| Sport: | basketball |
| Year: | 1977–78 |
| Prev Year: | 1976–77 |
| Next Year: | 1978–79 |
| Team: | Missouri Tigers |
| Conference: | Big Eight Conference |
| Short Conf: | Big 8 |
| Record: | 14–16 |
| Conf Record: | 4–10 |
| Head Coach: | Norm Stewart |
| Hc Year: | 11th |
| Asst Coach1: | Gary Garner |
| Ac1 Year: | 1st |
| Arena: | Hearnes Center |
| Champion: | Big Eight tournament champions |
| Tourney: | NCAA Tournament |
The 1977–78 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team represented the University of Missouri during the 1977–78 NCAA men's basketball season. Led by legendary coach Norm Stewart, the Tigers finished seventh in the Big 8 regular season standings, but won the Big 8 Tournament to receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Missouri was eliminated by Utah in double overtime[1] to finish with a 14–16 record (4–10 Big 8).
|-!colspan=9 style=| Regular season
|-!colspan=9 style=| Big 8 Tournament|-!colspan=9 style=| NCAA Tournament
See main article: 1977–78 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings. [2]