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1981-82 Virginia Cavaliers Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 30-4 (12-2, 2nd in ACC MBB)

Rank: 3rd in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Terry Holland

PS/G: 70.7 (83rd of 273)

PA/G: 57.2 (19th of 273)

SRS: 19.39 (3rd of 273)

SOS: 7.19 (12th of 273)

NCAA Tournament: (#1 seed in Mideast)
Won Mideast Second Round (54-51) versus #9 Tennessee
Lost Mideast Regional Semifinal (68-66) versus #4 UAB

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Ralph Sampson	JR	C	7-4	15.8 Pts, 11.4 Reb, 1.2 Ast
Othell Wilson	SO	G	6-0	11.4 Pts, 2.5 Reb, 3.4 Ast
Craig Robinson	JR	F	6-8	9.7 Pts, 5.3 Reb, 0.9 Ast
Jeff Jones	SR	G	6-4	8.2 Pts, 2.3 Reb, 3.4 Ast
Jim Miller	FR	F	6-8	8.0 Pts, 3.1 Reb, 0.6 Ast
Tim Mullen	FR	G	6-5	7.4 Pts, 1.8 Reb, 1.1 Ast
Ricky Stokes	SO	G	5-10	4.0 Pts, 1.0 Reb, 1.4 Ast
Kenton Edelin	SO	F	6-8	3.6 Pts, 2.8 Reb, 0.6 Ast
Kenny Johnson	FR	G	6-0	2.5 Pts, 0.4 Reb, 0.8 Ast
Dean Carpenter	JR	C	6-9	1.8 Pts, 1.1 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Dan Merrifield	FR	F	6-6	1.6 Pts, 1.2 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Doug Newburg	JR	G	6-2	0.6 Pts, 0.4 Reb, 0.5 Ast
Jim Runcie	FR	G	6-2	1.0 Pts, 0.5 Reb, 0.0 Ast

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	34		27.5	52.1	.527	15.8	23.2	.680	33.4	13.6	7.5	3.9	12.9	19.2	70.7
Opponent	34		22.2	50.7	.437	12.8	18.4	.695	27.3	11.6	4.9	2.2	14.9	21.3	57.2

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														65.1
Opponent	14														57.1

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	34		934	1772	.527	536	788	.680	1136	461	254	131	438	654	2404
Opponent	34		754	1725	.437	436	627	.695	928	394	168	76	507	725	1944

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														911
Opponent	14														800

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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Ralph Sampson	C	32	31	31.3	6.2	11.0	.561	6.2	11.0	3.4	5.6	.615	11.4	1.2	0.6	3.1	1.9	2.7	15.8	AP POY-1,WA-1,AA-1,NA-1
2	Othell Wilson	G	32	30	28.8	4.7	8.4	.552	4.7	8.4	2.1	2.8	.736	2.5	3.4	1.9	0.0	2.0	2.1	11.4
3	Craig Robinson	F	34	34	25.3	3.8	7.2	.529	3.8	7.2	2.1	2.9	.727	5.3	0.9	0.5	0.3	2.0	2.2	9.7
4	Jeff Jones	G	34	34	31.4	3.2	6.1	.527	3.2	6.1	1.8	2.6	.701	2.3	3.4	1.6	0.1	1.3	1.9	8.2
5	Jim Miller	F	33	4	20.9	2.9	5.1	.577	2.9	5.1	2.2	2.9	.747	3.1	0.6	0.3	0.1	1.3	2.2	8.0
6	Tim Mullen	G	34	34	21.2	2.9	6.5	.455	2.9	6.5	1.5	1.9	.769	1.8	1.1	0.6	0.2	1.0	2.2	7.4
7	Ricky Stokes	G	34	0	17.4	1.4	2.6	.539	1.4	2.6	1.1	1.6	.736	1.0	1.4	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.7	4.0
8	Kenton Edelin	F	34	0	13.1	1.3	1.9	.682	1.3	1.9	0.9	1.6	.574	2.8	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.9	2.4	3.6
9	Kenny Johnson	G	26	0	9.3	1.0	2.7	.366	1.0	2.7	0.5	0.9	.565	0.4	0.8	0.4	0.0	0.9	1.1	2.5
10	Dean Carpenter	C	23	3	6.2	0.6	1.3	.452	0.6	1.3	0.6	1.0	.542	1.1	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.3	1.0	1.8
11	Dan Merrifield	F	20	0	6.6	0.7	1.6	.419	0.7	1.6	0.3	0.5	.500	1.2	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.7	0.7	1.6
12	Jim Runcie	G	6	0	2.5	0.5	1.2	.429	0.5	1.2	0.0	0.0		0.5	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.5	1.0
13	Doug Newburg	G	18	0	2.6	0.2	0.8	.200	0.2	0.8	0.2	0.4	.500	0.4	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.6
	Team Totals		34			27.5	52.1	.527	27.5	52.1	15.8	23.2	.680	33.4	13.6	7.5	3.9	12.9	19.2	70.7

