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1980-1981 Kentucky Basketball Statistics

Record: 22-6 (15-3, 2nd in SEC)
Rank: 8th in the Final AP Poll
Coach: Joe B. Hall

NCAA Tournament: (#2 seed in Mideast)
Lost Mideast Second Round (69-62) versus #7 Alabama-Birmingham

Team – Per Game
G MP FG FGA FG% FT FTA FT% TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
Team 28 40.4 27.9 57.2 .488 17.1 23.7 .720 35.5 14.4 5.1 4.4 12.7 22.0 72.9
Opponent 28 40.4 23.3 53.4 .436 16.4 22.9 .716 32.1 11.9 5.5 1.7 14.3 22.0 62.9
Team – Totals
G MP FG FGA FG% FT FTA FT% TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
Team 28 5650 781 1602 .488 478 664 .720 995 402 143 122 356 616 2040
Opponent 28 5650 651 1494 .436 458 640 .716 899 333 154 48 401 616 1760

Individuals – Per Game

Rk Player G GS MP FG FGA FG% FT FTA FT% TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Sam Bowie 28 28 32.0 6.6 12.7 .520 4.2 5.9 .720 9.1 1.4 0.6 2.9 1.8 2.9 17.4
2 Dirk Minniefield 28 28 31.8 4.2 7.6 .554 2.0 2.3 .873 2.8 5.4 1.3 0.1 2.5 2.8 10.4
3 Derrick Hord 28 21 25.4 3.5 8.5 .406 1.9 2.6 .750 3.3 1.7 0.3 0.0 1.8 2.0 8.9
4 Fred Cowan 26 17 19.8 2.9 7.0 .418 2.3 3.2 .726 3.8 0.8 0.3 0.3 1.2 2.5 8.2
5 Chuck Verderber 19 14 21.8 2.8 5.1 .563 1.8 2.6 .714 4.2 1.3 0.5 0.1 1.2 2.5 7.5
6 Charles Hurt 28 23 24.4 2.8 4.9 .572 1.2 2.0 .579 4.5 1.1 0.5 0.1 1.1 3.3 6.8
7 Jim Master 27 3 19.0 2.4 5.3 .451 1.8 2.1 .857 1.0 0.9 0.3 0.0 1.1 1.6 6.5
8 Melvin Turpin 28 0 13.6 1.8 3.4 .526 1.1 1.6 .705 3.8 0.0 0.3 0.8 0.8 2.2 4.7
9 Bret Bearup 26 0 9.9 1.1 2.8 .378 0.6 0.9 .625 1.7 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.4 1.3 2.7
10 Dickey Beal 27 6 12.7 0.9 1.9 .442 0.9 1.6 .571 0.4 1.9 1.0 0.0 1.1 1.6 2.6
11 Chris Gettelfinger 7 0 2.6 0.3 0.4 .667 0.6 1.0 .571 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.7 0.6 1.1
12 Bo Lanter 11 0 2.9 0.5 1.1 .417 0.0 0.2 .000 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.4 0.8 0.9

Individuals – Totals

Rk Player G GS MP FG FGA FG% FT FTA FT% TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Sam Bowie 28 28 895 185 356 .520 118 164 .720 254 39 16 80 51 80 488
2 Dirk Minniefield 28 28 890 118 213 .554 55 63 .873 79 151 35 4 71 79 291
3 Derrick Hord 28 21 710 97 239 .406 54 72 .750 91 48 9 0 49 56 248
4 Fred Cowan 26 17 514 76 182 .418 61 84 .726 100 20 9 8 32 65 213
5 Charles Hurt 28 23 683 79 138 .572 33 57 .579 127 30 13 3 31 92 191
6 Jim Master 27 3 512 64 142 .451 48 56 .857 26 25 9 0 29 43 176
7 Chuck Verderber 19 14 414 54 96 .563 35 49 .714 80 24 9 1 22 47 143
8 Melvin Turpin 28 0 380 50 95 .526 31 44 .705 106 1 8 23 21 62 131
9 Bret Bearup 26 0 258 28 74 .378 15 24 .625 43 8 5 3 10 35 71
10 Dickey Beal 27 6 344 23 52 .442 24 42 .571 10 50 26 0 31 44 70
11 Bo Lanter 11 0 32 5 12 .417 0 2 .000 6 5 3 0 4 9 10
12 Chris Gettelfinger 7 0 18 2 3 .667 4 7 .571 3 1 1 0 5 4 8
School Totals 28 5650 781 1602 .488 478 664 .720 995 402 143 122 356 616 2040

