1978–79 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball
ConferenceIndependent
Record20–10
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaHorton Field House
1978–79 NCAA Division I men's basketball independents standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 8 Syracuse 264  .867
Georgetown 245  .828
No. 6 DePaul 266  .813
No. 4 Notre Dame 246  .800
VCU 205  .800
Iona 236  .793
Detroit 226  .786
Tennessee State 206  .769
Old Dominion 237  .767
No. 10 Marquette 227  .759
Wagner 217  .750
Connecticut 218  .724
UNLV 218  .724
UNC Wilmington 198  .704
Boston College 219  .700
James Madison 188  .692
Rhode Island 209  .690
George Mason 178  .680
St. Bonaventure 199  .679
Illinois State 2010  .667
Dayton 1910  .655
Boston University 179  .654
Fairfield 179  .654
Georgia Tech 179  .654
Oral Roberts 1710  .630
Holy Cross 1711  .607
Cleveland State 1510  .600
Maine 1410  .583
Army 1411  .560
Denver 1512  .556
South Carolina 1512  .556
Stetson 1512  .556
Siena 1412  .538
St. Francis (NY) 1412  .538
Navy 1312  .520
Xavier 1413  .519
Northeastern 1313  .500
Saint Francis (PA) 1313  .500
Robert Morris 1314  .481
Southern Miss 1314  .481
Air Force 1213  .480
Long Island University 1213  .480
Canisius 1214  .462
Colgate 1214  .462
Evansville 1316  .448
East Carolina 1215  .444
Loyola-Chicago 1215  .444
Butler 1116  .407
North Texas 1116  .407
Saint Peter's 1015  .400
Campbell 1016  .385
New Hampshire 1016  .385
Providence 1016  .385
Richmond 1016  .385
Hawaii 1017  .370
William & Mary 917  .346
Georgia Southern 918  .333
Fairleigh Dickinson 818  .308
Wisconsin-Milwaukee 818  .308
Vermont 818  .308
Northwestern State 719  .269
Catholic 620  .231
Arkansas-Little Rock 620  .231
Niagara 620  .231
Portland State 621  .222
Baltimore 420  .167
Valparaiso 421  .160
Charleston Southern 225  .074
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1978–79 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team represented Illinois State University during the 1978–79 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Redbirds, led by first year head coach Bob Donewald, played their home games at Horton Field House and competed as an independent (not a member of a conference). They finished the season 20–10.

Roster

1978–79 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightWeightYearHometown
F 31 Rick Ferina 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)195 lb (88 kg) Sr Niles, IL
G 21 Derrick Mayes 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)170 lb (77 kg) Sr Elgin, IL
C 32 Joe Galvin 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)218 lb (99 kg) Jr Bloomington, IL
G 13 Ron Jones 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)176 lb (80 kg) Jr Venice, IL
F 11 Del Yarbrough 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)220 lb (100 kg) Jr North Chicago, IL
C 35 Roy Herold 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)212 lb (96 kg) So Helsinki, Finland
F 25 Anthony Jones 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)190 lb (86 kg) So Chicago, IL
G 15 Dave Nussbaumer 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)175 lb (79 kg) So Deerfield, IL
F 24 McKay Smith 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)175 lb (79 kg) So Springfield, IL
G 42 George Carter 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)180 lb (82 kg) Fr Middletown, OH
F 33 Joe Richardson 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)190 lb (86 kg) Fr Indianapolis, IN
G 23 Dale White 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)190 lb (86 kg) Fr Covington, IN
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: February 1, 2021

Schedule

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition Season
November 17, 1978*
7:30 pm
National Team of Poland
Exhibition
W 96–69 
 27  Galvin  14  Galvin       Horton Field House (5,500)
Normal, IL
Regular Season
December 4, 1978*
6:30 pm
at Indiana State L 76–78  0–1
 32  R.Jones  14  Galvin       Hulman Center (10,189)
Terre Haute, IN
December 6, 1978*
7:30 pm
Southern Illinois W 89–86  1–1
 21  Mayes  10  Galvin,
Yarbrough
 
      Horton Field House (7,400)
Normal, IL
December 9, 1978*
2:00 pm
Saint Louis W 73–63  2–1
 27  Mayes  10  Yarbrough       Horton Field House (6,000)
Normal, IL
December 11, 1978*
6:30 pm
at Central Michigan L 63–66  2–2
 23  R.Jones  7  Yarbrough       Daniel P. Rose Center (3,523)
Mount Pleasant, MI
December 14, 1978*
7:30 pm
California State
Polytechnic–Pomona
W 92–64  3–2
 20  R.Jones  9  Yarbrough       Horton Field House (3,000)
Normal, IL
December 18, 1978*
7:30 pm
at Western Kentucky W 75–74 OT 4–2
 25  Mayes  13  Galvin       E. A. Diddle Arena (6,200)
Bowling Green, KY
December 22, 1978*
Northern Illinois
Illinois State Holiday Festival
[Semifinal]
W 71–60  5–2
 28  Yarbrough  20  Yarbrough       Horton Field House (3,500)
Normal, IL
December 23, 1978*
Mississippi
Illinois State Holiday Festival
[Final]
W 76–72  6–2
 29  R.Jones  7  Galvin,
Yarbrough
 
