Record: 29-6 (15-3, 1st in SEC)
Rank: 4th in the Final AP Poll
Coach: Joe B. Hall
NCAA Tournament: (#1 seed in Mideast)
Won Mideast Second Round (97-78) versus #8 Florida State
Lost Mideast Regional Semifinal (55-54) versus #4 Duke
Team – Per Game
G | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | FT | FTA | FT% | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | 35 | 29.7 | 57.8 | .513 | 17.4 | 22.9 | .759 | 36.1 | 15.4 | 6.2 | 3.6 | 16.1 | 21.6 | 76.7 | |
Opponent | 35 | 25.1 | 56.3 | .446 | 16.1 | 22.7 | .709 | 30.1 | 12.6 | 6.9 | 2.2 | 15.7 | 21.5 | 66.4 |
Team – Totals
G | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | FT | FTA | FT% | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | 35 | 1038 | 2022 | .513 | 609 | 802 | .759 | 1265 | 538 | 216 | 125 | 564 | 755 | 2685 | |
Opponent | 35 | 880 | 1971 | .446 | 563 | 794 | .709 | 1052 | 440 | 242 | 77 | 551 | 753 | 2323 |
Individual – Per Game
Rk | Player | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | FT | FTA | FT% | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kyle Macy | 35 | 35 | 33.8 | 6.2 | 11.9 | .525 | 3.0 | 3.3 | .912 | 2.4 | 4.7 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 15.4 |
2 | Sam Bowie | 34 | 33 | 26.1 | 4.9 | 9.1 | .531 | 3.2 | 4.2 | .764 | 8.1 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 12.9 |
3 | Fred Cowan | 35 | 35 | 25.5 | 4.8 | 9.1 | .528 | 2.9 | 4.0 | .709 | 5.7 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 12.5 |
4 | Dwight Anderson | 11 | 9 | 25.6 | 4.3 | 9.2 | .465 | 2.2 | 2.8 | .774 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 10.7 |
5 | LaVon Williams | 35 | 33 | 24.5 | 2.9 | 5.4 | .526 | 1.8 | 2.1 | .853 | 5.3 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 7.5 |
6 | Jay Shidler | 35 | 8 | 18.0 | 2.5 | 5.1 | .494 | 1.1 | 1.4 | .800 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 6.2 |
7 | Derrick Hord | 35 | 2 | 19.3 | 2.2 | 4.7 | .470 | 1.4 | 1.8 | .766 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 5.9 |
8 | Dirk Minniefield | 34 | 18 | 20.3 | 2.0 | 4.2 | .479 | 1.0 | 1.4 | .714 | 2.1 | 3.7 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 5.0 |
9 | Charles Hurt | 35 | 1 | 13.6 | 1.5 | 2.5 | .605 | 0.9 | 1.5 | .615 | 2.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 3.9 |
10 | Chuck Verderber | 34 | 1 | 11.0 | 1.1 | 2.1 | .521 | 0.8 | 1.1 | .737 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 3.0 |
11 | Tom Heitz | 24 | 0 | 4.5 | 0.3 | 0.9 | .273 | 0.8 | 1.4 | .545 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.3 |
12 | Chris Gettelfinger | 12 | 0 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | .714 | 0.2 | 0.3 | .667 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
13 | Bo Lanter | 17 | 0 | 3.2 | 0.3 | 0.8 | .385 | 0.2 | 0.5 | .375 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
Individual – Totals
