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1978-79 Wisconsin Badgers Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 12-15 (6-12, 8th in Big Ten MBB)

Coach: Bill Cofield

PS/G: 69.7 (206th of 262)

PA/G: 73.5 (138th of 262)

SRS: 5.45 (60th of 256)

SOS: 9.22 (4th of 256)

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Wes Matthews	SO	G	6-1	18.5 Pts, 2.6 Reb, 3.9 Ast
Claude Gregory	SO	F	6-8	15.1 Pts, 8.7 Reb, 1.1 Ast
Joe Chrnelich	JR	F	6-7	10.6 Pts, 8.2 Reb, 1.6 Ast
Larry Petty	SO	C	6-9	9.9 Pts, 6.8 Reb, 0.8 Ast
Arnold Gaines	JR	G	6-4	6.9 Pts, 2.8 Reb, 3.6 Ast
Dan Hastings	SO	G	6-4	4.1 Pts, 1.2 Reb, 1.7 Ast
James Smith	FR	F	6-6.5	2.7 Pts, 2.5 Reb, 1.0 Ast
Keith Mitchell	FR	C	6-9	1.7 Pts, 2.4 Reb, 0.2 Ast
John Bailey	FR	G	6-3	1.4 Pts, 0.3 Reb, 0.6 Ast
Robert Jenkins	JR	G	6-3	1.6 Pts, 0.8 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Mark Newburg	JR	C	6-10	1.0 Pts, 1.8 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Gary Zinkgraf	FR	F	6-7	1.0 Pts, 2.0 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Tim Stracka	FR		6-4	1.0 Pts, 1.0 Reb, 0.0 Ast
John Heets				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	27		28.1	64.0	.440	13.4	20.2	.666	38.8						69.7
Opponent	27		28.7	59.4	.484	16.0	22.3	.718	36.8						73.5

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	18														68.7
Opponent	18														74.8

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	27		760	1728	.440	363	545	.666	1048						1883
Opponent	27		776	1604	.484	433	603	.718	993						1985

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	18														1237
Opponent	18														1347

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Wes Matthews	27	27	36.5	7.2	15.4	.468	4.0	5.1	.784	2.6	3.9	2.0	0.4		3.2	18.5
2	Claude Gregory	27	26	32.1	6.2	14.3	.436	2.6	3.9	.670	8.7	1.1	1.7	0.8	3.7	3.6	15.1
3	Joe Chrnelich	26	26	33.8	4.2	8.8	.470	2.3	3.5	.652	8.2	1.6	0.9	0.1		2.9	10.6
4	Larry Petty	27	27	31.8	3.9	7.6	.520	2.0	3.5	.585	6.8	0.8	0.6	0.5	2.6	3.4	9.9
5	Arnold Gaines	27	22	28.4	3.1	7.4	.417	0.7	1.4	.526	2.8	3.6	1.1	0.1		2.8	6.9
6	Dan Hastings	25	5	15.4	1.8	4.6	.388	0.5	0.8	.619	1.2	1.7	0.5	0.1		3.4	4.1
7	James Smith	26	2	13.5	1.0	3.5	.297	0.7	1.0	.630	2.5	1.0	0.4	0.2		1.9	2.7
8	Keith Mitchell	25	0	8.2	0.7	2.0	.353	0.3	0.6	.500	2.4	0.2	0.2	0.2		2.3	1.7
9	Robert Jenkins	5	0	5.0	0.6	1.6	.375	0.4	0.4	1.000	0.8	0.4	0.2	0.0		0.2	1.6
10	John Bailey	10	0	4.4	0.3	1.3	.231	0.8	0.9	.889	0.3	0.6	0.6	0.2		1.4	1.4
11	Mark Newburg	4	0	7.0	0.5	1.3	.400	0.0	0.0		1.8	0.0	0.3	0.0		1.0	1.0
12	Tim Stracka	2	0	7.5	0.5	3.5	.143	0.0	0.5	.000	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		1.5	1.0
13	Gary Zinkgraf	3	0	7.0	0.3	1.0	.333	0.3	0.7	.500	2.0	0.0	0.3	0.0		0.3	1.0
14	John Heets	1	0	1.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Wes Matthews	27	27	986	195	417	.468	109	139	.784	69	106	53	10		87	499
2	Claude Gregory	27	26	866	168	385	.436	71	106	.670	236	29	45	21	101	97	407
3	Joe Chrnelich	26	26	879	108	230	.470	60	92	.652	212	42	24	3		75	276
4	Larry Petty	27	27	859	106	204	.520	55	94	.585	183	22	15	14	71	93	267
5	Arnold Gaines	27	22	766	83	199	.417	20	38	.526	75	96	29	4		76	185
6	Dan Hastings	25	5	385	45	116	.388	13	21	.619	29	43	13	3		84	103
7	James Smith	26	2	352	27	91	.297	17	27	.630	65	26	10	5		49	71
8	Keith Mitchell	25	0	204	18	51	.353	7	14	.500	60	5	6	4		58	43
9	John Bailey	10	0	44	3	13	.231	8	9	.889	3	6	6	2		14	14
10	Robert Jenkins	5	0	25	3	8	.375	2	2	1.000	4	2	1	0		1	8
11	Mark Newburg	4	0	28	2	5	.400	0	0		7	0	1	0		4	4
12	Gary Zinkgraf	3	0	21	1	3	.333	1	2	.500	6	0	1	0		1	3
13	Tim Stracka	2	0	15	1	7	.143	0	1	.000	2	0	0	0		3	2
14	John Heets	1	0	1	0	1	.000	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0
	School Totals	27			760	1728	.440	363	545	.666	1048						1883

