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1978-79 UNC Tar Heels Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 23-6 (9-3, 1st in ACC MBB)

Rank: 9th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Dean Smith

PS/G: 76.5 (100th of 262)

PA/G: 65.4 (30th of 262)

SRS: 18.54 (3rd of 256)

SOS: 7.51 (15th of 256)

NCAA Tournament: (#1 seed in East)
Lost East Second Round (72-71) versus #9 Pennsylvania

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Al Wood	SO	G	6-6	17.8 Pts, 4.1 Reb, 1.1 Ast
Mike O'Koren	JR	F	6-7	14.8 Pts, 7.2 Reb, 3.5 Ast
Dudley Bradley	SR	F	6-6	9.2 Pts, 3.6 Reb, 2.0 Ast
Dave Colescott	JR	G	6-2	8.7 Pts, 1.0 Reb, 1.7 Ast
Rich Yonakor	JR	F	6-9	6.8 Pts, 4.0 Reb, 2.3 Ast
John Virgil	JR	G	6-6	6.3 Pts, 1.4 Reb, 0.6 Ast
Ged Doughton	SR	G	6-1	4.0 Pts, 1.2 Reb, 1.1 Ast
Jeff Wolf	JR	C	6-11	3.1 Pts, 3.6 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Pete Budko	SO	C	6-9	2.3 Pts, 2.0 Reb, 0.6 Ast
Jimmy Black	FR	G	6-3	2.2 Pts, 0.7 Reb, 1.3 Ast
Randy Wiel	SR	G	6-4	1.7 Pts, 0.5 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Mike Pepper	SO	G	6-3	2.3 Pts, 0.3 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Eric Kenny	SO	F	6-6	1.5 Pts, 1.0 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Chris Brust	FR	F	6-9	1.0 Pts, 1.3 Reb, 0.3 Ast

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	29		29.7	55.7	.533	17.1	23.7	.721	32.3	14.8	7.8			19.3	76.5
Opponent	29		26.2	55.9	.470	13.0	17.5	.740	29.2	11.6	6.3			20.1	65.4

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	12														68.3
Opponent	12														62.8

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	29		861	1614	.533	496	688	.721	936	428	225			559	2218
Opponent	29		761	1620	.470	376	508	.740	847	336	182			584	1898

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	12														820
Opponent	12														753

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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Al Wood	G	29	7.2	12.7	.572	7.2	12.7	3.3	4.3	.760	4.1	1.1	1.0	0.8	2.7	17.8
2	Mike O'Koren	F	28	4.8	9.3	.521	4.8	9.3	5.1	6.7	.766	7.2	3.5	1.6	0.5	2.8	14.8	AA-1
3	Dudley Bradley	F	29	3.8	7.3	.512	3.8	7.3	1.7	2.7	.608	3.6	2.0	3.3	0.3	2.6	9.2
4	Dave Colescott	G	26	3.5	6.8	.520	3.5	6.8	1.6	1.8	.875	1.0	1.7	1.2	0.1	1.4	8.7
5	Rich Yonakor	F	29	2.4	4.2	.577	2.4	4.2	1.9	2.6	.730	4.0	2.3	0.6	0.3	2.1	6.8
6	John Virgil	G	28	2.7	4.8	.571	2.7	4.8	0.8	1.3	.639	1.4	0.6	0.4	0.1	1.4	6.3
7	Ged Doughton	G	29	1.6	3.4	.470	1.6	3.4	0.8	0.9	.815	1.2	1.1	0.6	0.0	0.9	4.0
8	Jeff Wolf	C	28	1.4	2.9	.475	1.4	2.9	0.4	1.0	.444	3.6	0.4	0.3	0.9	1.9	3.1
9	Mike Pepper	G	10	0.9	1.5	.600	0.9	1.5	0.5	0.6	.833	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.0	0.4	2.3
10	Pete Budko	C	29	0.9	1.8	.529	0.9	1.8	0.5	0.7	.667	2.0	0.6	0.1	0.9	1.1	2.3
11	Jimmy Black	G	29	0.8	1.7	.479	0.8	1.7	0.6	1.0	.621	0.7	1.3	0.4	0.0	1.0	2.2
12	Randy Wiel	G	27	0.7	1.3	.529	0.7	1.3	0.4	0.6	.625	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.4	1.7
13	Eric Kenny	F	11	0.5	1.0	.455	0.5	1.0	0.6	0.8	.778	1.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.9	1.5
14	Chris Brust	F	4	0.3	0.8	.333	0.3	0.8	0.5	0.8	.667	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0
	Team Totals		29	29.7	55.7	.533	29.7	55.7	17.1	23.7	.721	32.3	14.8	7.8		19.3	76.5

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
1	Al Wood	29	210	367	.572	95	125	.760	119	33	28	23	78	515
2	Mike O'Koren	28	135	259	.521	144	188	.766	202	99	46	15	77	414
3	Dudley Bradley	29	109	213	.512	48	79	.608	105	57	97	8	76	266
4	Dave Colescott	26	92	177	.520	42	48	.875	27	44	32	2	36	226
5	Rich Yonakor	29	71	123	.577	54	74	.730	117	67	17	8	61	196
6	John Virgil	28	76	133	.571	23	36	.639	39	17	12	2	40	175
7	Ged Doughton	29	47	100	.470	22	27	.815	36	33	16	0	26	116
8	Jeff Wolf	28	38	80	.475	12	27	.444	102	12	8	24	53	88
9	Pete Budko	29	27	51	.529	14	21	.667	58	17	4	27	31	68
10	Jimmy Black	29	23	48	.479	18	29	.621	19	39	11	1	28	64
11	Randy Wiel	27	18	34	.529	10	16	.625	14	3	0	2	11	46
12	Mike Pepper	10	9	15	.600	5	6	.833	3	4	5	0	4	23
13	Eric Kenny	11	5	11	.455	7	9	.778	11	2	2	0	10	17
14	Chris Brust	4	1	3	.333	2	3	.667	5	1	0	0	2	4
	School Totals	29	861	1614	.533	496	688	.721	936	428	225		559	2218