1981-82
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POST-SEASON |
13-14 |
12-4 |
1-10 |
0-0 |
4-10 |
7th |
0-1 |
None |
ROSTER:
NO. |
POS. |
NAME |
CLASS |
HGT. |
WGT. |
Hometown (Previous School) |
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RETURNEES: |
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34 |
G |
Tony Guy
*** Cpt. |
Sr. |
6'6 |
200 |
Towson, MD (Loyola HS) |
35 |
F |
Dave Magley
*** Cpt. |
Sr. |
6'8 |
202 |
South Bend, IN (LaSalle HS) |
23 |
F |
Mark
Summers * |
Jr. |
6'7 |
201 |
Dimmitt, TX (Dimmitt HS/Amarillo (TX) Juco)
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24 |
C |
Kelly
Knight * |
So. |
6'7 |
240 |
Salina, KS (South HS) |
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NEW FACES: |
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10 |
G |
Tim Banks
% |
Jr. |
6'2 |
180 |
New York, NY (Long Island City HS/Colby (NY) Juco
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33 |
G |
Tad Boyle |
Fr. |
6'4 |
167 |
Greeley, CO (Central HS) |
20 |
F |
Jeff
Dishman |
Jr. |
6'5 |
213 |
Medicine Lodge, KS Medicine Lodge HS/Hutchison (KS) Junior College)
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22 |
C |
Mark Ewing |
Jr. |
6'9 |
191 |
McPherson, KS (McPherson HS/Cloud Co. Juco)
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25 |
G/F |
Lance Hill |
Jr. |
6'5 |
197 |
Baltimore, MD (Lake Clifton HS/San Diego City College
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45 |
F |
Brian
Martin |
So. |
6'8 |
192 |
Wichita, KS (Northwest HS/Hutchison (KS) Juco)
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30 |
F |
Ron McHenry
% |
Jr. |
6'5 |
203 |
McClouth, KS (McClouth HS/Coffeyville (KS) Juco)
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12 |
G |
Tyke
Peacock |
Jr. |
6'1 |
173 |
Urbana, IL (Urbana HS/Modesto (CA) Juco)
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* Varsity Letters Cpt. = Captain
% = Nonlettermen
LOSSES FROM LAST YEAR ('81 stats):
PLAYER LOSSES |
Class |
Hgt. |
POS. |
G/GS |
PTS |
PPG |
RBS |
RPG |
PPts |
STATUS |
John Crawford |
Sr. |
6'7 |
F |
32/15 |
260 |
8.1 |
170 |
5.3 |
11.91 |
Graduated |
Art Housey |
Sr. |
6'10 |
C |
32/26 |
240 |
7.5 |
208 |
6.5 |
12.41 |
Graduated |
Mark Knight |
Sr. |
6'5 |
G/F |
11/0 |
4 |
0.4 |
2 |
0.2 |
0.18 |
Graduated |
Jeff Konek |
Fr. |
6'2 |
G |
13/0 |
24 |
1.8 |
3 |
0.2 |
1.46 |
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Victor Mitchell |
Jr. |
6'9 |
C |
31/23 |
252 |
8.1 |
173 |
5.6 |
11.39 |
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Booty Neal |
Sr. |
6'5 |
G |
31/0 |
228 |
7.4 |
43 |
1.4 |
5.81 |
Graduated |
George Thompson |
Sr. |
6'7 |
F |
10/0 |
4 |
0.4 |
4 |
0.4 |
0.80 |
Graduated |
Darnell Valentine |
Sr. |
6'2 |
G |
32/32 |
498 |
15.6 |
118 |
3.7 |
20.03 |
Graduated |
Mark Welch |
So. |
6'1 |
G |
6/0 |
3 |
0.5 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.50 |
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Richard Worrell |
So. |
6'6 |
F |
11/0 |
8 |
0.7 |
5 |
0.5 |
0.73 |
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TOTALS |
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32 |
1521 |
47.5 |
721 |
22.5 |
65.22 |
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Percent losses from 1981 |
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64.7% |
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59.8% |
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65.6% |
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PRESEASON OUTLOOK:
With the loss of four starters from last year, including
All-American Darnell Valentine, the Jayhawks lost almost 2/3 of
it's production from the 1981 team. To replace them, Coach Owens
recruited seven junior college players and only one freshman,
none of which were very highly rated. Thus, this year
doesn't look to be much of an improvement, if any, over last
years very disappointing season. |
SEASON
SUMMARY:
Coach Ted Owens 18th and next to last season at
KU was a disaster, as the Hawks finished 7th in the league and 13-14
overall. The team was short, slow,
relatively inexperienced and lacked depth.
Bright spots were Sr. co-captains Dave Magley and Tony Guy, and 6’7
soph center Kelly Knight. These
three contributed 43 ppg, while the balance of players added only 23 ppg.
Freshman Tad Boyle couldn’t come close to filling the shoes of Darnell
Valentine, who led the Hawks to the Final 16 the year before.
