Men's Basketball Yearly Results (1970-80)
1970-71 | 1971-72 | 1972-73 | 1973-74 | 1974-75 | 1975-76 | 1976-77 | 1977-78 | 1978-79 | 1979-80
1970-71
10-16 (8-6 WCAC; t-4th)
Head Coach: Phil Vukicevich/Bob Gaillard
| Date | Opponent | USF-Opp | |
| D-1 | L | at Stanford | 61-65 |
| D-5 | L | USC | 80-83 |
| D-11 | L | Weber State # | 65-79 |
| D-12 | L | Santa Clara # | 59-65 |
| D-18 | L | at Tennessee $ | 59-79 |
| D-19 | L | vs. Detroit $ | 58-77 |
| D-28 | L | vs. Wichita State % | 57-62 |
| D-29 | L | vs. Bowling Green % | 68-71 |
| D-30 | W | vs. DePaul % | 77-57 |
| J-7 | W | at Saint Mary’s * | 74-66 |
| J-9 | W | Pacific * | 72-64 |
| J-14 | L | at Loyola (Los Angeles) * | 68-85 |
| J-16 | W | at Pepperdine * | 72-69 |
| J-22 | W | San Francisco State | 64-61 |
| J-23 | L | at California | 70-81 |
| F-3 | L | Duquesne | 70-90 |
| F-4 | L | at UNLV * | 64-76 |
| F-6 | W | at Nevada * | 114-82 |
| F-11 | L | at Santa Clara * | 59-63 |
| F-13 | L | at Pacific * | 63-81 |
| F-18 | L | Loyola (Los Angeles) * | 54-63 |
| F-20 | W | Pepperdine * | 70-59 |
| F-25 | L | UNLV * | 82-89 |
| F-27 | W | Nevada * | 98-81 |
| M-4 | W | Saint Mary’s * | 90-85 |
| M-6 | W | Santa Clara * | 63-56 |
# Cable Car Classic; San Francisco, Calif.
$ Volunteer Classic; Knoxville, Tenn.
% All-College Tournament; Oklahoma City, Okla.
* West Coast Athletic Conference
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1971-72
20-8 (13-1 WCAC; 1st)
NCAA Tournament Participants
Head Coach: Bob Gaillard
| Date | Opponent | USF-Opp | |
| D-3 | W | Stanford | 76-67 |
| D-4 | L | at USC | 82-102 |
| D-10 | L | California # | 63-64 |
| D-11 | W | Santa Clara # | 70-60 |
| D-17 | L | vs. Memphis $ | 77-82 |
| D-18 | W | vs. Loyola (Chicago) $ | 87-74 |
| D-20 | L | at New Mexico State | 84-91 |
| D-22 | W | Arizona | 70-62 |
| J-1 | L | Oklahoma City | 75-77 |
| J-6 | W | at Nevada * | 97-60 |
| J-8 | W | at UNLV * | 78-69 |
| J-11 | W | Georgetown | 100-76 |
| J-13 | W | Seattle * | 86-62 |
| J-15 | W | Saint Mary’s * | 92-75 |
| J-25 | L | at San Jose State | 65-69 |
| J-27 | W | San Francisco State | 102-79 |
| F-3 | W | Pepperdine * | 97-81 |
| F-5 | W | Loyola (Los Angeles) * | 79-66 |
| F-12 | L | at Santa Clara * | 68-73 |
| F-17 | W | at Pepperdine * | 82-75 |
| F-19 | W | at Loyola (Los Angeles) * | 66-65 |
| F-24 | W | at Saint Mary’s * | 106-72 |
| F-26 | W | at Seattle * | 74-65 |
| M-2 | W | Nevada * | 113-65 |
| M-4 | W | UNLV * | 90-83 |
| M-8 | W | Santa Clara * | 63-56 |
West Regional – Provo, Ut.
| M-16 | W | Weber State | 74-64 |
| M-17 | L | Long Beach State | 55-76 |
# Cable Car Classic
$ Sun Bowl Classic; El Paso, Texas
* West Coast Athletic Conference
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1972-73
23-5 (12-2 WCAC; 1st)
NCAA Tournament Participants
Head Coach: Bob Gaillard
Final Ranking: 20th AP
| Date | Opponent | USF-Opp | |
| D-1 | W | Stanford | 83-68 |
| D-2 | W | Arizona | 94-75 |
| D-8 | W | LaSalle # | 74-73 |
| D-9 | W | Duke # | 72-68 |
| D-15 | W | vs. Army $ | 87-70 |
| D-16 | L | at Kansas $ | 58-60 |
| D-20 | W | at Utah State | 82-77 |
| D-22 | W | at Utah | 79-63 |
| D-29 | W | (20) Penn (8) | 84-77 |
| J-4 | W | (12) at Seattle* | 66-60 |
| J-6 | W | (12) Saint Mary’s* | 107-77 |
| J-11 | W | (12) Loyola (Los Angeles) * | 109-72 |
| J-13 | W | (12) Pepperdine* | 104-84 |
| J-19 | L | (10) at UCLA (1) | 64-92 |
| J-26 | W | (16) San Jose State | 82-63 |
| J-27 | W | (16) San Francisco State | 89-46 |
| F-1 | W | (16) UNLV* | 87-83 |
| F-3 | W | (16) Nevada* | 89-46 |
| F-7 | W | (17) Santa Clara* | 78-69 |
| F-10 | L | (17) at Santa Clara* | 72-83 |
| F-13 | W | at Saint Mary’s* | 93-72 |
| F-17 | W | Seattle* | 100-85 |
| F-23 | L | at UNLV* | 85-87 |
| F-24 | W | at Nevada* | 109-93 |
| F-27 | W | at Loyola (Los Angeles) * | 104-77 |
| M-3 | W | at Pepperdine* | 96-71 |
West Regional – Los Angeles, Calif.
| M-15 | W | (20) vs. Long Beach State (3) | 77-67 |
| M-17 | L | (20) vs. UCLA (1) | 39-54 |
# Cable Car Classic
$ Jayhawk Classic; Lawrence, Kan.
* West Coast Athletic Conference
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1973-74
19-9 (12-2 WCAC; 1st)
NCAA Tournament Participants
Head Coach: Bob Gaillard
| Date | Opponent | USF-Opp | |
| N-30 | W | (11) San Diego | 76-60 |
| D-3 | L | (11) Stanford | 61-63 |
| D-7 | L | (11) Long Beach State | 64-65 |
| D-13 | L | (17) at Providence | 57-76 |
| D-15 | L | (17) vs. Seton Hall # | 83-89 |
| D-21 | L | vs. Maryland $ | 60-78 |
| D-22 | W | vs. St. Joseph’s $ | 80-63 |
| D-28 | L | vs. Michigan % | 66-88 |
| D-29 | W | vs. Wyoming % | 98-66 |
| J-7 | W | UC Davis | 94-71 |
| J-11 | W | at Pepperdine * | 73-59 |
| J-12 | W | at Loyola Marymount * | 78-70 |
| J-18 | W | at Nevada * | 92-73 |
| J-19 | L | at UNLV * | 69-83 |
| J-25 | W | San Francisco State | 95-57 |
| J-26 | W | Pacific | 72-59 |
| F-1 | W | at Saint Mary’s * | 82-67 |
| F-2 | W | Seattle * | 73-57 |
| F-6 | W | at Santa Clara * | 78-48 |
| F-9 | W | Santa Clara * | 77-69 |
| F-15 | W | Nevada * | 85-67 |
| F-16 | W | UNLV * | 83-71 |
| F-22 | W | Loyola Marymount * | 76-60 |
| F-23 | W | Pepperdine * | 68-55 |
| F-28 | L | at Seattle * | 59-62 |
| M-2 | W | Saint Mary’s * | 80-70 |
West Regional – Tucson, Ariz.
| M-14 | W | vs. New Mexico | 64-61 |
| M-16 | L | vs. (2) UCLA | 60-83 |
# Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
$ Cable Car Classic; Oakland, Calif.
% Bruin Classic; Los Angeles, Calif.
