1978–79 Pacific Tigers men's basketball team

1978–79 Pacific Tigers men's basketball
1978–79 Pacific Tigers men's basketball
PCAA Regular season champions; PCAA tournament champions
NCAA tournament
Conference	Pacific Coast Athletic Association
Record	18–12 (11–3 PCAA)
Head coach	Stan Morrison (7th season);
Home arena	Pacific Pavilion
	Seasons ← 1977–78 1979–80 →

1978–79 Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Pacific †	11	–	3	.786	18	–	12	.600
Utah State	9	–	5	.643	19	–	11	.633
Fresno State	9	–	5	.643	16	–	12	.571
Cal State Fullerton	7	–	7	.500	16	–	11	.593
Long Beach State	7	–	7	.500	16	–	12	.571
UC Santa Barbara^{[note 1]}	6	–	8	.429	12	–	15	.444
San Jose State	4	–	10	.286	7	–	20	.259
UC Irvine^{[note 2]}	3	–	11	.214	9	–	19	.321

† 1979 PCAA tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1978–79 Pacific Tigers men's basketball team represented the University of the Pacific during the 1978–79 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tigers were led by 7th-year head coach Stan Morrison and played their home games at the Stockton Memorial Civic Auditorium in Stockton, California as members of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G		Terence Carney	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	—	Sr

Head coach

Stan Morrison (Pacific)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Dec 2, 1978*		at Portland	L 85–87	0–1	Howard Hall Portland, Oregon
Dec 9, 1978*		at Montana State	L 66–83	0–2	Worthington Arena Havre, Montana
Dec 11, 1978*		at Montana	L 52–66	0–3	Dahlberg Arena Missoula, Montana
Dec 15, 1978*		at No. 19 San Francisco	L 57–69	0–4	War Memorial Gymnasium San Francisco, California
Dec 16, 1978*		vs. No. 15 Nevada-Las Vegas	L 85–95	0–5	War Memorial Gymnasium San Francisco, California
Dec 28, 1978*		Texas	L 53–70	0–6	Pacific Pavilion Stockton, California
Jan 3, 1979*		at Saint Mary's	L 74–77	0–7	McKeon Pavilion Moraga, California
Jan 11, 1979		Utah State	W 86–82	1–7 (1–0)	Pacific Pavilion Stockton, California
Jan 13, 1979		San Jose State	W 86–72	2–7 (2–0)	Pacific Pavilion Stockton, California
Jan 18, 1979		at UC Irvine	W 64–54	3–7 (3–0)	Crawford Hall Irvine, California
Jan 21, 1979		at Cal State Fullerton	L 63–81	3–8 (3–1)	Titan Gym Fullerton, California
Jan 24, 1979		at Fresno State	L 56–66	3–9 (3–2)	Selland Arena Fresno, California
Jan 26, 1979		Fresno State	W 57–40	4–9 (4–2)	Pacific Pavilion Stockton, California
Feb 25, 1979		at San Jose State	W 96–84	15–11 (11–3)	Independence High School San Jose, California
PCAA tournament
Mar 1, 1979*		vs. UC Irvine Quarterfinals	W 57–52	16–11	Anaheim Convention Center Anaheim, California
Mar 2, 1979*		vs. Long Beach State Semifinals	W 74–69	17–11	Anaheim Convention Center Anaheim, California
Mar 3, 1979*		vs. Utah State Championship game	W 82–73	18–11	Anaheim Convention Center Anaheim, California
NCAA tournament
Mar 10, 1979*	(6 W)	vs. (3 W) No. 12 Marquette Second round	L 48–73	18–12	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West. All times are in Pacific Time.

Source:^[2]

Notes

^ UC Santa Barbara was forced to vacated all wins during the 1978–79 season due to the use of ineligible players. UC Santa Barbara Record Book still includes win and loss totals.
^ Two losses against UC Santa Barbara included in win count per UC Irvine Record Book.

References

^ "1978-79 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Season Summary". Retrieved July 21, 2017.
^ "1978-79 Men's Basketball Schedule". pacifictigers.com. Retrieved February 20, 2023.

[1] UC Santa Barbara was forced to vacated all wins during the 1978–79 season due to the use of ineligible players. UC Santa Barbara Record Book still includes win and loss totals.

[2] Two losses against UC Santa Barbara included in win count per UC Irvine Record Book.

[3] "1978-79 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Season Summary". Retrieved July 21, 2017.

[4] "1978-79 Men's Basketball Schedule". pacifictigers.com. Retrieved February 20, 2023.

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v t e Pacific Tigers men's basketball
Venues	Pacific Pavilion (19??–1979) Stockton Memorial Civic Auditorium (1979–1981) Alex G. Spanos Center (1981–present)
Culture & lore	Gambling scandal
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 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 1999–2000 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 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25