1977-78 Michigan State Spartans Roster and Stats

Record: 25-5 (15-3, 1st in Big Ten)

Rank: 4th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Jud Heathcote

PS/G: 76.7 (99th of 254)

PA/G: 65.8 (22nd of 254)

SRS: 16.30 (5th of 253)

SOS: 5.37 (34th of 253)

NCAA Tournament:
Won Mideast First Round (77-63) versus Providence
Won Mideast Regional Semifinal (90-69) versus Western Kentucky
Lost Mideast Regional Final (52-49) versus Kentucky

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Greg Kelser	JR	F	6-7	17.7 Pts, 9.1 Reb, 1.3 Ast
Magic Johnson	FR	G	6-8	17.0 Pts, 7.9 Reb, 7.4 Ast
Bob Chapman	SR	G	6-2	12.3 Pts, 2.7 Reb, 2.0 Ast
Jay Vincent	FR	F	6-7	11.3 Pts, 3.8 Reb, 1.0 Ast
Ron Charles	SO	C	6-8	6.3 Pts, 4.0 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Terry Donnelly	SO	G	6-2	6.0 Pts, 1.4 Reb, 2.4 Ast
Mike Brkovich	FR	G	6-5	2.3 Pts, 0.6 Reb, 0.7 Ast
Sten Feldreich		C	7-0	1.6 Pts, 1.9 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Jim Coutre		C	6-9	1.8 Pts, 1.3 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Alfred Brown		F	6-6	1.4 Pts, 1.0 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Len Williams		G	6-0	2.2 Pts, 0.4 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Donald Flowers			6-1	1.0 Pts, 0.1 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Dan Riewald		F	6-5	0.5 Pts, 0.8 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Rick Kaye	FR	F	6-6	0.0 Pts, 0.0 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Mike Longaker	SO	G	6-2	0.0 Pts, 0.0 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Nate Phillips		G	6-4	0.0 Pts, 0.3 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	30		30.3	57.7	.524	16.2	23.0	.704	36.5	15.8				19.4	76.7
Opponent	30		26.5	58.6	.452	12.8	19.2	.664	30.9	10.8				20.4	65.8

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	30		908	1732	.524	485	689	.704	1096	474				581	2301
Opponent	30		795	1758	.452	383	577	.664	928	325				611	1973

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
1	Greg Kelser	30		7.4	12.1	.610	3.0	5.1	.586	9.1	1.3			3.3	17.7
2	Magic Johnson	30		5.8	12.7	.458	5.4	6.8	.785	7.9	7.4			2.6	17.0
3	Bob Chapman	30		5.1	10.2	.495	2.2	2.7	.802	2.7	2.0			3.0	12.3
4	Jay Vincent	29	26.0	4.7	8.2	.573	1.9	3.0	.640	3.8	1.0	0.3	0.4	2.7	11.3
5	Ron Charles	30		2.4	4.1	.582	1.5	2.2	.687	4.0	0.3			2.0	6.3
6	Terry Donnelly	30		2.3	4.4	.527	1.4	1.7	.788	1.4	2.4			2.6	6.0
7	Mike Brkovich	27		1.0	2.2	.475	0.3	0.3	.875	0.6	0.7			0.7	2.3
8	Len Williams	9		0.9	2.1	.421	0.4	0.7	.667	0.4	0.4			0.7	2.2
9	Jim Coutre	18		0.8	1.3	.625	0.2	0.4	.375	1.3	0.1			1.2	1.8
10	Sten Feldreich	23		0.7	1.9	.395	0.1	0.3	.429	1.9	0.3			1.1	1.6
11	Alfred Brown	17		0.5	1.2	.429	0.4	0.6	.600	1.0	0.3			0.5	1.4
12	Donald Flowers	9		0.4	0.6	.800	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.1	0.1			0.1	1.0
13	Dan Riewald	15		0.1	0.8	.167	0.3	0.4	.667	0.8	0.2			0.2	0.5
14	Rick Kaye	2		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0			0.5	0.0
15	Mike Longaker	4		0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0			0.0	0.0
16	Nate Phillips	7		0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.1			0.3	0.0

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
1	Greg Kelser	30		221	362	.610	89	152	.586	274	39			99	531
2	Magic Johnson	30		175	382	.458	161	205	.785	237	222			77	511
3	Bob Chapman	30		152	307	.495	65	81	.802	82	61			89	369
4	Jay Vincent	29	754	137	239	.573	55	86	.640	110	30	10	12	79	329
5	Ron Charles	30		71	122	.582	46	67	.687	120	9			59	188
6	Terry Donnelly	30		69	131	.527	41	52	.788	42	72			79	179
7	Mike Brkovich	27		28	59	.475	7	8	.875	16	18			20	63
8	Sten Feldreich	23		17	43	.395	3	7	.429	43	8			25	37
9	Jim Coutre	18		15	24	.625	3	8	.375	23	1			22	33
10	Alfred Brown	17		9	21	.429	6	10	.600	17	5			9	24
11	Len Williams	9		8	19	.421	4	6	.667	4	4			6	20
12	Donald Flowers	9		4	5	.800	1	1	1.000	1	1			1	9
13	Dan Riewald	15		2	12	.167	4	6	.667	12	3			3	8
14	Rick Kaye	2		0	0		0	0		0	0			1	0
15	Mike Longaker	4		0	1	.000	0	0		0	0			0	0
16	Nate Phillips	7		0	5	.000	0	0		2	1			2	0
	School Totals	30		908	1732	.524	485	689	.704	1096	474			581	2301

1977-78 Michigan State Season