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1983-84 Kentucky Wildcats Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 29-5 (14-4, 1st in SEC MBB)

Rank: 3rd in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Joe B. Hall

PS/G: 68.2 (135th of 275)

PA/G: 58.1 (13th of 275)

SRS: 20.27 (2nd of 275)

SOS: 10.18 (1st of 275)

NCAA Tournament: (#1 seed in Mideast)
Won Mideast Second Round (93-68) versus #8 Brigham Young
Won Mideast Regional Semifinal (72-67) versus #5 Louisville
Won Mideast Regional Final (54-51) versus #2 Illinois
Lost National Semifinal (53-40) versus #1 Georgetown

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Melvin Turpin	SR	C	6-11	15.2 Pts, 6.4 Reb, 1.0 Ast
Kenny Walker	SO	F	6-8	12.4 Pts, 5.9 Reb, 1.3 Ast
Sam Bowie	SR	C	7-1	10.5 Pts, 9.2 Reb, 1.9 Ast
Jim Master	SR	G	6-5	9.6 Pts, 1.7 Reb, 2.4 Ast
Winston Bennett	FR	F	6-7	6.5 Pts, 3.8 Reb, 0.7 Ast
Dicky Beal	SR	G	5-11	6.3 Pts, 1.2 Reb, 4.4 Ast
James Blackmon	FR	G	6-3	3.8 Pts, 1.2 Reb, 2.5 Ast
Roger Harden	SO	G	6-1	1.9 Pts, 1.2 Reb, 3.4 Ast
Bret Bearup	JR	C	6-9	1.5 Pts, 1.2 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Tom Heitz	SR	F	6-9	1.6 Pts, 0.8 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Paul Andrews	FR	G	6-3	1.1 Pts, 0.6 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Troy McKinley	JR	C	6-6	1.1 Pts, 0.5 Reb
Leroy Byrd	SO	G	5-5	0.3 Pts, 0.2 Reb

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	34	40.0	26.5	51.4	.515	15.2	21.2	.718	34.0	16.5	5.2	4.6	14.6	18.2	68.2
Opponent	34	40.0	23.4	55.7	.420	11.3	16.9	.665	30.1	12.9	5.9	1.8	14.1	20.5	58.1

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	18														70.7
Opponent	18														62.0

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	34	6800	900	1749	.515	518	721	.718	1157	562	176	158	495	618	2318
Opponent	34	6800	796	1894	.420	383	576	.665	1024	438	199	61	481	696	1975

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	18														1273
Opponent	18														1116

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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	Melvin Turpin	C	34	34	31.5	6.6	11.1	.593	6.6	11.1	2.1	2.8	.745	6.4	1.0	0.7	1.6	1.7	2.5	15.2	AA-1
2	Kenny Walker	F	34	33	32.0	5.0	9.1	.555	5.0	9.1	2.4	3.2	.734	5.9	1.3	0.9	0.6	1.2	2.5	12.4
3	Sam Bowie	C	34	34	28.8	3.9	7.6	.516	3.9	7.6	2.7	3.7	.722	9.2	1.9	0.6	1.9	2.9	2.7	10.5
4	Jim Master	G	33	33	30.8	3.9	8.6	.454	3.9	8.6	1.8	2.2	.811	1.7	2.4	0.4	0.0	1.5	1.4	9.6
5	Winston Bennett III	F	34	0	18.9	2.0	4.6	.429	2.0	4.6	2.6	3.7	.698	3.8	0.7	0.4	0.2	1.7	3.1	6.5
6	Dicky Beal	G	30	12	22.5	2.0	3.5	.571	2.0	3.5	2.3	3.0	.778	1.2	4.4	1.0	0.0	2.2	1.6	6.3
7	James Blackmon	G	34	2	15.3	1.5	3.4	.456	1.5	3.4	0.7	1.4	.490	1.2	2.5	0.6	0.1	1.4	1.8	3.8
8	Roger Harden	G	29	21	16.0	0.9	2.3	.368	0.9	2.3	0.2	0.2	.833	1.2	3.4	0.6	0.0	2.0	1.8	1.9
9	Tom Heitz	F	21	1	3.3	0.5	0.8	.588	0.5	0.8	0.7	1.0	.700	0.8	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.7	1.6
10	Bret Bearup	C	26	0	6.3	0.5	1.2	.419	0.5	1.2	0.5	0.8	.667	1.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.8	1.5
11	Paul Andrews	G	18	0	4.1	0.5	1.0	.500	0.5	1.0	0.1	0.2	.500	0.6	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.4	1.1
12	Troy McKinley	C	11	0	2.8	0.5	0.9	.600	0.5	0.9	0.0	0.0		0.5		0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	1.1
13	Leroy Byrd	G	6	0	1.5	0.2	0.3	.500	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.3	.000	0.2		0.0	0.0	0.5	0.2	0.3
	Team Totals		34		40.0	26.5	51.4	.515	26.5	51.4	15.2	21.2	.718	34.0	16.5	5.2	4.6	14.6	18.2	68.2

