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1978-79 Michigan State Spartans Men's Roster and Stats

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Record: 26-6 (13-5, 1st in Big Ten MBB)

Rank: 3rd in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Jud Heathcote

PS/G: 75.7 (109th of 262)

PA/G: 62.6 (13th of 262)

SRS: 22.53 (1st of 256)

SOS: 9.47 (2nd of 256)

NCAA Tournament: (#2 seed in Mideast)
Won Mideast Second Round (95-64) versus #10 Lamar
Won Mideast Regional Semifinal (87-71) versus #3 Louisiana State
Won Mideast Regional Final (80-68) versus #1 Notre Dame
Won National Semifinal (101-67) versus #9 Pennsylvania
Won National Final (75-64) versus #1 Indiana State

NCAA Champion
Big Ten Reg Season Champ

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Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Greg Kelser	SR	F	6-7	18.8 Pts, 8.7 Reb, 1.8 Ast
Magic Johnson	SO	G	6-8	17.1 Pts, 7.3 Reb, 8.4 Ast
Jay Vincent	SO	F	6-7	12.7 Pts, 5.2 Reb, 1.2 Ast
Ron Charles	JR	C	6-8	8.8 Pts, 5.1 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Mike Brkovich	SO	G	6-5	7.0 Pts, 1.8 Reb, 1.2 Ast
Terry Donnelly	JR	G	6-2	6.6 Pts, 1.6 Reb, 2.0 Ast
Rob Gonzalez	FR	F	6-7	1.7 Pts, 1.0 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Gerald Busby	FR	G	6-4	2.3 Pts, 0.9 Reb, 0.5 Ast
Greg Lloyd	JR	G	6-1	1.4 Pts, 0.5 Reb, 0.6 Ast
Mike Longaker	JR	G	6-2	1.4 Pts, 0.3 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Rick Kaye	SO	F	6-6	1.3 Pts, 0.6 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Don Brkovich	FR	F	6-7	0.3 Pts, 0.2 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Gerald Gilkie	SO		6-5	1.0 Pts, 1.0 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Jaimie Huffman	SO		6-3	0.3 Pts, 0.5 Reb, 0.0 Ast

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	32		29.1	55.3	.527	17.5	24.2	.721	34.6						75.7
Opponent	32		25.9	59.8	.434	10.7	15.9	.673	32.6						62.6

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	18														69.9
Opponent	18														61.7

Total Team and Opponent Stats

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	32		932	1769	.527	559	775	.721	1108						2423
Opponent	32		830	1912	.434	343	510	.673	1044						2003

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	18														1259
Opponent	18														1110

Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Greg Kelser	F	32	32	32.5	7.7	14.1	.545	7.7	14.1	3.4	5.1	.671	8.7	1.8	1.7	1.1	3.5	18.8
2	Magic Johnson	G	32	31	36.2	5.4	11.6	.468	5.4	11.6	6.3	7.5	.842	7.3	8.4	2.3	0.1	2.4	17.1	AA-1
3	Jay Vincent	F	31	28	30.3	5.5	11.1	.496	5.5	11.1	1.7	3.0	.581	5.2	1.2	0.8	0.8	3.0	12.7
4	Ron Charles	C	32	23	27.6	3.6	5.4	.665	3.6	5.4	1.6	2.6	.622	5.1	0.4	0.6	0.6	2.9	8.8
5	Mike Brkovich	G	32	15	25.9	2.7	5.2	.509	2.7	5.2	1.7	2.1	.803	1.8	1.2	0.5	0.2	1.8	7.0
6	Terry Donnelly	G	32	31	30.9	2.6	4.8	.535	2.6	4.8	1.4	1.9	.754	1.6	2.0	0.0	0.2	1.8	6.6
7	Gerald Busby	G	13		8.5	0.9	2.0	.462	0.9	2.0	0.5	0.6	.750	0.9	0.5	0.0	0.1	0.7	2.3
8	Rob Gonzalez	F	28	0	8.8	0.6	1.1	.581	0.6	1.1	0.4	0.5	.800	1.0	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.8	1.7
9	Greg Lloyd	G	19		3.4	0.4	0.8	.500	0.4	0.8	0.6	0.8	.688	0.5	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.2	1.4
10	Mike Longaker	G	19		2.9	0.5	0.7	.643	0.5	0.7	0.4	0.6	.667	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.2	1.4
11	Rick Kaye	F	16		2.5	0.5	0.7	.727	0.5	0.7	0.3	0.6	.444	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.8	1.3
12	Gerald Gilkie		3	0	1.7	0.3	0.7	.500	0.3	0.7	0.3	1.0	.333	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
13	Don Brkovich	F	9	0	1.4	0.1	0.3	.333	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.3	.333	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.3
14	Jaimie Huffman		6	0	2.7	0.2	0.5	.333	0.2	0.5	0.0	0.2	.000	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.3
	Team Totals		32	32	21.0	29.1	55.3	.527	3.1	5.8	17.5	24.2	.723	34.6	1.7	0.7	0.3	1.8	75.7

Totals

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Greg Kelser	F	32	32	1040	246	451	.545	246	451	110	164	.671	278	56	53	36	113	602
2	Magic Johnson	G	32	31	1159	173	370	.468	173	370	202	240	.842	234	*269*	75	3	77	548	AA-1
3	Jay Vincent	F	31	28	939	170	343	.496	170	343	54	93	.581	161	38	25	26	94	394
4	Ron Charles	C	32	23	883	115	173	.665	115	173	51	82	.622	162	13	20	20	94	281
5	Mike Brkovich	G	32	15	830	85	167	.509	85	167	53	66	.803	56	37	17	6	56	223
6	Terry Donnelly	G	32	31	990	83	155	.535	83	155	46	61	.754	50	63	0	6	59	212
7	Rob Gonzalez	F	28	0	247	18	31	.581	18	31	12	15	.800	27	5	7	0	23	48
8	Gerald Busby	G	13		111	12	26	.462	12	26	6	8	.750	12	6	0	1	9	30
9	Greg Lloyd	G	19		64	8	16	.500	8	16	11	16	.688	10	11	3	0	4	27
10	Mike Longaker	G	19		55	9	14	.643	9	14	8	12	.667	6	2	3	1	3	26
11	Rick Kaye	F	16		40	8	11	.727	8	11	4	9	.444	10	2	1	0	12	20
12	Don Brkovich	F	9	0	13	1	3	.333	1	3	1	3	.333	2	1	1	0	2	3
13	Gerald Gilkie		3	0	5	1	2	.500	1	2	1	3	.333	3	0	0	0	0	3
14	Jaimie Huffman		6	0	16	1	3	.333	1	3	0	1	.000	3	0	3	0	2	2
	Team Totals		32		6392	930	1765	.527	930	1765	559	773	.723	1014	503	208	99	548	2419

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