1977-1978 Kentucky Basketball Statistics

Record: 30-2 (16-2, 1st in SEC)
Rank: 1st in the Final AP Poll
Coach: Joe B. Hall

NCAA Tournament:
Won Mideast First Round (85-76) versus Florida State
Won Mideast Regional Semifinal (91-69) versus Miami (OH)
Won Mideast Regional Final (52-49) versus Michigan State
Won National Semifinal (64-59) versus Arkansas
Won National Final (94-88) versus Duke

Team – Per Game

	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	32		32.5	60.1	.541	19.2	25.3	.759	36.6	17.3			17.0	22.9	84.2
Opponent	32		27.4	59.0	.465	14.9	22.4	.666	31.3	16.0			18.4	23.6	69.8

Team – Totals

	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	32		1040	1922	.541	613	808	.759	1171	554			544	733	2693
Opponent	32		878	1889	.465	478	718	.666	1000	512			588	756	2234

Individual – Per Game

Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Jack Givens	32	32	32.1	7.4	13.4	.553	3.2	4.2	.761	6.8	2.5	1.6	3.0	18.1
2	Rick Robey	32	32	28.6	5.2	8.2	.635	3.9	5.5	.720	8.2	1.9	2.1	2.6	14.4
3	Kyle Macy	31	31	35.4	4.6	8.6	.536	3.7	4.2	.891	2.5	5.7	2.2	2.4	12.9
4	James Lee	31	2	22.4	4.4	7.7	.569	2.5	3.4	.743	5.3	1.2	2.6	3.0	11.3
5	Mike Phillips	31	30	19.5	4.0	6.8	.595	2.1	2.8	.759	4.7	0.9	2.4	2.9	10.2
6	Truman Claytor	32	29	24.6	2.8	6.0	.466	1.3	1.7	.774	0.9	2.3	2.0	2.3	6.9
7	Chuck Aleksinas	27	0	8.0	1.4	2.4	.569	0.9	1.3	.694	2.2	0.1	0.9	1.4	3.7
8	Jay Shidler	29	2	14.7	1.4	3.5	.412	0.8	0.9	.852	0.8	1.5	1.3	1.8	3.7
9	Fred Cowan	19	0	4.5	0.8	1.6	.500	0.3	0.5	.667	0.9	0.1	0.4	0.9	1.9
10	LaVon Williams	31	1	8.8	0.7	1.8	.375	0.5	0.9	.607	2.0	0.4	0.9	1.9	1.9
11	Dwane Casey	26	0	6.8	0.5	1.3	.382	0.2	0.4	.600	0.7	0.8	0.7	1.1	1.2
12	Tim Stephens	19	1	5.6	0.4	1.3	.333	0.3	0.4	.857	0.6	0.7	0.6	1.1	1.2
13	Scott Courts	13	0	2.3	0.3	0.5	.667	0.2	0.5	.333	0.8	0.0	0.4	0.5	0.8
14	Chris Gettelfinger	9	0	1.3	0.1	0.3	.333	0.0	0.2	.000	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.2

Individual – Totals

Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Jack Givens	32	32	1028	238	430	.553	102	134	.761	217	80	52	95	578
2	Rick Robey	32	32	915	167	263	.635	126	175	.720	261	62	67	83	460
3	Kyle Macy	31	31	1097	143	267	.536	115	129	.891	76	178	68	75	401
4	James Lee	31	2	694	136	239	.569	78	105	.743	165	37	81	94	350
5	Mike Phillips	31	30	603	125	210	.595	66	87	.759	145	27	74	90	316
6	Truman Claytor	32	29	788	90	193	.466	41	53	.774	28	74	64	75	221
7	Jay Shidler	29	2	427	42	102	.412	23	27	.852	23	43	39	52	107
8	Chuck Aleksinas	27	0	216	37	65	.569	25	36	.694	60	4	25	37	99
9	LaVon Williams	31	1	272	21	56	.375	17	28	.607	63	11	27	59	59
10	Fred Cowan	19	0	86	15	30	.500	6	9	.667	17	2	8	17	36
11	Dwane Casey	26	0	177	13	34	.382	6	10	.600	17	21	17	29	32
12	Tim Stephens	19	1	106	8	24	.333	6	7	.857	11	14	12	20	22
13	Scott Courts	13	0	30	4	6	.667	2	6	.333	11	0	5	7	10
14	Chris Gettelfinger	9	0	12	1	3	.333	0	2	.000	1	1	2	0	2
	School Totals	32			1040	1922	.541	613	808	.759	1171	554	544	733	2693

