The Citadel Bulldogs basketball, 1975–79

The Citadel Bulldogs basketball teams represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. The program was established in 1900–01, and has continuously fielded a team since 1912–13. Their primary rivals are College of Charleston, Furman and VMI.

Contents:	1974–75 - 1975–76 - 1976–77 - 1977–78 - 1978–79

1974–75

1974–75 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1974–75 record	5–15 (2–11 SoCon)
Head coach	Les Robinson
Home arena	McAlister Field House

1974–75 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Furman†	12	–	0	1.000	22	–	7	.759
East Carolina	11	–	3	.786	19	–	9	.679
William & Mary	6	–	5	.545	16	–	12	.571
Richmond	7	–	7	.500	10	–	16	.385
VMI	6	–	6	.500	13	–	13	.500
Davidson	4	–	6	.400	7	–	19	.269
The Citadel	2	–	11	.154	5	–	15	.250
Appalachian State	1	–	11	.083	3	–	23	.115

† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1975; Rankings from AP Poll

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site City, State
November 30* no, no	Baptist	W 107–92	1–0	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
December 3* no, no	UNC Wilmington	W 115–88	2–0	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
December 7 no, no	William & Mary	L 73–82	2–1 (0–1)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
December 14 no, no	Appalachian State	W 99–94	3–1 (1–1)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
December 19* no, no	Rochester Tech	W 90–80	4–1	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
January 4 no, no	at East Carolina	L 81–111	4–2 (1–2)	Minges Coliseum Greenville, NC
January 8* no, no	at Tulane	L 71–78	4–3	Devlin Fieldhouse New Orleans, LA
January 11 no, no	at Appalachian State	W 70–69	5–3 (2–2)	Varsity Gymnasium Boone, NC
January 13 no, no	at VMI	L 101–108	5–4 (2–3)	Cormack Field House Lexington, VA
January 18 no, no	Furman	L 65–66	5–5 (2–4)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
January 25 no, no	at Davidson	L 76–90	5–6 (2–5)	Johnston Gym Davidson, NC
January 29* no, no	at Clemson	L 75–106	5–7	Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC
February 1 no, no	at Richmond	L 75–80	5–8 (2–6)	Robins Center Richmond, VA
February 3 no, no	at William & Mary	L 53–81	5–9 (2–7)	William & Mary Hall Williambsurg, VA
February 8 no, no	VMI	L 68–82	5–10 (2–8)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
February 15 no, no	Richmond	L 90–99	5–11 (2–9)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
February 18 no, no	at Furman	L 69–94	5–12 (2–10)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium Greenville, SC
February 22 no, no	East Carolina	L 84–87	5–13 (2–11)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
February 24* no, no	Campbell	L 78–86	5–14	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
1975 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
March 1 no, no	at East Carolina	L 66–78	5–15	Minges Coliseum Greenville, NC
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1975–76

1975–76 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1975–76 record	10–17 (6–8 SoCon)
Head coach	Les Robinson
Home arena	McAlister Field House

1975–76 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
VMI†	9	–	3	.750	22	–	10	.688
William & Mary	8	–	3	.727	15	–	13	.536
Richmond	7	–	7	.500	14	–	14	.500
East Carolina	7	–	7	.500	11	–	15	.423
Appalachian State	6	–	6	.500	13	–	14	.481
The Citadel	6	–	7	.462	10	–	17	.370
Furman	5	–	7	.417	9	–	18	.333
Davidson	1	–	9	.100	5	–	21	.192

† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1976; Rankings from AP Poll

