1996-97 Louisville Cardinals Men's Roster and Stats

Recent Game Results

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1. Nov 29 (Neutral), Louisville (1-0) Win vs. Montana State, 92-78
2. Nov 30 (Neutral), Louisville (2-0) Win vs. Illinois, 70-60

3. Dec 1 (Neutral), Louisville (3-0) Win vs. Colorado, 92-82
4. Dec 7 (Neutral), Louisville (4-0) Win vs. Louisiana State, 93-87
5. Dec 11, Louisville (5-0) Win vs. Dayton, 80-67
6. Dec 14 (Neutral), Louisville (6-0) Win vs. Purdue, 88-72
7. Dec 16, Louisville (7-0) Win vs. Wright State, 65-57
8. Dec 21 @ Arkansas, Louisville (8-0) Win vs. Arkansas, 91-88
9. Dec 23, Louisville (9-0) Win vs. Tennessee State, 102-54
10. Dec 29, Louisville (10-0) Win vs. Boston College, 89-85
11. Dec 31, Louisville (10-1) Loss vs. Kentucky, 54-74

12. Jan 3 @ UAB, Louisville (11-1) Win vs. UAB, 93-79
13. Jan 6 @ Charlotte, Louisville (12-1) Win vs. Charlotte, 92-81
14. Jan 11, Louisville (13-1) Win vs. Georgia Tech, 60-56
15. Jan 15, Louisville (14-1) Win vs. Houston, 92-78
16. Jan 19 @ Texas, Louisville (15-1) Win vs. Texas, 85-78
17. Jan 23, Louisville (15-2) Loss vs. Memphis, 58-64
18. Jan 25, Louisville (16-2) Win vs. UCLA, 74-71
19. Jan 28, Louisville (17-2) Win vs. DePaul, 71-54
20. Jan 30, Louisville (18-2) Win vs. Cincinnati, 81-70

21. Feb 2 @ Temple, Louisville (18-3) Loss vs. Temple, 44-67
22. Feb 6, Louisville (18-4) Loss vs. Saint Louis, 62-64
23. Feb 9 @ Memphis, Louisville (18-5) Loss vs. Memphis, 59-79
24. Feb 15 @ Houston, Louisville (19-5) Win vs. Houston, 70-66
25. Feb 17, Louisville (20-5) Win vs. South Florida, 75-64
26. Feb 20 @ Marquette, Louisville (20-6) Loss vs. Marquette, 71-79
27. Feb 22 @ Southern Miss, Louisville (21-6) Win vs. Southern Mississippi, 75-72
28. Feb 26, Louisville (22-6) Win vs. Charlotte, 72-71

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
DeJuan Wheat	SR	G	6-0	17.3 Pts, 2.2 Reb, 4.3 Ast
Alvin Sims	SR	G	6-4	11.3 Pts, 5.8 Reb, 2.7 Ast
Nate Johnson	FR	F	6-6	10.1 Pts, 5.1 Reb, 1.3 Ast
Alex Sanders	SO	F	6-7	10.1 Pts, 5.7 Reb, 1.8 Ast
B.J. Flynn	SR	G	6-2	9.0 Pts, 2.2 Reb, 1.6 Ast
Damion Dantzler	JR	F	6-7	7.4 Pts, 5.6 Reb, 2.0 Ast
Eric Johnson	SO	F	6-3	4.8 Pts, 1.9 Reb, 0.7 Ast
Tony Williams	FR	F	6-8	2.1 Pts, 1.7 Reb, 0.5 Ast
Beau Zach Smith	SR	C	6-8	1.6 Pts, 1.6 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Jerry Johnson	FR	G	6-3	1.8 Pts, 1.4 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Matt Akridge	JR	G	6-2	1.6 Pts, 0.3 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Troy Jackson	JR	C	6-9	1.9 Pts, 0.4 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Craig Farmer	JR	F	6-5	0.3 Pts, 0.9 Reb, 0.6 Ast
Paul Yaden	FR	F	6-7	0.0 Pts, 1.0 Reb, 0.3 Ast

