| 1978 NCAA Tournament |
| In 1978, the Tigers went to the South Regional in Opelika, AL. After a first game loss to Auburn, they beat East Tennessee State, then knocked off Auburn. Memphis went on to beat North Carolina, but lost the rematch in the Regional Championship game. |
| Season Record: 48-11-1 Head Coach: Bobby Kilpatrick |
| Date | Opponent | Location | W/L | Score |
| 05/20/78 | @ Auburn | Opelika, AL | L | 10-14 |
| 05/21/78 | East Tenn. State | Opelika, AL | W | 5-0 |
| 05/22/78 | @ Auburn | Opelika, AL | W | 6-5 |
| 05/22/78 | North Carolina | Opelika, AL | W | 8-6 |
| 05/23/78 | North Carolina | Opelika, AL | L | 9-11 |
| Box Score Memphis State 10, Auburn 14 May 20, 1978 - Opelika, AL South Region |
| Auburn | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 3 | |
| Memphis State | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 4 |
| AU: Latham, Humphries (2), Williams (5), Rooney (7) and Rowell. MSU: Graves, Lea (2), Hopkins (6), Webster, Smith and Clark. WP: Latham (4-6). LP: Graves (8-1). HR – AU: Fucci, Keedy. MSU: Davis. 3B – AU: Montgomery. 2B – AU: Montgomery, Keedy. MSU: A. Robinson, Mincher, J. Robinson. SB – AU: Morrison, Renfroe, Keedy, Fucci. SF – MSU: Henderson. HBP – MSU: Pressgrove. BK – AU: Williams. MSU: Lea. PB – MSU: Webster (2). Clark. |
| Box Score Memphis State 5, East Tennessee State 0 May 21, 1978 - Opelika, AL South Region |
| Memphis State | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 2 | |
| East TN State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| MSU: Gilbert and Clark. ETSU: Andrews, Mannick (6), Hammaker (8) and Lower. WP: Gilbert (11-2). LP: Andrews (8-3). 2B – MSU: Parks, J. Robinson. SB – MSU: Davis. ETSU: Beasley. BK – MSU: Gilbert. ETSU: Mannick. |
| Box Score Memphis State 6, Auburn 5 May 22, 1978 - Opelika, AL South Region |
| Memphis State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 0 | |
| Auburn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 5 |
| MSU: Thetford and Webster. AU: Humphries and Rowell. WP: Thetford (3-0). LP: Humphries (7-3). HR – MSU: Parks. AU: Montgomery. 2B – MSU: Henderson, J. Robinson, Granger, A. Robinson, Webster. AU: Rowell, Morrison, Fucci. SB – MSU: J. Robinson, Davis. SH – AU: Morrison, Rushing. HBP – AU: Reedy. |
| Box Score Memphis State 8, North Carolina 6 May 22, 1978 - Opelika, AL South Region |
| North Carolina | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | |
| Memphis State | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | x | 8 | 10 | 0 |
| UNC: Beverly, Kirk (3), Brewer (7), Johnson (8), DeRatt (8) and Brewer. MSU: Lea, Hopkins (8) and Webster. WP: Lea (8-2). LP: Beverly (2-2). HR – UNC: Brewer. MSU: Pressgrove. 2B – MSU: J. Robinson, Granger (2). SB – MSU: Smith, Granger, Parks, Pressgrove. SH – MSU: Webster. |
| Box Score Memphis State 9, North Carolina 11 May 23, 1978 - Opelika, AL South Region |
| Memphis State | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |||
| North Carolina | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | x | 11 |
| MSU: Gilbert, Beshears (6), Graves (6) and Webster. UNC: Norris and Brewer. WP: Norris (13-0), LP: Gilbert (11-2). HR – MSU: Davis. 3B – MSU: J. Robinson. 2B – MSU: J. Robinson, Smith. UNC: Barnett. SB – MSU: Smith (3), Mincher, Parks. SH – MSU: Mincher, Granger. UNC: Griffith, Caddell. SF – MSU: A. Robinson. UNC: Robinson. HBP – MSU: Mincher. |
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