1978-1979 Season Summary for Iowa Hawkeyes | Basketball - Summary of Iowa football and basketball games

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1978-1979 Iowa Basketball Year in Review

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SUMMARY VIDEO

Big Ten Co-Champions
Summary: Lute Olsonâ€™s lone Big Ten championship squad tied for the title with Purdue and eventual NCAA champion Michigan State. Ronnie Lester, the leading scorer (18.7 points per game), was Allâ€‘Big Ten and Allâ€‘American. The 20 wins tied an Iowa season record and the 13 league victories still rank second in Hawkeye history.

Conference: Big Ten

Head Coach: Lute Olson

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RESULTS

Date	Opponent / Score	Hilites	Full Game
11/25/1978	Iowa vs Kent State W 111 - 76
11/28/1978	Iowa vs Wichita State W 91 - 67
12/2/1978	Iowa @ Colorado State L 69 - 72
12/9/1978	Iowa @ Drake L 69 - 72
12/11/1978	Iowa vs Iowa State W 67 - 66
12/16/1978	Iowa @ Illinois Wesleyan W 95 - 55
12/23/1978	Iowa vs Drake W 112 - 73
12/29/1978	Iowa vs Pennsylvania San Diego Sports Arena (San Diego, CA) W 87 - 84 2OT
12/30/1978	Iowa vs Stanford San Diego Sports Arena (San Diego, CA) W 83 - 68
1/4/1979	Iowa @ Northwestern W 65 - 57
1/6/1979	Iowa @ #13 Michigan W 85 - 79
1/11/1979	Iowa vs Ohio State L 67 - 72
1/13/1979	Iowa vs Indiana W 90 - 61
1/18/1979	Iowa @ Purdue W 56 - 46
1/20/1979	Iowa @ #6 Michigan State L 72 - 83 OT
1/25/1979	Iowa vs #8 Illinois W 58 - 52
1/27/1979	Iowa vs Minnesota W 81 - 64
2/1/1979	Iowa @ Wisconsin W 70 - 64
2/3/1979	Iowa @ Minnesota W 97 - 71
2/8/1979	#15 Iowa vs #10 Michigan State L 57 - 60
2/10/1979	#15 Iowa vs Wisconsin W 79 - 65
2/15/1979	#14 Iowa vs #13 Purdue W 75 - 72
2/17/1979	#14 Iowa @ Illinois W 67 - 53
2/22/1979	#12 Iowa @ Indiana L 62 - 64
2/24/1979	#12 Iowa @ #14 Ohio State W 83 - 68
3/1/1979	#11 Iowa vs Michigan L 53 - 61
3/3/1979	#11 Iowa vs Northwestern W 95 - 64
3/11/1979	#14 Iowa vs Toledo NCAA Tournament 2nd Round (Assembly Hall, Bloomington, IN) L 72 - 74