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1979-80 Arizona State Sun Devils Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 22-7 (15-3, 2nd in Pac-10 MBB)

Rank: 18th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Ned Wulk

PS/G: 78.2 (50th of 265)

PA/G: 70.8 (128th of 265)

SRS: 12.46 (25th of 260)

SOS: 5.14 (35th of 260)

NCAA Tournament: (#5 seed in West)
Won West First Round (99-71) versus #12 Loyola Marymount
Lost West Second Round (89-75) versus #4 Ohio State

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Kurt Nimphius	SR	C	6-10	16.6 Pts, 9.6 Reb, 1.2 Ast
Byron Scott	FR	G	6-3	13.6 Pts, 2.7 Reb, 2.2 Ast
Sam Williams	JR	F	6-8	12.4 Pts, 6.0 Reb, 2.1 Ast
Alton Lister	JR	C	7-0	12.0 Pts, 8.6 Reb, 2.1 Ast
Fat Lever	SO	G	6-3	9.2 Pts, 4.3 Reb, 4.9 Ast
Johnny Nash	JR	F	6-7	6.9 Pts, 4.0 Reb, 4.3 Ast
Paul Williams	FR	F	6-5	4.8 Pts, 1.0 Reb, 0.6 Ast
Tom Kuyper	FR	F	6-6	2.8 Pts, 1.1 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Jim Butts	SR	G	6-4	2.3 Pts, 0.5 Reb, 0.6 Ast
Pierre Bressant	SO	G	6-0	1.1 Pts, 0.5 Reb, 0.6 Ast
Brent Jones	FR	F	6-6	1.4 Pts, 1.4 Reb, 0.6 Ast
Bruce Thomas	JR	G		1.0 Pts, 1.1 Reb, 0.6 Ast
Kendrick Ellison	SO			0.0 Pts, 0.0 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Mike Strawn	FR			0.0 Pts, 0.0 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Ron Warring	JR			0.0 Pts, 1.0 Reb, 0.0 Ast

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	29		31.2	60.3	.517	15.8	24.3	.650	41.1	18.1	7.3	5.4	18.7	20.3	78.2
Opponent	29		28.2	64.8	.435	14.4	21.8	.660	35.9	15.3	7.9	1.6	15.5	22.4	70.8

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	18														77.8
Opponent	18														69.2

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	29		905	1750	.517	459	706	.650	1193	524	213	157	543	588	2269
Opponent	29		817	1880	.435	418	633	.660	1042	444	229	46	449	649	2052

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	18														1401
Opponent	18														1246

