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1978-79 Texas Longhorns Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 21-8 (13-3, 1st in SWC MBB)

Coach: Abe Lemons

PS/G: 77.8 (80th of 262)

PA/G: 65.9 (35th of 262)

SRS: 12.03 (21st of 256)

SOS: 2.46 (77th of 256)

NCAA Tournament: (#4 seed in Midwest)
Lost Midwest Second Round (90-76) versus #5 Oklahoma

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Tyrone Branyan	SR	F	6-7	18.1 Pts, 6.9 Reb, 1.3 Ast
Jim Krivacs	SR	G	6-1	17.6 Pts, 2.2 Reb, 3.2 Ast
Ron Baxter	JR	F	6-4	11.7 Pts, 6.6 Reb, 1.6 Ast
Johnny Moore	SR	G	6-2	10.2 Pts, 4.4 Reb, 8.3 Ast
Phillip Stroud	SR	F	6-7	9.5 Pts, 8.8 Reb, 1.0 Ast
Dave Shepard	SO	F	6-4	3.9 Pts, 1.5 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Henry Johnson	FR	F	6-6	3.9 Pts, 2.2 Reb, 0.5 Ast
John Danks	JR	F	6-6	3.2 Pts, 1.3 Reb, 0.6 Ast
Ovie Dotson	SR	F	6-5	2.3 Pts, 1.7 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Wade Blundell	FR	G	6-5	2.3 Pts, 0.8 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Keith Stephens	SO	C	6-8	0.7 Pts, 1.9 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Brent Boyd				0.6 Pts, 0.4 Reb
Rob Cunningham		C	6-8	0.3 Pts, 0.8 Reb, 0.0 Ast
John Carney				0.0 Pts, 0.0 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	29		31.3	62.7	.499	15.2	20.6	.736	38.3	17.0				15.7	77.8
Opponent	29		28.6	64.8	.441	8.7	13.6	.641	38.1	14.4				20.0	65.9

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	16														79.1
Opponent	16														66.9

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	29		908	1819	.499	440	598	.736	1112	493				454	2256
Opponent	29		829	1880	.441	253	395	.641	1104	417				581	1911

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	16														1266
Opponent	16														1070

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Tyrone Branyan	29	27	7.6	15.0	.507	3.0	3.9	.770	6.9	1.3	2.4	18.1
2	Jim Krivacs	29	29	7.1	15.2	.464	3.5	3.8	.910	2.2	3.2	0.9	17.6
3	Ron Baxter	29	25	5.0	8.7	.571	1.9	2.6	.757	6.6	1.6	2.5	11.7
4	Johnny Moore	29	29	4.1	8.8	.469	2.0	3.0	.648	4.4	8.3	3.1	10.2
5	Phillip Stroud	28	27	3.6	6.1	.581	2.4	3.3	.725	8.8	1.0	2.3	9.5
6	Henry Johnson	19	4	1.5	3.3	.460	0.8	1.5	.552	2.2	0.5	1.2	3.9
7	Dave Shepard	22	1	1.6	3.6	.438	0.7	1.2	.577	1.5	0.4	1.0	3.9
8	John Danks	19	1	1.2	2.2	.561	0.7	1.3	.560	1.3	0.6	1.1	3.2
9	Wade Blundell	17	0	0.8	2.1	.389	0.6	0.8	.846	0.8	0.1	0.9	2.3
10	Ovie Dotson	19	2	0.8	1.4	.593	0.6	0.8	.750	1.7	0.4	1.5	2.3
11	Keith Stephens	10	0	0.2	0.7	.286	0.3	0.6	.500	1.9	0.2	0.3	0.7
12	Brent Boyd	9	0	0.2	0.7	.333	0.1	0.3	.333	0.4		0.3	0.6
13	Rob Cunningham	9	0	0.1	0.4	.250	0.1	0.3	.333	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.3
14	John Carney	1		0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Tyrone Branyan	29	27	220	434	.507	87	113	.770	200	39	70	525
2	Jim Krivacs	29	29	205	442	.464	101	111	.910	65	94	25	511
3	Ron Baxter	29	25	144	252	.571	56	74	.757	192	46	72	340
4	Johnny Moore	29	29	119	254	.469	57	88	.648	129	242	90	295
5	Phillip Stroud	28	27	100	172	.581	66	91	.725	245	27	64	266
6	Dave Shepard	22	1	35	80	.438	15	26	.577	32	8	22	85
7	Henry Johnson	19	4	29	63	.460	16	29	.552	42	10	22	74
8	John Danks	19	1	23	41	.561	14	25	.560	24	12	21	60
9	Ovie Dotson	19	2	16	27	.593	12	16	.750	33	7	28	44
10	Wade Blundell	17	0	14	36	.389	11	13	.846	14	1	15	39
11	Keith Stephens	10	0	2	7	.286	3	6	.500	19	2	3	7
12	Brent Boyd	9	0	2	6	.333	1	3	.333	4		3	5
13	Rob Cunningham	9	0	1	4	.250	1	3	.333	7	0	0	3
14	John Carney	1		0	1	.000	0	0		0	0		0
	School Totals	29		908	1819	.499	440	598	.736	1112	493	454	2256

1978-79 Texas (Men's) Season