1978-79 UNC Tar Heels Roster and Stats

Overall: 23-6 .793 W-L% (12th of 256)

Conference: 9-3, 1st in ACC

Coach: Dean Smith (23-6)

PS/G: 76.5 (84th of 256)

PA/G: 65.4 (27th of 256)

SRS: 18.55 (3rd of 256)

SOS: 7.51 (15th of 256)

NCAA Tournament: (#1 seed in East)
Lost East Second Round (72-71) versus #9 Pennsylvania

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Pos	Height	Summary
Al Wood	G	6-6	17.8 Pts, 4.1 Reb, 1.1 Ast
Mike O'Koren	F	6-8	14.8 Pts, 7.2 Reb
Mike O'Koren	F	6-7	14.8 Pts, 7.2 Reb, 3.5 Ast
Dudley Bradley	F	6-6	9.2 Pts, 3.6 Reb, 2.0 Ast
Dave Colescott	G	6-2	8.7 Pts, 1.0 Reb, 1.7 Ast
Rich Yonakor	F	6-9	6.8 Pts, 4.0 Reb, 2.3 Ast
John Virgil	G	6-6	6.2 Pts, 1.4 Reb, 0.6 Ast
Ged Doughton	G	6-1	4.0 Pts, 1.2 Reb, 1.1 Ast
Jeff Wolf	C	6-11	3.1 Pts, 3.6 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Pete Budko	C	6-9	2.3 Pts, 2.0 Reb, 0.6 Ast
Jimmy Black	G	6-3	2.2 Pts, 0.7 Reb, 1.3 Ast
Randy Wiel	G	6-4	1.7 Pts, 0.5 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Mike Pepper	G	6-3	2.3 Pts, 0.3 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Eric Kenny	F	6-6	1.5 Pts, 1.0 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Chris Brust	F	6-9	1.0 Pts, 1.2 Reb, 0.2 Ast

Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	PTS/G
Team	29		861	1614	.533	496	688	.721			936						2218	76.5
Opponent	29		761	1620	.470	376	508	.740			847						1898	65.4

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
1	Al Wood	29	7.2	12.7	.572	3.3	4.3	.760	4.1	1.1	1.0	0.8	2.7	17.8
2	Mike O'Koren	28	4.8	9.3	.521	5.1	6.7	.766	7.2	3.5	1.6	0.5	2.8	14.8
3	Mike O'Koren	28	4.8	9.3	.521	5.1	6.7	.766	7.2					14.8
4	Dudley Bradley	29	3.8	7.3	.512	1.7	2.7	.608	3.6	2.0	3.3	0.3	2.6	9.2
5	Dave Colescott	26	3.5	6.8	.520	1.6	1.8	.875	1.0	1.7	1.2	0.1	1.4	8.7
6	Rich Yonakor	29	2.4	4.2	.577	1.9	2.6	.730	4.0	2.3	0.6	0.3	2.1	6.8
7	John Virgil	28	2.7	4.8	.571	0.8	1.3	.639	1.4	0.6	0.4	0.1	1.4	6.3
8	Ged Doughton	29	1.6	3.4	.470	0.8	0.9	.815	1.2	1.1	0.6	0.0	0.9	4.0
9	Jeff Wolf	28	1.4	2.9	.475	0.4	1.0	.444	3.6	0.4	0.3	0.9	1.9	3.1
10	Pete Budko	29	0.9	1.8	.529	0.5	0.7	.667	2.0	0.6	0.1	0.9	1.1	2.3
11	Mike Pepper	10	0.9	1.5	.600	0.5	0.6	.833	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.0	0.4	2.3
12	Jimmy Black	29	0.8	1.7	.479	0.6	1.0	.621	0.7	1.3	0.4	0.0	1.0	2.2
13	Randy Wiel	27	0.7	1.3	.529	0.4	0.6	.625	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.4	1.7
14	Eric Kenny	11	0.5	1.0	.455	0.6	0.8	.778	1.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.9	1.5
15	Chris Brust	4	0.3	0.8	.333	0.5	0.8	.667	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0

1978-79 UNC Season

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