1977–78 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team

1977–78 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball

Big Ten Regular Season Champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Elite Eight
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#5
AP	#4
1977–78 record	25-5 (15-3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Jud Heathcote
Assistant coach	Bill Berry
Assistant coach	Don Monson
Assistant coach	Robert McGriff
Home arena	Breslin Center

	Conf							Overall
1977–78 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
#4 Michigan State	15	–	3		.833			25	–	5		.833
#13 Indiana	12	–	6		.667			21	–	8		.724
Minnesota	12	–	6		.667			17	–	10		.630
Michigan	11	–	7		.611			16	–	11		.593
Purdue	11	–	7		.611			16	–	11		.593
Ohio State	9	–	9		.500			16	–	11		.593
Illinois	7	–	11		.389			13	–	14		.481
Iowa	5	–	13		.278			12	–	15		.444
Northwestern	4	–	14		.222			8	–	19		.296
Wisconsin	4	–	14		.222			8	–	19		.296

Rankings from AP Poll)

The 1977–1978 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the 1977–78 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

NCAA basketball tournament

West
- Michigan State 77, Providence 63
- Michigan State 90, Western Kentucky 69
- Kentucky 52, Michigan State 49

Team players drafted into the NBA

No one from the men’s basketball team was selected in the 1978 NBA Draft.^[2]

References

Michigan State Spartans men's basketball

Venues	Armory (1899–1918) IM Circle (1918–1930) Demonstration Hall (1930-1940) Jenison Fieldhouse (1940–1989) Breslin Student Events Center (1989–present)

Rivalries	Michigan

Culture & lore	Basketbowl "The Flintstones" Izzone Michigan State student riots

People	Head coaches Retired numbers

Seasons	1898–99 1899–00 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 1999–00 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

NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics