1977–78 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

1977–78 UCLA Bruins men's basketball
Pac-8 champions
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferencePacific-8
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
APNo. 2
Record25–3 (14–0, 1st Pac-8)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaPauley Pavilion
1977–78 Pacific-8 Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 UCLA 14 0   1.000 25 3   .893
Oregon State 9 5   .643 16 11   .593
Washington State 7 7   .500 16 11   .593
USC 7 7   .500 14 13   .519
Oregon 6 8   .429 16 11   .593
Washington 6 8   .429 14 13   .519
California 4 10   .286 11 16   .407
Stanford 3 11   .214 13 14   .481
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1977–78 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 1977–78 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Gary Cunningham, who would be the highest winning percentage coach of all time at UCLA, began his first of two years. The Bruins started the season ranked 6th in the nation (AP Poll). The Bruins started the season 4–0 before losing at Notre Dame. UCLA's team finished 1st in the Pac-8 regular season. They went undefeated in conference play for the first time since John Wooden's 1972–73 team in the last Pac-8 year, as the conference would add the two Arizona universities, becoming the Pac-10. UCLA participated the NCAA tournament where they lost to Arkansas.