1967-1968 Kentucky Basketball Statistics
Record: 22-5 (15-3, 1st in SEC)
Rank: 5th in the Final AP Poll
Coach: Adolph Rupp
NCAA Tournament:
Won Mideast Regional Semifinal (107-89) versus Marquette
Lost Mideast Regional Final (82-81) versus Ohio State
Team – Per Game
G | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | FT | FTA | FT% | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | |
Team | 27 | 36.3 | 77.1 | 0.47 | 16.4 | 23.1 | 0.707 | 49.4 | 12.3 | 18.3 | 88.9 | ||||
Opponent | 27 | 30.7 | 70.5 | 0.436 | 16.4 | 23.3 | 0.703 | 44.9 | 7.4 | 19.2 | 77.9 |
Team – Totals
G | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | FT | FTA | FT% | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | |
Team | 27 | 979 | 2082 | 0.47 | 442 | 625 | 0.707 | 1333 | 331 | 493 | 2400 | ||||
Opponent | 27 | 830 | 1903 | 0.436 | 443 | 630 | 0.703 | 1212 | 200 | 518 | 2103 |
Individual – Per Game
Rk | Player | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | FT | FTA | FT% | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
1 | Mike Casey | 27 | 32.8 | 8.6 | 17.6 | 0.487 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 0.823 | 7.7 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 20 | ||||
2 | Dan Issel | 27 | 31 | 6.3 | 14.4 | 0.438 | 3.8 | 5.7 | 0.662 | 12.1 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 16.4 | ||||
3 | Mike Pratt | 27 | 28.5 | 5.6 | 12.4 | 0.455 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 0.685 | 8.2 | 3 | 2.5 | 14.1 | ||||
4 | Phil Argento | 15 | 21 | 4.9 | 10 | 0.487 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 0.813 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 12.3 | ||||
5 | Thad Jaracz | 27 | 28.4 | 5 | 10.7 | 0.465 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 0.603 | 7.1 | 1 | 2.9 | 11.3 | ||||
6 | Steve Clevenger | 26 | 19 | 2.4 | 5.2 | 0.47 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 2 | 6 | ||||
7 | Cliff Berger | 24 | 10.6 | 1.9 | 3.8 | 0.505 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.588 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 4.3 | ||||
8 | Jim LeMaster | 27 | 17.3 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 0.484 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0.658 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 4.3 | ||||
9 | Tom Porter | 17 | 6.4 | 1.5 | 3 | 0.51 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.625 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 3.4 | ||||
10 | Gary Gamble | 24 | 9.9 | 0.9 | 2 | 0.468 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 0.825 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 3.2 | ||||
11 | Randy Pool | 6 | 2.8 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.667 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.5 | 2 | ||||
12 | Bill Busey | 12 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.833 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.8 | ||||
13 | Art Laib | 7 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 1.3 | 0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | ||||
14 | Benny Spears | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Individual – Totals
Rk | Player | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | FT | FTA | FT% | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
1 | Mike Casey | 27 | 885 | 231 | 474 | 0.487 | 79 | 96 | 0.823 | 208 | 62 | 76 | 541 | ||||
2 | Dan Issel | 27 | 836 | 171 | 390 | 0.438 | 102 | 154 | 0.662 | 328 | 10 | 59 | 444 | ||||
3 | Mike Pratt | 27 | 769 | 152 | 334 | 0.455 | 76 | 111 | 0.685 | 222 | 82 | 68 | 380 | ||||
4 | Thad Jaracz | 27 | 766 | 134 | 288 | 0.465 | 38 | 63 | 0.603 | 193 | 28 | 79 | 306 | ||||
5 | Phil Argento | 15 | 315 | 73 | 150 | 0.487 | 39 | 48 | 0.813 | 38 | 40 | 36 | 185 | ||||
6 | Steve Clevenger | 26 | 495 | 63 | 134 | 0.47 | 30 | 40 | 0.75 | 37 | 35 | 52 | 156 | ||||
7 | Jim LeMaster | 27 | 468 | 45 | 93 | 0.484 | 25 | 38 | 0.658 | 34 | 44 | 37 | 115 | ||||
8 | Cliff Berger | 24 | 255 | 46 | 91 | 0.505 | 10 | 17 | 0.588 | 57 | 8 | 30 | 102 | ||||
