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1977–78 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team

1977–78 season of University of Kentucky men's basketball team

Field	Value
mode	Basketball
year	1977–78
team	Kentucky Wildcats
logo
logo_size	150
conference	Southeast Conference
short_conf	SEC
CoachRank	1
APRank	1
record	30–2
conf_record	16–2
head_coach	Joe B. Hall
hc_year	6th
asst_coach1	Dick Parsons
asst_coach2	Leonard Hamilton
asst_coach3	Joe Dean, Jr.
captain	Jack Givens
captain2	Rick Robey
stadium	Rupp Arena
champion	[NCAA tournament](1978-ncaa-division-i-basketball-tournament) National Champions
SEC regular season champions
bowl	[National Championship Game](1978-ncaa-division-i-basketball-championship-game)
bowl_result
W 94–88 vs. [Duke](1977-78-duke-blue-devils-men-s-basketball-team)

SEC regular season champions W 94–88 vs. Duke

The 1977–78 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team were coached by Joe B. Hall. The team finished the season with a 30–2 record and SEC Championship and won the 1978 NCAA Championship over Duke, 94–88. Noting the all-or-nothing pressure exhibited on the team by Kentucky fans, Hall remarked before the title game that "This season was without celebration for us."

Season summary

Those who witnessed it call Jack Givens' 41 point game against Duke in the 1978 NCAA championship game one of the finest performances in the game's history. Givens made 18-of-27 shots in leading Kentucky to its fifth national championship and first in 20 years. This team also had a pair of bruising frontcourt players in Mike Phillips and Rick Robey and a great point guard in Kyle Macy. The Wildcats went on exhibition tour of Japan in June following the season's end.

Schedule

Statistics

Jack Givens (6'4", Sr, F) 18.1 ppg
Rick Robey (6'10", Sr, F) 14.4 ppg
Kyle Macy (6'3", So, G) 12.5 ppg
James Lee (6'5", Sr, F) 11.3 ppg
Mike Phillips (6'10", Sr, C) 10.2 ppg
Truman Claytor (6'1", Jr, G) 6.9 ppg

Awards and honors

Jack Givens, NCAA Men's MOP Award

Team players drafted into the NBA

References

[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=G9swAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-98FAAAAIBAJ&pg=6141%2C7754454 "A Season Without Celebration: Hall." Schenectady Gazette. 1978 Mar 27.] Retrieved 2015-May-24.
(January 1, 1978). "Kentucky Rally Tops Notre Dame, 73-68". [[The New York Times]].
[http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/kty/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2014-15/prospectus/prospectus.pdf 2014-15 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball media guide] {{Webarchive. link. (2014-10-21 . Retrieved 2015-May-24.)
"Final Four Most Outstanding Players". cbs.sportsline.com.
"1978 NBA Draft on Basketballreference.com".

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