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1978-79 Michigan State Spartans Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 26-6 (13-5, 1st in Big Ten MBB)

Rank: 3rd in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Jud Heathcote

PS/G: 75.7 (109th of 262)

PA/G: 62.6 (13th of 262)

SRS: 22.53 (1st of 256)

SOS: 9.47 (2nd of 256)

NCAA Tournament: (#2 seed in Mideast)
Won Mideast Second Round (95-64) versus #10 Lamar
Won Mideast Regional Semifinal (87-71) versus #3 Louisiana State
Won Mideast Regional Final (80-68) versus #1 Notre Dame
Won National Semifinal (101-67) versus #9 Pennsylvania
Won National Final (75-64) versus #1 Indiana State

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Greg Kelser	SR	F	6-7	18.8 Pts, 8.7 Reb, 1.8 Ast
Magic Johnson	SO	G	6-8	17.1 Pts, 7.3 Reb, 8.4 Ast
Jay Vincent	SO	F	6-7	12.7 Pts, 5.2 Reb, 1.2 Ast
Ron Charles	JR	C	6-8	8.8 Pts, 5.1 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Mike Brkovich	SO	G	6-5	7.0 Pts, 1.8 Reb, 1.2 Ast
Terry Donnelly	JR	G	6-2	6.6 Pts, 1.6 Reb, 2.0 Ast
Rob Gonzalez	FR	F	6-7	1.7 Pts, 1.0 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Gerald Busby	FR	G	6-4	2.3 Pts, 0.9 Reb, 0.5 Ast
Greg Lloyd	JR	G	6-1	1.4 Pts, 0.5 Reb, 0.6 Ast
Mike Longaker	JR	G	6-2	1.4 Pts, 0.3 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Rick Kaye	SO	F	6-6	1.3 Pts, 0.6 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Don Brkovich	FR	F	6-7	0.3 Pts, 0.2 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Gerald Gilkie	SO		6-5	1.0 Pts, 1.0 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Jaimie Huffman	SO		6-3	0.3 Pts, 0.5 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		29.1	55.3	.527	17.5	24.2	.721	34.6						75.7
Opponent	32		25.9	59.8	.434	10.7	15.9	.673	32.6						62.6

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	18														69.9
Opponent	18														61.7

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	32		932	1769	.527	559	775	.721	1108						2423
Opponent	32		830	1912	.434	343	510	.673	1044						2003

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	18														1259
Opponent	18														1110

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
1	Greg Kelser	32	32	32.5	7.7	14.1	.545	3.4	5.1	.671	8.7	1.8	1.7	1.1	3.5	18.8
2	Magic Johnson	32	31	36.2	5.4	11.6	.468	6.3	7.5	.842	7.3	8.4	2.3	0.1	2.4	17.1
3	Jay Vincent	31	28	30.3	5.5	11.1	.496	1.7	3.0	.581	5.2	1.2	0.8	0.8	3.0	12.7
4	Ron Charles	32	23	27.6	3.6	5.4	.665	1.6	2.6	.622	5.1	0.4	0.6	0.6	2.9	8.8
5	Mike Brkovich	32	15	25.9	2.7	5.2	.509	1.7	2.1	.803	1.8	1.2	0.5	0.2	1.8	7.0
6	Terry Donnelly	32	31	30.9	2.6	4.8	.535	1.4	1.9	.754	1.6	2.0	0.0	0.2	1.8	6.6
7	Gerald Busby	13		8.5	0.9	2.0	.462	0.5	0.6	.750	0.9	0.5	0.0	0.1	0.7	2.3
8	Rob Gonzalez	28	0	8.8	0.6	1.1	.581	0.4	0.5	.800	1.0	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.8	1.7
9	Greg Lloyd	19		3.4	0.4	0.8	.500	0.6	0.8	.688	0.5	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.2	1.4
10	Mike Longaker	19		2.9	0.5	0.7	.643	0.4	0.6	.667	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.2	1.4
11	Rick Kaye	16		2.5	0.5	0.7	.727	0.3	0.6	.444	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.8	1.3
12	Gerald Gilkie	3	0	1.7	0.3	0.7	.500	0.3	1.0	.333	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
13	Don Brkovich	9	0	1.4	0.1	0.3	.333	0.1	0.3	.333	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.3
14	Jaimie Huffman	6	0	2.7	0.2	0.5	.333	0.0	0.2	.000	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.3