* West Coast Athletic Conference
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1974-75
19-7 (9-5 WCAC; 2nd)
Head Coach: Bob Gaillard
| Date | Opponent | USF-Opp | |
| N-29 | W | at UC Santa Barbara | 85-74 |
| D-4 | W | at Long Beach State (OT) | 94-84 |
| D-7 | W | Cal-State Hayward | 89-64 |
| D-9 | L | at Pacific | 67-70 |
| D-13 | W | BYU | 103-84 |
| D-20 | L | vs. Michigan State # | 78-86 |
| D-21 | W | vs. Santa Clara # | 81-66 |
| D-27 | W | TCU | 99-86 |
| D-28 | W | UC Santa Barbara | 76-72 |
| J-2 | W | Providence | 96-68 |
| J-3 | W | Stanford | 87-82 |
| J-10 | W | Seattle * | 60-59 |
| J-11 | L | Saint Mary’s * | 71-74 |
| J-17 | W | at Nevada * | 77-68 |
| J-18 | L | at UNLV * | 75-77 |
| J-25 | W | San Francisco State | 85-73 |
| J-31 | W | Pepperdine * | 97-89 |
| F-1 | W | Loyola Marymount * | 81-71 |
| F-5 | W | at Santa Clara * | 98-78 |
| F-8 | W | Santa Clara * | 78-70 |
| F-14 | W | UNLV * | 113-103 |
| F-15 | W | Nevada * | 104-73 |
| F-21 | L | at Saint Mary’s * | 83-86 |
| F-22 | L | at Seattle * | 75-88 |
| F-28 | W | at Loyola Marymount * | 85-76 |
| M-1 | L | at Pepperdine * | 94-97 |
# Cable Car Classic
* West Coast Athletic Conference
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1975-76
22-8 (9-3 WCAC; 2nd)
