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1979-80 Kentucky Wildcats Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 29-6 (15-3, 1st in SEC MBB)

Rank: 4th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Joe B. Hall

PS/G: 76.7 (72nd of 265)

PA/G: 66.4 (51st of 265)

SRS: 16.94 (5th of 260)

SOS: 7.14 (19th of 260)

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

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Kyle Macy	SR	G	6-3	15.4 Pts, 2.4 Reb, 4.7 Ast
Sam Bowie	FR	C	7-1	12.9 Pts, 8.1 Reb, 0.8 Ast
Fred Cowan	JR	F	6-8	12.5 Pts, 5.7 Reb, 0.9 Ast
LaVon Williams	SR	F	6-7	7.5 Pts, 5.3 Reb, 0.7 Ast
Jay Shidler	SR	G	6-1	6.2 Pts, 1.3 Reb, 1.7 Ast
Derrick Hord	FR	F	6-6	5.9 Pts, 2.5 Reb, 1.1 Ast
Dirk Minniefield	FR	G	6-3	5.0 Pts, 2.1 Reb, 3.7 Ast
Charles Hurt	FR	F	6-6	3.9 Pts, 2.5 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Dwight Anderson	SO	G	6-3	10.7 Pts, 1.2 Reb, 2.6 Ast
Chuck Verderber	SO	F	6-6	3.0 Pts, 2.2 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Tom Heitz	FR	F	6-9	1.3 Pts, 0.8 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Bo Lanter	SO	G	6-1	0.8 Pts, 0.5 Reb, 0.5 Ast
Chris Gettelfinger	JR	G	6-2	1.0 Pts, 0.3 Reb, 0.3 Ast

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	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

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	18														76.5
Opponent	18														67.9

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	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

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	18														1377
Opponent	18														1222

Per Game Table
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

Totals Table
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

Per 40 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Sam Bowie	34	33	886	7.4	14.0	.531	5.0	6.5	.764	12.5	1.2	0.5	3.3	3.6	5.0	19.9
2	Fred Cowan	35	35	892	7.5	14.3	.528	4.5	6.3	.709	9.0	1.4	1.4	1.2	3.5	4.5	19.6
3	Chris Gettelfinger	12	0	26	7.7	10.8	.714	3.1	4.6	.667	4.6	6.2	1.5	0.0	4.6	4.6	18.5
4	Kyle Macy	35	35	1182	7.4	14.0	.525	3.5	3.9	.912	2.9	5.5	2.0	0.1	2.0	1.8	18.3
5	Dwight Anderson	11	9	282	6.7	14.3	.465	3.4	4.4	.774	1.8	4.1	0.6	0.1	3.5	3.5	16.7
6	Jay Shidler	35	8	631	5.6	11.4	.494	2.5	3.2	.800	2.9	3.7	1.9	0.2	3.4	3.6	13.8
7	LaVon Williams	35	33	858	4.7	8.9	.526	3.0	3.5	.853	8.6	1.2	0.8	0.4	2.9	4.9	12.3
8	Derrick Hord	35	2	677	4.6	9.8	.470	2.9	3.8	.766	5.1	2.2	0.9	0.2	3.2	3.9	12.1
9	Charles Hurt	35	1	475	4.4	7.2	.605	2.7	4.4	.615	7.3	1.2	1.1	0.5	1.9	6.2	11.5
10	Tom Heitz	24	0	108	2.2	8.1	.273	6.7	12.2	.545	7.4	1.1	0.4	0.0	2.6	4.8	11.1
11	Chuck Verderber	34	1	374	4.0	7.6	.521	3.0	4.1	.737	7.9	1.3	0.6	0.0	3.2	5.8	10.9
12	Dirk Minniefield	34	18	691	3.9	8.2	.479	2.0	2.8	.714	4.1	7.3	2.0	0.1	4.3	4.7	9.9
13	Bo Lanter	17	0	55	3.6	9.5	.385	2.2	5.8	.375	6.5	5.8	1.5	0.0	6.5	8.7	9.5

1979-80 Kentucky (Men's) Season