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1978-79 DePaul Blue Demons Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 26-6 (Independent)

Rank: 6th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Ray Meyer

PS/G: 82.5 (30th of 262)

PA/G: 74.8 (162nd of 262)

SRS: 10.10 (30th of 256)

SOS: 2.48 (76th of 256)

NCAA Tournament: (#2 seed in West)
Won West Second Round (89-78) versus #7 Southern California
Won West Regional Semifinal (62-56) versus #3 Marquette
Won West Regional Final (95-91) versus #1 UCLA
Lost National Semifinal (76-74) versus #1 Indiana State
Won National Third Place (96-93) versus #9 Pennsylvania

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Mark Aguirre	FR	F	6-6	24.0 Pts, 7.6 Reb, 2.7 Ast
Curtis Watkins	SR	F	6-6	17.0 Pts, 8.1 Reb, 1.8 Ast
Gary Garland	SR	G	6-4	17.0 Pts, 5.6 Reb, 5.9 Ast
Clyde Bradshaw	SO	G	6-1	11.0 Pts, 3.9 Reb, 5.1 Ast
Jim Mitchem	JR	C	6-8	8.3 Pts, 5.8 Reb, 1.4 Ast
Dennis McGuire	SO	F	6-8	3.9 Pts, 1.3 Reb, 0.5 Ast
Bill Madey	JR	C	6-7	1.4 Pts, 2.0 Reb, 1.2 Ast
Dennis Moore	SO	G	6-1	2.3 Pts, 0.7 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Chris Nikitas	FR	G	6-2	1.4 Pts, 0.5 Reb, 1.0 Ast
Scott Feiereisel	SR	G	6-1	2.4 Pts, 0.3 Reb, 1.0 Ast
Tom Barr	SO	F	6-6	1.1 Pts, 1.7 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Sam Manella	FR	F	6-7	1.1 Pts, 1.1 Reb, 0.4 Ast

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	32		33.2	67.8	.489	16.2	21.1	.765	36.5						82.5
Opponent	32		32.4	66.2	.490	9.9	14.7	.678	36.7						74.8

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	32		1061	2169	.489	517	676	.765	1167						2639
Opponent	32		1037	2117	.490	318	469	.678	1173						2392

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Mark Aguirre	32	37.7	9.4	18.2	.520	5.1	6.7	.765	7.6	2.7	1.3	0.3	3.4	2.8	24.0
2	Gary Garland	32		7.4	16.6	.445	2.2	2.6	.821	5.6	5.9				2.0	17.0
3	Curtis Watkins	32		6.6	11.1	.593	3.9	4.5	.868	8.1	1.8				3.0	17.0
4	Clyde Bradshaw	32		4.3	9.8	.435	2.5	3.5	.712	3.9	5.1				2.6	11.0
5	Jim Mitchem	32		3.6	8.4	.428	1.1	1.8	.603	5.8	1.4				3.2	8.3
6	Dennis McGuire	13		1.3	2.3	.567	1.3	1.7	.773	1.3	0.5				1.6	3.9
7	Scott Feiereisel	7		0.7	1.6	.455	1.0	1.3	.778	0.3	1.0				0.4	2.4
8	Dennis Moore	11		0.8	1.5	.529	0.6	0.8	.778	0.7	0.4				0.6	2.3
9	Bill Madey	25		0.6	1.2	.500	0.2	0.5	.500	2.0	1.2				1.9	1.4
10	Chris Nikitas	15		0.5	0.8	.667	0.3	0.6	.556	0.5	1.0				0.5	1.4
11	Tom Barr	9		0.3	1.2	.273	0.4	0.6	.800	1.7	0.3				0.9	1.1
12	Sam Manella	7		0.6	1.3	.444	0.0	0.0		1.1	0.4				0.1	1.1

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Mark Aguirre	32	1206	302	581	.520	163	213	.765	244	86	40	9	109	89	767
2	Curtis Watkins	32		210	354	.593	125	144	.868	259	59				97	545
3	Gary Garland	32		237	532	.445	69	84	.821	180	188				65	543
4	Clyde Bradshaw	32		136	313	.435	79	111	.712	125	162				84	351
5	Jim Mitchem	32		115	269	.428	35	58	.603	186	46				101	265
6	Dennis McGuire	13		17	30	.567	17	22	.773	17	6				21	51
7	Bill Madey	25		15	30	.500	6	12	.500	50	29				48	36
8	Dennis Moore	11		9	17	.529	7	9	.778	8	4				7	25
9	Chris Nikitas	15		8	12	.667	5	9	.556	8	15				7	21
10	Scott Feiereisel	7		5	11	.455	7	9	.778	2	7				3	17
11	Tom Barr	9		3	11	.273	4	5	.800	15	3				8	10
12	Sam Manella	7		4	9	.444	0	0		8	3				1	8
	School Totals	32		1061	2169	.489	517	676	.765	1167						2639