1978–79 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team

1978-79 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball
Big 8 Conference Regular Season Champions Big 8 Conference Tournament Champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, #5 Seed, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Big 8 Conference
Ranking
AP	#16
1978-79 record	21–10 (10–4 Big 8)
Head coach	Dave Bliss
Home arena	Lloyd Noble Center

The 1978–79 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team represented the University of Oklahoma in competitive college basketball during the 1978–79 NCAA Division I season. The Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team played its home games in the Lloyd Noble Center and was a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) former Big Eight Conference at that time. The team posted a 21–10 overall record and a 10–4 conference record to finish first in the Conference for head coach Dave Bliss. This was the only Big Eight Conference Regular Season Championship for Bliss.^[1]

The team was led by Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year John McCullough (basketball). Despite losing two of three games in the Big Eight Conference Pre-Season Tournament, the team posted a 10–4 record during the conference regular season and won all three of its games during the Big Eight Conference Post-Season Tournament. Because of the conference tournaments, the team played both Kansas and Kansas State four times. It swept the season series with Kansas State and split the season series with Kansas. The team also played Nebraska three times, only winning the home game. The team reached the sweet sixteen round of the 1979 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament by beating Texas before losing to Indiana State.^[2]

NCAA basketball tournament

Main article: 1979 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

The following is a summary of the team's performance in the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament:^[3]

Midwest
- Oklahoma (5) 90, Texas (4) 76
- Indiana State (1) 93, Oklahoma 72

Honors

Big Eight POY: John McCullough (basketball)^[4]

Team players drafted into the NBA

The following players were drafted in the 1979 NBA Draft:^[5]^[6]

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
4	85	John McCullough	Kansas City Kings

The following players were varsity letter-winners from this team who were drafted in the NBA Draft in subsequent years (all in the 1980 NBA Draft): Terry Stotts (2nd, 38th, Houston Rockets), Al Beal (3rd, 63rd Milwaukee Bucks), and Aaron Curry (5th, 98th, New Jersey Nets).^[7]^[8]

References

↑ "Conference Championships". SoonerStats.com. Archived from the original on 23 June 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
↑ "1979 Men's Basketball Season". SoonerStats.com. Retrieved 2010-07-07.
↑ "1979 NCAA Basketball Tournament Bracket". databaseSports.com. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
↑ "Oklahoma 2009-10 Men's Basketball Guide" (PDF). CBS Interactive. p. 165. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
↑ "Sooners in NBA Draft". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 18 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
↑ http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1979&lg=N
↑ "Sooners in NBA Draft". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 18 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
↑ "Oklahoma 2009-10 Men's Basketball Guide" (PDF). CBS Interactive. pp. 168–169. Retrieved 2010-07-05.

Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball

Venues	McCasland Field House (1928–1975) Lloyd Noble Center (1975–present)

Rivalries	Oklahoma State

Culture & lore	History List of conference championships Boomer and Sooner Sooner Schooner RUF/NEKS

People	Head coaches NBA draftees

Seasons	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

NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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1978–79 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team

NCAA basketball tournament

Honors

Team players drafted into the NBA

See also

References