1977–78 Baylor Bears basketball team

1977–78 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings
	† 1978 SWC Tournament winner ; Rankings from AP Poll

1977–78 Baylor Bears men's basketball
1977–78 Baylor Bears men's basketball
Conference	Southwest Conference
1977–78 record	14–13 (8–8 SWC)
Head coach	Jim Haller;
Home arena	Heart O' Texas Coliseum
	Seasons ← →

The 1977–78 Baylor Bears men's basketball team represented the Baylor University in the 1977–78 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

Roster[]

1977–78 Baylor Bears men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	12	Maurice Callis	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Sr	Victoria, Texas
C	45	Authur Edwards	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Sr	San Antonio, Texas
G	10	Barry Hankins	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Jr	Flint, Michigan
G	15	Vinnie Johnson	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Brooklyn, New York
F	22	Russell Oliver	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Sr	Urbana, Illinois
F	44	Chuck Stanley	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	187 lb (85 kg)	Fr	San Antonio, Texas
F	32	Jim Vaszauskas	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	Lamesa, Texas
F	25	Marty Zeller	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Jr	McHenry, Illinois

Head coach

Jim Haller

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule[]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 25*	McMurry	W 78–52	1–0	Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas
November 30*	at Notre Dame	L 57–98	1–1	Joyce Center South Bend, Indiana
December 3*	North Texas	W 104–74	2–1	Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas
December 6*	at Oklahoma	W 75–69	3–1	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
December 10*	Memphis	W 106–87	4–1	Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas
December 13*	Long Beach State	L 84–85	4–2	Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas
December 16*	vs. Pacific	W 88–87	5–2	Cow Palace San Francisco, California
December 17*	at San Francisco	L 93–98	5–3	Cow Palace San Francisco, California
December 27*	at Drake	W 97–87	6–3	Veterans Memorial Auditorium Des Moines, Iowa
January 3*	at Texas-Rio Grande Valley	L 80–86	6–4	UTPA Fieldhouse Edinburg, Texas
January 7	at Rice	L 80–86	6–5 (0–1)	Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, Texas
January 9	Texas A&M	W 77–61	7–5 (1–1)	Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas
January 12	Texas Tech	L 61–71	7–6 (1–2)	Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas
January 17	at Houston	L 89–100	7–7 (1–3)	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
January 21	at SMU	W 75–73	8–7 (2–3)	Moody Coliseum University Park, Texas
January 23	Arkansas	L 55–56	8–8 (2–4)	Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas
January 25	at Texas	L 76–78	8–9 (2–5)	Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas
January 28	TCU	W 77–53	9–9 (3–5)	Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas
January 30	at Texas A&M	L 56–58	9–10 (3–6)	G. Rollie White Coliseum College Station, Texas
February 4	at Texas Tech	L 62–78	9–11 (3–7)	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, Texas
February 7	Houston	W 70–69	10–11 (4–7)	Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas
February 11	SMU	W 80–71	11–11 (5–7)	Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas
February 13	at No. 1 Arkansas	L 56–82	11–12 (6–8)	Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas
February 15	No. 12 Texas	W 79–77	12–11 (7–8)	Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas
February 18	Rice	W 75–65	13–11 (8–8)	Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas
February 21	at TCU	W 60–52	14–11 (9–8)	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas

February 25	SMU	L 68–73	14–12 (9–8)	Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References[]

^ "1977–78 Baylor Bears Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
^ https://s3.amazonaws.com/baylorbears.com/documents/2015/4/30/_bay_m_baskbl__08mediaguide-section8.pdf

[1] "1977–78 Baylor Bears Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

[2] ttps://s3.amazonaws.com/baylorbears.com/documents/2015/4/30/_bay_m_baskbl__08mediaguide-section8.pdf

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v t Baylor Bears men's basketball
Venues	(1938–1953) Heart O' Texas Fair Coliseum (1953–1988) Ferrell Center (1988–2024) (2024–future)
Culture & lore	"Old Fite" Baylor basketball scandal Murder of Patrick Dennehy
People	Statistical leaders
Seasons	1977–78 1979–80 2005–06 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
NCAA national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

1977–78 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 3 Arkansas	14	–	2	.875	32	–	4	.889
No. 17 Texas	14	–	2	.875	26	–	5	.839
Houston†	11	–	5	.688	25	–	8	.758
Texas Tech	10	–	6	.625	19	–	10	.655
Baylor	8	–	8	.500	14	–	13	.519
SMU	6	–	10	.375	10	–	18	.357
Texas A&M	5	–	11	.313	12	–	15	.444
Rice	2	–	14	.125	4	–	22	.154
TCU	2	–	14	.125	4	–	22	.154

† 1978 SWC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll