| Mode: | Basketball |
| Year: | 1978–79 |
| Team: | UCLA Bruins |
| Conference: | Pacific-10 |
| Short Conf: | Pac-10 |
| Coachrank: | 2 |
| Aprank: | 2 |
| Record: | 25–5 |
| Conf Record: | 15–3 |
| Head Coach: | Gary Cunningham (2nd year) |
| Asst Coach2: | Craig Impelman |
| Champion: | Pac-10 champions |
| Bowl: | NCAA tournament |
| Bowl Result: | Elite Eight |
The 1978–79 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 1978–79 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Gary Cunningham began his second year and final year as head coach. The Bruins started the season ranked 2nd in the nation (AP Poll). The Bruins started the season 3–0 before losing to #3 Notre Dame. UCLA's team finished 1st in the Pac-10 regular season. UCLA participated in the NCAA Tournament where they reached the Regional Final before losing 95–91 to DePaul (a team the Bruins had beaten in their second game of the season).[1]
| Position | Player | Class | |
|---|---|---|---|
| F | Kiki Vandeweghe | Jr. | |
| F | David Greenwood | Sr. | |
| C | Gig Sims | Jr. | |
| G | Roy Hamilton | Sr. | |
| G | Brad Holland | Sr. |
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Regular Season|-!colspan=12 style="background:#;"| NCAA TournamentSee main article: 1978–79 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings. ^Coaches did not release Week 1 or Week 2 polls.
| Year | Round | Pick | Player | NBA Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 1 | 2 | Chicago Bulls | ||
| 1979 | 1 | 10 | |||
| 1979 | 1 | 14 | Brad Holland | Los Angeles Lakers |