Schedule and Results

G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Sat, Nov 26, 1977	REG		Southern Methodist	SWC	W	110	86		1	0	W 1	Rupp Arena
2	Mon, Dec 5, 1977	REG		Indiana	Big Ten	W	78	64		2	0	W 2	Rupp Arena
3	Sat, Dec 10, 1977	REG	@	Kansas (19)	Big 8	W	73	66		3	0	W 3	Allen Fieldhouse
4	Mon, Dec 12, 1977	REG		South Carolina	Ind	W	84	65		4	0	W 4	Rupp Arena
5	Fri, Dec 16, 1977	REG		Portland State	Ind	W	114	88		5	0	W 5	Rupp Arena
6	Sat, Dec 17, 1977	REG		St. John's (NY)	NJNY7	W	102	72		6	0	W 6	Rupp Arena
7	Fri, Dec 23, 1977	REG		Iona	Ind	W	104	65		7	0	W 7	Rupp Arena
8	Sat, Dec 31, 1977	REG	N	Notre Dame (4)	Ind	W	73	68		8	0	W 8	Freedom Hall
9	Mon, Jan 2, 1978	REG		Vanderbilt	SEC	W	72	59		9	0	W 9	Rupp Arena
10	Sat, Jan 7, 1978	REG	@	Florida	SEC	W	86	67		10	0	W 10	Florida Gymnasium
11	Mon, Jan 9, 1978	REG	@	Auburn	SEC	W	101	77		11	0	W 11	Beard-Eaves-Memorial
12	Sat, Jan 14, 1978	REG		Louisiana State	SEC	W	96	76		12	0	W 12	Rupp Arena
13	Mon, Jan 16, 1978	REG		Mississippi	SEC	W	76	56		13	0	W 13	Rupp Arena
14	Sat, Jan 21, 1978	REG	@	Mississippi State	SEC	W	75	65		14	0	W 14	Humphrey Coliseum
15	Mon, Jan 23, 1978	REG	@	Alabama	SEC	L	62	78		14	1	L 1	Coleman Coliseum
16	Mon, Jan 30, 1978	REG		Georgia	SEC	W	90	73		15	1	W 1	Rupp Arena
17	Sat, Feb 4, 1978	REG		Florida	SEC	W	88	61		16	1	W 2	Rupp Arena
18	Mon, Feb 6, 1978	REG		Auburn	SEC	W	104	81		17	1	W 3	Rupp Arena
19	Sat, Feb 11, 1978	REG	@	Louisiana State	SEC	L	94	95	OT	17	2	L 1	Maravich Assembly Center
20	Mon, Feb 13, 1978	REG	@	Mississippi	SEC	W	64	52		18	2	W 1	C.M. Tad Smith Coliseum
21	Wed, Feb 15, 1978	REG		Tennessee	SEC	W	90	77		19	2	W 2	Rupp Arena
22	Sat, Feb 18, 1978	REG		Mississippi State	SEC	W	58	56		20	2	W 3	Rupp Arena
23	Mon, Feb 20, 1978	REG		Alabama	SEC	W	97	84		21	2	W 4	Rupp Arena
24	Sat, Feb 25, 1978	REG	@	Tennessee	SEC	W	68	57		22	2	W 5	Stokely Center
25	Mon, Feb 27, 1978	REG	@	Georgia	SEC	W	78	67		23	2	W 6	Stegeman Coliseum
26	Sat, Mar 4, 1978	REG		Nevada-Las Vegas	Ind	W	92	70		24	2	W 7	Rupp Arena
27	Mon, Mar 6, 1978	REG	@	Vanderbilt	SEC	W	78	68		25	2	W 8	Memorial Gymnasium
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
28	Sat, Mar 11, 1978	NCAA	N	Florida State (13)	Metro	W	85	76		26	2	W 9	Stokely Center
29	Thu, Mar 16, 1978	NCAA	N	Miami (OH) (19)	MAC	W	91	69		27	2	W 10	University of Dayton Arena
30	Sat, Mar 18, 1978	NCAA	N	Michigan State (4)	Big Ten	W	52	49		28	2	W 11	University of Dayton Arena
31	Sat, Mar 25, 1978	NCAA	N	Arkansas (5)	SWC	W	64	59		29	2	W 12	St. Louis Arena
32	Mon, Mar 27, 1978	NCAA	N	Duke (7)	ACC	W	94	88		30	2	W 13	St. Louis Arena

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