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site City, State
November 29* no, no	at #13 NC State	L 75–103	0–1	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
December 1* no, no	UNC Wilmington	W 81–63	1–1	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
December 6 no, no	at William & Mary	L 61–70	1–2 (0–1)	William & Mary Hall Williamsburg, VA
December 10* no, no	at Baptist	W 75–70	2–2	CSU Field House North Charleston, SC
December 13 no, no	at Appalachian State	L 65–83	2–3 (0–2)	Varsity Gymnasium Boone, NC
December 20 no, no	East Carolina	L 67–68	2–4 (0–3)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
December 29* no, no	vs. Rutgers Poinsettia Classic	L 73–96	2–5	Greenville Memorial Auditorium Greenville, SC
December 30 no, no	at Furman Poinsettia Classic	L 90–92 ^OT	2–6 (0–4)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium Greenville, SC
January 2 no, no	at East Carolina	L 76–81	2–7 (0–5)	Minges Coliseum Greenville, NC
January 5* no, no	at Stetson Hatter Classic	L 60–66	2–8	Edmunds Center DeLand, FL
January 6* no, no	vs. Boston University Hatter Classic	W 86–73	3–8	Edmunds Center DeLand, FL
January 10* no, no	Clemson	L 68–81	3–9	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
January 12 no, no	VMI	W 78–74	4–9 (1–5)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
January 14* no, no	at South Carolina	L 74–90	4–10	Carolina Coliseum Columbia, SC
January 17 no, no	at Furman	L 67–68	4–11 (1–6)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium Greenville, SC
January 21 no, no	Davidson	W 81–77	5–11 (2–6)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
January 24 no, no	at Richmond	W 75–74	6–11 (3–6)	Robins Center Richmond, VA
January 26* no, no	Tulane	L 85–101	6–12	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
January 31 no, no	Appalachian State	L 67–70	6–13 (3–7)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
February 2* no, no	at Campbell	L 106–112 ^OT	6–14	Carter Gymnasium Buies Creek, NC
February 7 no, no	Richmond	W 91–79	7–14 (4–7)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
February 10 no, no	Furman	W 76–72	8–14 (5–7)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
February 14 no, no	at VMI	L 59–76	8–15 (5–8)	Cormack Field House Lexington, VA
February 16 no, no	William & Mary	W 64–62	9–15 (6–8)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
February 21* no, no	at Georgia Tech	L 56–58	9–16	Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, GA
February 23* no, no	Baptist	W 96–69	10–16	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
1976 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
February 28 no, no	at Richmond	L 69–82	10–17	Robins Center Richmond, VA
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1976–77

1976–77 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1976–77 record	8–19 (0–10 SoCon)
Head coach	Les Robinson
Home arena	McAlister Field House

1976–77 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
VMI †	8	–	2	.800	26	–	4	.867
Furman	8	–	2	.800	18	–	10	.643
Appalachian State	8	–	4	.667	17	–	12	.586
William & Mary	7	–	4	.636	16	–	14	.533
East Carolina	3	–	9	.250	10	–	18	.357
Davidson	2	–	8	.200	5	–	22	.185
The Citadel	2	–	9	.182	8	–	19	.296
Chattanooga	0	–	0	–	27	–	5	.844
Western Carolina	0	–	0	–	8	–	16	.333
Marshall	0	–	0	–	8	–	19	.296

† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1977; Rankings from AP Poll

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site City, State
November 29* no, no	Wofford	W 83–77	1–0	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
December 1* no, no	at Penn	L 69–108	1–1	Palestra Philadelphia, PA
December 4 no, no	at William & Mary	L 61–94	1–2 (0–1)	William & Mary Hall Williamsburg, VA
December 6* no, no	Presbyterian Citadel Invitational Tournament	W 87–78	2–2	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
December 7* no, no	College of Charleston Citadel Invitational Tournament	L 72–81	2–3	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
December 11* no, no	USC Aiken	W 86–78	3–3	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
December 18* no, no	at East Carolina	W 70–62	4–3	Minges Coliseum Greenville, NC
December 28* no, no	vs. Columbia Poinsettia Classic	L 87–89 ^OT	4–4	Greenville Memorial Auditorium Greenville, SC
December 29* no, no	vs. Navy Poinsettia Classic	L 56–89	4–5	Greenville Memorial Auditorium Greenville, SC
January 3* no, no	at Stetson	W 67–65	5–5	Edmunds Center DeLand, FL
January 10* no, no	at Baptist	L 54–68	5–6	CSU Field House North Carolina, SC
January 15 no, no	at Furman	L 74–88	5–7 (0–2)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium Greenville, SC
January 17 no, no	VMI	L 62–68	5–8 (0–3)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
January 22* no, no	Georgia Tech	L 59–63	5–9	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
January 24 no, no	William & Mary	L 53–61	5–10 (0–4)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
January 27 no, no	at Appalachian State	L 56–76	5–11 (0–5)	Varsity Gymnasium Boone, NC
January 29 no, no	at VMI	L 70–88	5–12 (0–6)	Cormack Field House Lexington, VA
January 31 no, no	Marshall	L 73–82	5–13 (0–7)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
February 2 no, no	at Davidson	L 60–62	5–14 (0–8)	Johnston Gym Davidson, NC
February 5 no, no	Appalachian State	L 64–68	5–15 (0–9)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
February 9* no, no	at South Carolina	L 66–85	5–16	Carolina Coliseum Columbia, SC
February 12 no, no	Furman	L 88–91	5–17 (0–10)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
February 15* no, no	at Georgia Tech	L 64–90	5–18	Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, GA
February 17* no, no	Baptist	W 78–74	6–18	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
February 19* no, no	at East Carolina	W 75–72	7–18	Minges Coliseum Greenville, NC
February 21* no, no	James Madison	W 79–72	8–18	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
1977 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
February 26 no, no	at Furman	L 69–76	8–19	Greenville Memorial Auditorium Greenville, SC
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1977–78

1977–78 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1977–78 record	8–19 (2–11 SoCon)
Head coach	Les Robinson
Home arena	McAlister Field House

1977–78 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Appalachian State	9	–	3	.750	15	–	13	.536
VMI	7	–	3	.700	21	–	7	.750
Marshall	8	–	5	.615	14	–	15	.483
Furman†	7	–	5	.583	19	–	11	.633
Chattanooga	7	–	5	.583	16	–	11	.593
Western Carolina	4	–	8	.333	7	–	19	.269
Davidson	3	–	7	.300	9	–	18	.333
The Citadel	2	–	11	.154	8	–	19	.296

† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1978; Rankings from AP Poll

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site City, State
November 25* no, no	USC Aiken	W 82–58	1–0	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
November 28* no, no	College of Charleston Citadel Invitational	W 84–82 ^OT	2–0	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
November 29* no, no	Lander Citadel Invitational	W 74–69	3–0	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
December 3* no, no	at Clemson	L 65–99	3–1	Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC
December 5* no, no	Wofford	W 88–59	4–1	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
December 8* no, no	Vanderbilt	L 50–53 ^OT	4–2	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
December 10 no, no	Western Carolina	L 64–65	4–3 (0–1)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
December 20* no, no	Canisius	W 79–72	5–3	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
December 21* no, no	Catholic	L 72–74	5–4	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
January 5* no, no	at UNC Wilmington	L 66–81	5–5	Trask Coliseum Wilmington, NC
January 7 no, no	at Chattanooga	L 70–80	5–6 (0–2)	Maclellan Gymnasium Chattanooga, TN
January 10* no, no	Penn	L 73–103	5–7	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
January 12 no, no	at Western Carolina	L 72–73	5–8 (0–3)	Cullowhee, NC
January 14 no, no	at Marshall	L 81–85 ^OT	5–9 (0–4)	Veterans Memorial Fieldhouse Huntington, WV
January 17 no, no	at Furman	L 77–106	5–10 (0–5)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium Greenville, SC
January 21 no, no	at Appalachian State	L 66–75	5–11 (0–6)	Varsity Gymnasium Boone, NC
January 25 no, no	Chattanooga	L 81–84 ^OT	5–12 (0–7)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
January 28 no, no	VMI	L 61–79	5–13 (0–8)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
February 1 no, no	Appalachian State	L 65–66	5–14 (0–9)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
February 4 no, no	Marshall	W 74–57	6–14 (1–9)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
February 6 no, no	Davidson	L 81–88	6–15 (1–10)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
February 8 no, no	Furman	W 85–82	7–15 (2–10)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
February 11 no, no	at VMI	L 72–84	7–16 (2–11)	Cormack Field House Lexington, VA
February 13* no, no	at James Madison	L 70–71	7–17	Harrisonburg, VA
February 15* no, no	Baptist	L 77–83	7–18	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
February 20* no, no	James Madison	W 89–88	8–18	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
1978 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
February 25 no, no	at Appalachian State	L 64–81	8–19	Varsity Gymnasium Boone, NC
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1978–79

