The Citadel Bulldogs basketball, 1975–79

The Citadel Bulldogs basketball teams represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. The program was established in 1900–01, and has continuously fielded a team since 1912–13. Their primary rivals are College of Charleston, Furman and VMI.

Contents:	1974–75 - 1975–76 - 1976–77 - 1977–78 - 1978–79

1974–75

1974–75 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1974–75 record	5–15 (2–11 SoCon)
Head coach	Les Robinson
Home arena	McAlister Field House

1974–75 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Furman†	12	–	0		1.000			22	–	7		.759
East Carolina	11	–	3		.786			19	–	9		.679
William & Mary	6	–	5		.545			16	–	12		.571
Richmond	7	–	7		.500			10	–	16		.385
VMI	6	–	6		.500			13	–	13		.500
Davidson	4	–	6		.400			7	–	19		.269
The Citadel	2	–	11		.154			5	–	15		.250
Appalachian State	1	–	11		.083			3	–	23		.115
† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1975; Rankings from AP Poll

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site City, State
November 30* no, no	Baptist	W 107–92	1–0	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
December 3* no, no	UNC Wilmington	W 115–88	2–0	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
December 7 no, no	William & Mary	L 73–82	2–1 (0–1)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
December 14 no, no	Appalachian State	W 99–94	3–1 (1–1)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
December 19* no, no	Rochester Tech	W 90–80	4–1	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
January 4 no, no	at East Carolina	L 81–111	4–2 (1–2)	Minges Coliseum  Greenville, NC
January 8* no, no	at Tulane	L 71–78	4–3	Devlin Fieldhouse  New Orleans, LA
January 11 no, no	at Appalachian State	W 70–69	5–3 (2–2)	Varsity Gymnasium  Boone, NC
January 13 no, no	at VMI	L 101–108	5–4 (2–3)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
January 18 no, no	Furman	L 65–66	5–5 (2–4)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
January 25 no, no	at Davidson	L 76–90	5–6 (2–5)	Johnston Gym  Davidson, NC
January 29* no, no	at Clemson	L 75–106	5–7	Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, SC
February 1 no, no	at Richmond	L 75–80	5–8 (2–6)	Robins Center  Richmond, VA
February 3 no, no	at William & Mary	L 53–81	5–9 (2–7)	William & Mary Hall  Williambsurg, VA
February 8 no, no	VMI	L 68–82	5–10 (2–8)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
February 15 no, no	Richmond	L 90–99	5–11 (2–9)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
February 18 no, no	at Furman	L 69–94	5–12 (2–10)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium  Greenville, SC
February 22 no, no	East Carolina	L 84–87	5–13 (2–11)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
February 24* no, no	Campbell	L 78–86	5–14	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
1975 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
March 1 no, no	at East Carolina	L 66–78	5–15	Minges Coliseum  Greenville, NC
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1975–76

1975–76 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1975–76 record	10–17 (6–8 SoCon)
Head coach	Les Robinson
Home arena	McAlister Field House

1975–76 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
VMI†	9	–	3		.750			22	–	10		.688
William & Mary	8	–	3		.727			15	–	13		.536
Richmond	7	–	7		.500			14	–	14		.500
East Carolina	7	–	7		.500			11	–	15		.423
Appalachian State	6	–	6		.500			13	–	14		.481
The Citadel	6	–	7		.462			10	–	17		.370
Furman	5	–	7		.417			9	–	18		.333
Davidson	1	–	9		.100			5	–	21		.192
† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1976; Rankings from AP Poll