Schedule and Results

G Date Type Opponent Conf Tm Opp OT W L Streak Arena
1 Sat, Nov 29, 1980 REG East Tennessee State Southern W 62 57 1 0 W 1 Rupp Arena
2 Wed, Dec 3, 1980 REG Ohio State (9) Big Ten W 70 64 2 0 W 2 Rupp Arena
3 Sat, Dec 6, 1980 REG @ Indiana (5) Big Ten W 68 66 3 0 W 3 Assembly Hall
4 Sat, Dec 13, 1980 REG Kansas Big 8 W 87 73 4 0 W 4 Rupp Arena
5 Fri, Dec 19, 1980 REG Alaska-Anchorage W 91 56 5 0 W 5 Rupp Arena
6 Sat, Dec 20, 1980 REG Alabama-Birmingham Sun Belt W 61 53 6 0 W 6 Rupp Arena
7 Sat, Dec 27, 1980 REG N Notre Dame (8) Ind L 61 67 6 1 L 1 Freedom Hall
8 Tue, Dec 30, 1980 REG Maine ECACN W 100 54 7 1 W 1 Rupp Arena
9 Sat, Jan 3, 1981 REG Georgia SEC W 76 62 8 1 W 2 Rupp Arena
10 Wed, Jan 7, 1981 REG @ Auburn SEC W 79 66 9 1 W 3 Beard-Eaves-Memorial
11 Sat, Jan 10, 1981 REG Tennessee (13) SEC W 48 47 10 1 W 4 Rupp Arena
12 Wed, Jan 14, 1981 REG Mississippi SEC W 64 55 11 1 W 5 Rupp Arena
13 Sat, Jan 17, 1981 REG @ Alabama SEC L 55 59 11 2 L 1 Coleman Coliseum
14 Mon, Jan 19, 1981 REG @ Louisiana State (5) SEC L 67 81 11 3 L 2 Maravich Assembly Center
15 Wed, Jan 21, 1981 REG Florida SEC W 102 48 12 3 W 1 Rupp Arena
16 Sat, Jan 24, 1981 REG @ Vanderbilt SEC W 78 64 13 3 W 2 Memorial Gymnasium
17 Wed, Jan 28, 1981 REG Mississippi State SEC W 71 64 14 3 W 3 Rupp Arena
18 Sat, Jan 31, 1981 REG @ Georgia SEC W 71 68 2OT 15 3 W 4 Stegeman Coliseum
19 Wed, Feb 4, 1981 REG Auburn SEC W 102 74 16 3 W 5 Rupp Arena
20 Sat, Feb 7, 1981 REG @ Tennessee (10) SEC L 71 87 16 4 L 1 Stokely Center
21 Wed, Feb 11, 1981 REG @ Mississippi SEC W 62 55 17 4 W 1 C.M. Tad Smith Coliseum
22 Sat, Feb 14, 1981 REG Alabama SEC W 77 62 18 4 W 2 Rupp Arena
23 Wed, Feb 18, 1981 REG @ Florida SEC W 69 56 19 4 W 3 Stephen C. O’Connell Center
24 Sat, Feb 21, 1981 REG Vanderbilt SEC W 80 48 20 4 W 4 Rupp Arena
25 Wed, Feb 25, 1981 REG @ Mississippi State SEC W 78 74 21 4 W 5 Humphrey Coliseum
26 Sun, Mar 1, 1981 REG Louisiana State (2) SEC W 73 71 22 4 W 6 Rupp Arena
G Date Type Opponent Conf Tm Opp OT W L Streak Arena
27 Thu, Mar 5, 1981 CTOURN N Vanderbilt SEC L 55 60 22 5 L 1 Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center
G Date Type Opponent Conf Tm Opp OT W L Streak Arena
28 Sun, Mar 15, 1981 NCAA N Alabama-Birmingham Sun Belt L 62 69 22 6 L 2 Coleman Coliseum