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats

Season

Conference

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	35	41.0	25.9	57.9	.448	19.3	37.7	.510	6.7	20.2	.331	16.6	24.2	.686	14.3	21.6	35.8	15.3	8.8	2.7	16.1	20.2	75.2
Rank			102nd	123rd	101st	142nd	220th	48th	65th	54th	198th	56th	58th	113th	66th	249th	176th	73rd	57th	193rd	116th	94th	61st
Opponent	35	41.0	24.8	56.4	.440	19.8	40.5	.490	5.0	15.9	.315	16.3	23.3	.697	14.3	22.0	36.2	12.4	7.7	3.2	18.1	20.0	70.9
Rank			164th	129th	187th	213th	168th	218th	51st	91st	57th	234th	214th	258th	247th	94th	174th	234th	188th	178th	263rd	201st	182nd

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	PTS
Team	14	74.4
Rank		2nd
Opponent	14	71.7
Rank		11th

Total Team and Opponent Stats

Season

Conference

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	35	7175	908	2027	.448	674	1321	.510	234	706	.331	581	847	.686	499	755	1254	537	307	93	563	708	2631
Rank			19th	14th	101st	31st	46th	48th	25th	13th	198th	14th	9th	113th	14th	56th	22nd	14th	17th	125th	297th	302nd	13th
Opponent	35	7175	869	1973	.440	694	1417	.490	175	556	.315	569	816	.697	499	769	1268	435	269	113	632	699	2482
Rank			296th	293rd	187th	299th	296th	218th	194th	241st	57th	301st	300th	258th	299th	275th	295th	234th	283rd	272nd	299th	295th	300th

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	PTS
Team	14	1042
Rank		2nd
Opponent	14	1004
Rank		11th

Per Game

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Season

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	DeJuan Wheat	G	35	34	34.9	5.5	13.0	.425	2.8	7.8	.357	2.7	5.2	.527	.532	3.5	4.8	.743	2.2	4.3	1.9	0.1	2.6	1.6	17.3
2	Alvin Sims	G	35	35	29.4	3.9	8.6	.457	0.7	2.3	.321	3.2	6.3	.507	.500	2.6	4.2	.622	5.8	2.7	2.4	0.5	2.9	3.2	11.3
3	Alex Sanders	F	35	34	29.6	3.9	8.1	.484	0.9	2.5	.337	3.1	5.5	.552	.537	1.4	2.2	.615	5.7	1.8	1.3	0.3	2.2	2.5	10.1
4	Nate Johnson	F	35	34	26.9	3.8	7.3	.518	0.2	0.9	.219	3.6	6.4	.561	.531	2.4	3.1	.771	5.1	1.3	1.0	0.4	1.6	2.5	10.1
5	B.J. Flynn	G	34	1	20.9	2.1	5.1	.410	1.2	3.1	.374	0.9	1.9	.470	.526	3.6	4.6	.800	2.2	1.6	0.4	0.0	1.5	2.0	9.0
6	Damion Dantzler	F	35	34	27.1	2.8	6.4	.439	0.1	0.6	.182	2.7	5.7	.468	.448	1.7	2.8	.608	5.6	2.0	0.8	0.9	2.2	2.5	7.4
7	Eric Johnson	F	35	0	14.4	2.0	4.3	.464	0.4	1.3	.333	1.6	3.0	.519	.513	0.3	0.6	.600	1.9	0.7	0.3	0.1	1.0	2.3	4.8
8	Tony Williams	F	27	1	8.2	0.8	2.1	.375	0.1	0.9	.160	0.6	1.1	.548	.411	0.4	0.6	.588	1.7	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.7	0.9	2.1
9	Troy Jackson	C	7	0	2.7	0.9	1.6	.545	0.0	0.0		0.9	1.6	.545	.545	0.1	0.6	.250	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.4	1.0	1.9
10	Jerry Johnson	G	23	1	6.4	0.5	1.3	.400	0.3	0.7	.375	0.3	0.6	.429	.500	0.5	0.7	.688	1.4	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.7	1.0	1.8
11	Beau Zach Smith	C	34	0	9.1	0.6	1.7	.373	0.0	0.0		0.6	1.7	.373	.373	0.3	0.7	.360	1.6	0.2	0.2	0.3		1.7	1.6
12	Matt Akridge	G	16	1	3.0	0.4	1.4	.318	0.3	0.9	.333	0.1	0.4	.286	.432	0.4	0.5	.750	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.7	1.6
13	Craig Farmer	F	9	0	3.1	0.1	0.8	.143	0.0	0.2	.000	0.1	0.6	.200	.143	0.1	0.3	.333	0.9	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.6	0.3
14	Paul Yaden	F	3		2.0	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.3	.000	.000	0.0	0.0		1.0	0.3	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.0
	Team Totals		35		41.0	25.9	57.9	.448	6.7	20.2	.331	19.3	37.7	.510	.506	16.6	24.2	.686	35.8	15.3	8.8	2.7	16.1	20.2	75.2

