1977–78 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

The 1977–78 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Bobby Knight, who was in his 7th year. The team played its home games in Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

1977–78 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 15
AP	No. 13
Record	21–8 (12–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bobby Knight (7th season)
Assistant coach	Bob Donewald
Captain	Wayne Radford Jim Wisman
Home arena	Assembly Hall

1977–78 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Michigan State	15	–	3		.833			25	–	5		.833
No. 13 Indiana	12	–	6		.667			21	–	8		.724
Minnesota	12	–	6		.667			17	–	10		.630
Michigan	11	–	7		.611			16	–	11		.593
Purdue	11	–	7		.611			16	–	11		.593
Ohio State	9	–	9		.500			16	–	11		.593
Illinois	7	–	11		.389			13	–	14		.481
Iowa	5	–	13		.278			12	–	15		.444
Northwestern	4	–	14		.222			8	–	19		.296
Wisconsin	4	–	14		.222			8	–	19		.296
Rankings from AP Poll

The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 21–8 and a conference record of 12–6, finishing 2nd in the Big Ten Conference. After missing out on the NCAA Tournament last season, Indiana was invited to participate in the 1978 NCAA Tournament, where Bobby Knight and the Hoosiers advanced to the Sweet Sixteen.

Roster

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
20	Bill Cunningham	G	6–4	So.	Phoenix, Illinois
22	Wayne Radford	G/F	6–3	Sr.	Indianapolis, Indiana
23	Jim Wisman	G	6–2	Sr.	Quincy, Illinois
25	Tommy Baker	G	6–2	Fr.	Jeffersonville, Indiana
31	Scott Eells	F	6–9	Jr.	Hoopeston, Illinois
33	Eric Kirchner	F	6–7	Fr.	Edelstein, Illinois
34	Steve Risley	F	6–8	Fr.	Indianapolis, Indiana
40	Glen Grunwald	F	6–9	So.	Franklin Park, Illinois
41	Butch Carter	G/F	6–5	So.	Middletown, Ohio
42	Mike Woodson	F	6–5	So.	Indianapolis, Indiana
43	Jim Roberson	C	6–9	Jr.	Rochester, New York
44	Phil Isenbarger	F	6–8	Fr.	Muncie, Indiana
45	Ray Tolbert	F/C	6–9	Fr.	Anderson, Indiana

Schedule/Results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
11/26/1977*		East Carolina	W 77–59	1–0	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
12/5/1977*		at No. 1 Kentucky Indiana–Kentucky rivalry	L 64–78	1–1	Rupp Arena  Lexington, Kentucky
12/10/1977*		Murray State	W 85–61	2–1	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
12/14/1977*		No. 2 Notre Dame	W 67–66	3–1	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
12/17/1977*		vs. SMU	W 56–51	4–1	Market Square Arena  Indianapolis
12/20/1977*		Bowling Green State Indiana Classic	W 89–52	5–1	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
12/21/1977*		No. 18 Alabama Indiana Classic	W 66–57	6–1	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
12/27/1977*	No. 15	vs. Jacksonville Gator Bowl Classic	W 69–59	7–1	Gator Bowl Stadium  Jacksonville, Florida
12/28/1977*	No. 15	vs. Florida Gators Gator Bowl Classic	W 73–60	8–1	Gator Bowl Stadium  Jacksonville, Florida
1/5/1978	No. 11	Iowa	W 69–51	9–1 (1–0)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
1/7/1978	No. 11	Illinois Rivalry	L 64–65	9–2 (1–1)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
1/12/1978	No. 18	at Minnesota	L 62–75	9–3 (1–2)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis
1/14/1978	No. 18	at Wisconsin	L 65–78	9–4 (1–3)	Wisconsin Field House  Madison, Wisconsin
1/19/1978		Ohio State	W 77–63	10–4 (2–3)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
1/21/1978		at Purdue Rivalry	L 67–77	10–5 (2–4)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
1/26/1978		at Michigan	L 73–92	10–6 (2–5)	Crisler Arena  Ann Arbor, Michigan
1/28/1978		No. 7 Michigan State	W 71–66	11–6 (3–5)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
2/2/1978		at Northwestern	W 86–70	12–6 (4–5)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, Illinois
2/4/1978		at No. 7 Michigan State	L 59–68	12–7 (4–6)	Jenison Fieldhouse  East Lansing, Michigan
2/9/1978		Purdue Rivalry	W 65–64	13–7 (5–6)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
2/11/1978		Northwestern	W 86–62	14–7 (6–6)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
2/16/1978		at Ohio State	W 83–70	15–7 (7–6)	St. John Arena  Columbus, Ohio
2/18/1978		Michigan	W 71–59	16–7 (8–6)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
2/23/1978		Wisconsin	W 58–54	17–7 (9–6)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
2/25/1978		No. 19 Minnesota	W 68–47	18–7 (10–6)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
3/2/1978		at Illinois Rivalry	W 77–68	19–7 (11–6)	Assembly Hall  Champaign, Illinois
3/4/1978		at Iowa	W 71–55	20–7 (12–6)	Iowa Field House  Iowa, Iowa
NCAA Tournament
3/12/1978*	No. (1)	vs. No. (3) Furman Quarterfinals	W 63–62	21–7 (12–6)	Charlotte Coliseum  Charlotte, North Carolina
3/17/1978*	No. 13 (1)	vs. No. (2) Villanova Sweet Sixteen	L 60–61	21–8 (12–6)	Providence Civic Center  Providence, Rhode Island
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.