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1977-78 Kentucky Wildcats Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 30-2 (16-2, 1st in SEC MBB)

Rank: 1st in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Joe B. Hall

PS/G: 84.2 (21st of 259)

PA/G: 69.8 (63rd of 259)

SRS: 21.12 (2nd of 253)

SOS: 6.78 (10th of 253)

NCAA Tournament:
Won Mideast First Round (85-76) versus Florida State
Won Mideast Regional Semifinal (91-69) versus Miami (OH)
Won Mideast Regional Final (52-49) versus Michigan State
Won National Semifinal (64-59) versus Arkansas
Won National Final (94-88) versus Duke

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Jack Givens	SR	F	6-5	18.1 Pts, 6.8 Reb, 2.5 Ast
Rick Robey	SR	C	6-11	14.4 Pts, 8.2 Reb, 1.9 Ast
Kyle Macy	SO	G	6-3	12.9 Pts, 2.5 Reb, 5.7 Ast
James Lee	SR	F	6-5	11.3 Pts, 5.3 Reb, 1.2 Ast
Mike Phillips	SR	C	6-10	10.2 Pts, 4.7 Reb, 0.9 Ast
Truman Claytor	JR	G	6-1	6.9 Pts, 0.9 Reb, 2.3 Ast
Jay Shidler	SO	G	6-1	3.7 Pts, 0.8 Reb, 1.5 Ast
Chuck Aleksinas	FR	C	6-11	3.7 Pts, 2.2 Reb, 0.1 Ast
LaVon Williams	SO	F	6-7	1.9 Pts, 2.0 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Fred Cowan	FR	F	6-8	1.9 Pts, 0.9 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Dwane Casey	JR	G	6-2	1.2 Pts, 0.7 Reb, 0.8 Ast
Tim Stephens	SO	G	6-3	1.2 Pts, 0.6 Reb, 0.7 Ast
Scott Courts	FR		6-10	0.8 Pts, 0.8 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Chris Gettelfinger	FR	G	6-2	0.2 Pts, 0.1 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	32		32.5	60.1	.541	19.2	25.3	.759	36.6	17.3			17.0	22.9	84.2
Opponent	32		27.4	59.0	.465	14.9	22.4	.666	31.3	16.0			18.4	23.6	69.8

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	18														82.1
Opponent	18														69.4

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	32		1040	1922	.541	613	808	.759	1171	554			544	733	2693
Opponent	32		878	1889	.465	478	718	.666	1000	512			588	756	2234

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	18														1477
Opponent	18														1249

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Jack Givens	32	32	32.1	7.4	13.4	.553	3.2	4.2	.761	6.8	2.5	1.6	3.0	18.1
2	Rick Robey	32	32	28.6	5.2	8.2	.635	3.9	5.5	.720	8.2	1.9	2.1	2.6	14.4
3	Kyle Macy	31	31	35.4	4.6	8.6	.536	3.7	4.2	.891	2.5	5.7	2.2	2.4	12.9
4	James Lee	31	2	22.4	4.4	7.7	.569	2.5	3.4	.743	5.3	1.2	2.6	3.0	11.3
5	Mike Phillips	31	30	19.5	4.0	6.8	.595	2.1	2.8	.759	4.7	0.9	2.4	2.9	10.2
6	Truman Claytor	32	29	24.6	2.8	6.0	.466	1.3	1.7	.774	0.9	2.3	2.0	2.3	6.9
7	Chuck Aleksinas	27	0	8.0	1.4	2.4	.569	0.9	1.3	.694	2.2	0.1	0.9	1.4	3.7
8	Jay Shidler	29	2	14.7	1.4	3.5	.412	0.8	0.9	.852	0.8	1.5	1.3	1.8	3.7
9	Fred Cowan	19	0	4.5	0.8	1.6	.500	0.3	0.5	.667	0.9	0.1	0.4	0.9	1.9
10	LaVon Williams	31	1	8.8	0.7	1.8	.375	0.5	0.9	.607	2.0	0.4	0.9	1.9	1.9
11	Dwane Casey	26	0	6.8	0.5	1.3	.382	0.2	0.4	.600	0.7	0.8	0.7	1.1	1.2
12	Tim Stephens	19	1	5.6	0.4	1.3	.333	0.3	0.4	.857	0.6	0.7	0.6	1.1	1.2
13	Scott Courts	13	0	2.3	0.3	0.5	.667	0.2	0.5	.333	0.8	0.0	0.4	0.5	0.8
14	Chris Gettelfinger	9	0	1.3	0.1	0.3	.333	0.0	0.2	.000	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.2

