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1981-82 Louisville Cardinals Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 23-10 (8-4, 2nd in Metro MBB)

Rank: 20th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Denny Crum

PS/G: 73.8 (49th of 273)

PA/G: 64.6 (94th of 273)

SRS: 14.71 (9th of 273)

SOS: 5.44 (50th of 273)

NCAA Tournament: (#3 seed in Mideast)
Won Mideast Second Round (81-56) versus #11 Middle Tennessee
Won Mideast Regional Semifinal (67-61) versus #2 Minnesota
Won Mideast Regional Final (75-68) versus #4 UAB
Lost National Semifinal (50-46) versus #1 Georgetown

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Derek Smith	SR	G	6-6	15.7 Pts, 6.0 Reb, 2.1 Ast
Jerry Eaves	SR	G	6-4	12.6 Pts, 2.2 Reb, 3.3 Ast
Lancaster Gordon	SO	G	6-3	10.6 Pts, 2.3 Reb, 2.9 Ast
Rodney McCray	JR	F	6-7	8.6 Pts, 7.1 Reb, 2.6 Ast
Poncho Wright	SR	F	6-5	6.2 Pts, 2.9 Reb, 0.5 Ast
Charles Jones	SO	F	6-8	6.0 Pts, 3.9 Reb, 0.7 Ast
Milt Wagner	FR	G	6-5	4.3 Pts, 1.0 Reb, 1.2 Ast
Wiley Brown	SR	F	6-8	3.9 Pts, 2.0 Reb, 0.8 Ast
Scooter McCray	JR	F	6-9	3.3 Pts, 3.4 Reb, 1.7 Ast
Manuel Forrest	FR	F	6-6	3.1 Pts, 1.4 Reb, 0.5 Ast
James Jeter	FR	G	6-2	1.5 Pts, 0.4 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Greg Deuser	SR	G	6-0	1.1 Pts, 0.7 Reb, 0.7 Ast
Danny Mitchell	FR	F	6-6	1.5 Pts, 1.3 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Kent Jones	FR	G	6-2	1.0 Pts, 0.4 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Marty Pulliam	SR	C	6-9	2.0 Pts, 1.0 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	33		29.2	58.4	.500	15.3	22.5	.680	34.8	16.7	8.6	4.7	16.5	18.8	73.8
Opponent	33		25.3	56.3	.450	13.9	19.5	.713	32.8	11.8	6.7	2.4	18.7	20.2	64.6

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	12														72.3
Opponent	12														63.1

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	33		964	1927	.500	506	744	.680	1149	550	285	156	546	619	2434
Opponent	33		835	1857	.450	458	642	.713	1083	391	220	78	616	666	2131

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	12														868
Opponent	12														757

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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
1	Derek Smith	G	33	33	28.8	6.2	10.5	.590	6.2	10.5	3.3	4.9	.673	6.0	2.1	1.2	0.5	2.8	3.6	15.7
2	Jerry Eaves	G	33	33	30.8	5.0	9.8	.509	5.0	9.8	2.7	3.6	.739	2.2	3.3	1.4	0.0	2.8	2.0	12.6
3	Lancaster Gordon	G	33	33	29.0	4.5	9.1	.492	4.5	9.1	1.6	2.2	.746	2.3	2.9	1.3	0.2	2.0	1.8	10.6
4	Rodney McCray	F	33	33	29.1	3.4	5.9	.571	3.4	5.9	1.8	2.5	.702	7.1	2.6	1.2	1.3	2.0	2.2	8.6
5	Poncho Wright	F	33	0	14.1	2.6	6.0	.429	2.6	6.0	1.0	1.3	.750	2.9	0.5	0.5	0.3	1.1	1.6	6.2
6	Charles Jones	F	31	7	17.8	1.9	3.3	.588	1.9	3.3	2.1	3.0	.707	3.9	0.7	0.9	1.1	1.5	2.1	6.0
7	Milt Wagner Jr	G	32	0	13.9	2.0	4.1	.481	2.0	4.1	0.3	0.6	.579	1.0	1.2	0.4	0.2	1.3	1.5	4.3
8	Wiley Brown	F	31	15	13.5	1.4	3.8	.359	1.4	3.8	1.2	2.1	.563	2.0	0.8	0.7	0.5	1.0	1.3	3.9
9	Scooter McCray	F	30	11	15.7	1.2	3.2	.385	1.2	3.2	0.8	1.1	.706	3.4	1.7	0.6	0.8	1.4	1.7	3.3
10	Manuel Forrest	F	20	0	7.9	1.4	2.7	.509	1.4	2.7	0.4	0.9	.471	1.4	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.8	1.2	3.1
11	Marty Pulliam	C	1	0	4.0	1.0	2.0	.500	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0		1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0
12	Danny Mitchell	F	11	0	3.9	0.5	1.4	.333	0.5	1.4	0.5	1.2	.462	1.3	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.4	0.3	1.5
13	James Jeter	G	14	0	3.9	0.6	1.4	.400	0.6	1.4	0.4	0.6	.556	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.3	1.5
14	Greg Deuser	G	19	0	7.6	0.3	1.3	.250	0.3	1.3	0.4	0.7	.571	0.7	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.5	0.7	1.1
15	Kent Jones	G	5	0	1.8	0.4	0.8	.500	0.4	0.8	0.2	0.4	.500	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.2	1.0
	Team Totals		33			29.2	58.4	.500	29.2	58.4	15.3	22.5	.680	34.8	16.7	8.6	4.7	16.5	18.8	73.8

