1977–78 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team

The 1977–78 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1977–78 season. The team played its home games in the Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference. Under the direction of head coach Johnny Orr, the team finished tied for fourth in the Big Ten Conference. The team failed to earn an invitation to either the 1978 National Invitation Tournament or the 1978 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The team was ranked in the Associated Press Top Twenty-Five Poll for four of the season's seventeen weeks, reaching a number 8 ranking on December 6, 1977, and falling out after the December 20, 1977, poll.

1977–78 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record16–11 (11–7 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
MVPDion Harris
1977–78 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 4 Michigan State153 .833255  .833
No. 13 Indiana126 .667218  .724
Minnesota126 .6671710  .630
Michigan117 .6111611  .593
Purdue117 .6111611  .593
Ohio State99 .5001611  .593
Illinois711 .3891314  .481
Iowa513 .2781215  .444
Northwestern414 .222819  .296
Wisconsin414 .222819  .296
Rankings from AP Poll)
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