1978–79 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1978–79 record	20–7 (10–4 SoCon)
Head coach	Les Robinson
Home arena	McAlister Field House

1978–79 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Appalachian State†	11	–	3	.786	24	–	6	.800
Furman	9	–	3	.750	20	–	9	.690
The Citadel	10	–	4	.714	20	–	7	.741
Western Carolina	5	–	7	.417	14	–	14	.500
Marshall	5	–	8	.385	11	–	16	.407
Davidson	3	–	7	.300	8	–	19	.296
Chattanooga	3	–	8	.273	14	–	13	.519
VMI	2	–	8	.200	12	–	15	.444
East Tennessee State	0	–	0	–	16	–	11	.593

† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1979; Rankings from AP Poll

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site City, State
November 27* no, no	Piedmont	W 103–61	1–0	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
December 1* no, no	Fredonia State	W 75–48	2–0	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
December 2* no, no	Biscayne	W 98–69	3–0	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
December 4* no, no	at Vanderbilt	L 63–78	3–1	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN
December 7* no, no	USC Upstate	W 99–67	4–1	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
December 9* no, no	at Clemson	L 58–71	4–2	Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC
December 16* no, no	Wofford	W 92–62	5–2	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
January 6* no, no	Clemson	W 58–56	6–2	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
January 8 no, no	VMI	W 91–83	7–2 (1–0)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
January 13 no, no	at Marshall	W 58–57	8–2 (2–0)	Veterans Memorial Fieldhouse Huntington, WV
January 15 no, no	Western Carolina	W 78–54	9–2 (3–0)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
January 20 no, no	Furman	W 78–76	10–2 (4–0)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
January 22* no, no	Erskine	W 83–61	11–2	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
January 24 no, no	at Davidson	L 72–87	11–3 (4–1)	Johnston Gym Davidson, NC
January 27 no, no	at Chattanooga	W 79–71	12–3 (5–1)	Maclellan Gymnasium Chattanooga, TN
January 29 no, no	at South Carolina State	W 91–86	13–3	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
February 3 no, no	at Appalachian State	L 65–76	13–4 (5–2)	Varsity Gymnasium Boone, NC
February 5 no, no	Davidson	W 79–70	14–4 (6–2)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
February 7 no, no	Chattanooga	W 62–61	15–4 (7–2)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
February 10 no, no	at Furman	L 84–88 ^OT	15–5 (7–3)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium Greenville, SC
February 12 no, no	at VMI	W 72–69	16–5 (8–3)	Cormack Field House Lexington, VA
February 14 no, no	Appalachian State	L 64–68	16–6 (8–4)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
February 17 no, no	at Western Carolina	W 70–69	17–6 (9–4)	Cullowhee, NC
February 19 no, no	Marshall	W 75–69	18–6 (10–4)	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
February 21 no, no	Baptist	W 91–42	19–6	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
1979 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
February 24 no, no	Davidson	W 86–79	20–6	McAlister Field House Charleston, SC
March 3 no, no	vs. Furman	L 94–105	20–7	Roanoke Civic Center Roanoke, VA
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

2012-13 The Citadel Basketball Fact Back (PDF). The Citadel. pp. 92–94. Retrieved May 31, 2014.

The Citadel Bulldogs basketball

Venues	Thompson Hall (1938–1939) The Citadel Armory / McAlister Field House (1939–1988) Deas Hall (1988–1989) McAlister Field House (1989–present)

Rivalries	Furman VMI

Culture & lore	My Losing Season All–Military Classic

People	Head coaches

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 1999–00 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 2015–16

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