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1978-79 Indiana State Sycamores Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 33-1 (16-0, 1st in MVC MBB)

Rank: 1st in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Bill Hodges

PS/G: 86.8 (8th of 262)

PA/G: 72.8 (123rd of 262)

SRS: 14.39 (11th of 256)

SOS: 1.99 (82nd of 256)

NCAA Tournament: (#1 seed in Midwest)
Won Midwest Second Round (86-69) versus #8 Virginia Tech
Won Midwest Regional Semifinal (93-72) versus #5 Oklahoma
Won Midwest Regional Final (73-71) versus #2 Arkansas
Won National Semifinal (76-74) versus #2 DePaul
Lost National Final (75-64) versus #2 Michigan State

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Larry Bird	SR	F	6-9	28.6 Pts, 14.9 Reb, 5.5 Ast
Carl Nicks	JR	G	6-1	19.3 Pts, 3.5 Reb, 5.0 Ast
Alex Gilbert	JR	C	6-7	9.6 Pts, 6.1 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Bob Heaton	JR	F	6-5	7.3 Pts, 3.3 Reb, 1.8 Ast
Leroy Staley	SR	F	6-4	7.0 Pts, 3.5 Reb, 0.7 Ast
Brad Miley	JR	F	6-8	5.7 Pts, 6.0 Reb, 1.6 Ast
Steve Reed	SO	G	6-3	5.0 Pts, 1.9 Reb, 7.0 Ast
Rich Nemcek	JR	G	6-6	1.7 Pts, 1.0 Reb, 0.6 Ast
Scott Turner	FR	F	6-5	2.1 Pts, 1.1 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Tom Crowder	SR	F	6-5	1.9 Pts, 1.3 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Bob Ritter	JR	G	6-3	1.0 Pts, 0.5 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Eric Curry	JR	C	6-9	0.7 Pts, 1.1 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Rod McNelly	FR	G	6-2	0.3 Pts, 0.3 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	34		34.8	69.6	.500	17.2	26.2	.657	45.4	23.3	8.5	3.1		18.2	86.8
Opponent	34		30.9	68.5	.451	11.1	16.1	.689	36.6	18.4	8.5	3.1		22.9	72.8

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	16														88.5
Opponent	16														75.8

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	34		1183	2365	.500	586	892	.657	1544	791	288	107		620	2952
Opponent	34		1050	2328	.451	376	546	.689	1246	625	288	107		779	2476

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	16														1416
Opponent	16														1212

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	GS	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Larry Bird	F	34	34	11.1	20.8	.532	6.5	7.8	.831	14.9	5.5	2.5	0.8	3.9	2.6	28.6	AP POY-1,WA-1,AA-1,NA-1
2	Carl Nicks	G	34	34	7.9	16.9	.464	3.6	5.4	.667	3.5	5.0	1.8	0.1	4.6	3.0	19.3
3	Alex Gilbert	C	34	34	4.5	9.1	.495	0.6	2.3	.253	6.1	0.4	0.6	1.3	1.4	2.5	9.6
4	Bob Heaton	F	34	0	2.9	5.5	.527	1.5	1.9	.781	3.3	1.8	0.4	0.0	0.7	1.8	7.3
5	Leroy Staley	F	34	0	2.4	5.1	.477	2.1	3.3	.643	3.5	0.7	0.7	0.4	1.4	1.5	7.0
6	Brad Miley	F	34	34	2.2	3.5	.627	1.4	2.6	.511	6.0	1.6	0.9	0.2	1.1	1.6	5.7
7	Steve Reed	G	34	34	2.0	4.1	.482	1.0	1.4	.708	1.9	7.0	1.0	0.1	1.8	2.8	5.0
8	Scott Turner	F	18	0	0.9	1.6	.571	0.3	0.5	.667	1.1	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.4	2.1
9	Tom Crowder	F	19	0	0.8	1.5	.517	0.3	0.7	.462	1.3	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.8	1.9
10	Rich Nemcek	G	24	0	0.7	1.7	.415	0.3	0.5	.462	1.0	0.6	0.3	0.0	0.8	1.3	1.7
11	Bob Ritter	G	15	0	0.5	1.5	.318	0.1	0.1	.500	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.0
12	Eric Curry	C	17	0	0.4	1.2	.300	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.5	0.6	0.7
13	Rod McNelly	G	16	0	0.1	0.4	.167	0.1	0.6	.222	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.8	0.3
	Team Totals		34	34	34.8	69.6	.501	17.2	26.2	.658	45.4	23.3	8.5	3.1	1.6	18.2	86.8

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	GS	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Larry Bird	F	34	34	*376*	*707*	.532	376	707	*221*	*266*	.831	*505*	187	85	27	133	87	*973*	AP POY-1,WA-1,AA-1,NA-1
2	Carl Nicks	G	34	34	267	576	.464	267	576	122	183	.667	118	170	60	4	158	103	656
3	Alex Gilbert	C	34	34	154	311	.495	154	311	20	79	.253	207	15	22	43	46	84	328
4	Bob Heaton	F	34	0	99	188	.527	99	188	50	64	.781	112	62	15	1	24	61	248
5	Leroy Staley	F	34	0	83	174	.477	83	174	72	112	.643	118	25	23	12	48	52	238
6	Brad Miley	F	34	34	74	118	.627	74	118	46	90	.511	203	56	30	8	39	54	194
7	Steve Reed	G	34	34	68	141	.482	68	141	34	48	.708	63	239	34	2	62	95	170
8	Rich Nemcek	G	24	0	17	41	.415	17	41	6	13	.462	24	15	7	1	19	32	40
9	Scott Turner	F	18	0	16	28	.571	16	28	6	9	.667	20	6	1	1	6	8	38
10	Tom Crowder	F	19	0	15	29	.517	15	29	6	13	.462	25	3	4	1	8	16	36
11	Bob Ritter	G	15	0	7	22	.318	7	22	1	2	.500	8	5	1	0	5	5	15
12	Eric Curry	C	17	0	6	20	.300	6	20	0	2	.000	19	0	3	0	8	10	12
13	Rod McNelly	G	16	0	1	6	.167	1	6	2	9	.222	5	7	1	0	4	12	4
	Team Totals		34	34	1183	2361	.501	1183	2361	586	890	.658	1427	790	286	100	560	619	2952