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1979-80 Louisville Cardinals Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 33-3 (12-0, 1st in Metro MBB)

Rank: 2nd in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Denny Crum

PS/G: 76.9 (68th of 265)

PA/G: 66.7 (55th of 265)

SRS: 15.56 (11th of 260)

SOS: 5.31 (33rd of 260)

NCAA Tournament: (#2 seed in Midwest)
Won Midwest Second Round (71-69) versus #7 Kansas State
Won Midwest Regional Semifinal (66-55) versus #6 Texas A&M
Won Midwest Regional Final (86-66) versus #1 Louisiana State
Won National Semifinal (80-72) versus #5 Iowa
Won National Final (59-54) versus #8 UCLA

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Darrell Griffith	SR	G	6-4	22.9 Pts, 4.8 Reb, 3.8 Ast
Derek Smith	SO	G	6-6	14.8 Pts, 8.3 Reb, 2.0 Ast
Wiley Brown	SO	F	6-8	10.4 Pts, 5.6 Reb, 1.3 Ast
Rodney McCray	FR	F	6-7	7.8 Pts, 7.5 Reb, 2.0 Ast
Jerry Eaves	SO	G	6-4	7.7 Pts, 1.8 Reb, 2.4 Ast
Poncho Wright	SO	F	6-5	6.5 Pts, 2.5 Reb, 0.8 Ast
Roger Burkman	JR	G	6-5	3.9 Pts, 1.7 Reb, 3.1 Ast
Tony Branch	SR	G	6-0	1.6 Pts, 0.1 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Greg Deuser	SO	G	6-0	1.5 Pts, 0.5 Reb, 1.0 Ast
Daryl Cleveland	JR	F	6-7	1.9 Pts, 0.9 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Scooter McCray	SO	F	6-9	4.7 Pts, 3.7 Reb, 5.0 Ast
Marty Pulliam	SO	C	6-9	0.5 Pts, 0.3 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Steve Clark	FR		6-5	0.3 Pts, 0.5 Reb, 0.2 Ast

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	36		30.1	57.7	.521	16.8	24.4	.686	38.0	16.7				18.1	76.9
Opponent	36		26.9	58.1	.462	13.0	18.3	.710	33.9	14.1				21.0	66.7

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	12														77.8
Opponent	12														64.2

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	36		1083	2078	.521	604	880	.686	1368	600				651	2770
Opponent	36		967	2092	.462	467	658	.710	1220	508				755	2401

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	12														934
Opponent	12														770

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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Darrell Griffith	G	36	34.6	9.7	17.5	.553	9.7	17.5	3.5	4.9	.713	4.8	3.8	2.4	0.8	3.6	2.8	22.9	WA-1,AA-1
2	Derek Smith	G	36	33.9	5.9	10.3	.573	5.9	10.3	2.9	4.2	.700	8.3	2.0	1.4	0.5	2.0	2.9	14.8
3	Wiley Brown	F	36	30.4	4.2	8.1	.519	4.2	8.1	2.0	3.3	.610	5.6	1.3	0.8	0.7	2.1	2.3	10.4
4	Rodney McCray	F	36	32.7	3.0	5.5	.543	3.0	5.5	1.8	2.8	.647	7.5	2.0	0.9	1.8	2.6	2.8	7.8
5	Jerry Eaves	G	34	25.8	2.7	5.3	.514	2.7	5.3	2.3	3.4	.667	1.8	2.4	0.9	0.1	1.6	1.6	7.7
6	Poncho Wright	F	36	16.4	2.8	6.1	.450	2.8	6.1	1.0	1.3	.729	2.5	0.8	0.5	0.2	1.2	1.7	6.5
7	Scooter McCray	F	3	19.3	1.7	3.7	.455	1.7	3.7	1.3	2.0	.667	3.7	5.0	0.0	1.0	3.3	2.0	4.7
8	Roger Burkman	G	36	17.7	1.1	2.6	.409	1.1	2.6	1.8	2.6	.702	1.7	3.1	1.9	0.1	1.6	2.7	3.9
9	Daryl Cleveland	F	14	3.9	0.5	1.5	.333	0.5	1.5	0.9	1.4	.684	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.8	1.9
10	Tony Branch	G	25	4.4	0.4	1.2	.379	0.4	1.2	0.8	0.8	.905	0.1	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.2	1.6
11	Greg Deuser	G	22	7.3	0.4	1.1	.360	0.4	1.1	0.7	1.0	.682	0.5	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.9	1.5
12	Marty Pulliam	C	12	2.3	0.1	0.3	.250	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.7	0.5
13	Steve Clark		6	1.8	0.2	0.8	.200	0.2	0.8	0.0	0.2	.000	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.3
	Team Totals		36		30.1	57.7	.521	30.1	57.7	16.8	24.4	.686	38.0	16.7				18.1	76.9

