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| Date | Opponent | Result/Prediction | Record | Conf | Rating | ||||
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| Nov 27, 1978 | 98 | Central Michigan | W | 71-54 | 97% | 1 - 0 | +15.6 | ||
| Dec 09, 1978 | 101 | Cal St. Fullerton | W | 92-89 | 97% | 2 - 0 | +1.5 | ||
| Dec 13, 1978 | 210 | @ Western Michigan | W | 109-69 | 98% | 3 - 0 | +37.0 | ||
| Dec 16, 1978 | 5 | @ North Carolina | L | 69-70 | 58% | 3 - 1 | +17.6 | ||
| Dec 19, 1978 | 83 | Cincinnati | W | 63-52 | 97% | 4 - 1 | +10.5 | ||
| Dec 28, 1978 | 29 | Washington St. | W | 98-52 | 86% | 5 - 1 | +55.1 | ||
| Dec 29, 1978 | 20 | @ Oregon St. | W | 65-57 | 73% | 6 - 1 | +22.5 | ||
| Dec 30, 1978 | 8 | Indiana | W | 74-57 | 75% | 7 - 1 | 1 - 0 | +30.7 | |
| Jan 04, 1979 | 61 | Wisconsin | W | 84-55 | 95% | 8 - 1 | 2 - 0 | +30.3 | |
| Jan 06, 1979 | 64 | Minnesota | W | 69-62 | 96% | 9 - 1 | 3 - 0 | +8.1 | |
| Jan 11, 1979 | 28 | @ Illinois | L | 55-57 | 77% | 9 - 2 | 3 - 1 | +11.1 | |
| Jan 13, 1979 | 6 | @ Purdue | L | 50-52 | 60% | 9 - 3 | 3 - 2 | +16.2 | |
| Jan 18, 1979 | 8 | Indiana | W | 82-58 | 84% | 10 - 3 | 4 - 2 | +34.0 | |
| Jan 20, 1979 | 4 | Iowa | W | 83-72 OT | 80% | 11 - 3 | 5 - 2 | +23.0 | |
| Jan 25, 1979 | 26 | @ Michigan | L | 48-49 | 76% | 11 - 4 | 5 - 3 | +12.3 | |
| Jan 27, 1979 | 114 | @ Northwestern | L | 65-83 | 92% | 11 - 5 | 5 - 4 | -12.9 | |
| Feb 01, 1979 | 19 | Ohio St. | W | 84-79 OT | 89% | 12 - 5 | 6 - 4 | +12.2 | |
| Feb 03, 1979 | 114 | Northwestern | W | 61-50 | 97% | 13 - 5 | 7 - 4 | +8.7 | |
| Feb 04, 1979 | 59 | Kansas | W | 85-61 | 95% | 14 - 5 | +25.6 | ||
| Feb 08, 1979 | 4 | @ Iowa | W | 60-57 | 55% | 15 - 5 | 8 - 4 | +22.4 | |
| Feb 10, 1979 | 19 | @ Ohio St. | W | 73-57 | 72% | 16 - 5 | 9 - 4 | +30.6 | |
| Feb 15, 1979 | 8 | @ Indiana | W | 59-47 | 63% | 17 - 5 | 10 - 4 | +29.4 | |
| Feb 17, 1979 | 26 | Michigan | W | 80-57 | 91% | 18 - 5 | 11 - 4 | +28.9 | |
| Feb 22, 1979 | 6 | Purdue | W | 73-67 | 82% | 19 - 5 | 12 - 4 | +16.9 | |
| Feb 24, 1979 | 28 | Illinois | W | 76-62 | 91% | 20 - 5 | 13 - 4 | +19.7 | |
| Mar 01, 1979 | 64 | @ Minnesota | W | 76-63 | 87% | 21 - 5 | 14 - 4 | +21.4 | |
| Mar 03, 1979 | 61 | @ Wisconsin | L | 81-83 | 87% | 21 - 6 | 14 - 5 | +6.7 | |
| Mar 10, 1979 | 71 | Lamar | W | 95-64 | 93% | 22 - 6 | +35.5 | ||
| Mar 16, 1979 | 13 | LSU | W | 87-71 | 81% | 23 - 6 | +27.6 | ||
| Mar 18, 1979 | 3 | Notre Dame | W | 80-68 | 68% | 24 - 6 | +27.8 | ||
| Mar 24, 1979 | 55 | Penn | W | 101-67 | 91% | 25 - 6 | +39.7 | ||
| Mar 26, 1979 | 7 | Indiana St. | W | 75-64 | 74% | 26 - 6 | +24.9 | ||
| Projected Record | 26 - 6 | 14 - 5 | |||||||