      Horton Field House (2,800)
Normal, IL
December 29, 1978*
7:00 pm
at No. 19 Syracuse L 72–82  6–3
 24  Galvin  4  Mayes       Manley Field House (9,221)
Syracuse, NY
January 3, 1979*
7:30 pm
Bradley W 74–61  7–3
 26  Mayes  7  R.Jones       Horton Field House (5,200)
Normal, IL
January 6, 1979*
7:30 pm
at McNeese State W 78–73 OT 8–3
 27  R.Jones  8  Galvin,
Yarbrough
 
      Sudduth Coliseum (3,781)
Lake Charles, LA
January 8, 1979*
7:30 pm
North Texas State W 98–80  9–3
 23  Mayes  14  Yarbrough       Horton Field House (3,000)
Normal, IL
January 10, 1979*
7:30 pm
Nebraska–Omaha W 74–57  10–3
 21  R.Jones  17  Yarbrough       Horton Field House (2,500)
Normal, IL
January 13, 1979*
7:00 pm
at Detroit L 81–92  10–4
 33  Galvin  10  Yarbrough       Calihan Hall (4,366)
Detroit, MI
January 15, 1979*
7:30 pm
Missouri–St. Louis W 105–60  11–4
 21  Yarbrough  7  Yarbrough,
A.Jones
 
      Horton Field House (3.000)
Normal, IL
January 17, 1979*
7:00 pm
at Evansville W 73–68  12–4
 27  R.Jones  13  Galvin       Roberts Municipal Stadium (6,703)
Evansville, IN
January 20, 1979*
7:30 pm
Howard W 88–62  13–4
 22  Galvin  11  Galvin       Horton Field House (5,200)
Normal, IL
January 24, 1979*
7:30 pm
at Valparaiso W 88–67  14–4
 30  R.Jones  13  Galvin       Hilltop Gym (2,500)
Valparaiso, IN
January 27, 1979*
2:00 pm
DePaul L 69–87  14–5
 21  R.Jones  7  Galvin       Horton Field House (8,000)
Normal, IL
January 31, 1979*
7:30 pm
at Northern Illinois L 65–76  14–6
 19  Mayes  10  Galvin       Chick Evans Field House (4,850)
DeKalb, IL
February 7, 1979*
12:00 am
at Chaminade W 82–67  15–6
 27  R.Jones  15  Galvin       McCabe Gymnasium (1,100)
Honolulu, HI
February 10, 1979*
12:10 am
at Hawai'i L 77–82  15–7
 24  Mayes  9  Galvin       Neal S. Blaisdell Arena (3,104)
Honolulu, HI
February 11, 1979*
12:10 am
at Hawai'i W 71–62  16–7
 20  Mayes,
Yarbrough
 
 12  Yarbrough       Neal S. Blaisdell Arena (3,339)
Honolulu, HI
February 13, 1979*
7:30 pm
at Wisconsin–Milwaukee W 82–65  17–7
 22  Mayes  11  Galvin       Horton Field House (2,200)
Normal, IL
February 15, 1979*
7:30 pm
at South Alabama W 77–70  18–7
 20  R.Jones  10  Galvin       Jaguar Gym (3,320)
Mobile, AL
February 17, 1979*
7:30 pm
at Northeast Louisiana L 72–80  18–8
 25  Mayes  14  Yarbrough       Ewing Coliseum (7,100)
Monroe, LA
February 22, 1979*
7:30 pm
at North Texas State L 87–90  18–9
 32  R.Jones  11  R.Jones       NTSU Coliseum (1,400)
Denton, TX
February 24, 1979*
7:30 pm
at Oral Roberts L 78–89  18–10
 22  Galvin  12  Yarbrough       Mabee Center (7,568)
Tulsa, OK
February 26, 1979*
7:30 pm
Northern Michigan W 100–83  19–10
 29  Mayes  5  Mayes,
Smith
 
      Horton Field House (1,800)
Normal, IL
March 2, 1979*
7:30 pm
Southern Illinois–Edwardsville W 94–65  20–10
 25  Mayes,
Yarbrough
 
 14  Galvin       Horton Field House (3,300)
Normal, IL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Standard Time.

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References

  1. "1978–79 Illinois State Redbirds Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  2. "2019–20 Illinois State Media Guide 2019–20 History" (PDF). Illinois State Redbirds. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
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