Rk | Player | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | FT | FTA | FT% | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kyle Macy | 35 | 35 | 1182 | 218 | 415 | .525 | 104 | 114 | .912 | 85 | 163 | 58 | 2 | 60 | 52 | 540 |
2 | Sam Bowie | 34 | 33 | 886 | 165 | 311 | .531 | 110 | 144 | .764 | 276 | 26 | 12 | 73 | 80 | 110 | 440 |
3 | Fred Cowan | 35 | 35 | 892 | 168 | 318 | .528 | 100 | 141 | .709 | 201 | 31 | 31 | 27 | 78 | 101 | 436 |
4 | LaVon Williams | 35 | 33 | 858 | 100 | 190 | .526 | 64 | 75 | .853 | 185 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 63 | 106 | 264 |
5 | Jay Shidler | 35 | 8 | 631 | 89 | 180 | .494 | 40 | 50 | .800 | 46 | 59 | 30 | 3 | 54 | 57 | 218 |
6 | Derrick Hord | 35 | 2 | 677 | 78 | 166 | .470 | 49 | 64 | .766 | 87 | 37 | 15 | 3 | 55 | 66 | 205 |
7 | Dirk Minniefield | 34 | 18 | 691 | 68 | 142 | .479 | 35 | 49 | .714 | 70 | 126 | 34 | 2 | 75 | 82 | 171 |
8 | Charles Hurt | 35 | 1 | 475 | 52 | 86 | .605 | 32 | 52 | .615 | 87 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 22 | 74 | 136 |
9 | Dwight Anderson | 11 | 9 | 282 | 47 | 101 | .465 | 24 | 31 | .774 | 13 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 25 | 118 |
10 | Chuck Verderber | 34 | 1 | 374 | 37 | 71 | .521 | 28 | 38 | .737 | 74 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 54 | 102 |
11 | Tom Heitz | 24 | 0 | 108 | 6 | 22 | .273 | 18 | 33 | .545 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 30 |
12 | Bo Lanter | 17 | 0 | 55 | 5 | 13 | .385 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 13 |
13 | Chris Gettelfinger | 12 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 7 | .714 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
School Totals | 35 | 1038 | 2022 | .513 | 609 | 802 | .759 | 1265 | 538 | 216 | 125 | 564 | 755 | 2685 |
Schedule and Results
G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | Arena | ||
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1 | Sat, Nov 17, 1979 | REG | N | Duke (3) | ACC | L | 76 | 82 | OT | 0 | 1 | L 1 | Springfield Civic Center |
2 | Fri, Nov 30, 1979 | REG | N | Bradley | MVC | W | 79 | 58 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | Buckner Fieldhouse | |
3 | Sat, Dec 1, 1979 | REG | N | Alaska-Anchorage | W | 97 | 68 | 2 | 1 | W 2 | Buckner Fieldhouse | ||
4 | Sun, Dec 2, 1979 | REG | N | Iona | ECACM | W | 57 | 50 | 3 | 1 | W 3 | Buckner Fieldhouse | |
5 | Sat, Dec 8, 1979 | REG | Baylor | SWC | W | 80 | 46 | 4 | 1 | W 4 | Rupp Arena | ||
6 | Mon, Dec 10, 1979 | REG | South Carolina | Ind | W | 126 | 81 | 5 | 1 | W 5 | Rupp Arena | ||
7 | Wed, Dec 12, 1979 | REG | @ | Kansas | Big 8 | W | 57 | 56 | 6 | 1 | W 6 | Allen Fieldhouse | |
8 | Sat, Dec 15, 1979 | REG | Indiana (1) | Big Ten | W | 69 | 58 | 7 | 1 | W 7 | Rupp Arena | ||
9 | Mon, Dec 17, 1979 | REG | N | Georgia | SEC | W | 95 | 69 | 8 | 1 | W 8 | The Omni | |
