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1978–79 Purdue Boilermakers Men's Basketball Team
Regular season In head coach Lee Rose's first season at Purdue, where he introduced a slowed-down, tempo-controlled style of play, he led the Boilers to a Big Ten Conference co-title, along with 1978-79 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team, Iowa and the eventual NCAA Champion, Ervin Johnson-led 1978-79 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Michigan State. With only a 40 team NCAA Tournament field in 1979, the Boilermakers were forced to enter the NIT, instead, due to the favor Michigan State had over Purdue for their head-to-head record on the season. Purdue qualified for the National Invitation Tournament, where they lost to the 1978-79 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team, Indiana Hoosiers in the tournament finals. National Invitation Tournament *First Round **Purdue 97, Central Michigan 80 *Second Round **Purdue 84, Dayton 70 *Quarterfinal **Purdue 67, Old Dominion 59 *Semifinal **Purdue 87, Alabama 68 *Final **Indiana 53, Purdue 52 Awards and honors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Rose (basketball)
Lee Hyden Rose (October 23, 1936 – April 5, 2022) was an American basketball coach and college athletic administrator. He served as the head men's basketball at Transylvania University, in an interim capacity in 1964–65 and on a permanent basis from 1968 to 1975; the University of North Carolina at Charlotte from 1975 to 1978; Purdue University from 1978 to 1980; and the University of South Florida from 1980 to 1986, compiling a career college basketball coach record in 388–162. Rose twice coached teams to the Final Four of the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, NCAA Division I basketball tournament, with Charlotte 49ers men's basketball, Charlotte 49ers in 1977 NCAA Division I basketball tournament, 1977 and the Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball, Purdue Boilermakers in 1980 NCAA Division I basketball tournament, 1980. After leaving the college ranks, Rose was an assistant coach with several teams in the National Basketball Association (NBA) between 1986 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |