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1977-78 Texas Longhorns Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 26-5 (14-2, 1st in SWC MBB)

Rank: 17th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Abe Lemons

PS/G: 83.9 (26th of 259)

PA/G: 72.1 (96th of 259)

SRS: 16.05 (8th of 253)

SOS: 4.59 (48th of 253)

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Jim Krivacs	JR	G	6-1	22.0 Pts, 2.2 Reb
Ron Baxter	SO	F	6-4	19.0 Pts, 8.9 Reb
Johnny Moore	JR	G	6-2	13.5 Pts, 5.1 Reb
Tyrone Branyan	JR	F	6-7	12.8 Pts, 5.7 Reb
Gary Goodner	SR	C	6-7	7.2 Pts, 5.5 Reb
Dave Shepard	FR	F	6-4	3.8 Pts, 1.4 Reb
Phillip Stroud	JR	F	6-7	2.8 Pts, 3.1 Reb
Keith Stephens	FR	C	6-8	1.9 Pts, 2.8 Reb
Ovie Dotson	JR	F	6-5	2.3 Pts, 2.3 Reb
John Danks	SO	F	6-6	1.7 Pts, 1.2 Reb
Mike Murphy	SR	F	6-8	2.1 Pts, 2.2 Reb
Brent Boyd				1.0 Pts, 0.0 Reb
John Casey				1.0 Pts, 2.0 Reb
Tom Nichols	SR		6-11	0.5 Pts, 0.5 Reb

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	31		33.7	69.8	.482	16.5	21.7	.760	39.5					17.8	83.9
Opponent	31		30.4	69.2	.439	11.2	16.0	.700	42.5					20.3	72.1

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	16														84.1
Opponent	16														72.3

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	31		1044	2164	.482	512	674	.760	1226					551	2600
Opponent	31		943	2146	.439	348	497	.700	1319					629	2234

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	16														1346
Opponent	16														1157

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Jim Krivacs	31	31	9.0	20.3	.444	4.0	4.5	.891	2.2	1.0	22.0
2	Ron Baxter	31	31	7.8	14.2	.551	3.4	4.4	.770	8.9	1.9	19.0
3	Johnny Moore	31	31	5.4	11.1	.488	2.6	3.5	.736	5.1	3.3	13.5
4	Tyrone Branyan	30	29	4.9	9.6	.512	3.0	3.6	.817	5.7	2.4	12.8
5	Gary Goodner	31	31	2.8	5.7	.494	1.6	2.4	.667	5.5	3.8	7.2
6	Dave Shepard	20	0	1.6	3.9	.397	0.7	1.0	.700	1.4	0.9	3.8
7	Phillip Stroud	19	4	1.0	2.5	.396	0.8	1.5	.536	3.1	2.2	2.8
8	Ovie Dotson	19	4	0.9	1.8	.500	0.5	0.7	.643	2.3	1.2	2.3
9	Mike Murphy	17	3	0.9	2.5	.381	0.2	0.5	.500	2.2	1.5	2.1
10	Keith Stephens	24	0	0.7	1.4	.471	0.5	0.8	.684	2.8	1.9	1.9
11	John Danks	24	0	0.7	1.8	.364	0.4	0.6	.600	1.2	0.8	1.7
12	Brent Boyd	2	0	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.5	1.0
13	John Casey	2	0	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.0	0.0		2.0	0.0	1.0
14	Tom Nichols	4	0	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.0	0.0		0.5	0.8	0.5

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Jim Krivacs	31	31	279	628	.444	123	138	.891	68	32	681
2	Ron Baxter	31	31	243	441	.551	104	135	.770	277	60	590
3	Johnny Moore	31	31	168	344	.488	81	110	.736	159	103	417
4	Tyrone Branyan	30	29	148	289	.512	89	109	.817	172	72	385
5	Gary Goodner	31	31	87	176	.494	50	75	.667	170	118	224
6	Dave Shepard	20	0	31	78	.397	14	20	.700	28	17	76
7	Phillip Stroud	19	4	19	48	.396	15	28	.536	59	42	53
8	Keith Stephens	24	0	16	34	.471	13	19	.684	68	46	45
9	Ovie Dotson	19	4	17	34	.500	9	14	.643	44	23	43
10	John Danks	24	0	16	44	.364	9	15	.600	29	19	41
11	Mike Murphy	17	3	16	42	.381	4	8	.500	38	25	36
12	Brent Boyd	2	0	1	2	.500	0	1	.000	0	1	2
13	John Casey	2	0	1	1	1.000	0	0		4	0	2
14	Tom Nichols	4	0	1	1	1.000	0	0		2	3	2
	School Totals	31		1044	2164	.482	512	674	.760	1226	551	2600

1977-78 Texas (Men's) Season