1978–79 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 1978–79 UC Irvine Anteaters Basketball Pacific Coast Athletic Association PCAA 9–17 UC Santa Barbara was forced to vacated all wins during the 1978–79 season, the UC Irvine record books officially counts their two losses against UC Santa Barbara as wins. 3–11 Tim Tift 10th Crawford Hall The 1978–79 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team represented the University of California, Irvine during the 1978–79 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was the program's second season in Division I and 14th season overall. The Anteaters were led by tenth year head coach Tim Taft and played their home games at Crawford Hall as members of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association. They finished the season 9–17 and were 3–11 in PCAA play to finish 8th place. The anteaters were invited to the 1979 PCAA tournament as the eighth seed where they lost to the 1979 Pacific Tigers Pacific Tigers in the first round. Previous season In their inaugural season as a Division I program, the 1977–78 Anteaters finished with a record of 8–17 and 2–12 PCAA play. The anteaters started the season with a record of 5–5, achieving their first victory as a Division I program against the 1977–78 Chico State Wildcats Chico State Wildcats and their first victory versus a fellow Division I program against the Boise State Broncos. The anteaters struggled for the remainder of the season, going 3–12, and ended the year on a six-game losing streak. Off-season Incoming transfer Name Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Lester Jones G 6'0" N/A Jr. N/A Junior college transfer from Foothill Junior CollegeWeyler John 1978-11-24 UC Irvine's Time Tift: He Can't Get No Respect https://www.proquest.com/docview/158678603 Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, CA 2017-07-19 158678603 Victor Conyers F 6'7" N/A Jr. N/A Junior college transfer from San Jose City College 1978 Recruiting Class no yes 1977 Robbie Beal G N/A 6 3 Louis Bremond G N/A 6 0 Source: Roster 1978 UC Irvine Anteaters men's y Robbie Beal G 6 3 Fr Bret Bell C 6 8 So Phil Bolden C 6 6 SR Louis Bremond G 6 0 Fr Quentin Brown F 6 6 So Victor Conyers F 6 8 Jr Lamont Jerrett C 6 10 Lester Jones G 6 0 JR Rick Jurk G 6 4 So Sam Maduro F 6 7 JR Steve McGuire F 6 5 Sr Steve Rodgers F 6 8 JR Mark Sullivan G 6 2 https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/california-irvine/1978.html July 19, 2017 Tim Taft (Pepperdine) Schedule and results yes 1978–79 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 1978 yes yes |- !colspan=12 style="background:#002244; color:#FFDE6C;"| Regular season November 27, 1978 yes 1978-79 Portland Pilots Portland Crawford HallWeyler John 1978-11-28 Portland pounces on UCI, 86-58 https://www.proquest.com/docview/158722262 Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, CA 2017-07-21 158722262 Irvine, CA 755 58–86 0–1 November 28, 1978 yes 1978 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks Northern Arizona Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 682 57–56 OT 1–1 December 2, 1978 yes yes 1978 Saint Mary's Gaels Saint Mary's McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA 1,000 56–67 1–2 December 9, 1978 yes yes 1978 Puget Sound Loggers Puget Sound – Tacoma, WA 800 49–62 1–3 December 11, 1978 yes yes 1978 Seattle Pacific Falcons Seattle Pacific – Seattle, WA 500 57–47 2–3 December 14, 1978 yes yes Portland Howard Hall Portland, OR 1,089 66–82 2–4 December 29, 1978 yes yes Puget Sound Robertson Gymnasium Santa Barbara, CA Gaucho Tournament 2,900 49–64 2–5 December 30, 1978 yes yes 1978 San Diego Toreros San Diego Robertson Gymnasium Santa Barbara, CA Gaucho Tournament 2,900 59–70 2–6 January 4, 1979 yes MacMurray College Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 525 107–57 3–6 January 6, 1979 7:30 pm yes 1978 Portland State Vikings Portland State Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 525 63–51 4–6 January 11, 1979 yes 1978 Long Beach State 49ers Long Beach State Long Beach Arena Long Beach, CA 3,769 58–83 4–7 0–1 January 13, 1979 8:05 pm yes 1978 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos UC Santa Barbara Robertson Gymnasium Santa Barbara, CA 3,100 63–66 1980-10-11 The Newswire: UC Santa Barbara Basketball Placed on Probation Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, CA 162935162 4–8 0–2 January 16, 1979 7:30 pm yes 1978 Loyola Marymount Lions Loyola Marymount Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 875 54–55 4–9 January 18, 1979 7:30 pm Pacific Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 748 54–64 4–10 0–3 January 20, 1979 7:30 pm l 1978 Fresno State Bulldogs Fresno State Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 842 63 –64 4–11 0–4 January 25, 1979 1978 Cal State Fullerton Titans Cal State Fullerton Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 1,552 57–73 4–12 0–5 January 28, 1979 5:00 pm yes Cal State Fullerton Titan Gym Fullerton, CA 2,909 55–76 4–13 0–6 February 1, 1979 yes San Jose State Spartan Gym San Jose, CA 991 62–61 OT 5–13 1–6 February 3, 1979 yes Utah State Smith Spectrum Logan, UT 8,279 54–65 5–14 1–7 February 8, 1979 Utah State Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 878 56–54 6–14 2–7 February 10, 1979 7:30 pm San Jose State Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 1,005 80–71 7–14 3–7 February 15, 1979 yes Fresno State Selland Arena Fresno, CA 5,991 44–55 7–15 3–8 February 17, 1979 yes Pacific Stockton Memorial Civic Auditorium Stockton, CA 2,800 53–73 7–16 3–9 February 22, 1979 7:30 pm UC Santa Barbara Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 878 61–63 7–17 3–10 February 24, 1979 Long Beach State Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 1,525 63–64 7–18 3–11 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#002244; color:#FFDE6C;"| PCAA tournament March 1, 1979 yes yes Pacific Anaheim Convention Center Anaheim, CA Quarterfinals 7,470 52–57 7–19 AP Poll Pacific Time Sourcehttps://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/ucirvine.sidearmsports.com/documents/2017/6/6/All_TImeUCIrvineRecords.pdf UC Irvine Men's Basketball Record Book UC Irvine Athletics UC Irvine Sports July 19, 2017 January 22, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230122075118/https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/ucirvine.sidearmsports.com/documents/2017/6/6/All_TImeUCIrvineRecords.pdf dead http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MBB1/B/Men's%20Basketball_Men's_Division%20I_1979_109_University%20of%20California,%20Irvine.pdf Final 1979 Cumulative Basketball Statistics Report NCAA July 20, 2017 Awards and honors Louis Bremond PCAA All-Freshman Teamhttp://www.bigwest.org/sports/mbball/info/records12.pdf Big West Conference men's basketball record book Big West Conference bigwest.org July 19, 2017 October 7, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131007030909/http://www.bigwest.org/sports/mbball/info/records12.pdf dead Notes note References UC Irvine Category:UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball seasons Category:1970s in Orange County, California UC Irvine Anteaters UC Irvine Anteaters