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1977-78 Creighton Bluejays Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 19-9 (12-4, 1st in MVC MBB)

Coach: Tom Apke

PS/G: 75.0 (123rd of 259)

PA/G: 69.6 (62nd of 259)

SRS: 7.02 (45th of 253)

SOS: 2.83 (77th of 253)

NCAA Tournament:
Lost Midwest First Round (80-78) versus DePaul

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Rick Apke	SR	F	6-8	18.3 Pts, 7.8 Reb, 4.2 Ast
John Johnson	JR	G	6-3	16.1 Pts, 3.8 Reb, 2.4 Ast
David Wesley	JR	F	6-7	12.2 Pts, 7.3 Reb, 3.5 Ast
Kevin McKenna	FR	G	6-7	8.7 Pts, 2.9 Reb, 2.4 Ast
Randy Eccker	SR	G	6-0	7.0 Pts, 2.5 Reb, 5.4 Ast
Kevin Kuehl	SR	G	6-2	6.6 Pts, 1.8 Reb, 0.8 Ast
Tim McConnell	SR	F	6-7	7.4 Pts, 3.5 Reb, 1.6 Ast
Dennis Rasmussen	FR	F	6-7	2.6 Pts, 1.6 Reb, 0.8 Ast
Paul Trieschman	FR	G	6-4	2.1 Pts, 0.9 Reb, 0.7 Ast
Jim Honz	FR	C	6-9	1.8 Pts, 2.0 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Billy Butrym	JR	C	6-10	2.1 Pts, 1.8 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Jerry Newell	SR	G	5-9	1.9 Pts, 0.3 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Paul Dinkins	SR	G	6-5	1.6 Pts, 0.5 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Dan Clausen	FR	F	6-7	1.3 Pts, 1.3 Reb, 0.1 Ast

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	28		30.6	61.8	.496	13.7	18.6	.734	36.6	20.2			14.1	18.4	75.0
Opponent	28		29.7	61.0	.486	10.3	14.6	.700	35.3	15.1			16.9	20.0	69.6

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	16														76.1
Opponent	16														69.9

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	28		858	1729	.496	383	522	.734	1024	565			394	515	2099
Opponent	28		831	1709	.486	287	410	.700	987	422			473	559	1949

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	16														1217
Opponent	16														1118

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Rick Apke	28	36.2	7.6	15.3	.496	3.2	4.0	.795	7.8	4.2	2.3	2.8	18.3
2	John Johnson	24	28.9	6.8	12.3	.551	2.6	3.8	.689	3.8	2.4	2.3	2.5	16.1
3	David Wesley	27	36.0	5.0	9.2	.546	2.1	2.6	.826	7.3	3.5	2.0	2.0	12.2
4	Kevin McKenna	28	26.4	3.7	8.0	.466	1.3	1.8	.706	2.9	2.4	2.0	3.5	8.7
5	Tim McConnell	17	23.4	3.3	6.8	.487	0.8	1.1	.737	3.5	1.6	1.2	1.9	7.4
6	Randy Eccker	28	35.8	2.4	5.0	.479	2.2	2.8	.795	2.5	5.4	2.3	2.4	7.0
7	Kevin Kuehl	22	17.1	2.8	5.9	.469	1.0	1.4	.767	1.8	0.8	1.3	2.2	6.6
8	Dennis Rasmussen	16	8.2	1.0	2.7	.372	0.6	0.9	.643	1.6	0.8	0.9	0.9	2.6
9	Billy Butrym	9	4.0	1.0	1.8	.563	0.1	0.4	.250	1.8	0.2	0.1	0.9	2.1
10	Paul Trieschman	19	8.4	0.9	2.2	.415	0.3	0.5	.600	0.9	0.7	0.8	1.3	2.1
11	Jerry Newell	8	4.0	0.6	1.1	.556	0.6	0.6	1.000	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.6	1.9
12	Jim Honz	12	4.9	0.7	1.9	.348	0.5	1.3	.400	2.0	0.1	0.5	1.0	1.8
13	Paul Dinkins	8	5.3	0.5	1.5	.333	0.6	1.6	.385	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.5	1.6
14	Dan Clausen	8	3.8	0.1	0.9	.143	1.0	1.5	.667	1.3	0.1	0.8	0.8	1.3

