1978–79 Utah Utes men's basketball team

1978–79 Utah Utes men's basketball
1978–79 Utah Utes men's basketball
NCAA tournament
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Record	20–10 (9–3 WAC)
Head coach	Jerry Pimm (5th season);
Home arena	Special Events Center
	Seasons ← 1977–78 1979–80 →

1978–79 WAC men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
BYU	10	–	2	.833	20	–	8	.714
Utah	9	–	3	.750	20	–	10	.667
New Mexico	8	–	4	.667	19	–	10	.655
Wyoming	5	–	7	.417	15	–	12	.556
San Diego State	4	–	8	.333	15	–	12	.556
UTEP	3	–	9	.250	11	–	15	.423
Colorado State	3	–	9	.250	11	–	16	.407

Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1978–79 Utah Utes men's basketball team represented University of Utah in the 1978–79 college basketball season.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F	23	Danny Vranes	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	So	Salt Lake City, Utah
F/C	42	Tom Chambers	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	So	Ogden, Utah

Head coach

Jerry Pimm (Southern California)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
Nov 25, 1978*	Boise State	W 75–56	1–0	Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah
Mar 3, 1979	at San Diego State	W 100–87	20–9 (9–3)	San Diego Sports Arena San Diego, California
NCAA tournament
Mar 9, 1979*	vs. Pepperdine	L 88–92 ^OT	20–10	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, California
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West.

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References

^ https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/wac/1979.html
^ "1978–79 Utah Utes Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
^ "1978-79 Men's Basketball Schedule". University of Utah Athletics. Retrieved February 20, 2023.

[1] ttps://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/wac/1979.html

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

[3] "1978-79 Men's Basketball Schedule". University of Utah Athletics. Retrieved February 20, 2023.

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Utah Utes men's basketball
Venues	Deseret Gymnasium (19??–1939) Nielsen Fieldhouse (1939–1969) Jon M. Huntsman Center (1969–present)
Rivalries	BYU In-state Utah schools
Culture & lore	Gambling scandal Swoop
People	Head coaches NBA players 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
NCAA national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

Fahrer / Team für die Suche eingeben:

Fahrer / Team für die Suche eingeben:

Langbahn Team – Weltmeisterschaft

1978–79 Utah Utes men's basketball team

Roster

Schedule and results

References