1978–79 LSU Tigers basketball team

1978–79 LSU Tigers basketball
1978–79 LSU Tigers basketball
SEC regular season champions
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 9
AP	No. 7
Record	23–6 (14–4 SEC)
Head coach	Dale Brown (7th season);
Assistant coach	Ron Abernathy (3rd season)
Home arena	LSU Assembly Center
	Seasons ← 1977–78 1979–80 →

1978–79 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 7 LSU	14	–	4	.778	23	–	6	.793
Tennessee †	12	–	6	.667	21	–	12	.636
Vanderbilt	11	–	7	.611	18	–	9	.667
Alabama	11	–	7	.611	22	–	11	.667
Mississippi State	11	–	7	.611	19	–	9	.679
Kentucky	10	–	8	.556	19	–	12	.613
Georgia	7	–	11	.389	14	–	14	.500
Ole Miss	6	–	12	.333	11	–	16	.407
Auburn	5	–	13	.278	13	–	16	.448
Florida	3	–	15	.167	8	–	19	.296

† 1979 SEC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll^[1]

The 1978–79 LSU Tigers men's basketball team represented Louisiana State University during the 1978–79 NCAA men's college basketball season. The head coach was Dale Brown. The team was a member of the Southeastern Conference and played their home games at the LSU Assembly Center.

Roster

1978–79 LSU Tigers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	11	Al Green	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Sr	Pittsfield, Massachusetts
G	22	Brian Bergeron	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Port Allen, Louisiana
C	44	Andy Campbell	7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	So	Hackham West, South Australia
C	43	Greg Cook	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	So	Roselle, New Jersey
F	40	Durand Macklin	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	So	Louisville, Kentucky
G	21	Ethan Martin	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	So	Baton Rouge, Louisiana
F	31	DeWayne Scales	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	So	Dallas, Texas
G	10	Willie Sims	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	So	Long Island City, New York

Head coach

Dale Brown

Assistant coach(es)

Ron Abernathy

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
Nov 24, 1978*	No. 14	Saint Francis (PA)	W 112–81	1–0	LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Nov 27, 1978*	No. 11	at New Orleans	W 64–42	2–0	Human Performance Center New Orleans, Louisiana
Dec 1, 1978*	No. 11	Oral Roberts	W 91–75	3–0	LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Dec 4, 1978*	No. 11	Tulane	W 109–85	4–0	LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Dec 9, 1978*	No. 12	at Tulane	W 98–88	5–0	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana
Dec 18, 1978*	No. 11	Montana State	W 99–89	6–0	LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Dec 21, 1978*	No. 10	at Army	W 83–77	7–0	Madison Square Garden New York, New York
Dec 29, 1978*	No. 7	Colgate	W 100–73	8–0	LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Jan 3, 1979	No. 7	Georgia	W 97–75	9–0 (1–0)	LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Jan 6, 1979	No. 7	at No. 9 Kentucky	W 93–89	10–0 (2–0)	Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky
Jan 8, 1979	No. 5	at Vanderbilt	L 87–88	10–1 (2–1)	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee
Jan 10, 1979		at Alabama	L 76–90	10–2 (2–2)	Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Jan 13, 1979		Florida	W 80–72	11–2 (3–2)	LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Feb 22, 1979	No. 5	Alabama	W 86–66	22–3 (14–3)	LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Feb 24, 1979	No. 5	Mississippi State	L 57–65	22–4 (14–4)	LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana
SEC tournament
Mar 2, 1979* Chesley-TPC	(1) No. 8	vs. (6) Kentucky Semifinals	L 67–80	22–5	Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Birmingham, Alabama
NCAA tournament
Mar 10, 1979*	(3 ME)	vs. (6 ME) Appalachian State Second round	W 71–57	23–5	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
Mar 16, 1979*	(3 ME)	vs. (2 ME) No. 3 Michigan State Mideast Regional Final – Sweet Sixteen	L 71–87	23–6	Market Square Arena Indianapolis, Indiana
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ME=Mideast.

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Rankings

References

↑ sports-reference.com 1978-79 Southeastern Conference Season Summary
↑ "1978–79 LSU Tigers Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

[1] sports-reference.com 1978-79 Southeastern Conference Season Summary

[2] "1978–79 LSU Tigers Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

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v t e LSU Tigers men's basketball
Venues	State Field (1908–1924) Gym/Armory (1930–1937) John M. Parker Agricultural Coliseum (1937–1971) Pete Maravich Assembly Center (1972–present) LSU Basketball Practice Facility LSU Strength and Conditioning facility Martin J. Broussard Center for Athletic Training LSU Academic Center for Student-Athletes
Culture & lore	Traditions Mike the Tiger Bengal Brass One & Done
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 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 1999–2000 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 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics