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1977–78 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

1977–78 UCLA Bruins men's basketball

Pacific-8
No. 2
No. 2
25–3 (14–0, 1st Pac-8)
Gary Cunningham (1st year)
Larry Farmer
Jim Harrick
Craig Impelman
Pauley Pavilion

The 1977–78 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 1977–78 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Gary Cunningham, who would be the highest winning percentage coach of all time at UCLA, began his first of two years. The Bruins started the season ranked 6th in the nation (AP Poll). The Bruins started the season 4–0 before losing at Notre Dame. UCLA's team finished 1st in the Pac-8 regular season. They went undefeated in conference play for the first time since John Wooden's 1972–73 team in the last Pac-8 year, as the conference would add the two Arizona universities, becoming the Pac-10. UCLA participated the NCAA tournament where they lost to Arkansas.

Position	Player	Class
F	James Wilkes	So.
F	David Greenwood	Jr.
C	Gig Sims	So.
G	Roy Hamilton	Jr.
G	Raymond Townsend	Sr.

Datetime, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 26, 1977	No. 6	BYU	W 75–73	1–0	Pauley Pavilion (12,202)Los Angeles, CA
November 27, 1977	No. 6	Seattle	W 106–73	2–0	Pauley Pavilion (8,223)Los Angeles, CA
December 2, 1977	No. 6	Colorado	W 104–70	3–0	Pauley Pavilion (10,311)Los Angeles, CA
December 3, 1977	No. 6	Santa Clara	W 88–79	4–0	Pauley Pavilion (12,164)Los Angeles, CA
December 10, 1977	No. 5	No. 3 Notre Dame	L 66–69	4–1	Pauley Pavilion (12,829)Los Angeles, CA
December 16, 1977	No. 8	Southern Illinois	W 90–75	5–1	Pauley Pavilion (9,517)Los Angeles, CA
December 17, 1977	No. 8	UC Santa Barbara	W 71–55	6–1	Pauley Pavilion (9,149)Los Angeles, CA
December 22, 1977	No. 7	San Jose State	W 109–69	7–1	Pauley Pavilion (9,014)Los Angeles, CA
December 23, 1977	No. 7	New Mexico State	W 86–67	8–1	Pauley Pavilion (8,638)Los Angeles, CA
December 29, 1977	No. 8	Arizona	W 85–63	9–1	Pauley Pavilion (12,603)Los Angeles, CA
January 6, 1978	No. 7	at Washington	W 79–60	10–1(1–0)	Hec Edmundson Pavilion (7,461)Seattle, WA
January 8, 1978	No. 7	at Washington State	W 70–55	11–1(2–0)	Washington State University Performing Arts Coliseum (8,763)Pullman, WA
January 13, 1978	No. 7	Oregon	W 90–72	12–1(3–0)	Pauley Pavilion (12,652)Los Angeles, CA
January 14, 1978	No. 7	Oregon State	W 77–60	13–1(4–0)	Pauley Pavilion (12,461)Los Angeles, CA
January 22, 1978	No. 3	at No. 7 Notre Dame	L 73–75	13–2	Athletic & Convocation Center (11,345)Notre Dame, IN
January 28, 1978	No. 6	USC	W 83–71	14–2(5–0)	Pauley Pavilion (12,712)Los Angeles, CA
February 2, 1978	No. 5	Stanford	W 101–64	15–2(6–0)	Pauley Pavilion (12,091)Los Angeles, CA
February 4, 1978	No. 5	California	W 94–75	16–2(7–0)	Pauley Pavilion (12,399)Los Angeles, CA
February 10, 1978	No. 5	at California	W 78–64	17–2(8–0)	Harmon Gym (6,600)Berkeley, CA
February 11, 1978	No. 5	at Stanford	W 79–63	18–2(9–0)	Maples Pavilion (7,982)Stanford, CA
February 17, 1978	No. 4	Washington State	W 60–59	19–2(10–0)	Pauley Pavilion (12,438)Los Angeles, CA
February 18, 1978	No. 4	Washington	W 104–64	20–2(11–0)	Pauley Pavilion (12,593)Los Angeles, CA
February 23, 1978	No. 3	at Oregon State	W 96–58	21–2(12–0)	Gill Coliseum (10,522)Corvallis, OR
February 25, 1978	No. 3	at Oregon	W 83–57	22–2(13–0)	McArthur Court (10,500)Eugene, OR
March 3, 1978	No. 2	at USC	W 91–78	23–2(14–0)	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (11,761)Los Angeles, CA
March 5, 1978	No. 2	Michigan	W 96–70	24–2	Pauley Pavilion (12,004)Los Angeles, CA
March 11, 1978	(W 1Q) No. 2	vs. (W 3L) No. 9 Kansas Regional Quarterfinals	W 83–76	25–2	McArthur Court (9,141)Eugene, OR
March 16, 1978	(W 1Q) No. 2	vs. (W 2L) No. 5 Arkansas Regional semifinals	L 70–74	25–3	The Pit (17,750)Albuquerque, NM
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West. All times are in Pacific Time.

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