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Totals

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	DeJuan Wheat	35	34	1222	193	454	.425	96	182	.527	97	272	.357	124	167	.743			77	149	68	5	91	55	607
2	Alvin Sims	35	35	1030	138	302	.457	112	221	.507	26	81	.321	92	148	.622			204	93	85	19	103	112	394
3	Nate Johnson	35	34	942	132	255	.518	125	223	.561	7	32	.219	84	109	.771			177	47	36	14	56	89	355
4	Alex Sanders	35	34	1036	137	283	.484	107	194	.552	30	89	.337	48	78	.615			201	63	46	12	76	87	352
5	B.J. Flynn	34	1	711	71	173	.410	31	66	.470	40	107	.374	124	155	.800			74	53	14	0	52	68	306
6	Damion Dantzler	35	34	949	98	223	.439	94	201	.468	4	22	.182	59	97	.608			196	71	28	30	78	86	259
7	Eric Johnson	35	0	504	70	151	.464	55	106	.519	15	45	.333	12	20	.600			65	24	10	3	36	82	167
8	Tony Williams	27	1	221	21	56	.375	17	31	.548	4	25	.160	10	17	.588			46	13	3	0	18	23	56
9	Beau Zach Smith	34	0	309	22	59	.373	22	59	.373	0	0		9	25	.360			56	8	6	10		58	53
10	Jerry Johnson	23	1	147	12	30	.400	6	14	.429	6	16	.375	11	16	.688			32	9	5	0	15	24	41
11	Matt Akridge	16	1	48	7	22	.318	2	7	.286	5	15	.333	6	8	.750			5	1	4	0	4	11	25
12	Troy Jackson	7	0	19	6	11	.545	6	11	.545	0	0		1	4	.250			3	0	1	0	3	7	13
13	Craig Farmer	9	0	28	1	7	.143	1	5	.200	0	2	.000	1	3	.333			8	5	1	0	4	5	3
14	Paul Yaden	3		6	0	1	.000	0	1	.000	0	0		0	0				3	1	0	0		1	0
	School Totals	35		7175	908	2027	.448	674	1321	.510	234	706	.331	581	847	.686	499	755	1254	537	307	93	563	708	2631