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Kurt Nimphius	29	29	33.7	6.4	10.5	.609	3.8	5.3	.710	9.6	1.2	0.3	1.7	2.1	2.9	16.6
2	Byron Scott	29	27	32.3	5.7	11.4	.500	2.2	3.0	.733	2.7	2.2	1.8	0.3	2.5	2.6	13.6
3	Sam Williams	27	25	28.9	5.2	8.9	.583	2.0	3.4	.591	6.0	2.1	1.0	0.6	1.9	3.0	12.4
4	Alton Lister	27	27	29.4	4.9	9.8	.504	2.1	3.9	.558	8.6	2.1	0.3	2.0	3.2	3.5	12.0
5	Fat Lever	29	28	33.6	3.4	7.6	.445	2.5	3.6	.699	4.3	4.9	2.0	0.2	4.0	2.8	9.2
6	Johnny Nash	28	4	24.2	2.7	5.6	.484	1.5	2.3	.667	4.0	4.3	1.0	0.5	3.0	2.8	6.9
7	Paul Williams	29	4	12.5	1.8	4.1	.445	1.2	1.6	.723	1.0	0.6	0.5	0.1	1.1	1.0	4.8
8	Tom Kuyper	19	1	6.7	1.2	2.1	.590	0.4	0.8	.533	1.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.6	1.0	2.8
9	Jim Butts	17	0	5.4	0.9	2.0	.471	0.4	0.7	.583	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.5	0.6	2.3
10	Brent Jones	9	0	4.3	0.7	1.2	.545	0.1	0.4	.250	1.4	0.6	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.9	1.4
11	Pierre Bressant	17	0	2.8	0.3	0.8	.357	0.5	1.1	.421	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.9	1.1
12	Bruce Thomas	9	0	3.7	0.4	1.3	.333	0.1	0.6	.200	1.1	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.4	1.4	1.0
13	Kendrick Ellison	3	0	1.7	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0
14	Mike Strawn	1	0	3.0	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
15	Ron Warring	1	0	3.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Kurt Nimphius	29	29	977	185	304	.609	110	155	.710	277	34	9	49	62	85	480
2	Byron Scott	29	27	936	166	332	.500	63	86	.733	79	65	51	10	72	75	395
3	Sam Williams	27	25	781	140	240	.583	55	93	.591	161	56	28	17	52	80	335
4	Alton Lister	27	27	793	133	264	.504	58	104	.558	231	56	8	55	87	95	324
5	Fat Lever	29	28	974	98	220	.445	72	103	.699	125	141	57	7	116	80	268
6	Johnny Nash	28	4	677	76	157	.484	42	63	.667	112	121	28	13	84	77	194
7	Paul Williams	29	4	362	53	119	.445	34	47	.723	30	16	14	3	33	28	140
8	Tom Kuyper	19	1	127	23	39	.590	8	15	.533	21	4	4	1	12	19	54
9	Jim Butts	17	0	92	16	34	.471	7	12	.583	9	11	6	1	9	10	39
10	Pierre Bressant	17	0	48	5	14	.357	8	19	.421	9	10	8	0	9	16	18
11	Brent Jones	9	0	39	6	11	.545	1	4	.250	13	5	0	1	2	8	13
12	Bruce Thomas	9	0	33	4	12	.333	1	5	.200	10	5	0	0	4	13	9
13	Kendrick Ellison	3	0	5	0	2	.000	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	1	0
14	Mike Strawn	1	0	3	0	2	.000	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0
15	Ron Warring	1	0	3	0	0		0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	School Totals	29			905	1750	.517	459	706	.650	1193	524	213	157	543	588	2269

Per 40 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Kurt Nimphius	29	29	977	7.6	12.4	.609	4.5	6.3	.710	11.3	1.4	0.4	2.0	2.5	3.5	19.7
2	Sam Williams	27	25	781	7.2	12.3	.583	2.8	4.8	.591	8.2	2.9	1.4	0.9	2.7	4.1	17.2
3	Jim Butts	17	0	92	7.0	14.8	.471	3.0	5.2	.583	3.9	4.8	2.6	0.4	3.9	4.3	17.0
4	Tom Kuyper	19	1	127	7.2	12.3	.590	2.5	4.7	.533	6.6	1.3	1.3	0.3	3.8	6.0	17.0
5	Byron Scott	29	27	936	7.1	14.2	.500	2.7	3.7	.733	3.4	2.8	2.2	0.4	3.1	3.2	16.9
6	Alton Lister	27	27	793	6.7	13.3	.504	2.9	5.2	.558	11.7	2.8	0.4	2.8	4.4	4.8	16.3
7	Paul Williams	29	4	362	5.9	13.1	.445	3.8	5.2	.723	3.3	1.8	1.5	0.3	3.6	3.1	15.5
8	Pierre Bressant	17	0	48	4.2	11.7	.357	6.7	15.8	.421	7.5	8.3	6.7	0.0	7.5	13.3	15.0
9	Brent Jones	9	0	39	6.2	11.3	.545	1.0	4.1	.250	13.3	5.1	0.0	1.0	2.1	8.2	13.3
10	Johnny Nash	28	4	677	4.5	9.3	.484	2.5	3.7	.667	6.6	7.1	1.7	0.8	5.0	4.5	11.5
11	Fat Lever	29	28	974	4.0	9.0	.445	3.0	4.2	.699	5.1	5.8	2.3	0.3	4.8	3.3	11.0
12	Bruce Thomas	9	0	33	4.8	14.5	.333	1.2	6.1	.200	12.1	6.1	0.0	0.0	4.8	15.8	10.9
13	Kendrick Ellison	3	0	5	0.0	16.0	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.0	8.0	0.0
14	Mike Strawn	1	0	3	0.0	26.7	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	13.3	0.0
15	Ron Warring	1	0	3	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		13.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

1979-80 Arizona State (Men's) Season