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1977-78 Wisconsin Badgers Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 8-19 (4-14, 9th in Big Ten MBB)

Coach: Bill Cofield

PS/G: 70.9 (189th of 259)

PA/G: 75.5 (152nd of 259)

SRS: 1.98 (98th of 253)

SOS: 6.65 (12th of 253)

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Arnold Gaines	SO	G	6-4	11.3 Pts, 2.1 Reb, 3.1 Ast
Joe Chrnelich	SO	F	6-7	10.2 Pts, 6.7 Reb, 2.3 Ast
Claude Gregory	FR	F	6-8	9.4 Pts, 6.1 Reb, 0.6 Ast
Bill Pearson	SR	F	6-8	9.2 Pts, 6.1 Reb, 1.3 Ast
Wes Matthews	FR	G	6-1	14.5 Pts, 3.4 Reb, 2.2 Ast
James Smith	JR	G	6-2	7.6 Pts, 1.4 Reb, 2.4 Ast
James Gregory	SO	F	6-8	11.8 Pts, 7.3 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Larry Petty	FR	C	6-9	5.0 Pts, 4.7 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Dan Hastings	FR	G	6-4	2.8 Pts, 1.3 Reb, 0.8 Ast
Ray Sydnor	SO	C	6-6	4.0 Pts, 3.3 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Skip Jackson	FR		6-5	3.7 Pts, 1.7 Reb, 2.0 Ast
Robert Jenkins	SO	G	6-3	0.5 Pts, 0.6 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Darnell Reid	FR		6-2	2.0 Pts, 1.0 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Ross Giordiana				0.0 Pts, 0.0 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Paul Kolbert				0.0 Pts, 0.0 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	27		28.1	64.3	.437	14.7	21.9	.671	39.8	12.6	5.7	2.2	18.3	22.7	70.9
Opponent	27		29.4	59.9	.491	16.7	23.2	.719	37.4	14.1	4.8	3.5	18.9	20.5	75.5

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	18														70.3
Opponent	18														76.0

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	27		758	1735	.437	397	592	.671	1075	340	155	59	494	613	1913
Opponent	27		794	1618	.491	451	627	.719	1009	381	129	94	511	554	2039

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	18														1265
Opponent	18														1368

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Wes Matthews	14	11	29.1	5.9	14.1	.421	2.6	3.7	.712	3.4	2.2	1.3	0.2	4.4	2.9	14.5
2	James Gregory	12	7	19.2	5.0	11.2	.448	1.8	2.7	.688	7.3	0.3	0.6	0.9	1.5	3.0	11.8
3	Arnold Gaines	26	22	30.0	4.6	11.3	.405	2.2	3.3	.651	2.1	3.1	1.1	0.0	3.4	2.7	11.3
4	Joe Chrnelich	27	27	28.1	4.1	8.2	.507	1.9	2.7	.708	6.7	2.3	1.0	0.2	2.2	3.2	10.2
5	Claude Gregory	27	7	20.5	3.4	9.1	.376	2.6	3.7	.707	6.1	0.6	0.6	0.8	2.7	2.9	9.4
6	Bill Pearson	27	18	25.3	3.2	6.3	.512	2.7	3.5	.779	6.1	1.3	0.7	0.3	1.1	3.4	9.2
7	James Smith	26	19	23.9	3.3	6.6	.497	1.0	1.3	.794	1.4	2.4	0.5	0.0	1.9	1.8	7.6
8	Larry Petty	27	19	21.7	1.9	5.1	.362	1.3	2.3	.540	4.7	0.4	0.1	0.2	2.1	3.0	5.0
9	Ray Sydnor	17	3	13.6	1.5	3.2	.473	0.9	2.4	.390	3.3	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.7	1.7	4.0
10	Skip Jackson	3	0	9.0	1.7	3.7	.455	0.3	0.7	.500	1.7	2.0	0.3	0.0	2.0	2.0	3.7
11	Dan Hastings	26	2	10.4	1.3	3.0	.442	0.2	0.3	.750	1.3	0.8	0.4	0.0	1.2	1.1	2.8
12	Darnell Reid	1	0	5.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	1.0	.000	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	2.0
13	Robert Jenkins	21	0	3.0	0.2	0.9	.211	0.1	0.3	.429	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.5
14	Ross Giordiana	1	0	2.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
15	Paul Kolbert	1	0	2.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Arnold Gaines	26	22	781	119	294	.405	56	86	.651	55	80	28	1	89	70	294
2	Joe Chrnelich	27	27	759	112	221	.507	51	72	.708	182	61	26	5	60	87	275
3	Claude Gregory	27	7	554	92	245	.376	70	99	.707	165	17	17	21	74	79	254
4	Bill Pearson	27	18	682	87	170	.512	74	95	.779	165	36	18	9	30	92	248
5	Wes Matthews	14	11	408	83	197	.421	37	52	.712	47	31	18	3	61	41	203
6	James Smith	26	19	622	85	171	.497	27	34	.794	37	62	12	1	49	48	197
7	James Gregory	12	7	230	60	134	.448	22	32	.688	88	3	7	11	18	36	142
8	Larry Petty	27	19	585	50	138	.362	34	63	.540	128	11	4	5	58	80	134
9	Dan Hastings	26	2	271	34	77	.442	6	8	.750	34	22	10	1	31	29	74
10	Ray Sydnor	17	3	232	26	55	.473	16	41	.390	56	7	7	2	12	29	68
11	Skip Jackson	3	0	27	5	11	.455	1	2	.500	5	6	1	0	6	6	11
12	Robert Jenkins	21	0	62	4	19	.211	3	7	.429	12	4	1	0	1	16	11
13	Darnell Reid	1	0	5	1	2	.500	0	1	.000	1	0	0	0	2	0	2
14	Ross Giordiana	1	0	2	0	1	.000	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Paul Kolbert	1	0	2	0	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	School Totals	27			758	1735	.437	397	592	.671	1075	340	155	59	494	613	1913