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Jack Givens	32	32	1028	238	430	.553	102	134	.761	217	80	52	95	578
2	Rick Robey	32	32	915	167	263	.635	126	175	.720	261	62	67	83	460
3	Kyle Macy	31	31	1097	143	267	.536	115	129	.891	76	178	68	75	401
4	James Lee	31	2	694	136	239	.569	78	105	.743	165	37	81	94	350
5	Mike Phillips	31	30	603	125	210	.595	66	87	.759	145	27	74	90	316
6	Truman Claytor	32	29	788	90	193	.466	41	53	.774	28	74	64	75	221
7	Jay Shidler	29	2	427	42	102	.412	23	27	.852	23	43	39	52	107
8	Chuck Aleksinas	27	0	216	37	65	.569	25	36	.694	60	4	25	37	99
9	LaVon Williams	31	1	272	21	56	.375	17	28	.607	63	11	27	59	59
10	Fred Cowan	19	0	86	15	30	.500	6	9	.667	17	2	8	17	36
11	Dwane Casey	26	0	177	13	34	.382	6	10	.600	17	21	17	29	32
12	Tim Stephens	19	1	106	8	24	.333	6	7	.857	11	14	12	20	22
13	Scott Courts	13	0	30	4	6	.667	2	6	.333	11	0	5	7	10
14	Chris Gettelfinger	9	0	12	1	3	.333	0	2	.000	1	1	2	0	2
	School Totals	32			1040	1922	.541	613	808	.759	1171	554	544	733	2693

Per 40 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Jack Givens	32	32	1028	9.3	16.7	.553	4.0	5.2	.761	8.4	3.1	2.0	3.7	22.5
2	Mike Phillips	31	30	603	8.3	13.9	.595	4.4	5.8	.759	9.6	1.8	4.9	6.0	21.0
3	James Lee	31	2	694	7.8	13.8	.569	4.5	6.1	.743	9.5	2.1	4.7	5.4	20.2
4	Rick Robey	32	32	915	7.3	11.5	.635	5.5	7.7	.720	11.4	2.7	2.9	3.6	20.1
5	Chuck Aleksinas	27	0	216	6.9	12.0	.569	4.6	6.7	.694	11.1	0.7	4.6	6.9	18.3
6	Fred Cowan	19	0	86	7.0	14.0	.500	2.8	4.2	.667	7.9	0.9	3.7	7.9	16.7
7	Kyle Macy	31	31	1097	5.2	9.7	.536	4.2	4.7	.891	2.8	6.5	2.5	2.7	14.6
8	Scott Courts	13	0	30	5.3	8.0	.667	2.7	8.0	.333	14.7	0.0	6.7	9.3	13.3
9	Truman Claytor	32	29	788	4.6	9.8	.466	2.1	2.7	.774	1.4	3.8	3.2	3.8	11.2
10	Jay Shidler	29	2	427	3.9	9.6	.412	2.2	2.5	.852	2.2	4.0	3.7	4.9	10.0
11	LaVon Williams	31	1	272	3.1	8.2	.375	2.5	4.1	.607	9.3	1.6	4.0	8.7	8.7
12	Tim Stephens	19	1	106	3.0	9.1	.333	2.3	2.6	.857	4.2	5.3	4.5	7.5	8.3
13	Dwane Casey	26	0	177	2.9	7.7	.382	1.4	2.3	.600	3.8	4.7	3.8	6.6	7.2
14	Chris Gettelfinger	9	0	12	3.3	10.0	.333	0.0	6.7	.000	3.3	3.3	6.7	0.0	6.7

1977-78 Kentucky (Men's) Season