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1981-82 Kentucky Wildcats Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 22-8 (13-5, 1st in SEC MBB)

Rank: 15th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Joe B. Hall

PS/G: 73.3 (56th of 273)

PA/G: 66.4 (120th of 273)

SRS: 12.55 (21st of 273)

SOS: 5.95 (35th of 273)

NCAA Tournament: (#6 seed in Mideast)
Lost Mideast First Round (50-44) versus #11 Middle Tennessee

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Derrick Hord	JR	F	6-6	16.3 Pts, 5.4 Reb, 1.8 Ast
Jim Master	SO	G	6-5	13.4 Pts, 2.1 Reb, 2.6 Ast
Melvin Turpin	SO	C	6-11	13.1 Pts, 7.1 Reb, 0.7 Ast
Dirk Minniefield	JR	G	6-3	11.3 Pts, 3.1 Reb, 6.3 Ast
Charles Hurt	JR	F	6-6	6.6 Pts, 4.5 Reb, 0.7 Ast
Chuck Verderber	SR	F	6-6	5.0 Pts, 3.7 Reb, 1.0 Ast
Dickey Beal	SO	G	5-11	3.3 Pts, 0.8 Reb, 1.9 Ast
Tom Heitz	SO	F	6-9	3.1 Pts, 1.9 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Bo Lanter	SR	G	6-1	1.5 Pts, 0.4 Reb
Troy McKinley	FR	C	6-6	1.0 Pts, 0.5 Reb
Mike Ballenger	FR	G	6-3	0.5 Pts, 0.1 Reb

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	30	40.5	27.6	53.9	.511	18.2	24.2	.750	31.3	15.3	5.7	2.9	13.4	19.0	73.3
Opponent	30	40.5	26.2	56.0	.468	14.0	20.1	.697	30.9	14.6	5.9	2.9	14.0	21.3	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														73.7
Opponent	18														68.2

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	30	6075	827	1618	.511	545	727	.750	940	460	171	86	403	571	2199
Opponent	30	6075	786	1681	.468	421	604	.697	926	439	176	86	420	639	1991

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	18														1327
Opponent	18														1227

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Derrick Hord	30	30	36.4	6.5	13.1	.492	3.4	4.4	.779	5.4	1.8	0.8	0.1	2.4	2.7	16.3
2	Jim Master	30	29	32.3	5.1	10.5	.486	3.2	3.5	.896	2.1	2.6	0.6	0.0	1.8	1.9	13.4
3	Melvin Turpin	30	30	30.4	5.3	9.2	.582	2.4	3.5	.679	7.1	0.7	0.9	2.2	2.1	3.0	13.1
4	Dirk Minniefield	30	30	34.5	4.3	8.4	.510	2.8	3.7	.757	3.1	6.3	1.4	0.0	2.9	2.7	11.3
5	Charles Hurt	30	8	25.1	2.3	4.2	.560	2.2	3.1	.707	4.5	0.7	0.6	0.2	1.4	2.7	6.6
6	Chuck Verderber	29	22	21.1	1.5	3.5	.422	2.0	2.5	.819	3.7	1.0	0.7	0.2	1.0	3.0	5.0
7	Dickey Beal	29	1	12.4	1.3	2.7	.487	0.7	1.1	.576	0.8	1.9	0.4	0.1	1.2	1.5	3.3
8	Tom Heitz	29	0	7.6	0.8	1.4	.600	1.4	2.3	.621	1.9	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.9	3.1
9	Bo Lanter	13	0	3.5	0.6	1.1	.571	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.4		0.2	0.0	0.3	0.6	1.5
10	Troy McKinley	16	0	3.0	0.4	0.9	.467	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.5		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.4	1.0
11	Mike Ballenger	12	0	2.6	0.2	0.8	.222	0.2	0.3	.500	0.1		0.1	0.0	0.3	0.2	0.5

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Derrick Hord	30	30	1092	194	394	.492	102	131	.779	161	54	25	4	72	80	490
2	Jim Master	30	29	968	153	315	.486	95	106	.896	63	78	19	0	54	57	401
3	Melvin Turpin	30	30	912	160	275	.582	72	106	.679	212	22	26	67	62	90	392
4	Dirk Minniefield	30	30	1034	128	251	.510	84	111	.757	94	188	42	1	87	80	340
5	Charles Hurt	30	8	754	70	125	.560	65	92	.707	134	21	19	5	43	80	197
6	Chuck Verderber	29	22	611	43	102	.422	59	72	.819	107	29	21	7	28	87	145
7	Dickey Beal	29	1	360	38	78	.487	19	33	.576	23	54	12	2	36	44	95
8	Tom Heitz	29	0	219	24	40	.600	41	66	.621	54	5	3	0	12	27	89
9	Bo Lanter	13	0	46	8	14	.571	4	4	1.000	5		2	0	4	8	20
10	Troy McKinley	16	0	48	7	15	.467	2	2	1.000	8		1	0	0	6	16
11	Mike Ballenger	12	0	31	2	9	.222	2	4	.500	1		1	0	4	2	6
	School Totals	30		6075	827	1618	.511	545	727	.750	940	460	171	86	403	571	2199

Per 40 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Derrick Hord	30	30	1092	7.1	14.4	.492	3.7	4.8	.779	5.9	2.0	0.9	0.1	2.6	2.9	17.9
2	Bo Lanter	13	0	46	7.0	12.2	.571	3.5	3.5	1.000	4.3		1.7	0.0	3.5	7.0	17.4
3	Melvin Turpin	30	30	912	7.0	12.1	.582	3.2	4.6	.679	9.3	1.0	1.1	2.9	2.7	3.9	17.2
4	Jim Master	30	29	968	6.3	13.0	.486	3.9	4.4	.896	2.6	3.2	0.8	0.0	2.2	2.4	16.6
5	Tom Heitz	29	0	219	4.4	7.3	.600	7.5	12.1	.621	9.9	0.9	0.5	0.0	2.2	4.9	16.3
6	Troy McKinley	16	0	48	5.8	12.5	.467	1.7	1.7	1.000	6.7		0.8	0.0	0.0	5.0	13.3
7	Dirk Minniefield	30	30	1034	5.0	9.7	.510	3.2	4.3	.757	3.6	7.3	1.6	0.0	3.4	3.1	13.2
8	Dickey Beal	29	1	360	4.2	8.7	.487	2.1	3.7	.576	2.6	6.0	1.3	0.2	4.0	4.9	10.6
9	Charles Hurt	30	8	754	3.7	6.6	.560	3.4	4.9	.707	7.1	1.1	1.0	0.3	2.3	4.2	10.5
10	Chuck Verderber	29	22	611	2.8	6.7	.422	3.9	4.7	.819	7.0	1.9	1.4	0.5	1.8	5.7	9.5
11	Mike Ballenger	12	0	31	2.6	11.6	.222	2.6	5.2	.500	1.3		1.3	0.0	5.2	2.6	7.7

1981-82 Kentucky (Men's) Season