Per 40 Minutes

Per 40 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Troy Jackson	7	0	19	12.6	23.2	.545	12.6	23.2	.545	0.0	0.0		2.1	8.4	.250	6.3	0.0	2.1	0.0	6.3	14.7	27.4
2	Matt Akridge	16	1	48	5.8	18.3	.318	1.7	5.8	.286	4.2	12.5	.333	5.0	6.7	.750	4.2	0.8	3.3	0.0	3.3	9.2	20.8
3	DeJuan Wheat	35	34	1222	6.3	14.9	.425	3.1	6.0	.527	3.2	8.9	.357	4.1	5.5	.743	2.5	4.9	2.2	0.2	3.0	1.8	19.9
4	B.J. Flynn	34	1	711	4.0	9.7	.410	1.7	3.7	.470	2.3	6.0	.374	7.0	8.7	.800	4.2	3.0	0.8	0.0	2.9	3.8	17.2
5	Alvin Sims	35	35	1030	5.4	11.7	.457	4.3	8.6	.507	1.0	3.1	.321	3.6	5.7	.622	7.9	3.6	3.3	0.7	4.0	4.3	15.3
6	Nate Johnson	35	34	942	5.6	10.8	.518	5.3	9.5	.561	0.3	1.4	.219	3.6	4.6	.771	7.5	2.0	1.5	0.6	2.4	3.8	15.1
7	Alex Sanders	35	34	1036	5.3	10.9	.484	4.1	7.5	.552	1.2	3.4	.337	1.9	3.0	.615	7.8	2.4	1.8	0.5	2.9	3.4	13.6
8	Eric Johnson	35	0	504	5.6	12.0	.464	4.4	8.4	.519	1.2	3.6	.333	1.0	1.6	.600	5.2	1.9	0.8	0.2	2.9	6.5	13.3
9	Jerry Johnson	23	1	147	3.3	8.2	.400	1.6	3.8	.429	1.6	4.4	.375	3.0	4.4	.688	8.7	2.4	1.4	0.0	4.1	6.5	11.2
10	Damion Dantzler	35	34	949	4.1	9.4	.439	4.0	8.5	.468	0.2	0.9	.182	2.5	4.1	.608	8.3	3.0	1.2	1.3	3.3	3.6	10.9
11	Tony Williams	27	1	221	3.8	10.1	.375	3.1	5.6	.548	0.7	4.5	.160	1.8	3.1	.588	8.3	2.4	0.5	0.0	3.3	4.2	10.1
12	Beau Zach Smith	34	0	309	2.8	7.6	.373	2.8	7.6	.373	0.0	0.0		1.2	3.2	.360	7.2	1.0	0.8	1.3		7.5	6.9
13	Craig Farmer	9	0	28	1.4	10.0	.143	1.4	7.1	.200	0.0	2.9	.000	1.4	4.3	.333	11.4	7.1	1.4	0.0	5.7	7.1	4.3
14	Paul Yaden	3		6	0.0	6.7	.000	0.0	6.7	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		20.0	6.7	0.0	0.0		6.7	0.0

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	3PAr	FTr	TOV%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/40
1	DeJuan Wheat	35	34	1222	.569	.532	.599	.368	14.6	3.3	1.2	4.6	.150
2	Alvin Sims	35	35	1030	.529	.500	.268	.490	21.7	1.5	2.1	3.6	.140
3	Nate Johnson	35	34	942	.579	.531	.125	.427		2.0	1.4	3.4	.145
4	Alex Sanders	35	34	1036	.550	.537	.314	.276		1.6	1.5	3.1	.122
5	B.J. Flynn	34	1	711	.620	.526	.618	.896		2.2	0.5	2.7	.152
6	Damion Dantzler	35	34	949	.481	.448	.099	.435		0.4	1.9	2.3	.095
7	Eric Johnson	35	0	504	.520	.513	.298	.132		0.5	0.4	1.0	.078
8	Jerry Johnson	23	1	147	.545	.500	.533	.533		0.2	0.2	0.4	.097
9	Beau Zach Smith	34	0	309	.374	.373	.000	.424		-0.3	0.5	0.2	.027
10	Matt Akridge	16	1	48	.484	.432	.682	.364		0.0	0.1	0.1	.074
11	Tony Williams	27	1	221	.437	.411	.446	.304		-0.1	0.2	0.1	.026
12	Troy Jackson	7	0	19	.504	.545	.000	.364		0.0	0.0	0.0	.101
13	Paul Yaden	3		6	.000	.000	.000	.000		0.0	0.0	0.0	-.076
14	Craig Farmer	9	0	28	.178	.143	.286	.429		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-.110