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
1	Greg Kelser	32	32	1040	246	451	.545	110	164	.671	278	56	53	36	113	602
2	Magic Johnson	32	31	1159	173	370	.468	202	240	.842	234	269	75	3	77	548
3	Jay Vincent	31	28	939	170	343	.496	54	93	.581	161	38	25	26	94	394
4	Ron Charles	32	23	883	115	173	.665	51	82	.622	162	13	20	20	94	281
5	Mike Brkovich	32	15	830	85	167	.509	53	66	.803	56	37	17	6	56	223
6	Terry Donnelly	32	31	990	83	155	.535	46	61	.754	50	63	0	6	59	212
7	Rob Gonzalez	28	0	247	18	31	.581	12	15	.800	27	5	7	0	23	48
8	Gerald Busby	13		111	12	26	.462	6	8	.750	12	6	0	1	9	30
9	Greg Lloyd	19		64	8	16	.500	11	16	.688	10	11	3	0	4	27
10	Mike Longaker	19		55	9	14	.643	8	12	.667	6	2	3	1	3	26
11	Rick Kaye	16		40	8	11	.727	4	9	.444	10	2	1	0	12	20
12	Don Brkovich	9	0	13	1	3	.333	1	3	.333	2	1	1	0	2	3
13	Gerald Gilkie	3	0	5	1	2	.500	1	3	.333	3	0	0	0	0	3
14	Jaimie Huffman	6	0	16	1	3	.333	0	1	.000	3	0	3	0	2	2
	School Totals	32			932	1769	.527	559	775	.721	1108					2423

Per 40 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
1	Gerald Gilkie	3	0	5	8.0	16.0	.500	8.0	24.0	.333	24.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	24.0
2	Greg Kelser	32	32	1040	9.5	17.3	.545	4.2	6.3	.671	10.7	2.2	2.0	1.4	4.3	23.2
3	Rick Kaye	16		40	8.0	11.0	.727	4.0	9.0	.444	10.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	12.0	20.0
4	Magic Johnson	32	31	1159	6.0	12.8	.468	7.0	8.3	.842	8.1	9.3	2.6	0.1	2.7	18.9
5	Mike Longaker	19		55	6.5	10.2	.643	5.8	8.7	.667	4.4	1.5	2.2	0.7	2.2	18.9
6	Greg Lloyd	19		64	5.0	10.0	.500	6.9	10.0	.688	6.3	6.9	1.9	0.0	2.5	16.9
7	Jay Vincent	31	28	939	7.2	14.6	.496	2.3	4.0	.581	6.9	1.6	1.1	1.1	4.0	16.8
8	Ron Charles	32	23	883	5.2	7.8	.665	2.3	3.7	.622	7.3	0.6	0.9	0.9	4.3	12.7
9	Gerald Busby	13		111	4.3	9.4	.462	2.2	2.9	.750	4.3	2.2	0.0	0.4	3.2	10.8
10	Mike Brkovich	32	15	830	4.1	8.0	.509	2.6	3.2	.803	2.7	1.8	0.8	0.3	2.7	10.7
11	Don Brkovich	9	0	13	3.1	9.2	.333	3.1	9.2	.333	6.2	3.1	3.1	0.0	6.2	9.2
12	Terry Donnelly	32	31	990	3.4	6.3	.535	1.9	2.5	.754	2.0	2.5	0.0	0.2	2.4	8.6
13	Rob Gonzalez	28	0	247	2.9	5.0	.581	1.9	2.4	.800	4.4	0.8	1.1	0.0	3.7	7.8
14	Jaimie Huffman	6	0	16	2.5	7.5	.333	0.0	2.5	.000	7.5	0.0	7.5	0.0	5.0	5.0

1978-79 Michigan State (Men's) Season