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site City, State
November 29* no, no	at #13 NC State	L 75–103	0–1	Reynolds Coliseum  Raleigh, NC
December 1* no, no	UNC Wilmington	W 81–63	1–1	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
December 6 no, no	at William & Mary	L 61–70	1–2 (0–1)	William & Mary Hall  Williamsburg, VA
December 10* no, no	at Baptist	W 75–70	2–2	CSU Field House  North Charleston, SC
December 13 no, no	at Appalachian State	L 65–83	2–3 (0–2)	Varsity Gymnasium  Boone, NC
December 20 no, no	East Carolina	L 67–68	2–4 (0–3)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
December 29* no, no	vs. Rutgers Poinsettia Classic	L 73–96	2–5	Greenville Memorial Auditorium  Greenville, SC
December 30 no, no	at Furman Poinsettia Classic	L 90–92 OT	2–6 (0–4)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium  Greenville, SC
January 2 no, no	at East Carolina	L 76–81	2–7 (0–5)	Minges Coliseum  Greenville, NC
January 5* no, no	at Stetson Hatter Classic	L 60–66	2–8	Edmunds Center  DeLand, FL
January 6* no, no	vs. Boston University Hatter Classic	W 86–73	3–8	Edmunds Center  DeLand, FL
January 10* no, no	Clemson	L 68–81	3–9	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
January 12 no, no	VMI	W 78–74	4–9 (1–5)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
January 14* no, no	at South Carolina	L 74–90	4–10	Carolina Coliseum  Columbia, SC
January 17 no, no	at Furman	L 67–68	4–11 (1–6)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium  Greenville, SC
January 21 no, no	Davidson	W 81–77	5–11 (2–6)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
January 24 no, no	at Richmond	W 75–74	6–11 (3–6)	Robins Center  Richmond, VA
January 26* no, no	Tulane	L 85–101	6–12	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
January 31 no, no	Appalachian State	L 67–70	6–13 (3–7)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
February 2* no, no	at Campbell	L 106–112 OT	6–14	Carter Gymnasium  Buies Creek, NC
February 7 no, no	Richmond	W 91–79	7–14 (4–7)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
February 10 no, no	Furman	W 76–72	8–14 (5–7)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
February 14 no, no	at VMI	L 59–76	8–15 (5–8)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
February 16 no, no	William & Mary	W 64–62	9–15 (6–8)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
February 21* no, no	at Georgia Tech	L 56–58	9–16	Alexander Memorial Coliseum  Atlanta, GA
February 23* no, no	Baptist	W 96–69	10–16	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
1976 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
February 28 no, no	at Richmond	L 69–82	10–17	Robins Center  Richmond, VA
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1976–77

1976–77 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1976–77 record	8–19 (0–10 SoCon)
Head coach	Les Robinson
Home arena	McAlister Field House

1976–77 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
VMI †	8	–	2		.800			26	–	4		.867
Furman	8	–	2		.800			18	–	10		.643
Appalachian State	8	–	4		.667			17	–	12		.586
William & Mary	7	–	4		.636			16	–	14		.533
East Carolina	3	–	9		.250			10	–	18		.357
Davidson	2	–	8		.200			5	–	22		.185
The Citadel	2	–	9		.182			8	–	19		.296
Chattanooga	0	–	0		–			27	–	5		.844
Western Carolina	0	–	0		–			8	–	16		.333
Marshall	0	–	0		–			8	–	19		.296
† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1977; Rankings from AP Poll

