1979-80 Kentucky Wildcats Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 29-6 (15-3, 1st in SEC MBB)

Rank: 4th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Joe B. Hall

PS/G: 76.7 (72nd of 265)

PA/G: 66.4 (51st of 265)

SRS: 16.94 (5th of 260)

SOS: 7.14 (19th of 260)

NCAA Tournament: (#1 seed in Mideast)
Won Mideast Second Round (97-78) versus #8 Florida State
Lost Mideast Regional Semifinal (55-54) versus #4 Duke

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Kyle Macy	SR	G	6-3	15.4 Pts, 2.4 Reb, 4.7 Ast
Sam Bowie	FR	C	7-1	12.9 Pts, 8.1 Reb, 0.8 Ast
Fred Cowan	JR	F	6-8	12.5 Pts, 5.7 Reb, 0.9 Ast
LaVon Williams	SR	F	6-7	7.5 Pts, 5.3 Reb, 0.7 Ast
Jay Shidler	SR	G	6-1	6.2 Pts, 1.3 Reb, 1.7 Ast
Derrick Hord	FR	F	6-6	5.9 Pts, 2.5 Reb, 1.1 Ast
Dirk Minniefield	FR	G	6-3	5.0 Pts, 2.1 Reb, 3.7 Ast
Charles Hurt	FR	F	6-6	3.9 Pts, 2.5 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Dwight Anderson	SO	G	6-3	10.7 Pts, 1.2 Reb, 2.6 Ast
Chuck Verderber	SO	F	6-6	3.0 Pts, 2.2 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Tom Heitz	FR	F	6-9	1.3 Pts, 0.8 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Bo Lanter	SO	G	6-1	0.8 Pts, 0.5 Reb, 0.5 Ast
Chris Gettelfinger	JR	G	6-2	1.0 Pts, 0.3 Reb, 0.3 Ast

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	35		29.7	57.8	.513	17.4	22.9	.759	36.1	15.4	6.2	3.6	16.1	21.6	76.7
Opponent	35		25.1	56.3	.446	16.1	22.7	.709	30.1	12.6	6.9	2.2	15.7	21.5	66.4

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	18														76.5
Opponent	18														67.9

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	35		1038	2022	.513	609	802	.759	1265	538	216	125	564	755	2685
Opponent	35		880	1971	.446	563	794	.709	1052	440	242	77	551	753	2323

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	18														1377
Opponent	18														1222

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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Kyle Macy	G	35	35	33.8	6.2	11.9	.525	6.2	11.9	3.0	3.3	.912	2.4	4.7	1.7	0.1	1.7	1.5	15.4	AA-1
2	Sam Bowie	C	34	33	26.1	4.9	9.1	.531	4.9	9.1	3.2	4.2	.764	8.1	0.8	0.4	2.1	2.4	3.2	12.9
3	Fred Cowan	F	35	35	25.5	4.8	9.1	.528	4.8	9.1	2.9	4.0	.709	5.7	0.9	0.9	0.8	2.2	2.9	12.5
4	Dwight Anderson	G	11	9	25.6	4.3	9.2	.465	4.3	9.2	2.2	2.8	.774	1.2	2.6	0.4	0.1	2.3	2.3	10.7
5	LaVon Williams	F	35	33	24.5	2.9	5.4	.526	2.9	5.4	1.8	2.1	.853	5.3	0.7	0.5	0.2	1.8	3.0	7.5
6	Jay Shidler	G	35	8	18.0	2.5	5.1	.494	2.5	5.1	1.1	1.4	.800	1.3	1.7	0.9	0.1	1.5	1.6	6.2
7	Derrick Hord	F	35	2	19.3	2.2	4.7	.470	2.2	4.7	1.4	1.8	.766	2.5	1.1	0.4	0.1	1.6	1.9	5.9
8	Dirk Minniefield	G	34	18	20.3	2.0	4.2	.479	2.0	4.2	1.0	1.4	.714	2.1	3.7	1.0	0.1	2.2	2.4	5.0
9	Charles Hurt	F	35	1	13.6	1.5	2.5	.605	1.5	2.5	0.9	1.5	.615	2.5	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.6	2.1	3.9
10	Chuck Verderber	F	34	1	11.0	1.1	2.1	.521	1.1	2.1	0.8	1.1	.737	2.2	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.9	1.6	3.0
11	Tom Heitz	F	24	0	4.5	0.3	0.9	.273	0.3	0.9	0.8	1.4	.545	0.8	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.5	1.3
12	Chris Gettelfinger	G	12	0	2.2	0.4	0.6	.714	0.4	0.6	0.2	0.3	.667	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.0
13	Bo Lanter	G	17	0	3.2	0.3	0.8	.385	0.3	0.8	0.2	0.5	.375	0.5	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.5	0.7	0.8
	Team Totals		35			29.7	57.8	.513	29.7	57.8	17.4	22.9	.759	36.1	15.4	6.2	3.6	16.1	21.6	76.7