Although JoJo White came back to Lawrence as Owen’s
assistant coach, after 11 seasons in the NBA, the season started off on a bad
note, when 6’9 center Victor Mitchell decided not to come out for his senior
season. At home, the Jayhawks were
respectable, but could only manage a 1-10 record away from Allen Fieldhouse.
Source:
Ken Johnson’s KU Basketball Report, Vol. 91/91, No. 3
February 9, 2010
I watched the November 28, 1981 debut of Michael
Jordan’s first game against the Jayhawks on ESPN Classics this evening (you
can click on the You Tube video below) . This was the short pants and no
tattoo era, and was the first game of the 1982 season for both teams. The
Tarheels starred All-Americans James Worthy and Sam Perkins, with skinny
freshman Jordan showing signs of becoming a major star. Matt Doherty, a
former KU assistant coach (1993-98), was also a starter. These Heels, were
the team that eventually won the national championship the following March,
giving former KU player, Coach Dean Smith his first title.
Fighting against the preseason #1 Tarheels, the
undermanned Hawks tied the Tarheels 37- up at the half, even though the game
was in ‘neutral’ Charlotte, North Carolina. The game was decided early in
the second half however, after Ted Owens put in Mark Summers, a largely
ineffective juco transfer, to give Knight a rest after getting 4 fouls.
Things immediately went awry as Summers committed a couple of turnovers
which led to points for UNC. So he put Knight back in and he almost
immediately fouled out, and the Hawks were eight down. But, even without
Knight, during the last eight minutes the Jayhawks actually outscored the
Tarheels by one.
Although being beaten 67-74, the Jayhawks made a
valiant game of it, and won eight of its next ten games, losing only to
ranked Kentucky and to St. John’s in New York. Things looked pretty good at
that stage, but then the bottom fell out. In spite of quality senior stars
Tony Guy and Dave Magley, coupled with junior Jeff Dishman, clearly the
Hawks were missing a center and a point guard, two of the most important
positions in basketball, and lacked a bench, their holes were taken
advantage of by subsequent opponents.
Kelly Knight, a 6’7 power forward who manned the center
position, had to give away several inches almost every game. Even so, he
captured an average of 12.3 points per game and 5.6 rebounds for the
season. Unfortunately, his backups were Brian Martin and little-used Mark
Ewing. And obviously, freshman Tad Boyle was only a shadow of a substitute
for Darnell Valentine, who led the Jayhawks the four previous seasons. And
backing him up was track star Tyke Peacock, a world class high jumper, but a
mediocre point guard. Lance Hill, a 6’5 juco transfer showed promise early
as a guard/forward, but faded later.
So, after starting the season a respectable 8-3, they
dropped 3 of the next 4 games, including getting creamed by Nebraska. After
3 wins at home, they then dropped 8 of the next nine games, including the
last five in a row to finish a losing season 13-14. What a disappointing
end to a very promising start.
Link to KU-UNC video on YouTube:
http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2007/07/19/random-youtube-magic-michael-jordans-first-game-at-unc/
-- Michael Jordan's first collegiate game.
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1982 FINAL TEAM STATISTICS (Team
highs in bold)
CATEGORY
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KU
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OPP
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DIFF
|
Magley,
Dave |
Guy,
Tony |
Knight,
Kelly |
Dishman, Jeff |
Peacock, Tyke |
Hill,
Lance |
Games Played/Started
|
27 |
27 |
|
27/27 |
27/27 |
23/22 |
27/27 |
20/1 |
25/5 |
Minutes
|
5450 |
5450 |
|
1053 |
1013 |
704 |
896 |
212 |
399 |
Per Game
|
201.9 |
201.9 |
|
39.0 |
37.5 |
30.6 |
33.2 |
10.6 |
16.0 |
Points
|
1789 |
1771 |
18 |
467 |
402 |
284 |
250 |
93 |
90 |
Per Game
|
66.3 |
65.6 |
0.7 |
17.3 |
14.9 |
12.3 |
9.3 |
4.7 |
3.6 |
Rebounds
|
912 |
939 |
-27 |
227 |
95 |
128 |
159 |
18 |
34 |
Per Game
|
33.8 |
34.8 |
-1.0 |
8.4 |
3.5 |
5.6 |
5.9 |
0.9 |
1.4 |
Blocks
|
71 |
61 |
10 |
27 |
2 |
13 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
Assists
|
341 |
358 |
-17 |
52 |
103 |
10 |
30 |
9 |
47 |
Steals
|
157 |
142 |
15 |
36 |
31 |
13 |
19 |
3 |
16 |
Turnovers
|
349 |
356 |
-7 |
42 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
(Assists+Steals)/TO
|
1.43 |
1.12 |
0.31 |
2.10 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
FG -Attempts
|
1483 |
1512 |
-29 |
390 |
351 |
199 |
206 |
101 |
63 |
Made
|
694 |
712 |
-18 |
183 |
152 |
119 |
95 |
44 |
25 |
Percent
|
46.8 |
47.1 |
-0.3 |
46.9 |
43.3 |
59.8 |
46.1 |
43.6 |
39.7 |
FT-Attempts
|
573 |
489 |
84 |
121 |
144 |
63 |
96 |
9 |
61 |
Made
|
401 |
347 |
54 |
101 |
98 |
46 |
60 |
5 |
40 |
Percent
|
70.0 |
71.0 |
-1.0 |
83.5 |
68.1 |
73.0 |
62.5 |
55.6 |
65.6 |
Production Points/Game
|
72.59 |
73.07 |
-0.48 |
21.56 |
14.37 |
15.26 |
11.85 |
3.10 |
5.12 |
Production
Points/Minute |
.360 |
.362 |
-.002 |
.553 |
.383 |
.499 |
.357 |
.292 |
.321 |
Statistics, Cont'd
CATEGORY |
Martin,
Brian |
Boyle,
Tad |
Summers, Mark |
Ewing,
Mark |
Banks,
Tim |
McHenry,
Ron |
Team |
Games Played/ Started |
25/3 |
27/21 |
18/2 |
8/0 |
2/0 |
2/0 |
|
Minutes |
389 |
588 |
148 |
30 |
8 |
5 |
|
Per Game |
15.6 |
21.8 |
8.2 |
3.8 |
4.0 |
2.5 |
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Points |
89 |
78 |
27 |
7 |
2 |
0 |
|
Per Game |
3.6 |
2.9 |
1.5 |
0.9 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
