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, South Carolina
December 3* no, no	UNC Wilmington	W 115–88	2–0	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
December 7 no, no	William & Mary	L 73–82	2–1 (0–1)	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
December 14 no, no	Appalachian State	W 99–94	3–1 (1–1)	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
December 19* no, no	Rochester Tech	W 90–80	4–1	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
January 4 no, no	at East Carolina	L 81–111	4–2 (1–2)	Minges Coliseum Greenville, North Carolina
January 8* no, no	at Tulane	L 71–78	4–3	Devlin Fieldhouse New Orleans
January 11 no, no	at Appalachian State	W 70–69	5–3 (2–2)	Varsity Gymnasium Boone, North Carolina
January 13 no, no	at VMI	L 101–108	5–4 (2–3)	Cormack Field House Lexington, Virginia
January 18 no, no	Furman	L 65–66	5–5 (2–4)	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
January 25 no, no	at Davidson	L 76–90	5–6 (2–5)	Johnston Gym Davidson, North Carolina
January 29* no, no	at Clemson	L 75–106	5–7	Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, South Carolina
February 1 no, no	at Richmond	L 75–80	5–8 (2–6)	Robins Center Richmond, Virginia
February 3 no, no	at William & Mary	L 53–81	5–9 (2–7)	William & Mary Hall Williambsurg, Virginia
February 8 no, no	VMI	L 68–82	5–10 (2–8)	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
February 15 no, no	Richmond	L 90–99	5–11 (2–9)	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
February 18 no, no	at Furman	L 69–94	5–12 (2–10)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium Greenville, South Carolina
February 22 no, no	East Carolina	L 84–87	5–13 (2–11)	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
February 24* no, no	Campbell	L 78–86	5–14	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
1975 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
March 1 no, no	at East Carolina	L 66–78	5–15	Minges Coliseum Greenville, North Carolina
*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 No. 13 NC State	L 75–103	0–1	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, North Carolina
December 1* no, no	UNC Wilmington	W 81–63	1–1	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
December 6 no, no	at William & Mary	L 61–70	1–2 (0–1)	William & Mary Hall Williamsburg, Virginia
December 10* no, no	at Baptist	W 75–70	2–2	CSU Field House North Charleston, South Carolina
December 13 no, no	at Appalachian State	L 65–83	2–3 (0–2)	Varsity Gymnasium Boone, North Carolina
December 20 no, no	East Carolina	L 67–68	2–4 (0–3)	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
December 29* no, no	vs. Rutgers Poinsettia Classic	L 73–96	2–5	Greenville Memorial Auditorium Greenville, South Carolina
December 30 no, no	at Furman Poinsettia Classic	L 90–92 ^OT	2–6 (0–4)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium Greenville, South Carolina
January 2 no, no	at East Carolina	L 76–81	2–7 (0–5)	Minges Coliseum Greenville, North Carolina
January 5* no, no	at Stetson Hatter Classic	L 60–66	2–8	Edmunds Center DeLand, Florida
January 6* no, no	vs. Boston University Hatter Classic	W 86–73	3–8	Edmunds Center DeLand, Florida
January 10* no, no	Clemson	L 68–81	3–9	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
January 12 no, no	VMI	W 78–74	4–9 (1–5)	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
January 14* no, no	at South Carolina	L 74–90	4–10	Carolina Coliseum Columbia, South Carolina
January 17 no, no	at Furman	L 67–68	4–11 (1–6)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium Greenville, South Carolina
January 21 no, no	Davidson	W 81–77	5–11 (2–6)	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
January 24 no, no	at Richmond	W 75–74	6–11 (3–6)	Robins Center Richmond, Virginia
January 26* no, no	Tulane	L 85–101	6–12	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
January 31 no, no	Appalachian State	L 67–70	6–13 (3–7)	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
February 2* no, no	at Campbell	L 106–112 ^OT	6–14	Carter Gymnasium Buies Creek, North Carolina
February 7 no, no	Richmond	W 91–79	7–14 (4–7)	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
February 10 no, no	Furman	W 76–72	8–14 (5–7)	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
February 14 no, no	at VMI	L 59–76	8–15 (5–8)	Cormack Field House Lexington, Virginia