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Melvin Turpin	34	34	1071	224	378	.593	70	94	.745	217	33	24	53	58	85	518
2	Kenny Walker	34	33	1087	171	308	.555	80	109	.734	200	44	31	22	40	84	422
3	Sam Bowie	34	34	980	133	258	.516	91	126	.722	313	66	22	65	99	92	357
4	Jim Master	33	33	1016	129	284	.454	60	74	.811	56	80	13	1	48	47	318
5	Winston Bennett	34	0	642	67	156	.429	88	126	.698	129	23	14	7	58	107	222
6	Dicky Beal	30	12	674	60	105	.571	70	90	.778	35	133	30	1	65	48	190
7	James Blackmon	34	2	520	52	114	.456	24	49	.490	42	84	19	5	48	60	128
8	Roger Harden	29	21	463	25	68	.368	5	6	.833	36	99	17	0	58	52	55
9	Bret Bearup	26	0	163	13	31	.419	14	21	.667	32	6	2	3	8	20	40
10	Tom Heitz	21	1	70	10	17	.588	14	20	.700	16	0	4	1	5	14	34
11	Paul Andrews	18	0	74	9	18	.500	2	4	.500	10	5	0	0	1	7	20
12	Troy McKinley	11	0	31	6	10	.600	0	0		5		0	0	1	1	12
13	Leroy Byrd	6	0	9	1	2	.500	0	2	.000	1		0	0	3	1	2
	School Totals	34		6800	900	1749	.515	518	721	.718	1157	562	176	158	495	618	2318

Per 40 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Tom Heitz	21	1	70	5.7	9.7	.588	8.0	11.4	.700	9.1	0.0	2.3	0.6	2.9	8.0	19.4
2	Melvin Turpin	34	34	1071	8.4	14.1	.593	2.6	3.5	.745	8.1	1.2	0.9	2.0	2.2	3.2	19.3
3	Troy McKinley	11	0	31	7.7	12.9	.600	0.0	0.0		6.5		0.0	0.0	1.3	1.3	15.5
4	Kenny Walker	34	33	1087	6.3	11.3	.555	2.9	4.0	.734	7.4	1.6	1.1	0.8	1.5	3.1	15.5
5	Sam Bowie	34	34	980	5.4	10.5	.516	3.7	5.1	.722	12.8	2.7	0.9	2.7	4.0	3.8	14.6
6	Winston Bennett	34	0	642	4.2	9.7	.429	5.5	7.9	.698	8.0	1.4	0.9	0.4	3.6	6.7	13.8
7	Jim Master	33	33	1016	5.1	11.2	.454	2.4	2.9	.811	2.2	3.1	0.5	0.0	1.9	1.9	12.5
8	Dicky Beal	30	12	674	3.6	6.2	.571	4.2	5.3	.778	2.1	7.9	1.8	0.1	3.9	2.8	11.3
9	Paul Andrews	18	0	74	4.9	9.7	.500	1.1	2.2	.500	5.4	2.7	0.0	0.0	0.5	3.8	10.8
10	Bret Bearup	26	0	163	3.2	7.6	.419	3.4	5.2	.667	7.9	1.5	0.5	0.7	2.0	4.9	9.8
11	James Blackmon	34	2	520	4.0	8.8	.456	1.8	3.8	.490	3.2	6.5	1.5	0.4	3.7	4.6	9.8
12	Leroy Byrd	6	0	9	4.4	8.9	.500	0.0	8.9	.000	4.4		0.0	0.0	13.3	4.4	8.9
13	Roger Harden	29	21	463	2.2	5.9	.368	0.4	0.5	.833	3.1	8.6	1.5	0.0	5.0	4.5	4.8