1977–78 Texas Longhorns men's basketball team

1977–78 Texas Longhorns men's basketball

SWC Regular Season Co-Champions
National Invitation Tournament, Champions
Conference	Southwest Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#19
AP	#17
1977–78 record	26–5 (14–2 SWC)
Head coach	Abe Lemons
Assistant coach	Barry Dowd
Assistant coach	Steve Moeller
Home arena	Frank Erwin Center

Roster

Name^[1]	#	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Home Town	High School
Ron Baxter	12	Guard-Forward	6–4	205	Sophomore	Los Angeles, CA	Dorsey
Brent Boyd	4	Guard	6–3	185	Sophomore	Baton Rouge, LA	Catholic University
Tyrone Branyan	31	Forward	6–7	220	Junior	Placentia, CA	El Dorado
Rob Cunningham	35	Forward-Center	6–8	215	Freshman	Westport, CT	Staples
John Danks	32	Forward	6–6	190	Sophomore	Beaver Dam, KY	Ohio County
Ovie Dotson	15	Guard	6–5	200	Junior	San Antonio, TX	Sam Houston
Gary Goodner	42	Forward	6–7	220	Senior	Denton, TX	Denton
Henry Johnson	33	Forward	6–6	190	Freshman	Los Angeles, CA	Manual Arts
Jim Krivacs	11	Guard	6–1	160	Junior	Indianapolis, IN	Southport
John Moore	00	Guard	6–1	170	Junior	Altoona, PA	Altoona
Mike Murphy	41	Forward	6–8	215	Senior	Austin, TX	Crockett
Tom Nichols	55	Center	6–10	230	Senior	Houston, TX	Sharpstown
Dave Shepard	44	Guard	6–4	205	Freshman	Los Angeles, CA	Manual Arts
Keith Stephens	52	Forward	6–8	210	Freshman	Pasadena, CA	Pasadena
Phillip Stroud	30	Forward	6–7	220	Junior	Houston, TX	Wheatley

Schedule and results

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Record
NIT CHAMPIONS Coach: Abe Lemons Overall Record: 26–5^[2]^[3] Southwest Conference Record: 14–2 Southwest Conference Standing: T-1st Final AP Poll: 17th Final Coaches' Poll: 19th
Regular Season
Nov 26	@ Southern California	—	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena • Los Angeles, California	L 64–65	0–1
Nov 29	Oklahoma	—	Frank Erwin Center • Austin, Texas	W 83–76	1–1
Dec 3	Mississippi State	—	Frank Erwin Center • Austin, Texas	W 81–69	2–1
Dec 5	Louisiana State	—	Frank Erwin Center • Austin, Texas	W 82–66	3–1
Dec 7	@ Oklahoma State	—	Gallagher-Iba Arena • Stillwater, Oklahoma	W 108–87	4–1
Dec 10	Alaska Anchorage	—	Frank Erwin Center • Austin, Texas	W 87–65	5–1
Dec 17	@ Centenary	—	Gold Dome • Shreveport, Louisiana	W 105–73	6–1
Dec 20	Oklahoma City	—	Frank Erwin Center • Austin, Texas	W 88–71	7–1
Dec 26	vs. Army	—	Milwaukee Arena • Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee Classic)	W 74–73	8–1
Dec 28	@ #5 Marquette	—	Milwaukee Arena • Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee Classic)	L 56–65	8–2
Jan 5	@ TCU*	—	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum • Fort Worth, Texas	W 90–41	9–2 (1–0 SWC)
Jan 7	Texas Tech*	—	Frank Erwin Center • Austin, Texas	W 101–86	10–2 (2–0)
Jan 10	@ Houston*	—	Hofheinz Pavilion • Houston, Texas	W 100–89	11–2 (3–0)
Jan 14	#3 Arkansas*	—	Frank Erwin Center • Austin, Texas	W 75–69	12–2 (4–0)
Jan 17	Rice*	#15	Frank Erwin Center • Austin, Texas	W 78–64	13–2 (5–0)
Jan 23	@ Texas A&M*	#15	G. Rollie White Coliseum • College Station, Texas	W 79–77 ^OT	14–2 (6–0)
Jan 25	Baylor*	#15	Frank Erwin Center • Austin, Texas	W 78–76	15–2 (7–0)
Jan 28	@ SMU*	#15	Moody Coliseum • Dallas, Texas	W 85–80	16–2 (8–0)
Jan 30	Houston*	#15	Frank Erwin Center • Austin, Texas	W 73–72	17–2 (9–0)
Feb 1	@ #2 Arkansas*	#12	Barnhill Arena • Fayetteville, Arkansas	L 71–75	17–3 (9–1)
Feb 4	TCU*	#12	Frank Erwin Center • Austin, Texas	W 87–60	18–3 (10–1)
Feb 7	@ Rice*	#12	Autry Court • Houston, Texas	W 102–86	19–3 (11–1)
Feb 13	Texas A&M*	#12	Frank Erwin Center • Austin, Texas	W 90–66	20–3 (12–1)
Feb 15	@ Baylor*	#12	Heart O' Texas Coliseum • Waco, Texas	L 77–79	20–4 (12–2)
Feb 18	@ Texas Tech*	#12	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum • Lubbock, Texas	W 78–63	21–4 (13–2)
Feb 21	SMU*	#14	Frank Erwin Center • Austin, Texas	W 82–74	22–4 (14–2)
1978 Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Mar 4	vs. #14 Houston*	#12	The Summit • Houston, Texas (SWC Tournament First Round)	L 90–92	22–5
1978 National Invitation Tournament — First and Second Rounds
Mar 10	vs. Temple	#16	Frank Erwin Center • Austin, Texas (NIT First Round)	W 72–58	23–5
Mar 15	vs. Nebraska	#17	Frank Erwin Center • Austin, Texas (NIT Second Round)	W 67–48	24–5
1978 National Invitation Tournament — NIT Final Four
Mar 19	vs. Rutgers	#17	Madison Square Garden • New York, New York (NIT Semifinal)	W 96–76	25–5
Mar 21	vs. North Carolina State	#17	Madison Square Garden • New York, New York (NIT Final)	W 101–93	26–5
*Southwest Conference Game. ^#Rank according to Associated Press (AP) Poll. ^OT indicates overtime.

References

↑ 1977–78 SWC men's basketball media guide, p. 36
↑ Pennington, Richard. Longhorn Hoops: The History of Texas Basketball. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1998. ISBN 0-292-76585-1.
↑ McConnell, Scott. 2006–07 Texas Basketball Media Guide. Austin: UT Athletics, 2006.

Texas Longhorns men's basketball

Venues	Clark Field (1905–1917) Men's Gym (1917–1928) Gregory Gymnasium (1930–1977) Frank Erwin Center (1977–present) Denton A. Cooley Pavilion (practice; 2003–present)

Rivalries	Texas A&M (Defunct)

Culture & lore	History Bevo Hook 'em "Texas Fight"

People	Head coaches Notable players NBA players

Seasons	1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 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 1999–00 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

Premo-Porretta national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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