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Derek Smith	33	33	950	204	346	.590	109	162	.673	199	70	41	15	91	118	517
2	Jerry Eaves	33	33	1018	164	322	.509	88	119	.739	74	110	47	0	91	65	416
3	Lancaster Gordon	33	33	956	148	301	.492	53	71	.746	77	97	44	6	67	58	349
4	Rodney McCray	33	33	961	112	196	.571	59	84	.702	234	86	38	43	67	71	283
5	Poncho Wright	33	0	465	85	198	.429	33	44	.750	96	16	17	11	35	54	203
6	Charles Jones	31	7	553	60	102	.588	65	92	.707	122	23	28	33	46	66	185
7	Milt Wagner	32	0	444	63	131	.481	11	19	.579	33	38	12	5	41	48	137
8	Wiley Brown	31	15	419	42	117	.359	36	64	.563	63	26	23	15	31	41	120
9	Scooter McCray	30	11	472	37	96	.385	24	34	.706	101	51	18	23	43	51	98
10	Manuel Forrest	20	0	157	27	53	.509	8	17	.471	28	10	3	3	15	24	62
11	James Jeter	14	0	55	8	20	.400	5	9	.556	5	6	2	1	4	4	21
12	Greg Deuser	19	0	144	6	24	.250	8	14	.571	13	13	7	1	9	14	20
13	Danny Mitchell	11	0	43	5	15	.333	6	13	.462	14	3	5	0	4	3	16
14	Kent Jones	5	0	9	2	4	.500	1	2	.500	2	1	0	0	2	1	5
15	Marty Pulliam	1	0	4	1	2	.500	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	2
	School Totals	33			964	1927	.500	506	744	.680	1149	550	285	156	546	619	2434

Per 40 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Kent Jones	5	0	9	8.9	17.8	.500	4.4	8.9	.500	8.9	4.4	0.0	0.0	8.9	4.4	22.2
2	Derek Smith	33	33	950	8.6	14.6	.590	4.6	6.8	.673	8.4	2.9	1.7	0.6	3.8	5.0	21.8
3	Marty Pulliam	1	0	4	10.0	20.0	.500	0.0	0.0		10.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	10.0	20.0
4	Poncho Wright	33	0	465	7.3	17.0	.429	2.8	3.8	.750	8.3	1.4	1.5	0.9	3.0	4.6	17.5
5	Jerry Eaves	33	33	1018	6.4	12.7	.509	3.5	4.7	.739	2.9	4.3	1.8	0.0	3.6	2.6	16.3
6	Manuel Forrest	20	0	157	6.9	13.5	.509	2.0	4.3	.471	7.1	2.5	0.8	0.8	3.8	6.1	15.8
7	James Jeter	14	0	55	5.8	14.5	.400	3.6	6.5	.556	3.6	4.4	1.5	0.7	2.9	2.9	15.3
8	Danny Mitchell	11	0	43	4.7	14.0	.333	5.6	12.1	.462	13.0	2.8	4.7	0.0	3.7	2.8	14.9
9	Lancaster Gordon	33	33	956	6.2	12.6	.492	2.2	3.0	.746	3.2	4.1	1.8	0.3	2.8	2.4	14.6
10	Charles Jones	31	7	553	4.3	7.4	.588	4.7	6.7	.707	8.8	1.7	2.0	2.4	3.3	4.8	13.4
11	Milt Wagner	32	0	444	5.7	11.8	.481	1.0	1.7	.579	3.0	3.4	1.1	0.5	3.7	4.3	12.3
12	Rodney McCray	33	33	961	4.7	8.2	.571	2.5	3.5	.702	9.7	3.6	1.6	1.8	2.8	3.0	11.8
13	Wiley Brown	31	15	419	4.0	11.2	.359	3.4	6.1	.563	6.0	2.5	2.2	1.4	3.0	3.9	11.5
14	Scooter McCray	30	11	472	3.1	8.1	.385	2.0	2.9	.706	8.6	4.3	1.5	1.9	3.6	4.3	8.3
15	Greg Deuser	19	0	144	1.7	6.7	.250	2.2	3.9	.571	3.6	3.6	1.9	0.3	2.5	3.9	5.6