1977–78 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team

1977–78 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball
1977–78 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	17–10 (11–7 SEC)
Head coach	C.M. Newton (10th season);
Home arena	Coleman Coliseum
	Seasons ← 1976–77 1978–79 →

1977–78 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 Kentucky	16	–	2	.889	30	–	2	.938
Mississippi State	13	–	5	.722	18	–	9	.667
LSU	12	–	6	.667	18	–	9	.667
Alabama	11	–	7	.611	17	–	10	.630
Florida	8	–	10	.444	15	–	12	.556
Auburn	8	–	10	.444	13	–	14	.481
Tennessee	6	–	12	.333	11	–	16	.407
Vanderbilt	6	–	12	.333	10	–	17	.370
Georgia	5	–	13	.278	11	–	16	.407
Ole Miss	5	–	13	.278	10	–	17	.370

Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1977–78 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team represented the University of Alabama in the 1977–78 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team's head coach was C.M. Newton, who was in his tenth season at Alabama. The team played their home games at Coleman Coliseum in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. They finished the season 17–10, 11–7 in SEC play.^[2]

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year
F	52	Reggie King	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	Jr
F	32	Ken Johnson	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	Fr
G	10	Robert Scott	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	—	So
G		Anthony Murray	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	Sr
G		Kent Looney	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	—
G		Keith McCord	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	Jr
C		Chris Bragwell	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—	So
F		Robert Chapman	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	—	Jr
G		Greg McElveen	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—
F		Richie Hood	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—
C		William Henry	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	—

Head coach

C.M. Newton

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

References

^ sports-reference.com 1977-78 Southeastern Conference Season Summary
^ "1977-78 Alabama Crimson Tide Roster and Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

[1] sports-reference.com 1977-78 Southeastern Conference Season Summary

[2] "1977-78 Alabama Crimson Tide Roster and Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

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v t e Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball
Venues	Little Hall (1915–1939) Foster Auditorium (1939–1968) Coleman Coliseum (1968–present)
Rivalries	Auburn
Culture & lore	Traditions Big Al Gambling scandal 2017–18 corruption scandal
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 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 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Premo-Porretta national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics