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1976-1977 Kentucky Basketball Statistics

Record: 26-4 (16-2, 1st in SEC)
Rank: 3rd in the Final AP Poll
Coach: Joe B. Hall

NCAA Tournament:
Won East First Round (72-58) versus Princeton
Won East Regional Semifinal (93-78) versus Virginia Military Institute
Lost East Regional Final (79-72) versus North Carolina

Team – Per Game
G MP FG FGA FG% FT FTA FT% TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
Team 30 33.6 67.2 .501 16.4 23.2 .704 41.6 17.1 16.0 14.4 83.6
Opponent 30 27.3 60.8 .449 14.5 20.3 .714 34.5 19.8 22.7 69.0
Team – Totals
G MP FG FGA FG% FT FTA FT% TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
Team 30 1009 2015 .501 491 697 .704 1249 513 480 432 2509
Opponent 30 818 1823 .449 434 608 .714 1036 595 682 2070

Individuals – Per Game

Rk Player G GS MP FG FGA FG% FT FTA FT% TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Jack Givens 30 34.4 7.9 15.3 .514 3.1 3.8 .832 6.9 2.7 1.8 2.1 18.9
2 Rick Robey 30 27.4 5.3 9.2 .572 3.7 5.4 .689 9.1 1.7 2.5 3.3 14.2
3 Mike Phillips 28 21.4 5.1 9.3 .552 1.9 3.1 .614 6.4 0.9 2.4 2.7 12.2
4 Larry Johnson 30 33.8 4.3 9.2 .473 2.0 2.9 .693 4.1 4.8 2.2 2.7 10.7
5 James Lee 30 24.8 3.6 6.5 .557 2.6 3.6 .720 5.2 1.4 2.3 3.4 9.8
6 Jay Shidler 28 24.2 3.5 8.5 .409 0.9 1.1 .806 1.9 2.4 1.8 2.7 7.8
7 Truman Claytor 26 17.5 2.8 5.4 .511 1.1 1.5 .737 1.3 2.1 1.7 2.1 6.6
8 Tim Stephens 12 9.1 1.2 3.7 .318 0.2 0.6 .286 1.3 1.0 0.6 1.2 2.5
9 LaVon Williams 25 7.4 0.7 2.0 .367 0.4 0.7 .611 1.6 0.1 0.9 1.5 1.9
10 Dwane Casey 27 7.3 0.6 1.9 .314 0.6 0.9 .680 0.4 0.8 0.7 0.7 1.8
11 Merion Haskins 29 7.3 0.6 0.9 .593 0.4 0.7 .524 1.2 0.4 0.3 0.8 1.5
12 Brad Lawless 1 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0
13 S. Williams 1 1.0 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Individuals – Totals

Rk Player G GS MP FG FGA FG% FT FTA FT% TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Jack Givens 30 1032 236 459 .514 94 113 .832 208 82 53 64 566
2 Rick Robey 30 823 158 276 .572 111 161 .689 273 51 76 100 427
3 Mike Phillips 28 600 144 261 .552 54 88 .614 179 24 68 75 342
4 Larry Johnson 30 1013 130 275 .473 61 88 .693 122 143 65 82 321
5 James Lee 30 745 108 194 .557 77 107 .720 157 43 68 102 293
6 Jay Shidler 28 677 97 237 .409 25 31 .806 52 67 50 75 219
7 Truman Claytor 26 454 72 141 .511 28 38 .737 35 54 43 54 172
8 Dwane Casey 27 196 16 51 .314 17 25 .680 11 21 19 19 49
9 LaVon Williams 25 186 18 49 .367 11 18 .611 40 3 23 37 47
10 Merion Haskins 29 213 16 27 .593 11 21 .524 34 13 8 24 43
11 Tim Stephens 12 109 14 44 .318 2 7 .286 15 12 7 14 30
12 Brad Lawless 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
13 S. Williams 1 1 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Kyle Macy
School Totals 30 1009 2015 .501 491 697 .704 1249 513 480 432 2509

