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.""A Season Without Celebration: Hall." Schenectady Gazette. 1978 Mar 27. Retrieved 2015-May-24.
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.
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2014-15 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball media guide . Retrieved 2015-May-24.
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 Round Pick Player NBA club 1 3Rick Robey Indiana Pacers 1 16Jack Givens Atlanta Hawks 2 39James Lee Seattle SuperSonics
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