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1977-78 Utah Utes Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 23-6 (12-2, 2nd in WAC MBB)

Rank: 14th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Jerry Pimm

PS/G: 79.6 (67th of 259)

PA/G: 73.2 (116th of 259)

SRS: 10.00 (29th of 253)

SOS: 3.66 (62nd of 253)

NCAA Tournament:
Won Midwest First Round (86-79) versus Missouri
Lost Midwest Regional Semifinal (69-56) versus Notre Dame

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Buster Matheney	SR	C	6-8	18.2 Pts, 7.1 Reb, 0.5 Ast
Jeff Judkins	SR	G	6-6	18.5 Pts, 6.0 Reb, 2.8 Ast
Danny Vranes	FR	F	6-7	12.2 Pts, 7.2 Reb, 1.8 Ast
Greg Deane	JR	G	6-4	8.6 Pts, 3.2 Reb, 2.0 Ast
Tom Chambers	FR	F	6-10	6.4 Pts, 3.7 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Michael Grey	SR	G	6-0	6.0 Pts, 1.0 Reb, 4.0 Ast
Earl Williams	JR	G	6-5	4.8 Pts, 3.1 Reb, 3.9 Ast
Mike Dunn	SR	F	6-6	2.6 Pts, 1.8 Reb, 1.1 Ast
Scott Martin	FR	G	5-11	1.6 Pts, 0.8 Reb, 2.9 Ast
Coby Leavitt	SO	F	6-9	1.6 Pts, 1.3 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Bobby Roots	JR	F	6-7	2.6 Pts, 1.4 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Donnie Rice	SO	G	6-2	1.3 Pts, 0.3 Reb, 0.5 Ast
Karl Bankowski	FR	F	6-7	0.8 Pts, 0.9 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Jay Judkins	FR		6-5	1.0 Pts, 0.5 Reb, 0.2 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	40.3	31.8	61.1	.519	16.0	23.2	.692	36.7	18.9			16.3	21.2	79.6
Opponent	29	40.3	29.5	61.7	.479	14.2	20.8	.684	35.2	14.1			17.8	22.0	73.2

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														81.5
Opponent	14														74.7

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	29	5850	921	1773	.519	465	672	.692	1065	549			474	615	2307
Opponent	29	5850	856	1788	.479	412	602	.684	1021	408			517	638	2124

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														1141
Opponent	14														1046

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Jeff Judkins	28	28	37.3	7.6	14.1	.541	3.3	4.3	.760	6.0	2.8	2.4	2.0	18.5
2	Buster Matheney	29	28	29.0	7.8	14.4	.543	2.5	2.9	.869	7.1	0.5	1.8	3.4	18.2
3	Danny Vranes	29	29	29.3	5.0	9.1	.547	2.2	3.9	.575	7.2	1.8	1.4	2.8	12.2
4	Greg Deane	29	8	20.7	3.2	6.0	.529	2.3	3.0	.767	3.2	2.0	2.5	2.4	8.6
5	Tom Chambers	28	1	12.7	2.5	5.0	.496	1.4	2.3	.625	3.7	0.3	1.5	2.5	6.4
6	Michael Grey	29	22	24.4	1.9	3.8	.505	2.1	3.1	.689	1.0	4.0	2.1	2.3	6.0
7	Earl Williams	29	28	26.2	1.9	4.6	.421	0.9	1.4	.634	3.1	3.9	1.8	2.9	4.8
8	Mike Dunn	22	1	8.4	1.2	2.4	.519	0.2	0.4	.500	1.8	1.1	0.5	0.9	2.6
9	Bobby Roots	7	0	5.0	0.7	1.0	.714	1.1	2.0	.571	1.4	0.1	0.7	1.0	2.6
10	Coby Leavitt	12	0	4.8	0.7	1.3	.500	0.3	0.6	.429	1.3	0.2	0.3	0.7	1.6
11	Scott Martin	25	0	11.3	0.5	1.3	.375	0.7	1.0	.680	0.8	2.9	1.6	1.1	1.6
12	Donnie Rice	13	0	5.5	0.4	1.1	.357	0.5	1.0	.538	0.3	0.5	1.0	0.8	1.3
13	Jay Judkins	6	0	3.7	0.5	0.7	.750	0.0	0.7	.000	0.5	0.2	0.7	1.0	1.0
14	Karl Bankowski	10	0	3.5	0.3	1.5	.200	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.9	0.3	0.4	0.9	0.8