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site City, State
November 29* no, no	Wofford	W 83–77	1–0	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
December 1* no, no	at Penn	L 69–108	1–1	Palestra  Philadelphia, PA
December 4 no, no	at William & Mary	L 61–94	1–2 (0–1)	William & Mary Hall  Williamsburg, VA
December 6* no, no	Presbyterian Citadel Invitational Tournament	W 87–78	2–2	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
December 7* no, no	College of Charleston Citadel Invitational Tournament	L 72–81	2–3	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
December 11* no, no	USC Aiken	W 86–78	3–3	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
December 18* no, no	at East Carolina	W 70–62	4–3	Minges Coliseum  Greenville, NC
December 28* no, no	vs. Columbia Poinsettia Classic	L 87–89 OT	4–4	Greenville Memorial Auditorium  Greenville, SC
December 29* no, no	vs. Navy Poinsettia Classic	L 56–89	4–5	Greenville Memorial Auditorium  Greenville, SC
January 3* no, no	at Stetson	W 67–65	5–5	Edmunds Center  DeLand, FL
January 10* no, no	at Baptist	L 54–68	5–6	CSU Field House  North Carolina, SC
January 15 no, no	at Furman	L 74–88	5–7 (0–2)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium  Greenville, SC
January 17 no, no	VMI	L 62–68	5–8 (0–3)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
January 22* no, no	Georgia Tech	L 59–63	5–9	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
January 24 no, no	William & Mary	L 53–61	5–10 (0–4)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
January 27 no, no	at Appalachian State	L 56–76	5–11 (0–5)	Varsity Gymnasium  Boone, NC
January 29 no, no	at VMI	L 70–88	5–12 (0–6)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
January 31 no, no	Marshall	L 73–82	5–13 (0–7)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
February 2 no, no	at Davidson	L 60–62	5–14 (0–8)	Johnston Gym  Davidson, NC
February 5 no, no	Appalachian State	L 64–68	5–15 (0–9)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
February 9* no, no	at South Carolina	L 66–85	5–16	Carolina Coliseum  Columbia, SC
February 12 no, no	Furman	L 88–91	5–17 (0–10)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
February 15* no, no	at Georgia Tech	L 64–90	5–18	Alexander Memorial Coliseum  Atlanta, GA
February 17* no, no	Baptist	W 78–74	6–18	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
February 19* no, no	at East Carolina	W 75–72	7–18	Minges Coliseum  Greenville, NC
February 21* no, no	James Madison	W 79–72	8–18	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
1977 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
February 26 no, no	at Furman	L 69–76	8–19	Greenville Memorial Auditorium  Greenville, SC
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1977–78

1977–78 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1977–78 record	8–19 (2–11 SoCon)
Head coach	Les Robinson
Home arena	McAlister Field House

1977–78 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Appalachian State	9	–	3		.750			15	–	13		.536
VMI	7	–	3		.700			21	–	7		.750
Marshall	8	–	5		.615			14	–	15		.483
Furman†	7	–	5		.583			19	–	11		.633
Chattanooga	7	–	5		.583			16	–	11		.593
Western Carolina	4	–	8		.333			7	–	19		.269
Davidson	3	–	7		.300			9	–	18		.333
The Citadel	2	–	11		.154			8	–	19		.296
† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1978; Rankings from AP Poll

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site City, State
November 25* no, no	USC Aiken	W 82–58	1–0	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
November 28* no, no	College of Charleston Citadel Invitational	W 84–82 OT	2–0	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
November 29* no, no	Lander Citadel Invitational	W 74–69	3–0	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
December 3* no, no	at Clemson	L 65–99	3–1	Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, SC
December 5* no, no	Wofford	W 88–59	4–1	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
December 8* no, no	Vanderbilt	L 50–53 OT	4–2	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
December 10 no, no	Western Carolina	L 64–65	4–3 (0–1)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
December 20* no, no	Canisius	W 79–72	5–3	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
December 21* no, no	Catholic	L 72–74	5–4	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
January 5* no, no	at UNC Wilmington	L 66–81	5–5	Trask Coliseum  Wilmington, NC
January 7 no, no	at Chattanooga	L 70–80	5–6 (0–2)	Maclellan Gymnasium  Chattanooga, TN
January 10* no, no	Penn	L 73–103	5–7	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
January 12 no, no	at Western Carolina	L 72–73	5–8 (0–3)	Cullowhee, NC
January 14 no, no	at Marshall	L 81–85 OT	5–9 (0–4)	Veterans Memorial Fieldhouse  Huntington, WV
January 17 no, no	at Furman	L 77–106	5–10 (0–5)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium  Greenville, SC
January 21 no, no	at Appalachian State	L 66–75	5–11 (0–6)	Varsity Gymnasium  Boone, NC
January 25 no, no	Chattanooga	L 81–84 OT	5–12 (0–7)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
January 28 no, no	VMI	L 61–79	5–13 (0–8)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
February 1 no, no	Appalachian State	L 65–66	5–14 (0–9)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
February 4 no, no	Marshall	W 74–57	6–14 (1–9)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
February 6 no, no	Davidson	L 81–88	6–15 (1–10)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
February 8 no, no	Furman	W 85–82	7–15 (2–10)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
February 11 no, no	at VMI	L 72–84	7–16 (2–11)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
February 13* no, no	at James Madison	L 70–71	7–17	Harrisonburg, VA
February 15* no, no	Baptist	L 77–83	7–18	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
February 20* no, no	James Madison	W 89–88	8–18	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
1978 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
February 25 no, no	at Appalachian State	L 64–81	8–19	Varsity Gymnasium  Boone, NC
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

1978–79

1978–79 The Citadel Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1978–79 record	20–7 (10–4 SoCon)
Head coach	Les Robinson
Home arena	McAlister Field House

1978–79 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Appalachian State†	11	–	3		.786			24	–	6		.800
Furman	9	–	3		.750			20	–	9		.690
The Citadel	10	–	4		.714			20	–	7		.741
Western Carolina	5	–	7		.417			14	–	14		.500
Marshall	5	–	8		.385			11	–	16		.407
Davidson	3	–	7		.300			8	–	19		.296
Chattanooga	3	–	8		.273			14	–	13		.519
VMI	2	–	8		.200			12	–	15		.444
[[{{{school}}}|East Tennessee State]]	0	–	0		–			16	–	11		.593
† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1979; Rankings from AP Poll

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site City, State
November 27* no, no	[[{{{school}}}|Piedmont]]	W 103–61	1–0	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
December 1* no, no	[[{{{school}}}|Fredonia State]]	W 75–48	2–0	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
December 2* no, no	Biscayne	W 98–69	3–0	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
December 4* no, no	at Vanderbilt	L 63–78	3–1	Memorial Gymnasium  Nashville, TN
December 7* no, no	[[{{{school}}}|USC Upstate]]	W 99–67	4–1	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
December 9* no, no	at Clemson	L 58–71	4–2	Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, SC
December 16* no, no	Wofford	W 92–62	5–2	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
January 6* no, no	Clemson	W 58–56	6–2	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
January 8 no, no	VMI	W 91–83	7–2 (1–0)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
January 13 no, no	at Marshall	W 58–57	8–2 (2–0)	Veterans Memorial Fieldhouse  Huntington, WV
January 15 no, no	Western Carolina	W 78–54	9–2 (3–0)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
January 20 no, no	Furman	W 78–76	10–2 (4–0)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
January 22* no, no	[[{{{school}}}|Erskine]]	W 83–61	11–2	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
January 24 no, no	at Davidson	L 72–87	11–3 (4–1)	Johnston Gym  Davidson, NC
January 27 no, no	at Chattanooga	W 79–71	12–3 (5–1)	Maclellan Gymnasium  Chattanooga, TN
January 29 no, no	at [[{{{school}}}|South Carolina State]]	W 91–86	13–3	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
February 3 no, no	at Appalachian State	L 65–76	13–4 (5–2)	Varsity Gymnasium  Boone, NC
February 5 no, no	Davidson	W 79–70	14–4 (6–2)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
February 7 no, no	Chattanooga	W 62–61	15–4 (7–2)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
February 10 no, no	at Furman	L 84–88 OT	15–5 (7–3)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium  Greenville, SC
February 12 no, no	at VMI	W 72–69	16–5 (8–3)	Cormack Field House  Lexington, VA
February 14 no, no	Appalachian State	L 64–68	16–6 (8–4)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
February 17 no, no	at Western Carolina	W 70–69	17–6 (9–4)	Cullowhee, NC
February 19 no, no	Marshall	W 75–69	18–6 (10–4)	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
February 21 no, no	Baptist	W 91–42	19–6	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
1979 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
February 24 no, no	Davidson	W 86–79	20–6	McAlister Field House  Charleston, SC
March 3 no, no	vs. Furman	L 94–105	20–7	Roanoke Civic Center  Roanoke, VA
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.