Per 40 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Wes Matthews	27	27	986	7.9	16.9	.468	4.4	5.6	.784	2.8	4.3	2.2	0.4		3.5	20.2
2	Claude Gregory	27	26	866	7.8	17.8	.436	3.3	4.9	.670	10.9	1.3	2.1	1.0	4.7	4.5	18.8
3	Robert Jenkins	5	0	25	4.8	12.8	.375	3.2	3.2	1.000	6.4	3.2	1.6	0.0		1.6	12.8
4	John Bailey	10	0	44	2.7	11.8	.231	7.3	8.2	.889	2.7	5.5	5.5	1.8		12.7	12.7
5	Joe Chrnelich	26	26	879	4.9	10.5	.470	2.7	4.2	.652	9.6	1.9	1.1	0.1		3.4	12.6
6	Larry Petty	27	27	859	4.9	9.5	.520	2.6	4.4	.585	8.5	1.0	0.7	0.7	3.3	4.3	12.4
7	Dan Hastings	25	5	385	4.7	12.1	.388	1.4	2.2	.619	3.0	4.5	1.4	0.3		8.7	10.7
8	Arnold Gaines	27	22	766	4.3	10.4	.417	1.0	2.0	.526	3.9	5.0	1.5	0.2		4.0	9.7
9	Keith Mitchell	25	0	204	3.5	10.0	.353	1.4	2.7	.500	11.8	1.0	1.2	0.8		11.4	8.4
10	James Smith	26	2	352	3.1	10.3	.297	1.9	3.1	.630	7.4	3.0	1.1	0.6		5.6	8.1
11	Mark Newburg	4	0	28	2.9	7.1	.400	0.0	0.0		10.0	0.0	1.4	0.0		5.7	5.7
12	Gary Zinkgraf	3	0	21	1.9	5.7	.333	1.9	3.8	.500	11.4	0.0	1.9	0.0		1.9	5.7
13	Tim Stracka	2	0	15	2.7	18.7	.143	0.0	2.7	.000	5.3	0.0	0.0	0.0		8.0	5.3
14	John Heets	1	0	1	0.0	40.0	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0

1978-79 Wisconsin (Men's) Season