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Totals Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Ralph Sampson	C	32	31	1002	198	353	.561	198	353	110	179	.615	366	38	18	99	60	85	506	AP POY-1,WA-1,AA-1,NA-1
2	Othell Wilson	G	32	30	920	149	270	.552	149	270	67	91	.736	80	109	61	0	65	67	365
3	Craig Robinson	F	34	34	860	129	244	.529	129	244	72	99	.727	180	30	18	9	67	76	330
4	Jeff Jones	G	34	34	1067	109	207	.527	109	207	61	87	.701	79	117	53	3	45	66	279
5	Jim Miller	F	33	4	690	97	168	.577	97	168	71	95	.747	102	19	9	2	44	71	265
6	Tim Mullen	G	34	34	720	100	220	.455	100	220	50	65	.769	62	38	21	6	33	74	250
7	Ricky Stokes	G	34	0	593	48	89	.539	48	89	39	53	.736	34	48	35	1	35	58	135
8	Kenton Edelin	F	34	0	446	45	66	.682	45	66	31	54	.574	94	19	17	11	32	82	121
9	Kenny Johnson	G	26	0	242	26	71	.366	26	71	13	23	.565	11	21	10	0	24	28	65
10	Dean Carpenter	C	23	3	143	14	31	.452	14	31	13	24	.542	26	6	3	0	8	23	41
11	Dan Merrifield	F	20	0	131	13	31	.419	13	31	5	10	.500	24	7	3	0	13	14	31
12	Doug Newburg	G	18	0	46	3	15	.200	3	15	4	8	.500	8	9	4	0	8	7	10
13	Jim Runcie	G	6	0	15	3	7	.429	3	7	0	0		3	0	2	0	4	3	6
	Team Totals		34			934	1772	.527	934	1772	536	788	.680	1136	461	254	131	438	654	2404

Per 40 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Ralph Sampson	32	31	1002	7.9	14.1	.561	4.4	7.1	.615	14.6	1.5	0.7	4.0	2.4	3.4	20.2
2	Jim Runcie	6	0	15	8.0	18.7	.429	0.0	0.0		8.0	0.0	5.3	0.0	10.7	8.0	16.0
3	Othell Wilson	32	30	920	6.5	11.7	.552	2.9	4.0	.736	3.5	4.7	2.7	0.0	2.8	2.9	15.9
4	Jim Miller	33	4	690	5.6	9.7	.577	4.1	5.5	.747	5.9	1.1	0.5	0.1	2.6	4.1	15.4
5	Craig Robinson	34	34	860	6.0	11.3	.529	3.3	4.6	.727	8.4	1.4	0.8	0.4	3.1	3.5	15.3
6	Tim Mullen	34	34	720	5.6	12.2	.455	2.8	3.6	.769	3.4	2.1	1.2	0.3	1.8	4.1	13.9
7	Dean Carpenter	23	3	143	3.9	8.7	.452	3.6	6.7	.542	7.3	1.7	0.8	0.0	2.2	6.4	11.5
8	Kenton Edelin	34	0	446	4.0	5.9	.682	2.8	4.8	.574	8.4	1.7	1.5	1.0	2.9	7.4	10.9
9	Kenny Johnson	26	0	242	4.3	11.7	.366	2.1	3.8	.565	1.8	3.5	1.7	0.0	4.0	4.6	10.7
10	Jeff Jones	34	34	1067	4.1	7.8	.527	2.3	3.3	.701	3.0	4.4	2.0	0.1	1.7	2.5	10.5
11	Dan Merrifield	20	0	131	4.0	9.5	.419	1.5	3.1	.500	7.3	2.1	0.9	0.0	4.0	4.3	9.5
12	Ricky Stokes	34	0	593	3.2	6.0	.539	2.6	3.6	.736	2.3	3.2	2.4	0.1	2.4	3.9	9.1
13	Doug Newburg	18	0	46	2.6	13.0	.200	3.5	7.0	.500	7.0	7.8	3.5	0.0	7.0	6.1	8.7