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1977–78 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball
1977–78 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball
OVC Tournament Champion
NCAA Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
Record	16–14 (9–5 OVC)
Head coach	Jim Richards;
Home arena	E. A. Diddle Arena
	Seasons ← 1976–77 1978–79 →

The 1977–78 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers men's basketball team represented Western Kentucky University during the 1977–78 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hilltoppers were members of the Ohio Valley Conference and led by coach Jim Richards, in his final year at the helm.^[1] WKU finished third in the OVC regular season, but won the tournament championship and the conference's automatic bid to the 1978 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament, where they advanced to the sweet sixteen.^[2] James Johnson and Darryl Turner made the All-OVC Team and Aaron Bryant was selected to the OVC Tournament Team.^[3]

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
11/26/1977*		No. 13 Michigan	L 81–87	0–1	E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
11/30/1977*		at Evansville	W 82–72	1–1	Roberts Municipal Stadium Evansville, IN
12/3/1977*		at Bowling Green	W 78–65	2–1	Anderson Arena Bowling Green, OH
12/5/1977*		Memphis State	L 80–86	2–2	E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
12/7/1977*		Butler	L 86–90	2–3	E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
12/10/1977*		Wisconsin-Milwaukee	L 70–73	2–4	E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
12/17/1977*		Cal Poly-San Lius Obispo	W 72–50	3–4	E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
12/28/1977*		at No. 14 Maryland Maryland Invitational	L 78–91	3–5	Cole Field House College Park, MD
12/29/1977*		vs. St. John’s (NY) Maryland Invitational	L 63–80	3–6	Cole Field House College Park, MD
1/4/1978*		La Salle	L 64–78	3–7	E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
1/7/1978		at Eastern Kentucky	L 79–85 ^OT	3–8 (0-1)	Alumni Coliseum Richmond, KY
1/9/1978		at Morehead State	W 97–82	4–8 (1-1)	Wetherby Gymnasium Morehead, KY
1/11/1978*		Jacksonville	W 96–94 ^OT	5–8	E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
1/14/1978		East Tennessee	W 98–94 ^OT	6–8 (2-1)	E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
1/16/1978		Tennessee Tech	W 86–75	7–8 (3-1)	E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
1/21/1978		Murray State	W 91–75	8–8 (4-1)	E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
1/23/1978		at Austin Peay	W 91–83	9–8 (5-1)	Dunn Center Clarksville, TN
1/25/1978*		Dayton	L 72–80	9–9	E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
1/28/1978		at Middle Tennessee	L 69–98	9–10 (5-2)	Murphy Center Murfreesboro, TN
2/4/1978		Morehead State	W 106–69	10–10 (6-2)	E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
2/6/1978		Eastern Kentucky	L 74–78 ^OT	10–11 (6-3)	E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
2/11/1978		at East Tennessee	L 77–80 ^3OT	10–12 (6-4)	Memorial Center Johnson City, TN
2/13/1978		at Tennessee Tech	W 81–69	11–12 (7-4)	Eblen Center Cookeville, TN
2/18/1978		Austin Peay	L 64–66	11–13 (7-5)	E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
2/20/1978		at Murray State	W 100–98 ^OT	12–13 (8-5)	Racer Arena Murray, KY
2/25/1978		Middle Tennessee	W 87–78	13–13 (9-5)	E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
1978 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
3/3/1978	(3)	(2) East Tennessee Semifinals	W 79–75	14–13	E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
3/4/1978	(3)	(4) Austin Peay Championship	W 77–69 ^OT	15–13	E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY
1978 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament
3/11/1978*	(4Q ME)	vs. (2L ME) No. 18 Syracuse First Round	W 87–86 ^OT	16–13	Stokely Athletic Center Knoxville, TN
3/7/1980*	(4Q ME)	vs. (1Q ME) No. 4 Michigan State Sweet Sixteen	L 69–90	16–14	UD Arena Dayton, OH
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

^ Lowell H. Harrison (1987). Western Kentucky University. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 276–. ISBN 978-0813116204.
^ 2019-2020 OVC Basketball Media Guide, retrieved 4 May 2020
^ 2019-2020 WKU Basketball Media Guide retrieved 21 April 2020
^ 1977-78 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Schedule and Results, Sports Reference, retrieved 6 May 2020

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[Harrison-1] Lowell H. Harrison (1987). Western Kentucky University. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 276–. ISBN 978-0813116204.

[2] 2019-2020 OVC Basketball Media Guide, retrieved 4 May 2020

[3] 2019-2020 WKU Basketball Media Guide retrieved 21 April 2020

[4] 1977-78 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Schedule and Results, Sports Reference, retrieved 6 May 2020

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1977–78 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball team

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