1978–79 Lamar Cardinals basketball team
Appearance
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1978–79 Lamar Cardinals basketball | |
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Southland Conference champions | |
NCAA Tournament, Second round | |
Conference | Southland Conference |
Record | 23–9 (9–1 Southland) |
Head coach |
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Home arena | McDonald Gym Beaumont Civic Center |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lamar | 9 | – | 1 | .900 | 23 | – | 9 | .719 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana Tech |
6 | – | 4 | .600 | 17 | – | 8 | .680 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana-Lafayette |
6 | – | 4 | .600 | 16 | – | 11 | .593 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas State | 5 | – | 5 | .500 | 15 | – | 12 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
McNeese State |
3 | – | 7 | .300 | 10 | – | 17 | .370 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas-Arlington |
1 | – | 9 | .100 | 11 | – | 16 | .407 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from AP poll[1] |
The 1978–79 Lamar Cardinals basketball team represented
1979 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament where they defeated No. 7 seed Detroit Mercy in the first round before falling to No. 1 seed and eventual National champion Michigan State and Magic Johnson. Lamar finished the season with a record of 23–9 (9–1 Southland).[2]
This season was the first of three straight (and four in five years) NCAA Tournament appearances for the Cardinals.
Roster
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Schedule and results
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
Nov 24, 1978* |
at Alaska-Anchorage
Great Alaska Shootout |
W 88–66 | 1–0 |
Buckner Fieldhouse (3,600) Anchorage, Alaska | |||||||
Nov 25, 1978* |
vs. No. 4 Louisville Great Alaska Shootout |
L 68–90 | 1–1 |
Buckner Fieldhouse (3,800) Anchorage, Alaska | |||||||
Nov 26, 1978* |
vs. Pepperdine Great Alaska Shootout |
L 74–75 | 1–2 |
Buckner Fieldhouse (3,800) Anchorage, Alaska | |||||||
Nov 29, 1978* |
Texas Southern
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W 84–72 | 2–2 |
Beaumont Civic Center (4,900) Beaumont, Texas | |||||||
Dec 2, 1978* |
Stephen F. Austin
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W 85–63 | 3–2 |
Beaumont Civic Center (4,600) Beaumont, Texas | |||||||
Dec 5, 1978* |
at New Mexico | L 84–97 | 3–3 |
University Arena (14,805) Albuquerque, New Mexico | |||||||
Dec 9, 1978* |
Southwestern | W 82–68 | 4–3 |
McDonald Gym (3,200) Beaumont, Texas | |||||||
Dec 11, 1978* |
Texas Lutheran | W 112–74 | 5–3 |
McDonald Gym (2,000) Beaumont, Texas | |||||||
Dec 13, 1978* |
Oklahoma Arts and Sciences | W 92–55 | 6–3 |
McDonald Gym (2,800) Beaumont, Texas | |||||||
Dec 16, 1978* |
at North Texas | L 89–95 | 6–4 |
Super Pit (2,300) Denton, Texas | |||||||
Dec 18, 1978* |
at Northeast Louisiana
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W 75–74 OT | 7–4 |
Fant–Ewing Coliseum (4,300) Monroe, Louisiana | |||||||
Dec 23, 1978* |
at Pan American
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W 74–72 | 8–4 |
UTPA Fieldhouse (2,900) Edinburg, Texas | |||||||
Dec 30, 1978* |
at Colorado State | L 62–72 | 8–5 |
Moby Arena (3,522) Fort Collins, Colorado | |||||||
Jan 6, 1979* |
University of Wisconsin–Parkside | W 102–79 | 9–5 |
McDonald Gym (2,700) Beaumont, Texas | |||||||
Jan 8, 1979* |
Pan American | W 91–85 | 10–5 |
McDonald Gym (3,300) Beaumont, Texas | |||||||
Jan 13, 1979* |
North Texas | W 122–91 | 11–5 |
Beaumont Civic Center (5,000) Beaumont, Texas | |||||||
Jan 15, 1979* |
Hardin–Simmons | W 105–84 | 12–5 |
McDonald Gym (3,800) Beaumont, Texas | |||||||
Jan 18, 1979* |
at Oral Roberts
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L 71–80 | 12–6 |
Mabee Center (6,152) Tulsa, Oklahoma | |||||||
Jan 20, 1979* |
at OCU
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L 86–99 | 12–7 |
Frederickson Fieldhouse (2,614) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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Southland Conference regular season | |||||||||||
Jan 22, 1979 |
Louisiana Tech
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W 90–87 | 13–7 (1–0) |
Beaumont Civic Center (4,700) Beaumont, Texas | |||||||
Jan 27, 1979 |
Arkansas State
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W 90–87 | 14–7 (2–0) |
Beaumont Civic Center (4,700) Beaumont, Texas | |||||||
Jan 29, 1979 |
at Louisiana Tech | W 76–75 | 15–7 (3–0) |
Memorial Gymnasium (1,526)
Ruston, Louisiana | |||||||
Feb 3, 1979 |
Southwestern Louisiana
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W 92–73 | 16–7 (4–0) |
Beaumont Civic Center (5,000) Beaumont, Texas | |||||||
Feb 10, 1979 |
UT Arlington | W 113–98 | 17–7 (5–0) |
Beaumont Civic Center (5,000) Beaumont, Texas | |||||||
Feb 14, 1979 |
at McNeese | W 95–79 | 18–7 (6–0) |
Lake Charles Civic Center (4,879)
Lake Charles, Louisiana | |||||||
Feb 17, 1979 |
at USL | L 84–88 | 18–8 (6–1) |
Blackham Coliseum (9,216) Lafayette, Louisiana | |||||||
Feb 19, 1979 |
McNeese | W 103–83 | 19–8 (7–1) |
Beaumont Civic Center (4,600) Beaumont, Texas | |||||||
Feb 24, 1979 |
at UT Arlington | W 103–83 | 20–8 (8–1) |
Texas Hall (1,249) Arlington, Texas | |||||||
Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
Feb 26, 1979* |
at Hardin–Simmons | W 113–84 | 21–8 (8–1) |
Mabee Athletic Complex (100) Abilene, Texas | |||||||
Southland Conference regular season | |||||||||||
Mar 1, 1979 |
Arkansas State | W 90–87 | 22–8 (9–1) |
Beaumont Civic Center (5,000) Beaumont, Texas | |||||||
NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
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Mar 9, 1979* |
(10 ME) | vs. (7 ME) No. 17 Detroit First round |
W 95–87 | 23–8 |
Murphy Center (10,892) Murfreesboro, Tennessee | ||||||
Mar 10, 1979* |
(10 ME) | vs. (2 ME) No. 4 Michigan State Second round |
L 64–95 | 23–9 |
Murphy Center (10,892) Murfreesboro, Tennessee | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from .
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References
- ^ "Men's Basketball 2018-19" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 105. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
- ^ a b "1978-79 Lamar Cardinals Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
- ^ "Roster". NCAA Statistics Service. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
- ^ "1978-79 Men's Basketball Schedule". Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
- ^ "FINAL 1979 CUMULATIVE BASKETBALL STATISTICS REPORT - Lamar University". NCAA Statistics Service. Retrieved November 7, 2023.