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Darrell Griffith	36	1246	349	631	.553	127	178	.713	174	138	86	29	131	99	825
2	Derek Smith	36	1222	213	372	.573	105	150	.700	299	73	49	17	71	105	531
3	Wiley Brown	36	1094	151	291	.519	72	118	.610	201	45	30	26	77	83	374
4	Rodney McCray	36	1178	107	197	.543	66	102	.647	269	72	31	63	94	100	280
5	Jerry Eaves	34	878	92	179	.514	78	117	.667	61	82	30	3	55	53	262
6	Poncho Wright	36	589	99	220	.450	35	48	.729	89	30	18	8	43	62	233
7	Roger Burkman	36	636	38	93	.409	66	94	.702	60	113	67	3	59	98	142
8	Tony Branch	25	109	11	29	.379	19	21	.905	3	10	7	0	7	6	41
9	Greg Deuser	22	161	9	25	.360	15	22	.682	11	21	6	0	16	19	33
10	Daryl Cleveland	14	55	7	21	.333	13	19	.684	12	0	0	1	3	11	27
11	Scooter McCray	3	58	5	11	.455	4	6	.667	11	15	0	3	10	6	14
12	Marty Pulliam	12	28	1	4	.250	4	4	1.000	4	0	1	2	5	8	6
13	Steve Clark	6	11	1	5	.200	0	1	.000	3	1	0	0	1	1	2
	School Totals	36		1083	2078	.521	604	880	.686	1368	600				651	2770

Per 40 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Darrell Griffith	36	1246	11.2	20.3	.553	4.1	5.7	.713	5.6	4.4	2.8	0.9	4.2	3.2	26.5
2	Daryl Cleveland	14	55	5.1	15.3	.333	9.5	13.8	.684	8.7	0.0	0.0	0.7	2.2	8.0	19.6
3	Derek Smith	36	1222	7.0	12.2	.573	3.4	4.9	.700	9.8	2.4	1.6	0.6	2.3	3.4	17.4
4	Poncho Wright	36	589	6.7	14.9	.450	2.4	3.3	.729	6.0	2.0	1.2	0.5	2.9	4.2	15.8
5	Tony Branch	25	109	4.0	10.6	.379	7.0	7.7	.905	1.1	3.7	2.6	0.0	2.6	2.2	15.0
6	Wiley Brown	36	1094	5.5	10.6	.519	2.6	4.3	.610	7.3	1.6	1.1	1.0	2.8	3.0	13.7
7	Jerry Eaves	34	878	4.2	8.2	.514	3.6	5.3	.667	2.8	3.7	1.4	0.1	2.5	2.4	11.9
8	Scooter McCray	3	58	3.4	7.6	.455	2.8	4.1	.667	7.6	10.3	0.0	2.1	6.9	4.1	9.7
9	Rodney McCray	36	1178	3.6	6.7	.543	2.2	3.5	.647	9.1	2.4	1.1	2.1	3.2	3.4	9.5
10	Roger Burkman	36	636	2.4	5.8	.409	4.2	5.9	.702	3.8	7.1	4.2	0.2	3.7	6.2	8.9
11	Marty Pulliam	12	28	1.4	5.7	.250	5.7	5.7	1.000	5.7	0.0	1.4	2.9	7.1	11.4	8.6
12	Greg Deuser	22	161	2.2	6.2	.360	3.7	5.5	.682	2.7	5.2	1.5	0.0	4.0	4.7	8.2
13	Steve Clark	6	11	3.6	18.2	.200	0.0	3.6	.000	10.9	3.6	0.0	0.0	3.6	3.6	7.3