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Buster Matheney	29	28	841	227	418	.543	73	84	.869	206	14	52	100	527
2	Jeff Judkins	28	28	1043	213	394	.541	92	121	.760	169	79	66	57	518
3	Danny Vranes	29	29	851	145	265	.547	65	113	.575	210	51	42	82	355
4	Greg Deane	29	8	601	92	174	.529	66	86	.767	93	57	72	69	250
5	Tom Chambers	28	1	355	69	139	.496	40	64	.625	104	7	41	69	178
6	Michael Grey	29	22	707	56	111	.505	62	90	.689	29	117	60	66	174
7	Earl Williams	29	28	759	56	133	.421	26	41	.634	90	113	53	83	138
8	Mike Dunn	22	1	184	27	52	.519	4	8	.500	39	25	12	20	58
9	Scott Martin	25	0	282	12	32	.375	17	25	.680	20	72	41	27	41
10	Coby Leavitt	12	0	58	8	16	.500	3	7	.429	16	2	4	8	19
11	Bobby Roots	7	0	35	5	7	.714	8	14	.571	10	1	5	7	18
12	Donnie Rice	13	0	72	5	14	.357	7	13	.538	4	7	13	11	17
13	Karl Bankowski	10	0	35	3	15	.200	2	2	1.000	9	3	4	9	8
14	Jay Judkins	6	0	22	3	4	.750	0	4	.000	3	1	4	6	6
	School Totals	29		5850	921	1773	.519	465	672	.692	1065	549	474	615	2307

Per 40 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Buster Matheney	29	28	841	10.8	19.9	.543	3.5	4.0	.869	9.8	0.7	2.5	4.8	25.1
2	Bobby Roots	7	0	35	5.7	8.0	.714	9.1	16.0	.571	11.4	1.1	5.7	8.0	20.6
3	Tom Chambers	28	1	355	7.8	15.7	.496	4.5	7.2	.625	11.7	0.8	4.6	7.8	20.1
4	Jeff Judkins	28	28	1043	8.2	15.1	.541	3.5	4.6	.760	6.5	3.0	2.5	2.2	19.9
5	Danny Vranes	29	29	851	6.8	12.5	.547	3.1	5.3	.575	9.9	2.4	2.0	3.9	16.7
6	Greg Deane	29	8	601	6.1	11.6	.529	4.4	5.7	.767	6.2	3.8	4.8	4.6	16.6
7	Coby Leavitt	12	0	58	5.5	11.0	.500	2.1	4.8	.429	11.0	1.4	2.8	5.5	13.1
8	Mike Dunn	22	1	184	5.9	11.3	.519	0.9	1.7	.500	8.5	5.4	2.6	4.3	12.6
9	Jay Judkins	6	0	22	5.5	7.3	.750	0.0	7.3	.000	5.5	1.8	7.3	10.9	10.9
10	Michael Grey	29	22	707	3.2	6.3	.505	3.5	5.1	.689	1.6	6.6	3.4	3.7	9.8
11	Donnie Rice	13	0	72	2.8	7.8	.357	3.9	7.2	.538	2.2	3.9	7.2	6.1	9.4
12	Karl Bankowski	10	0	35	3.4	17.1	.200	2.3	2.3	1.000	10.3	3.4	4.6	10.3	9.1
13	Earl Williams	29	28	759	3.0	7.0	.421	1.4	2.2	.634	4.7	6.0	2.8	4.4	7.3
14	Scott Martin	25	0	282	1.7	4.5	.375	2.4	3.5	.680	2.8	10.2	5.8	3.8	5.8

1977-78 Utah (Men's) Season