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Totals Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Kyle Macy	G	35	35	1182	218	415	.525	218	415	104	114	.912	85	163	58	2	60	52	540	AA-1
2	Sam Bowie	C	34	33	886	165	311	.531	165	311	110	144	.764	276	26	12	73	80	110	440
3	Fred Cowan	F	35	35	892	168	318	.528	168	318	100	141	.709	201	31	31	27	78	101	436
4	LaVon Williams	F	35	33	858	100	190	.526	100	190	64	75	.853	185	26	18	8	63	106	264
5	Jay Shidler	G	35	8	631	89	180	.494	89	180	40	50	.800	46	59	30	3	54	57	218
6	Derrick Hord	F	35	2	677	78	166	.470	78	166	49	64	.766	87	37	15	3	55	66	205
7	Dirk Minniefield	G	34	18	691	68	142	.479	68	142	35	49	.714	70	126	34	2	75	82	171
8	Charles Hurt	F	35	1	475	52	86	.605	52	86	32	52	.615	87	14	13	6	22	74	136
9	Dwight Anderson	G	11	9	282	47	101	.465	47	101	24	31	.774	13	29	4	1	25	25	118
10	Chuck Verderber	F	34	1	374	37	71	.521	37	71	28	38	.737	74	12	6	0	30	54	102
11	Tom Heitz	F	24	0	108	6	22	.273	6	22	18	33	.545	20	3	1	0	7	13	30
12	Bo Lanter	G	17	0	55	5	13	.385	5	13	3	8	.375	9	8	2	0	9	12	13
13	Chris Gettelfinger	G	12	0	26	5	7	.714	5	7	2	3	.667	3	4	1	0	3	3	12
	Team Totals		35			1038	2022	.513	1038	2022	609	802	.759	1265	538	216	125	564	755	2685

Per 40 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Sam Bowie	34	33	886	7.4	14.0	.531	5.0	6.5	.764	12.5	1.2	0.5	3.3	3.6	5.0	19.9
2	Fred Cowan	35	35	892	7.5	14.3	.528	4.5	6.3	.709	9.0	1.4	1.4	1.2	3.5	4.5	19.6
3	Chris Gettelfinger	12	0	26	7.7	10.8	.714	3.1	4.6	.667	4.6	6.2	1.5	0.0	4.6	4.6	18.5
4	Kyle Macy	35	35	1182	7.4	14.0	.525	3.5	3.9	.912	2.9	5.5	2.0	0.1	2.0	1.8	18.3
5	Dwight Anderson	11	9	282	6.7	14.3	.465	3.4	4.4	.774	1.8	4.1	0.6	0.1	3.5	3.5	16.7
6	Jay Shidler	35	8	631	5.6	11.4	.494	2.5	3.2	.800	2.9	3.7	1.9	0.2	3.4	3.6	13.8
7	LaVon Williams	35	33	858	4.7	8.9	.526	3.0	3.5	.853	8.6	1.2	0.8	0.4	2.9	4.9	12.3
8	Derrick Hord	35	2	677	4.6	9.8	.470	2.9	3.8	.766	5.1	2.2	0.9	0.2	3.2	3.9	12.1
9	Charles Hurt	35	1	475	4.4	7.2	.605	2.7	4.4	.615	7.3	1.2	1.1	0.5	1.9	6.2	11.5
10	Tom Heitz	24	0	108	2.2	8.1	.273	6.7	12.2	.545	7.4	1.1	0.4	0.0	2.6	4.8	11.1
11	Chuck Verderber	34	1	374	4.0	7.6	.521	3.0	4.1	.737	7.9	1.3	0.6	0.0	3.2	5.8	10.9
12	Dirk Minniefield	34	18	691	3.9	8.2	.479	2.0	2.8	.714	4.1	7.3	2.0	0.1	4.3	4.7	9.9
13	Bo Lanter	17	0	55	3.6	9.5	.385	2.2	5.8	.375	6.5	5.8	1.5	0.0	6.5	8.7	9.5