February 16 no, no	William & Mary	W 64–62	9–15 (6–8)	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
February 21* no, no	at Georgia Tech	L 56–58	9–16	Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta
February 23* no, no	Baptist	W 96–69	10–16	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
1976 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
February 28 no, no	at Richmond	L 69–82	10–17	Robins Center Richmond, Virginia
*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, South Carolina
December 1* no, no	at Penn	L 69–108	1–1	Palestra Philadelphia
December 4 no, no	at William & Mary	L 61–94	1–2 (0–1)	William & Mary Hall Williamsburg, Virginia
December 6* no, no	Presbyterian Citadel Invitational Tournament	W 87–78	2–2	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
December 7* no, no	College of Charleston Citadel Invitational Tournament	L 72–81	2–3	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
December 11* no, no	USC Aiken	W 86–78	3–3	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
December 18* no, no	at East Carolina	W 70–62	4–3	Minges Coliseum Greenville, North Carolina
December 28* no, no	vs. Columbia Poinsettia Classic	L 87–89 ^OT	4–4	Greenville Memorial Auditorium Greenville, South Carolina
December 29* no, no	vs. Navy Poinsettia Classic	L 56–89	4–5	Greenville Memorial Auditorium Greenville, South Carolina
January 3* no, no	at Stetson	W 67–65	5–5	Edmunds Center DeLand, Florida
January 10* no, no	at Baptist	L 54–68	5–6	CSU Field House North Charleston, South Carolina
January 15 no, no	at Furman	L 74–88	5–7 (0–2)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium Greenville, South Carolina
January 17 no, no	VMI	L 62–68	5–8 (0–3)	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
January 22* no, no	Georgia Tech	L 59–63	5–9	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
January 24 no, no	William & Mary	L 53–61	5–10 (0–4)	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
January 27 no, no	at Appalachian State	L 56–76	5–11 (0–5)	Varsity Gymnasium Boone, North Carolina
January 29 no, no	at VMI	L 70–88	5–12 (0–6)	Cormack Field House Lexington, Virginia
January 31 no, no	Marshall	L 73–82	5–13 (0–7)	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
February 2 no, no	at Davidson	L 60–62	5–14 (0–8)	Johnston Gym Davidson, North Carolina
February 5 no, no	Appalachian State	L 64–68	5–15 (0–9)	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
February 9* no, no	at South Carolina	L 66–85	5–16	Carolina Coliseum Columbia, South Carolina
February 12 no, no	Furman	L 88–91	5–17 (0–10)	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
February 15* no, no	at Georgia Tech	L 64–90	5–18	Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia
February 17* no, no	Baptist	W 78–74	6–18	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
February 19* no, no	at East Carolina	W 75–72	7–18	Minges Coliseum Greenville, North Carolina
February 21* no, no	James Madison	W 79–72	8–18	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
1977 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
February 26 no, no	at Furman	L 69–76	8–19	Greenville Memorial Auditorium Greenville, South Carolina
*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, South Carolina
November 28* no, no	College of Charleston Citadel Invitational	W 84–82 ^OT	2–0	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
November 29* no, no	Lander Citadel Invitational	W 74–69	3–0	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
December 3* no, no	at Clemson	L 65–99	3–1	Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, South Carolina
December 5* no, no	Wofford	W 88–59	4–1	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
December 8* no, no	Vanderbilt	L 50–53 ^OT	4–2	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
December 10 no, no	Western Carolina	L 64–65	4–3 (0–1)	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
December 20* no, no	Canisius	W 79–72	5–3	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
December 21* no, no	Catholic	L 72–74	5–4	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
January 5* no, no	at UNC Wilmington	L 66–81	5–5	Trask Coliseum Wilmington, North Carolina
January 7 no, no	at Chattanooga	L 70–80	5–6 (0–2)	Maclellan Gymnasium Chattanooga, Tennessee
January 10* no, no	Penn	L 73–103	5–7	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
