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1980-81 UNC Tar Heels Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 29-8 (10-4, 2nd in ACC MBB)

Rank: 6th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Dean Smith

PS/G: 71.9 (119th of 264)

PA/G: 63.4 (47th of 264)

SRS: 18.30 (5th of 264)

SOS: 10.05 (4th of 264)

NCAA Tournament: (#2 seed in West)
Won West Second Round (74-57) versus #10 Pittsburgh
Won West Regional Semifinal (61-56) versus #3 Utah
Won West Regional Final (82-68) versus #8 Kansas State
Won National Semifinal (78-65) versus #1 Virginia
Lost National Final (63-50) versus #3 Indiana

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Al Wood	SR	G	6-6	18.1 Pts, 6.3 Reb, 1.3 Ast
Sam Perkins	FR	F	6-9	14.9 Pts, 7.8 Reb, 0.7 Ast
James Worthy	SO	F	6-9	14.2 Pts, 8.4 Reb, 2.8 Ast
Jimmy Black	JR	G	6-3	7.3 Pts, 1.5 Reb, 5.1 Ast
Mike Pepper	SR	G	6-3	6.1 Pts, 1.5 Reb, 1.4 Ast
Matt Doherty	FR	F	6-8	6.0 Pts, 3.0 Reb, 2.4 Ast
Jim Braddock	SO	G	6-2	2.6 Pts, 0.2 Reb, 0.7 Ast
Pete Budko	SR	C	6-9	2.0 Pts, 3.2 Reb, 0.8 Ast
Chris Brust	JR	F	6-9	1.0 Pts, 1.2 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Eric Kenny	SR	F	6-6	1.0 Pts, 0.7 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Jeb Barlow	JR	F	6-8	0.7 Pts, 0.5 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Cecil Exum	FR	F	6-6	0.7 Pts, 0.3 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Dean Shaffer	FR	G	6-3	1.3 Pts, 0.4 Reb, 0.2 Ast

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	37		27.8	53.2	.522	16.3	22.3	.731	34.2	14.7	7.4			17.2	71.9
Opponent	37		26.4	57.5	.458	10.6	15.6	.680	28.8	12.6	8.2			20.3	63.4

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														72.6
Opponent	14														63.6

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	37		1028	1969	.522	604	826	.731	1264	545	272			636	2660
Opponent	37		975	2128	.458	394	579	.680	1065	467	302			752	2344

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														1016
Opponent	14														890

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Al Wood	37	37	33.5	7.4	14.1	.525	3.3	4.2	.776	6.3	1.3	1.3	0.4	1.9	2.7	18.1
2	Sam Perkins	37	21	30.1	5.4	8.6	.626	4.1	5.5	.741	7.8	0.7	0.6	1.8		3.1	14.9
3	James Worthy	36	33	33.7	5.8	11.6	.500	2.7	4.2	.640	8.4	2.8	1.3	1.0	3.1	2.8	14.2
4	Jimmy Black	37	37	32.4	2.4	4.5	.533	2.5	3.2	.788	1.5	5.1	1.7	0.0		2.6	7.3
5	Mike Pepper	36	34	23.6	2.7	5.3	.519	0.7	0.9	.781	1.5	1.4	0.9	0.1		2.0	6.1
6	Matt Doherty	28	2	24.0	2.0	4.5	.456	1.9	2.7	.707	3.0	2.4	0.8	0.1	2.1	1.5	6.0
7	Jim Braddock	37	3	9.0	1.1	2.6	.411	0.5	0.6	.826	0.2	0.7	0.4	0.0		0.5	2.6
8	Pete Budko	23	14	16.1	1.0	2.1	.479	0.0	0.1	.333	3.2	0.8	0.3	1.0		1.7	2.0
9	Dean Shaffer	10	0	3.7	0.3	0.8	.375	0.7	1.0	.700	0.4	0.2	0.5	0.0		0.3	1.3
10	Chris Brust	35	0	5.3	0.3	0.7	.458	0.4	0.7	.583	1.2	0.2	0.0	0.0		0.6	1.0
11	Eric Kenny	35	4	3.3	0.4	0.6	.591	0.3	0.4	.769	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.0		0.3	1.0
12	Jeb Barlow	30	0	2.5	0.2	0.5	.400	0.3	0.4	.833	0.5	0.1	0.1	0.0		0.4	0.7
13	Cecil Exum	28	0	2.6	0.3	0.7	.400	0.1	0.2	.600	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0		0.1	0.7

