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1977-78 Arkansas Basketball Schedule

Coach: Eddie Sutton
Record: 32-4 (14-2 SWC)

(Home: 12-0, Road: 11-2, Neutral/off-campus: 9-2)


Date Rank Opponent
Result
Location
TV
Notes
Wed, Nov 23, 1977
#7
vs. Russian National Team
L 64-71
Little Rock, AR
Exhibition
Sat, Nov 26, 1977
#7
Missouri St.
W 65-47
Fayetteville, AR
Mon, Nov 28, 1977
#7
vs. Mississippi St.
W 94-61
Little Rock, AR
Thu, Dec 1, 1977
#7
@ Hawaii
W 79-60
Honolulu, HI
Fri, Dec 2, 1977
#7
@ Hawaii
W 78-53
Honolulu, HI
Thu, Dec 8, 1977
#6
Rockhurst
W 99-63
Fayetteville, AR
Sat, Dec 10, 1977
#6
@ Oklahoma
W 64-53
Norman, OK
Mon, Dec 19, 1977
#4
Hardin-Simmons
W 86-55
Fayetteville, AR
1st game ranked in the AP Poll's Top 5
Thu, Dec 22, 1977
#4
vs. #16 Kansas
W 78-72
Little Rock, AR
Thu, Dec 29, 1977
#3
@ LSU
W 67-62
Baton Rouge, LA
Sat, Dec 31, 1977
#3
@ Memphis
W 95-70
Memphis, TN
KFSM
Wed, Jan 4, 1978
#3
vs. Hofstra
W 95-70
Pine Bluff, AR
HBO
Sun, Jan 8, 1978
#3
Houston*
W 84-65
Fayetteville, AR
Mon, Jan 9, 1978
#3
Missouri-St. Louis
W 87-65
Fayetteville, AR
Thu, Jan 12, 1978
#3
@ Rice*
W 69-60
Houston, TX
Sat, Jan 14, 1978
#3
@ Texas*
L 69-75
Austin, TX
Tue, Jan 17, 1978
#6
Texas A&M*
W 84-68
Fayetteville, AR
Sat, Jan 21, 1978
#6
vs. TCU*
W 43-35
Little Rock, AR
Mon, Jan 23, 1978
#6
@ Baylor*
W 56-55 OT
Waco, TX
Thu, Jan 26, 1978
#4
SMU*
W 72-65
Fayetteville, AR
Sat, Jan 28, 1978
#4
@ Texas Tech*
W 54-49
Lubbock, TX
Wed, Feb 1, 1978
#2
#12 Texas*
W 75-71
Fayetteville, AR
Sat, Feb 4, 1978
#2
Rice*
W 69-48
Fayetteville, AR
Tue, Feb 7, 1978
#2
@ Texas A&M*
W 80-79
College Station, TX
Sat, Feb 11, 1978
#2
@ TCU*
W 77-57
Fort Worth, TX
Mon, Feb 13, 1978
#2
Baylor*
W 82-56
Fayetteville, AR
Thu, Feb 16, 1978
#1
@ SMU*
W 86-75
Dallas, TX
1st time ranked #1
Sat, Feb 18, 1978
#1
@ Houston*
L 75-84
Houston, TX
Tue, Feb 21, 1978
#4
Texas Tech*
W 58-49
Fayetteville, AR
Sat, Feb 25, 1978
#4
TCU
W 84-42
Fayetteville, AR
SWC Tournament
Thu, Mar 2, 1978
#4
vs. SMU
W 94-73
Houston, TX
SWC Tournament (Quarterfinals)
Fri, Mar 3, 1978
#4
vs. Houston
L 69-70
Houston, TX
SWC Tournament (Semifinals)
Sat, Mar 11, 1978
#7
vs. Weber St.
W 73-52
Eugene, OR
NBC
NCAA Tournament (1st round)
Thu, Mar 16, 1978
#5
vs. #2 UCLA
W 74-70
Albuquerque, NM
NCAA Tournament (Sweet 16)
Sat, Mar 18, 1978
#5
vs. Cal St. Fullerton
W 61-58
Albuquerque, NM
NBC
NCAA Tournament (Elite 8)
Sat, Mar 25, 1978
#5
vs. #1 Kentucky
L 59-64
St. Louis, MO
NCAA Tournament (Semifinals)
Mon, Mar 27, 1978
#5
vs. #6 Notre Dame
W 71-69
St. Louis, MO
NCAA Tournament (3rd place game)

* = Conference game • @ = Road game • vs. = Neutral site/off-campus game
All rankings are from Associated Press polls. Some game dates prior to 1942-43 are unknown at this time.
Exhibition game scores do not count in the overall record.

1977-78 season stats
(Game-by-game team stats)


3-pointers
Free throws
Rebounding
Name Yr. GP-GS
Min-Avg
FG-FGA
Pct
3FG-FGA
Pct
FT-FTA
Pct
Off
Def
Tot
Avg
PF
FO
A
TO
BLK STL
PTS
AVG
Sr.
36-0
1291-35.9
258-486
53.1%
0-0
%
131-157
83.4%
0
0
112
3.1
62
0
99
98
27
77
647
18.0
Jr.
36-0
1293-35.9
209-354
59.0%
0-0
%
203-256
79.3%
0
0
278
7.7
83
1
60
116
17
44
621
17.3
Sr.
35-0
1164-33.3
253-452
56.0%
0-0
%
82-94
87.2%
0
0
199
5.7
83
1
29
58
27
32
588
16.8
Jr.
36-0
1050-29.2
151-269
56.1%
0-0
%
46-67
68.7%
0
0
193
5.4
119
5
45
78
47
25
348
9.7
Sr.
36-0
1163-32.3
55-100
55.0%
0-0
%
44-66
66.7%
0
0
152
4.2
97
2
119
81
20
37
154
4.3
Fr.
31-0
298-9.6
27-48
56.3%
0-0
%
31-45
68.9%
0
0
37
1.2
19
0
14
22
10
6
85
2.7
Fr.
22-0
111-5.0
22-50
44.0%
0-0
%
10-28
35.7%
0
0
17
0.8
18
0
2
7
10
1
54
2.5
Fr.
27-0
246-9.1
26-57
45.6%
0-0
%
6-14
42.9%
0
0
24
0.9
17
0
18
19
2
7
58
2.2
Fr.
15-0
41-2.7
10-17
58.8%
0-0
%
13-15
86.7%
0
0
8
0.5
10
0
3
4
0
0
33
2.2
So.
27-0
277-10.3
21-45
46.7%
0-0
%
13-21
61.9%
0
0
24
0.9
25
0
17
22
0
7
55
2.0
So.
25-0
240-9.6
22-51
43.1%
0-0
%
5-12
41.7%
0
0
48
1.9
35
1
18
30
4
6
49
2.0
Fr.
16-0
46-2.9
6-13
46.2%
0-0
%
1-6
16.7%
0
0
13
0.8
4
0
1
7
0
2
13
0.8
Fr.
3-0
5-1.7
0-1
0.0%
0-0
%
0-0
%
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
0.0
Arkansas
36
7225
1060-1943
.546
0-0
.0
585-781
.749
0
0
1242
34.5
557
10
425
560
147
245
2705
75.1
Opponents
36
7225
942-2195
.429
0-0
.0
334-486
.687
0
0
1109
30.8
724
23
358
501
60
182
2218
61.6


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