9 | Gary Gamble | 24 | 238 | 22 | 47 | 0.468 | 33 | 40 | 0.825 | 66 | 13 | 34 | 77 | ||||
10 | Tom Porter | 17 | 108 | 26 | 51 | 0.51 | 5 | 8 | 0.625 | 16 | 5 | 12 | 57 | ||||
11 | Bill Busey | 12 | 33 | 8 | 16 | 0.5 | 5 | 6 | 0.833 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 21 | ||||
12 | Randy Pool | 6 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 0.667 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | ||||
13 | Art Laib | 7 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 0.4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||||
14 | Benny Spears | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
School Totals | 27 | 979 | 2082 | 0.47 | 442 | 625 | 0.707 | 1333 | 331 | 493 | 2400 |
Schedule and Results
G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | Arena | ||
1 | Sat, Dec 2, 1967 | REG | @ | Michigan | Big Ten | W | 96 | 79 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | Crisler Arena | |
2 | Mon, Dec 4, 1967 | REG | Florida | SEC | W | 99 | 76 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
3 | Wed, Dec 6, 1967 | REG | Xavier | Ind | W | 111 | 76 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
4 | Sat, Dec 9, 1967 | REG | Pennsylvania | Ivy | W | 64 | 49 | 4 | 0 | W 4 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
5 | Tue, Dec 12, 1967 | REG | @ | North Carolina (7) | ACC | L | 77 | 84 | 4 | 1 | L 1 | Greensboro Coliseum | |
6 | Fri, Dec 22, 1967 | REG | Dayton | Ind | W | 88 | 85 | 5 | 1 | W 1 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
7 | Sat, Dec 23, 1967 | REG | South Carolina | ACC | W | 76 | 66 | 6 | 1 | W 2 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
8 | Sat, Dec 30, 1967 | REG | N | Notre Dame | Ind | W | 81 | 73 | 7 | 1 | W 3 | Freedom Hall | |
9 | Sat, Jan 6, 1968 | REG | @ | Vanderbilt (4) | SEC | W | 94 | 78 | 8 | 1 | W 4 | Memorial Gymnasium | |
10 | Mon, Jan 8, 1968 | REG | @ | Alabama | SEC | W | 84 | 76 | 9 | 1 | W 5 | Foster Auditorium | |
11 | Sat, Jan 13, 1968 | REG | @ | Florida | SEC | L | 78 | 96 | 9 | 2 | L 1 | Florida Gymnasium | |
12 | Mon, Jan 15, 1968 | REG | Georgia | SEC | W | 104 | 73 | 10 | 2 | W 1 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
13 | Sat, Jan 20, 1968 | REG | @ | Auburn | SEC | L | 73 | 74 | 10 | 3 | L 1 | The Sports Arena | |
14 | Mon, Jan 22, 1968 | REG | @ | Tennessee (6) | SEC | L | 59 | 87 | 10 | 4 | L 2 | Stokely Center | |
15 | Sat, Jan 27, 1968 | REG | @ | Louisiana State | SEC | W | 121 | 95 | 11 | 4 | W 1 | John Parker Memorial Coliseum | |
16 | Mon, Jan 29, 1968 | REG | @ | Mississippi | SEC | W | 85 | 76 | 12 | 4 | W 2 | C.M. Tad Smith Coliseum | |
17 | Sat, Feb 3, 1968 | REG | Louisiana State | SEC | W | 109 | 96 | 13 | 4 | W 3 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
18 | Mon, Feb 5, 1968 | REG | Mississippi | SEC | W | 78 | 62 | 14 | 4 | W 4 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
19 | Sat, Feb 10, 1968 | REG | @ | Mississippi State | SEC | W | 92 | 84 | 15 | 4 | W 5 | McCarthy Gymnasium | |
20 | Mon, Feb 12, 1968 | REG | Tennessee (7) | SEC | W | 60 | 59 | 16 | 4 | W 6 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
21 | Sat, Feb 17, 1968 | REG | Mississippi State | SEC | W | 107 | 81 | 17 | 4 | W 7 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
22 | Mon, Feb 19, 1968 | REG | @ | Georgia | SEC | W | 106 | 87 | 18 | 4 | W 8 | Stegeman Coliseum | |
23 | Sat, Feb 24, 1968 | REG | Alabama | SEC | W | 96 | 83 | 19 | 4 | W 9 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
24 | Mon, Feb 26, 1968 | REG | Auburn | SEC | W | 89 | 57 | 20 | 4 | W 10 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
25 | Sat, Mar 2, 1968 | REG | Vanderbilt | SEC | W | 85 | 80 | 21 | 4 | W 11 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
26 | Fri, Mar 15, 1968 | NCAA | N | Marquette | Ind | W | 107 | 89 | 22 | 4 | W 12 | Memorial Coliseum | |
27 | Sat, Mar 16, 1968 | NCAA | N | Ohio State | Big Ten | L | 81 | 82 | 22 | 5 | L 1 | Memorial Coliseum |