10 | Fri, Dec 21, 1979 | REG | University of California | Pac-10 | W | 78 | 52 | 9 | 1 | W 9 | Rupp Arena | ||
11 | Sat, Dec 22, 1979 | REG | Purdue (9) | Big Ten | W | 61 | 60 | 10 | 1 | W 10 | Rupp Arena | ||
12 | Sat, Dec 29, 1979 | REG | N | Notre Dame (3) | Ind | W | 86 | 80 | 11 | 1 | W 11 | Freedom Hall | |
13 | Wed, Jan 2, 1980 | REG | Auburn | SEC | W | 67 | 65 | 12 | 1 | W 12 | Rupp Arena | ||
14 | Sat, Jan 5, 1980 | REG | @ | Tennessee | SEC | L | 47 | 49 | 12 | 2 | L 1 | Stokely Center | |
15 | Wed, Jan 9, 1980 | REG | @ | Mississippi | SEC | W | 79 | 73 | 13 | 2 | W 1 | C.M. Tad Smith Coliseum | |
16 | Sat, Jan 12, 1980 | REG | Alabama | SEC | L | 64 | 78 | 13 | 3 | L 1 | Rupp Arena | ||
17 | Thu, Jan 17, 1980 | REG | @ | Florida | SEC | W | 76 | 63 | 14 | 3 | W 1 | Florida Gymnasium | |
18 | Sat, Jan 19, 1980 | REG | Vanderbilt | SEC | W | 106 | 90 | 15 | 3 | W 2 | Rupp Arena | ||
19 | Wed, Jan 23, 1980 | REG | @ | Mississippi State | SEC | W | 89 | 67 | 16 | 3 | W 3 | Humphrey Coliseum | |
20 | Sat, Jan 26, 1980 | REG | Georgia | SEC | W | 56 | 49 | 17 | 3 | W 4 | Rupp Arena | ||
21 | Mon, Jan 28, 1980 | REG | Louisiana State (10) | SEC | L | 60 | 65 | 17 | 4 | L 1 | Rupp Arena | ||
22 | Wed, Jan 30, 1980 | REG | @ | Auburn | SEC | W | 64 | 62 | 18 | 4 | W 1 | Beard-Eaves-Memorial | |
23 | Sat, Feb 2, 1980 | REG | Tennessee | SEC | W | 83 | 75 | 19 | 4 | W 2 | Rupp Arena | ||
24 | Wed, Feb 6, 1980 | REG | Mississippi | SEC | W | 86 | 72 | 20 | 4 | W 3 | Rupp Arena | ||
25 | Sat, Feb 9, 1980 | REG | @ | Alabama | SEC | W | 72 | 63 | 21 | 4 | W 4 | Coleman Coliseum | |
26 | Wed, Feb 13, 1980 | REG | Florida | SEC | W | 95 | 70 | 22 | 4 | W 5 | Rupp Arena | ||
27 | Fri, Feb 15, 1980 | REG | @ | Vanderbilt | SEC | W | 91 | 73 | 23 | 4 | W 6 | Memorial Gymnasium | |
28 | Sun, Feb 17, 1980 | REG | @ | Nevada-Las Vegas | Ind | W | 74 | 69 | 24 | 4 | W 7 | Las Vegas Convention Center | |
29 | Wed, Feb 20, 1980 | REG | Mississippi State | SEC | W | 71 | 65 | 25 | 4 | W 8 | Rupp Arena | ||
30 | Sun, Feb 24, 1980 | REG | @ | Louisiana State (5) | SEC | W | 76 | 74 | OT | 26 | 4 | W 9 | Maravich Assembly Center |
G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | Arena | ||
31 | Thu, Feb 28, 1980 | CTOURN | N | Auburn | SEC | W | 69 | 61 | 27 | 4 | W 10 | Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center | |
32 | Fri, Feb 29, 1980 | CTOURN | N | Mississippi | SEC | W | 70 | 67 | 28 | 4 | W 11 | Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center | |
33 | Sat, Mar 1, 1980 | CTOURN | N | Louisiana State (5) | SEC | L | 78 | 80 | 28 | 5 | L 1 | Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center | |
G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | Arena | ||
34 | Sun, Mar 9, 1980 | NCAA | N | Florida State | Metro | W | 97 | 78 | 29 | 5 | W 1 | E.A. Diddle Arena | |
35 | Thu, Mar 13, 1980 | NCAA | N | Duke (14) | ACC | L | 54 | 55 | 29 | 6 | L 1 | Rupp Arena |