Per 40 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	James Gregory	12	7	230	10.4	23.3	.448	3.8	5.6	.688	15.3	0.5	1.2	1.9	3.1	6.3	24.7
2	Wes Matthews	14	11	408	8.1	19.3	.421	3.6	5.1	.712	4.6	3.0	1.8	0.3	6.0	4.0	19.9
3	Claude Gregory	27	7	554	6.6	17.7	.376	5.1	7.1	.707	11.9	1.2	1.2	1.5	5.3	5.7	18.3
4	Skip Jackson	3	0	27	7.4	16.3	.455	1.5	3.0	.500	7.4	8.9	1.5	0.0	8.9	8.9	16.3
5	Darnell Reid	1	0	5	8.0	16.0	.500	0.0	8.0	.000	8.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	16.0	0.0	16.0
6	Arnold Gaines	26	22	781	6.1	15.1	.405	2.9	4.4	.651	2.8	4.1	1.4	0.1	4.6	3.6	15.1
7	Joe Chrnelich	27	27	759	5.9	11.6	.507	2.7	3.8	.708	9.6	3.2	1.4	0.3	3.2	4.6	14.5
8	Bill Pearson	27	18	682	5.1	10.0	.512	4.3	5.6	.779	9.7	2.1	1.1	0.5	1.8	5.4	14.5
9	James Smith	26	19	622	5.5	11.0	.497	1.7	2.2	.794	2.4	4.0	0.8	0.1	3.2	3.1	12.7
10	Ray Sydnor	17	3	232	4.5	9.5	.473	2.8	7.1	.390	9.7	1.2	1.2	0.3	2.1	5.0	11.7
11	Dan Hastings	26	2	271	5.0	11.4	.442	0.9	1.2	.750	5.0	3.2	1.5	0.1	4.6	4.3	10.9
12	Larry Petty	27	19	585	3.4	9.4	.362	2.3	4.3	.540	8.8	0.8	0.3	0.3	4.0	5.5	9.2
13	Robert Jenkins	21	0	62	2.6	12.3	.211	1.9	4.5	.429	7.7	2.6	0.6	0.0	0.6	10.3	7.1
14	Ross Giordiana	1	0	2	0.0	20.0	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
15	Paul Kolbert	1	0	2	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

1977-78 Wisconsin (Men's) Season