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1980-81 Kentucky Wildcats Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 22-6 (15-3, 2nd in SEC MBB)

Rank: 8th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Joe B. Hall

PS/G: 72.9 (94th of 264)

PA/G: 62.9 (40th of 264)

SRS: 18.59 (3rd of 264)

SOS: 9.52 (8th of 264)

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

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Sam Bowie	SO	C	7-1	17.4 Pts, 9.1 Reb, 1.4 Ast
Dirk Minniefield	SO	G	6-3	10.4 Pts, 2.8 Reb, 5.4 Ast
Derrick Hord	SO	F	6-6	8.9 Pts, 3.3 Reb, 1.7 Ast
Fred Cowan	SR	F	6-8	8.2 Pts, 3.8 Reb, 0.8 Ast
Charles Hurt	SO	F	6-6	6.8 Pts, 4.5 Reb, 1.1 Ast
Jim Master	FR	G	6-5	6.5 Pts, 1.0 Reb, 0.9 Ast
Chuck Verderber	JR	F	6-6	7.5 Pts, 4.2 Reb, 1.3 Ast
Melvin Turpin	FR	C	6-11	4.7 Pts, 3.8 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Bret Bearup	FR	C	6-9	2.7 Pts, 1.7 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Dickey Beal	FR	G	5-11	2.6 Pts, 0.4 Reb, 1.9 Ast
Bo Lanter	JR	G	6-1	0.9 Pts, 0.5 Reb, 0.5 Ast
Chris Gettelfinger	SR	G	6-2	1.1 Pts, 0.4 Reb, 0.1 Ast

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	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

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	18														73.5
Opponent	18														63.4

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	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

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	18														1323
Opponent	18														1141

Per Game Table
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

Totals Table
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

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	28	28	895	8.3	15.9	.520	5.3	7.3	.720	11.4	1.7	0.7	3.6	2.3	3.6	21.8
2	Chris Gettelfinger	7	0	18	4.4	6.7	.667	8.9	15.6	.571	6.7	2.2	2.2	0.0	11.1	8.9	17.8
3	Fred Cowan	26	17	514	5.9	14.2	.418	4.7	6.5	.726	7.8	1.6	0.7	0.6	2.5	5.1	16.6
4	Derrick Hord	28	21	710	5.5	13.5	.406	3.0	4.1	.750	5.1	2.7	0.5	0.0	2.8	3.2	14.0
5	Jim Master	27	3	512	5.0	11.1	.451	3.8	4.4	.857	2.0	2.0	0.7	0.0	2.3	3.4	13.8
6	Melvin Turpin	28	0	380	5.3	10.0	.526	3.3	4.6	.705	11.2	0.1	0.8	2.4	2.2	6.5	13.8
7	Chuck Verderber	19	14	414	5.2	9.3	.563	3.4	4.7	.714	7.7	2.3	0.9	0.1	2.1	4.5	13.8
8	Dirk Minniefield	28	28	890	5.3	9.6	.554	2.5	2.8	.873	3.6	6.8	1.6	0.2	3.2	3.6	13.1
9	Bo Lanter	11	0	32	6.3	15.0	.417	0.0	2.5	.000	7.5	6.3	3.8	0.0	5.0	11.3	12.5
10	Charles Hurt	28	23	683	4.6	8.1	.572	1.9	3.3	.579	7.4	1.8	0.8	0.2	1.8	5.4	11.2
11	Bret Bearup	26	0	258	4.3	11.5	.378	2.3	3.7	.625	6.7	1.2	0.8	0.5	1.6	5.4	11.0
12	Dickey Beal	27	6	344	2.7	6.0	.442	2.8	4.9	.571	1.2	5.8	3.0	0.0	3.6	5.1	8.1

1980-81 Kentucky (Men's) Season