|
Rebounds |
80 |
38 |
22 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
102 |
Per Game |
3.2 |
1.4 |
1.2 |
0.6 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
3.8 |
Blocks |
18 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Assists |
6 |
79 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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Steals |
4 |
26 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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Turnovers |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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(Assists+Steals)/TO |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
FG - Attempts |
76 |
76 |
19 |
9 |
1 |
2 |
|
Made |
36 |
30 |
6 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
|
Percent |
47.4 |
39.5 |
31.6 |
33.3 |
100.0 |
0.0 |
|
FT - Attempts |
25 |
29 |
18 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
|
Made |
17 |
18 |
15 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Percent |
68.0 |
62.1 |
83.3 |
20.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
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Production Points/Game |
5.96 |
6.07 |
2.61 |
0.50 |
2.00 |
-1.00 |
|
Production Points/Minute |
.383 |
.279 |
.318 |
.133 |
.500 |
-0.44 |
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Source: KU Basketball Media Guide
GAME-BY-GAME
North Carolina*
|
L
|
67-74
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Nov. 28
|
at Charlotte, N.C.
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Arizona State
|
W
|
63-62
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Nov. 30
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at Lawrence
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Texas Southern
|
W
|
67-65
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Dec. 2
|
at Lawrence
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Michigan State
|
W
|
74-56
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Dec. 5
|
at Lawrence
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Arizona
|
W
|
86-57
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Dec. 7
|
at Lawrence
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Kentucky
|
L
|
74-77
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*
|
Dec. 12
|
at Lawrence
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Southern Methodist
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W
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81-71
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Dec. 19
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at Lawrence
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St. John’s
|
L
|
75-76
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Dec. 28
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at New York, N.Y.
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Indiana
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W
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71-61
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Dec. 29
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at New York, N.Y.
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Evansville
|
W
|
72-65
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*
|
Jan. 6
|
at Lawrence
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Rollins College
|
W
|
82-69
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Jan. 9
|
at Lawrence
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Nebraska
|
L
|
55-75
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Jan. 13
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at Lincoln, Neb.
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Oklahoma State
|
W
|
77-72
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Jan. 16
|
at Lawrence
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Missouri
|
L
|
35-41
|
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Jan. 20
|
at Columbia, Mo.
|
Kansas State
|
L
|
53-70
|
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Jan. 23
|
at Manhattan, Kan.
|
Alcorn State
|
W
|
72-60
|
|
Jan. 25
|
at Lawrence
|
Colorado
|
W
|
74-60
|
|
Jan. 27
|
at Lawrence
|
Oklahoma
|
W
|
55-53
|
|
Jan. 30
|
at Lawrence
|
Iowa State
|
L
|
53-55
|
|
Feb. 3
|
at Ames, Iowa
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Oklahoma State
|
L
|
64-79
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Feb. 6
|
at Stillwater, Okla.
|
Missouri
|
L
|
41-42
|
|
Feb. 9
|
at Lawrence
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Nebraska
|
W
|
66-63
|
|
Feb. 13
|
at Lawrence
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Colorado
|
L
|
80-89
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|
Feb. 17
|
at Boulder, Colo.
|
Kansas State
|
L
|
53-63
|
|
Feb. 20
|
at Lawrence
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Oklahoma
|
L
|
76-79
|
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Feb. 24
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at Norman, Okla.
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Iowa State
|
L
|
61-63
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Feb. 27
|
at Lawrence
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Kansas State
|
L
|
62-74
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Mar. 2
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at Manhattan, Kan.
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LINK TO 1982 NATIONAL STATISTICS
Link to
Big 8 Conference for
1982
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