Schedule and Results

G Date Type Opponent Conf Tm Opp OT W L Streak Arena
1 Sat, Nov 27, 1976 REG Wisconsin Big Ten W 72 64 1 0 W 1 Rupp Arena
2 Thu, Dec 2, 1976 REG Texas Christian SWC W 103 53 2 0 W 2 Rupp Arena
3 Mon, Dec 6, 1976 REG @ Indiana (13) Big Ten W 66 51 3 0 W 3 Assembly Hall
4 Sat, Dec 11, 1976 REG Kansas Big 8 W 90 63 4 0 W 4 Rupp Arena
5 Mon, Dec 13, 1976 REG @ South Carolina Ind W 95 67 5 0 W 5 Carolina Coliseum
6 Fri, Dec 17, 1976 REG Bowling Green State MAC W 77 54 6 0 W 6 Rupp Arena
7 Sat, Dec 18, 1976 REG Utah WAC L 68 70 6 1 L 1 Rupp Arena
8 Thu, Dec 30, 1976 REG N Notre Dame (2) Ind W 102 78 7 1 W 1 Freedom Hall
9 Mon, Jan 3, 1977 REG Georgia SEC W 64 59 OT 8 1 W 2 Rupp Arena
10 Sat, Jan 8, 1977 REG @ Vanderbilt SEC W 64 62 9 1 W 3 Memorial Gymnasium
11 Wed, Jan 12, 1977 REG Tennessee SEC L 67 71 OT 9 2 L 1 Rupp Arena
12 Sat, Jan 15, 1977 REG @ Auburn SEC W 75 68 10 2 W 1 Beard-Eaves-Memorial
13 Mon, Jan 17, 1977 REG @ Florida SEC W 73 71 11 2 W 2 Florida Gymnasium
14 Sat, Jan 22, 1977 REG Louisiana State SEC W 87 72 12 2 W 3 Rupp Arena
15 Mon, Jan 24, 1977 REG Mississippi SEC W 100 73 13 2 W 4 Rupp Arena
16 Sat, Jan 29, 1977 REG @ Alabama (3) SEC W 87 85 14 2 W 5 Coleman Coliseum
17 Mon, Jan 31, 1977 REG @ Mississippi State SEC W 92 85 15 2 W 6 Humphrey Coliseum
18 Sat, Feb 5, 1977 REG Vanderbilt SEC W 113 73 16 2 W 7 Rupp Arena
19 Mon, Feb 7, 1977 REG @ Florida State Metro W 97 57 17 2 W 8 Freedom Hall
20 Sat, Feb 12, 1977 REG Auburn SEC W 89 60 18 2 W 9 Rupp Arena
21 Mon, Feb 14, 1977 REG Florida SEC W 104 79 19 2 W 10 Rupp Arena
22 Sat, Feb 19, 1977 REG @ Louisiana State SEC W 90 76 20 2 W 11 Maravich Assembly Center
23 Mon, Feb 21, 1977 REG @ Mississippi SEC W 81 64 21 2 W 12 C.M. Tad Smith Coliseum
24 Sat, Feb 26, 1977 REG Alabama (8) SEC W 85 70 22 2 W 13 Rupp Arena
25 Mon, Feb 28, 1977 REG Mississippi State SEC W 77 64 23 2 W 14 Rupp Arena
26 Sat, Mar 5, 1977 REG @ Tennessee (11) SEC L 79 81 23 3 L 1 Stokely Center
27 Mon, Mar 7, 1977 REG @ Georgia SEC W 72 54 24 3 W 1 Stegeman Coliseum
G Date Type Opponent Conf Tm Opp OT W L Streak Arena
28 Sat, Mar 12, 1977 NCAA N Princeton Ivy W 72 58 25 3 W 2 The Palestra
29 Thu, Mar 17, 1977 NCAA N Virginia Military Institute (20) Southern W 93 78 26 3 W 3 Cole Fieldhouse
30 Sat, Mar 19, 1977 NCAA N North Carolina (5) ACC L 72 79 26 4 L 1 Cole Fieldhouse