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Rick Apke	28	1014	212	427	.496	89	112	.795	218	117	63	78	513
2	John Johnson	24	694	162	294	.551	62	90	.689	91	58	56	61	386
3	David Wesley	27	972	136	249	.546	57	69	.826	197	94	55	53	329
4	Kevin McKenna	28	739	104	223	.466	36	51	.706	80	67	57	99	244
5	Randy Eccker	28	1002	67	140	.479	62	78	.795	69	151	65	66	196
6	Kevin Kuehl	22	376	61	130	.469	23	30	.767	40	17	28	49	145
7	Tim McConnell	17	398	56	115	.487	14	19	.737	59	27	21	32	126
8	Dennis Rasmussen	16	131	16	43	.372	9	14	.643	25	13	14	15	41
9	Paul Trieschman	19	160	17	41	.415	6	10	.600	18	14	15	25	40
10	Jim Honz	12	59	8	23	.348	6	15	.400	24	1	6	12	22
11	Billy Butrym	9	36	9	16	.563	1	4	.250	16	2	1	8	19
12	Jerry Newell	8	32	5	9	.556	5	5	1.000	2	2	4	5	15
13	Paul Dinkins	8	42	4	12	.333	5	13	.385	4	3	3	4	13
14	Dan Clausen	8	30	1	7	.143	8	12	.667	10	1	6	6	10
	School Totals	28		858	1729	.496	383	522	.734	1024	565	394	515	2099

Per 40 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	TOV	PF	PTS
1	John Johnson	24	694	9.3	16.9	.551	3.6	5.2	.689	5.2	3.3	3.2	3.5	22.2
2	Billy Butrym	9	36	10.0	17.8	.563	1.1	4.4	.250	17.8	2.2	1.1	8.9	21.1
3	Rick Apke	28	1014	8.4	16.8	.496	3.5	4.4	.795	8.6	4.6	2.5	3.1	20.2
4	Jerry Newell	8	32	6.3	11.3	.556	6.3	6.3	1.000	2.5	2.5	5.0	6.3	18.8
5	Kevin Kuehl	22	376	6.5	13.8	.469	2.4	3.2	.767	4.3	1.8	3.0	5.2	15.4
6	Jim Honz	12	59	5.4	15.6	.348	4.1	10.2	.400	16.3	0.7	4.1	8.1	14.9
7	David Wesley	27	972	5.6	10.2	.546	2.3	2.8	.826	8.1	3.9	2.3	2.2	13.5
8	Dan Clausen	8	30	1.3	9.3	.143	10.7	16.0	.667	13.3	1.3	8.0	8.0	13.3
9	Kevin McKenna	28	739	5.6	12.1	.466	1.9	2.8	.706	4.3	3.6	3.1	5.4	13.2
10	Tim McConnell	17	398	5.6	11.6	.487	1.4	1.9	.737	5.9	2.7	2.1	3.2	12.7
11	Dennis Rasmussen	16	131	4.9	13.1	.372	2.7	4.3	.643	7.6	4.0	4.3	4.6	12.5
12	Paul Dinkins	8	42	3.8	11.4	.333	4.8	12.4	.385	3.8	2.9	2.9	3.8	12.4
13	Paul Trieschman	19	160	4.3	10.3	.415	1.5	2.5	.600	4.5	3.5	3.8	6.3	10.0
14	Randy Eccker	28	1002	2.7	5.6	.479	2.5	3.1	.795	2.8	6.0	2.6	2.6	7.8

1977-78 Creighton (Men's) Season