1977–78 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team

1977–78 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball

Big Ten Regular Season Champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Elite Eight
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
AP	No. 4
1977–78 record	25-5 (15-3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Jud Heathcote
Assistant coach	Bill Berry
Assistant coach	Don Monson
Assistant coach	Robert McGriff
Home arena	Breslin Center

1977–78 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#4 Michigan State	15	–	3	.833	25	–	5	.833
#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 1977–1978 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the 1977–78 NCAA Division I men's basketball season as members of the Big Ten Conference. They played their home games at Jenison Fieldhouse and were coached by second year head coach, Jud Heathcote. MSU finished the season with a record of 25–5, 15–3 to win the Big Ten Championship. They received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Providence and Western Kentucky before losing to Kentucky in the Mideast Regional Final. The team was led by freshman Earvin "Magic" Johnson and Gregory Kelser.

Previous season

The Spartans finished the 1976–77 season with a record of 10–17, 7–11 to finish in fifth place in Big Ten play.

Roster

1977–78 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team
Name	Position	Summary
Gregory Kelser	F	17.7 Pts, 9.1 Reb, 1.3 Ast
Earvin Johnson	G	17.0 Pts, 7.9 Reb, 7.4 Ast
Bob Champman	G	12.3 Pts, 2.7 Reb, 2.0 Ast
Jay Vincent	C	11.3 Pts, 3.7 Reb, 1.0 Ast
Ron Charles	F	6.3 Pts, 1.4 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Terry Donnelly	G	6.0 Pts, 1.4 Reb, 2.4 Ast
Mike Brkovich	G	2.3 Pts, 0.6 Reb, 0.7 Ast
Sten Feidrech	C	1.6 Pts, 1.9 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Jim Coutre	C	1.8 Pts, 1.2 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Alfred Brown	G	1.4 Pts, 1.0 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Len Williams	G	2.2 Pts, 0.4 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Don Flowers	G	1.0 Pts, 0.1 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Dan Riewald	G	0.5 Pts, 0.8 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Nate Philips	G	0.0 Pts, 0.3 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Mike Longaker	G	0.0 Pts, 0.0 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Rick Kaye	F	0.0 Pts, 0.0 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Source^[1]

Schedule and results

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Non-Conference Regular season
Nov 28, 1977*		Central Michigan	W 68–61	1–0	Jenison Field House East Lansing, Michigan
Dec. 2, 1977*		vs. Rhode Island	W 92–64	2–0	Manley Field House Syracuse, New York
Dec 3, 1977*		at No. 12 Syracuse	L 67–75	2–1	Manley Field House Syracuse, New York
Dec 8, 1977*		Wichita State	W 84–57	3–1	Jenison Field House East Lansing, Michigan
Dec 10, 1977*		Western Michigan	W 79–57	4–1	Jenison Field House East Lansing, Michigan
Dec 19, 1977*		Middle Tennessee	W 72–51	5–1	Jenison Field House East Lansing, Michigan
Dec 21, 1977*		at No. 15 Detroit Mercy	W 103–74	6–1	Calihan Hall Detroit, Michigan
Dec 29, 1977*		vs. SMU	W 95–69	7–1	Norfolk Scope Norfolk, Virginia
Dec 30, 1977*		vs. New Hampshire	W 102–65	8–1	Norfolk Scope Norfolk, Virginia
Big Ten Regular season
Jan 5, 1978	No. 18	Minnesota	W 87–83	9–1 (1–0)	Jenison Field House East Lansing, Michigan
Jan 7, 1978	No. 18	at Wisconsin	W 74–63	10–1 (2–0)	Jenison Field House East Lansing, Michigan
Jan 12, 1978	No. 12	at Illinois	W 82–70	11–1 (3–0)	Assembly Hall Champaign, Illinois
Jan 14, 1978	No. 12	Northwestern	W 67–63	12–1 (4–0)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
Jan 19, 1978	No. 10	Purdue	W 60–51	13–1 (5–0)	Jenison Field House East Lansing, Michigan
Jan 21, 1978	No. 10	Iowa	W 68–58	14–1 (6–0)	Jenison Field House East Lansing, Michigan
Jan 26, 1978	No. 7	at Ohio State	W 70–60	15–1 (7–0)	St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio
Jan 28, 1978	No. 7	at Indiana	L 58–59	15–2 (7–1)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
Feb 2, 1979	No. 7	Michigan Rivalry	L 63–65	15–3 (7–2)	Jenison Field House East Lansing, Michigan
Feb 4, 1978	No. 10	Indiana	W 68–59	16–3 (8–2)	Jenison Field House East Lansing, Michigan
Feb 9, 1978	No. 10	at Iowa	W 71–70	17–3 (9–2)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, Iowa
Feb 11, 1978	No. 10	at Michigan Rivalry	W 73–62	18–3 (10–2)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, Michigan
Feb 16, 1978	No. 10	at Purdue	L 80–99	18–4 (10–3)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Feb 18, 1978	No. 10	Ohio State	W 66–56	19–4 (11–3)	Jenison Field House East Lansing, Michigan
Feb 23, 1978	No. 10	Northwestern	W 66–56	20–4 (12–3)	Jenison Field House East Lansing, Michigan
Feb 25, 1978	No. 10	Illinois	W 89–67	21–4 (13–3)	Jenison Field House East Lansing, Michigan
Mar 2, 1978	No. 9	at Wisconsin	W 89–75	22–4 (14–3)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, Wisconsin
Mar 4, 1978	No. 9	at Minnesota	W 71–70	23–4 (15–3)	Williams Arena Minneapolis
NCAA Tournament
Mar 11, 1978*	No. 6	vs. Providence First Round	W 77–63	24–4	Market Square Arena Indianapolis
Mar 16, 1978*	No. 4	vs. Western Kentucky Sweet Sixteen	W 90–69	25–4	University of Dayton Arena Dayton, Ohio
Mar 18, 1978*	No. 4	vs. No. 1 Kentucky Elite Eight	L 49–52	25–5	University of Dayton Arena Dayton, Ohio
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ME=MidEast Region. Source^[2]

References

Michigan State Spartans men's basketball

Venues	Armory (1899–1918) IM Circle (1918–1930) Demonstration Hall (1930-1940) Jenison Fieldhouse (1940–1989) Breslin Student Events Center (1989–present)

Rivalries	Michigan

Culture & lore	Basketbowl Champions Classic "The Flintstones" Izzone Michigan State student riots

People	Head coaches Retired numbers

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NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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