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1977–78 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball team

1977–78 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball

Ohio Valley Conference
16–14 (9–5 OVC)
Jim Richards
E. A. Diddle Arena

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. 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. James Johnson and Darryl Turner made the All-OVC Team and Aaron Bryant was selected to the OVC Tournament Team.

Datetime, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
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
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
3/11/1978*	(4Q ME)	vs. (2L ME) No. 18 Syracuse First Round	W 87–86 OT	16–13	Stokely Athletic Center (12,700)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.

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