January 12 no, no	at Western Carolina	L 72–73	5–8 (0–3)	Cullowhee, North Carolina
January 14 no, no	at Marshall	L 81–85 ^OT	5–9 (0–4)	Veterans Memorial Fieldhouse Huntington, West Virginia
January 17 no, no	at Furman	L 77–106	5–10 (0–5)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium Greenville, South Carolina
January 21 no, no	at Appalachian State	L 66–75	5–11 (0–6)	Varsity Gymnasium Boone, North Carolina
January 25 no, no	Chattanooga	L 81–84 ^OT	5–12 (0–7)	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
January 28 no, no	VMI	L 61–79	5–13 (0–8)	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
February 1 no, no	Appalachian State	L 65–66	5–14 (0–9)	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
February 4 no, no	Marshall	W 74–57	6–14 (1–9)	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
February 6 no, no	Davidson	L 81–88	6–15 (1–10)	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
February 8 no, no	Furman	W 85–82	7–15 (2–10)	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
February 11 no, no	at VMI	L 72–84	7–16 (2–11)	Cormack Field House Lexington, Virginia
February 13* no, no	at James Madison	L 70–71	7–17	Harrisonburg, Virginia
February 15* no, no	Baptist	L 77–83	7–18	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
February 20* no, no	James Madison	W 89–88	8–18	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
1978 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
February 25 no, no	at Appalachian State	L 64–81	8–19	Varsity Gymnasium Boone, North Carolina
*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, South Carolina
December 1* no, no	Fredonia State	W 75–48	2–0	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
December 2* no, no	Biscayne	W 98–69	3–0	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
December 4* no, no	at Vanderbilt	L 63–78	3–1	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee
December 7* no, no	USC Upstate	W 99–67	4–1	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
December 9* no, no	at Clemson	L 58–71	4–2	Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, South Carolina
December 16* no, no	Wofford	W 92–62	5–2	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
January 6* no, no	Clemson	W 58–56	6–2	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
January 8 no, no	VMI	W 91–83	7–2 (1–0)	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
January 13 no, no	at Marshall	W 58–57	8–2 (2–0)	Veterans Memorial Fieldhouse Huntington, West Virginia
January 15 no, no	Western Carolina	W 78–54	9–2 (3–0)	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
January 20 no, no	Furman	W 78–76	10–2 (4–0)	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
January 22* no, no	Erskine	W 83–61	11–2	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
January 24 no, no	at Davidson	L 72–87	11–3 (4–1)	Johnston Gym Davidson, North Carolina
January 27 no, no	at Chattanooga	W 79–71	12–3 (5–1)	Maclellan Gymnasium Chattanooga, Tennessee
January 29 no, no	at South Carolina State	W 91–86	13–3	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
February 3 no, no	at Appalachian State	L 65–76	13–4 (5–2)	Varsity Gymnasium Boone, North Carolina
February 5 no, no	Davidson	W 79–70	14–4 (6–2)	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
February 7 no, no	Chattanooga	W 62–61	15–4 (7–2)	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
February 10 no, no	at Furman	L 84–88 ^OT	15–5 (7–3)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium Greenville, South Carolina
February 12 no, no	at VMI	W 72–69	16–5 (8–3)	Cormack Field House Lexington, Virginia
February 14 no, no	Appalachian State	L 64–68	16–6 (8–4)	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
February 17 no, no	at Western Carolina	W 70–69	17–6 (9–4)	Cullowhee, North Carolina
February 19 no, no	Marshall	W 75–69	18–6 (10–4)	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
February 21 no, no	Baptist	W 91–42	19–6	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
1979 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
February 24 no, no	Davidson	W 86–79	20–6	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
March 3 no, no	vs. Furman	L 94–105	20–7	Roanoke Civic Center Roanoke, Virginia
*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.

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