79 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball
Conference Big Ten Conference
1978–79 record 8–19 (7–11, 7th-t Big Ten)
Head coach Johnny Orr
Assistant coach Bill Frieder
Assistant coach Jim Boyce
Assistant coach Tom Kempf
MVP Dion Harris
Seasons
« 1977–78 1979–80 »

The 1978–79 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1978–79 season. The team played its home games in the Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference. Under the direction of head coach Johnny Orr, the team finished tied for seventh in the Big Ten Conference.[1] The team failed to earn an invitation to either the 1978 National Invitation Tournament or the 1978 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.[2] The team was ranked in the Associated Press Top Twenty-Five Poll for eight of the season's seventeen weeks, reaching a number 6 ranking on December 5, 1978 and falling out after the January 9, 1979 poll.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Big Ten Basketball 2009–10 Media Guide". CBS Interactive. p. 69. http://www.bigten.org/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/big10/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/BT. Retrieved 2010-09-14. 
  2. ^ "NCAA Tournament History". University of Michigan. 2010. p. 3. http://www.mgoblue.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/mich/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/bkm-ncaa-tournament. Retrieved 2010-09-18. 
  3. ^ "Division I Records". National Collegiate Athletic Association. pp. 68–83. http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf. Retrieved 2010-09-18. 
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NCAA: 1989
NIT: 1984, 1997*, 2004
Big Ten (Regular season): 1921c, 1926c, 1927, 1929c, 1948, 1964c, 1965, 1966, 1974c, 1977, 1985, 1986
Big Ten (Tournament):1998*
* vacated
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