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Al Wood	37	37	1238	274	522	.525	121	156	.776	233	49	47	13	72	99	669
2	Sam Perkins	37	21	1115	199	318	.626	152	205	.741	289	27	23	67		115	550
3	James Worthy	36	33	1214	208	416	.500	96	150	.640	301	100	48	35	111	99	512
4	Jimmy Black	37	37	1199	89	167	.533	93	118	.788	54	188	64	1		98	271
5	Mike Pepper	36	34	851	98	189	.519	25	32	.781	53	49	33	2		73	221
6	Matt Doherty	28	2	671	57	125	.456	53	75	.707	84	67	23	3	60	42	167
7	Jim Braddock	37	3	333	39	95	.411	19	23	.826	9	26	13	1		20	97
8	Pete Budko	23	14	370	23	48	.479	1	3	.333	74	18	7	24		39	47
9	Chris Brust	35	0	185	11	24	.458	14	24	.583	41	6	0	0		22	36
10	Eric Kenny	35	4	115	13	22	.591	10	13	.769	24	6	4	0		10	36
11	Jeb Barlow	30	0	75	6	15	.400	10	12	.833	16	4	4	0		12	22
12	Cecil Exum	28	0	74	8	20	.400	3	5	.600	7	3	1	0		4	19
13	Dean Shaffer	10	0	37	3	8	.375	7	10	.700	4	2	5	0		3	13
	School Totals	37			1028	1969	.522	604	826	.731	1264	545	272			636	2660

Per 40 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Al Wood	37	37	1238	8.9	16.9	.525	3.9	5.0	.776	7.5	1.6	1.5	0.4	2.3	3.2	21.6
2	Sam Perkins	37	21	1115	7.1	11.4	.626	5.5	7.4	.741	10.4	1.0	0.8	2.4		4.1	19.7
3	James Worthy	36	33	1214	6.9	13.7	.500	3.2	4.9	.640	9.9	3.3	1.6	1.2	3.7	3.3	16.9
4	Dean Shaffer	10	0	37	3.2	8.6	.375	7.6	10.8	.700	4.3	2.2	5.4	0.0		3.2	14.1
5	Eric Kenny	35	4	115	4.5	7.7	.591	3.5	4.5	.769	8.3	2.1	1.4	0.0		3.5	12.5
6	Jeb Barlow	30	0	75	3.2	8.0	.400	5.3	6.4	.833	8.5	2.1	2.1	0.0		6.4	11.7
7	Jim Braddock	37	3	333	4.7	11.4	.411	2.3	2.8	.826	1.1	3.1	1.6	0.1		2.4	11.7
8	Mike Pepper	36	34	851	4.6	8.9	.519	1.2	1.5	.781	2.5	2.3	1.6	0.1		3.4	10.4
9	Cecil Exum	28	0	74	4.3	10.8	.400	1.6	2.7	.600	3.8	1.6	0.5	0.0		2.2	10.3
10	Matt Doherty	28	2	671	3.4	7.5	.456	3.2	4.5	.707	5.0	4.0	1.4	0.2	3.6	2.5	10.0
11	Jimmy Black	37	37	1199	3.0	5.6	.533	3.1	3.9	.788	1.8	6.3	2.1	0.0		3.3	9.0
12	Chris Brust	35	0	185	2.4	5.2	.458	3.0	5.2	.583	8.9	1.3	0.0	0.0		4.8	7.8
13	Pete Budko	23	14	370	2.5	5.2	.479	0.1	0.3	.333	8.0	1.9	0.8	2.6		4.2	5.1

1980-81 UNC (Men's) Season