1978–79Texas Longhorns men's basketball

SWC Regular Season Co-Champions
NCAA Tournament, Second round
Conference	Southwest Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 15
Record	21–8 (13–3 SWC)
Head coach	Abe Lemons (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Barry Dowd Steve Moeller
Home arena	Special Events Center
Seasons ← 1977–78 1979–80 →

v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 5 Arkansas†	13	–	3	.813	25	–	5	.833
Texas	13	–	3	.813	21	–	8	.724
Texas A&M	11	–	5	.688	24	–	9	.727
Baylor	9	–	7	.563	16	–	12	.571
Texas Tech	9	–	7	.563	19	–	11	.633
Houston	6	–	10	.375	16	–	15	.516
SMU	6	–	10	.375	11	–	16	.407
Rice	4	–	12	.250	7	–	20	.259
TCU	1	–	15	.063	6	–	21	.222

†1979 SWC tournament winner Rankings fromAP Poll

Name^[2]	#	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Home Town	High School
Ron Baxter	12	Guard-Forward	6–4	205	Junior	Los Angeles	Dorsey
Brent Boyd	4	Guard	6–3	185	Junior	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	Catholic University
Tyrone Branyan	31	Forward	6–7	220	Senior	Placentia, California	El Dorado
Rob Cunningham	35	Forward-Center	6–8	215	Sophomore	Westport, Connecticut	Staples
John Danks	32	Forward	6–6	190	Junior	Beaver Dam, Kentucky	Ohio County
Ovie Dotson	15	Guard	6–5	200	Senior	San Antonio, Texas	Sam Houston
Henry Johnson	33	Forward	6–6	190	Sophomore	Los Angeles	Manual Arts
Jim Krivacs	11	Guard	6–1	160	Senior	Indianapolis	Southport
John Moore	00	Guard	6–1	170	Senior	Altoona, Pennsylvania	Altoona
Dave Shepard	44	Guard	6–4	205	Sophomore	Los Angeles	Manual Arts
Keith Stephens	52	Forward	6–8	210	Sophomore	Pasadena, California	Pasadena
Phillip Stroud	30	Forward	6–7	220	Senior	Houston, Texas	Wheatley

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
Nov 24, 1978*	No. 6	at Long Beach State	L 71–76	0–1	Long Beach Arena Long Beach, California
Nov 29, 1978*	No. 13	Arkansas State	W 68–54	1–1	Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas
Dec 2, 1978*	No. 13	BYU	W 96–57	2–1	Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas
Dec 5, 1978*	No. 13	at Oklahoma	L 65-71	2–2	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma
Dec 9, 1978*	No. 13	Oklahoma State	W 85-70	3-2	Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas
Dec 16, 1978*	No. 17	Hardin-Simmons	W 68-58	4–2	Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas
Dec 28, 1978*		at Pacific	W 70–53	5–2	Pacific Pavilion Stockton, California
Dec 30, 1978*		at San Francisco	L 48-69	5–3	Sobrato Center San Francisco, California
Jan 4, 1979		TCU	W 92-63	6–3	Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas
Jan 6, 1979		at Texas Tech	L 74-92	6–4	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, Texas
Jan 8, 1979		at Houston	W 75-57	7–4	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
Jan 12, 1979		at No. 10 Arkansas	W 66-63	8–4	Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas
Jan 16, 1979		at Rice	W 94-81	9–4	Rice Gymnasium Houston, Texas
Jan 20, 1979*		USC	W 87-68	10–4	Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas
Jan 22, 1979	No. 17	No. 14 Texas A&M	W 89-66	11–4	Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas
Jan 24, 1979	No. 17	at Baylor	W 77-76	12–4	Heart O' Texas Coliseum Waco, Texas
Jan 27, 1979	No. 17	SMU	W 98-62	13–4	Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas
Jan 28, 1979	No. 17	Houston	W 79-53	14–4	Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas
Feb 1, 1979	No. 11	No. 19 Arkansas	L 58-68	14–5	Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas
Feb 3, 1979	No. 11	at TCU	W 73-60	15–5	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas
SWC tournament
Mar 2, 1979*	No. 14	vs. Houston Semifinals	W 70–65	21–6	The Summit Houston, Texas
Mar 3, 1979*	No. 14	vs. No. 9 Arkansas Championship game	L 38–39	21–7	The Summit Houston, Texas
NCAA tournament
Mar 11, 1979*	(4 MW)	vs. (5 MW) Oklahoma Second round	L 76–90	21–8	Moody Coliseum Dallas, Texas
*Non-conference game.^#Rankings fromAP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest. All times are inCentral Time.

v t e Texas Longhorns men's basketball
Venues	Clark Field (1905–1917) Men's Gym (1917–1928) Gregory Gymnasium (1930–1977) Frank Erwin Center (1977–2022) Moody Center (2022–present)
Rivalries	Texas A&M
Culture and lore	Bevo Hook 'em "Texas Fight"
People	Head coaches NBA draftees NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 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 2025–26
Premo-Porretta national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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