NIT Tournament Participants
Preseason Ranking: 15th AP
Head Coach: Bob Gaillard
| Date | Opponent | USF-Opp | |
| N-28 | W | (15) UC Santa Barbara | 98-66 |
| N-29 | W | (15) UC Davis | 90-70 |
| D-2 | W | (12) San Francisco State | 109-84 |
| D-5 | W | (12) at Stanford | 49-44 |
| D-12 | L | (12) at Hawaii | 80-81 |
| D-13 | W | (12) at Hawaii (OT) | 105-103 |
| D-19 | W | (14) vs. Oral Roberts # | 98-74 |
| D-20 | W | (14) vs. Providence # | 91-77 |
| D-23 | W | (14) St. Peter’s | 86-71 |
| D-26 | W | (14) vs. Niagara % | 60-57 |
| D-27 | L | (14) vs. Rhode Island % | 57-60 |
| D-30 | W | (19) Cal-State Los Angeles | 99-84 |
| J-2 | W | (19) vs. Texas A&M ^ | 77-75 |
| J-3 | L | (19) at Houston ^ | 73-94 |
| J-9 | L | (20) at Pepperdine* | 65-75 |
| J-10 | W | (20) at Loyola Marymount* | 74-65 |
| J-16 | W | Seattle* | 86-60 |
| J-17 | W | Pacific | 85-64 |
| J-20 | W | Saint Mary’s* | 93-76 |
| J-24 | W | Portland | 84-61 |
| J-30 | W | Nevada* | 82-74 |
| J-31 | W | at Saint Mary’s* | 75-73 |
| F-4 | W | at Santa Clara* | 63-49 |
| F-7 | W | Santa Clara* | 86-73 |
| F-14 | W | at Nevada* | 93-81 |
| F-20 | L | at Seattle* | 70-81 |
| F-26 | W | Loyola Marymount* | 111-77 |
| F-28 | L | at Cincinnati (OT) | 88-89 |
| M-7 | W | Pepperdine (OT) * | 84-85 |
| M-13 | L | vs. UNC-Charlotte (OT) | 74-79 |
# Cable Car Classic; San Francisco, Calif.
% Ocean State Classic; Providence, RI
^ Astro-Bluebonnet Tournament; Houston, Texas
* West Coast Athletic Conference
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1976-77
29-2 (14-0 WCAC; 1st)
NCAA Tournament Participants
Preseason Ranking: 11th AP
Final Ranking: 8th AP
Head Coach: Bob Gaillard
| Date | Opponent | USF-Opp | |
| N-26 | W | (11) San Francisco State | 125-81 |
| N-27 | W | (11) at UC Santa Barbara | 92-85 |
| N-29 | W | (11) UC Davis | 120-71 |
| D-3 | W | (10) at California | 93-71 |
| D-4 | W | (10) Stanford | 73-59 |
| D-6 | W | (10) Houston | 100-85 |
| D-10 | W | (6) vs. Tennessee | 86-77 |
| D-11 | W | (6) at Utah | 91-81 |
| D-17 | W | (5) vs. Pacific # | 90-73 |
| D-18 | W | (5) vs. Florida State # | 93-87 |
| D-21 | W | (3) Oral Roberts | 86-76 |
| D-22 | W | (3) Cal Poly Pomona | 96-68 |
| D-28 | W | (3) vs. St. John’s | 80-70 |
| D-29 | W | (3) vs. Arizona State | 114-96 |
| D-30 | W | (3) vs. Houston | 85-81 |
| J-6 | W | (1) at Portland * | 95-73 |
| J-8 | W | (1) at Seattle * | 81-63 |
| J-14 | W | (1) Pepperdine * | 107-72 |
| J-15 | W | (1) Loyola Marymount * | 90-63 |
| J-26 | W | (1) Santa Clara * | 74-68 |
| J-29 | W | (1) at Santa Clara * | 71-70 |
| F-4 | W | (1) Saint Mary’s * | 103-77 |
| F-5 | W | (1) Nevada * | 98-81 |
| F-10 | W | (1) at Nevada * | 92-76 |
| F-12 | W | (1) at Saint Mary’s * | 99-82 |
| F-18 | W | (1) at Loyola Marymount * | 104-65 |
| F-19 | W | (1) at Pepperdine * | 81-73 |
| F-25 | W | (1) Seattle * | 112-77 |
| F-26 | W | (1) Portland * | 95-92 |
| M-1 | L | (1) at Notre Dame | 82-93 |
West Regional – Tucson, Ariz.
| M-12 | L | (3) vs. UNLV | 95-121 |
# Cable Car Classic
* West Coast Athletic Conference
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1977-78
NCAA Tournament Participants
23-6 (12-2 WCAC; 1st)
Preseason Ranking: 5th AP
Final Ranking: 11th AP
Head Coach: Bob Gaillard
| Date | Opponent | USF-Opp | |
| N-26 | W | (5) San Francisco State | 100-67 |
| D-2 | W | (5) vs. Tennessee # | 84-75 |
| D-3 | L | (5) at Arizona State # | 79-89 |
| D-8 | W | (8) at Stanford | 99-78 |
| D-10 | W | (8) UC Santa Barbara (OT) | 63-57 |
| D-16 | W | (11) Idaho $ | 109-70 |
| D-17 | W | (11) Baylor $ | 98-93 |
| D-22 | L | (11) California | 89-90 |
| D-23 | L | (11) Rhode Island | 85-87 |
| D-28 | W | (19) vs. Austin Peay % | 75-66 |
| D-29 | W | (19) vs. Miami (Ohio) % | 91-88 |
| D-30 | W | (19) vs. Arizona State % | 102-90 |
| J-5 | L | (19) at Nevada * | 80-82 |
| J-7 | W | (19) Saint Mary’s * | 111-87 |
| J-10 | W | vs. Notre Dame ^ (5) | 79-70 |
| J-13 | W | Portland * | 101-68 |
| J-14 | W | Seattle * | 93-80 |
| J-25 | W | at Santa Clara * | 74-66 |
| J-28 | W | Santa Clara * | 92-73 |
| F-2 | L | (20) at Portland * | 87-101 |
| F-4 | W | at Seattle * | 86-85 |
| F-10 | W | at Pepperdine * | 85-73 |
| F-11 | W | at Loyola Marymount * | 82-80 |
| F-17 | W | Loyola Marymount * | 99-71 |
| F-18 | W | Pepperdine * | 89-56 |
| F-23 | W | at Saint Mary’s * | 87-81 |
| F-25 | W | Nevada * | 78-73 |
West Regional – Tempe, Ariz.
| M-11 | W | (20) vs. North Carolina (11) | 68-64 |
| M-16 | L | (11) vs. Cal-State Fullerton | 72-75 |
# Sun Devil Classic; Tempe, Ariz.
$ Golden Gate Invitational; San Francisco, Calif.
% All-College Tournament; Oklahoma City, OK
^ Oakland Coliseum Arena
* West Coast Athletic Conference
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1978-79
22-7 (12-2 WCAC; 1st)
NCAA Tournament Participants
Preseason Ranking: 17th AP
Final Ranking: 12th AP
Head Coach: Dan Belluomini
| Date | Opponent | USF-Opp | |
| N-25 | W | (17) at UC Santa Barbara | 91-68 |
| N-28 | W | (15) Cal State-Chico | 77-53 |
| N-30 | W | (15) at California | 76-67 |
| D-2 | L | (15) at UNLV | 82-117 |
| D-5 | L | (17) San Diego State | 75-77 |
| D-8 | W | (17) Stanford | 87-77 |
| D-9 | W | (17) Sacramento State | 78-59 |
| D-15 | W | (19) Pacific # | 69-57 |
| D-16 | L | (19) Texas A&M # | 65-68 |
| D-22 | W | San Francisco State | 79-51 |
| D-23 | W | Seattle Pacific | 90-61 |
| D-30 | W | Texas | 69-48 |
| J-5 | W | at Loyola Marymount * | 95-66 |
| J-6 | W | at Pepperdine * | 91-74 |
| J-12 | W | Seattle (OT) * | 74-70 |
| J-13 | W | Portland (OT) * | 97-92 |
| J-18 | L | at Notre Dame (1) | 69-88 |
| J-24 | W | Santa Clara * | 75-74 |
| J-27 | W | at Santa Clara * | 94-86 |
| F-1 | L | at Portland * | 82-85 |
| F-3 | W | at Seattle * | 72-58 |
| F-9 | W | Saint Mary’s * | 89-73 |
| F-10 | W | Nevada * | 56-45 |
| F-15 | L | at Nevada * | 83-87 |
| F-17 | W | at Saint Mary’s * | 104-69 |
| F-23 | W | Pepperdine * | 72-69 |
| F-24 | W | Loyola Marymount | 103-69 |
West Regional – Tucson, Ariz.
| M-10 | W | (20) vs. BYU | 86-63 |
| M-15 | L | (12) vs. UCLA (2) | 81-99 |
# Golden Gate Invitational; San Francisco, Calif.
* West Coast Athletic Conference
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1979-80
22-7 (11-5 WCAC; t-1st)
Head Coach: Dan Belluomini
| Date | Opponent | USF-Opp | |
| D-1 | W | Hawaii-Pacific | 105-80 |
| D-3 | W | Hawaii-Hilo | 98-86 |
| D-7 | W | vs. California # | 67-62 |
| D-11 | W | Iona | 76-66 |
| D-14 | W | Pacific $ | 75-65 |
| D-15 | W | Oklahoma $ | 68-61 |
| D-19 | W | UC Santa Barbara | 65-58 |
| D-21 | W | Princeton | 76-57 |
| D-22 | W | San Diego State | 91-77 |
| D-27 | L | at Texas | 61-65 |
| J-3 | W | at Seattle* (OT) | 82-74 |
| J-5 | L | at Portland* | 75-80 |
| J-8 | W | vs. Notre Dame # | 67-59 |
| J-10 | L | Santa Clara* | 59-61 |
| J-12 | L | Saint Mary’s* (OT) | 90-91 |
| J-18 | W | at Pepperdine* | 85-80 |
| J-19 | W | at Loyola Marymount* | 89-75 |
| J-23 | W | San Diego* | 90-76 |
| J-31 | W | at Saint Mary’s* (OT) | 90-82 |
| F-2 | W | Gonzaga* | 73-68 |
| F-7 | W | Loyola Marymount* | 92-90 |
| F-9 | W | Pepperdine* | 92-79 |
| F-11 | L | at Notre Dame | 66-78 |
| F-16 | W | at San Diego* | 106-78 |
| F-19 | W | Dayton | 71-62 |
| F-21 | L | at Santa Clara* | 74-85 |
| F-23 | L | at Gonzaga* | 66-84 |
| F-28 | W | Portland* | 81-58 |
| M-1 | W | Seattle* | 71-59 |
# at Oakland Coliseum Arena; Oakland, Calif.
$ Golden Gate Invitational; San Francisco, Calif.
* West Coast Athletic Conference
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