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1978-79 Louisville Cardinals Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 24-8 (9-1, 1st in Metro MBB)

Rank: 13th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Denny Crum

PS/G: 80.9 (46th of 262)

PA/G: 70.2 (77th of 262)

SRS: 14.27 (12th of 256)

SOS: 3.49 (57th of 256)

NCAA Tournament: (#3 seed in Midwest)
Won Midwest Second Round (69-66) versus #6 South Alabama
Lost Midwest Regional Semifinal (73-62) versus #2 Arkansas

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Darrell Griffith	JR	G	6-4	18.5 Pts, 4.4 Reb, 2.8 Ast
Bobby Turner	JR	F	6-4	13.6 Pts, 4.9 Reb, 1.2 Ast
Larry Williams	SR	F	6-8	11.0 Pts, 7.8 Reb, 1.0 Ast
Scooter McCray	FR	F	6-9	10.1 Pts, 6.5 Reb, 3.1 Ast
Derek Smith	FR	G	6-6	9.8 Pts, 4.8 Reb, 0.9 Ast
Tony Branch	JR	G	6-0	5.3 Pts, 1.6 Reb, 2.5 Ast
Jerry Eaves	FR	G	6-4	4.8 Pts, 1.0 Reb, 1.5 Ast
Wiley Brown	FR	F	6-8	3.7 Pts, 2.6 Reb, 0.8 Ast
Roger Burkman	SO	G	6-5	3.2 Pts, 1.8 Reb, 1.5 Ast
Daryl Cleveland	SO	F	6-7	1.6 Pts, 1.7 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Bob Albertson	SO	F	6-5	1.1 Pts, 1.2 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Steve Bugg	SO	G	6-4	0.8 Pts, 0.3 Reb, 0.0 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	40.0	31.0	61.4	.504	19.0	27.6	.688	43.1	15.3	8.2	4.1	18.8	19.3	80.9
Opponent	32	40.0	28.5	64.1	.445	13.1	19.4	.676	37.8	13.2				23.9	70.2

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	10
Opponent	10

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	32	6400	991	1965	.504	608	884	.688	1380	490	263	130	603	619	2590
Opponent	32	6400	913	2052	.445	419	620	.676	1210	422				765	2245

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	10
Opponent	10

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Darrell Griffith	32	31.3	7.6	15.2	.497	3.3	4.7	.709	4.4	2.8	1.9	0.9	4.0	2.7	18.5
2	Bobby Turner	32	26.3	5.0	9.3	.540	3.5	4.8	.739	4.9	1.2	1.0	0.1	1.6	1.7	13.6
3	Larry Williams	32	30.1	4.6	9.8	.470	1.8	2.7	.655	7.8	1.0	0.7	0.3	1.7	2.6	11.0
4	Scooter McCray	32	29.8	3.8	8.0	.479	2.4	3.3	.720	6.5	3.1	1.2	1.8	3.2	2.5	10.1
5	Derek Smith	32	19.4	3.7	5.8	.632	2.5	3.8	.642	4.8	0.9	0.4	0.5	1.5	2.4	9.8
6	Tony Branch	32	21.0	2.1	4.4	.465	1.2	1.5	.796	1.6	2.5	1.0	0.0	2.3	2.2	5.3
7	Jerry Eaves	32	14.8	1.5	3.0	.490	1.9	2.7	.701	1.0	1.5	0.8	0.0	1.7	1.4	4.8
8	Wiley Brown	31	12.8	1.4	2.6	.537	0.8	1.6	.510	2.6	0.8	0.3	0.3	1.0	1.1	3.7
9	Roger Burkman	27	12.4	1.0	2.2	.467	1.1	1.6	.738	1.8	1.5	0.9	0.1	1.4	2.1	3.2
10	Daryl Cleveland	14	3.5	0.7	1.6	.435	0.1	0.6	.250	1.7	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.9	1.6
11	Bob Albertson	18	4.1	0.2	0.8	.267	0.6	1.0	.611	1.2	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.7	1.2	1.1
12	Steve Bugg	9	2.2	0.1	0.7	.167	0.6	0.9	.625	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.6	0.2	0.8

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Darrell Griffith	32	1001	242	487	.497	107	151	.709	140	90	60	29	128	87	591
2	Bobby Turner	32	841	161	298	.540	113	153	.739	156	37	31	4	51	53	435
3	Larry Williams	32	963	148	315	.470	57	87	.655	251	31	22	10	55	83	353
4	Scooter McCray	32	954	123	257	.479	77	107	.720	209	98	39	57	103	80	323
5	Derek Smith	32	622	117	185	.632	79	123	.642	153	30	14	15	49	77	313
6	Tony Branch	32	672	66	142	.465	39	49	.796	52	79	32	0	72	69	171
7	Jerry Eaves	32	472	47	96	.490	61	87	.701	33	49	24	0	54	44	155
8	Wiley Brown	31	397	44	82	.537	26	51	.510	81	25	8	10	31	33	114
9	Roger Burkman	27	335	28	60	.467	31	42	.738	48	41	24	4	39	57	87
10	Daryl Cleveland	14	49	10	23	.435	2	8	.250	24	2	1	1	4	13	22
11	Bob Albertson	18	74	4	15	.267	11	18	.611	21	6	6	0	12	21	19
12	Steve Bugg	9	20	1	6	.167	5	8	.625	3	0	1	0	5	2	7
	School Totals	32	6400	991	1965	.504	608	884	.688	1380	490	263	130	603	619	2590

Per 40 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Darrell Griffith	32	1001	9.7	19.5	.497	4.3	6.0	.709	5.6	3.6	2.4	1.2	5.1	3.5	23.6
2	Bobby Turner	32	841	7.7	14.2	.540	5.4	7.3	.739	7.4	1.8	1.5	0.2	2.4	2.5	20.7
3	Derek Smith	32	622	7.5	11.9	.632	5.1	7.9	.642	9.8	1.9	0.9	1.0	3.2	5.0	20.1
4	Daryl Cleveland	14	49	8.2	18.8	.435	1.6	6.5	.250	19.6	1.6	0.8	0.8	3.3	10.6	18.0
5	Larry Williams	32	963	6.1	13.1	.470	2.4	3.6	.655	10.4	1.3	0.9	0.4	2.3	3.4	14.7
6	Steve Bugg	9	20	2.0	12.0	.167	10.0	16.0	.625	6.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	10.0	4.0	14.0
7	Scooter McCray	32	954	5.2	10.8	.479	3.2	4.5	.720	8.8	4.1	1.6	2.4	4.3	3.4	13.5
8	Jerry Eaves	32	472	4.0	8.1	.490	5.2	7.4	.701	2.8	4.2	2.0	0.0	4.6	3.7	13.1
9	Wiley Brown	31	397	4.4	8.3	.537	2.6	5.1	.510	8.2	2.5	0.8	1.0	3.1	3.3	11.5
10	Roger Burkman	27	335	3.3	7.2	.467	3.7	5.0	.738	5.7	4.9	2.9	0.5	4.7	6.8	10.4
11	Bob Albertson	18	74	2.2	8.1	.267	5.9	9.7	.611	11.4	3.2	3.2	0.0	6.5	11.4	10.3
12	Tony Branch	32	672	3.9	8.5	.465	2.3	2.9	.796	3.1	4.7	1.9	0.0	4.3	4.1	10.2

1978-79 Louisville (Men's) Season