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| Schedule | Roster | Player Statistics | Game Statistics |
Note: The below totals are based on the summation of boxscores. They may not necessarily agree completely with listed cumulative season statistics. UK totals are first, with opponent totals in blue.
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| Games | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Tot Reb | Ast | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/2/1978 La Salle | 35 | 77 | 39 | 52 | 51 | 19 | 32 | 109 |
| 25 | 69 | 27 | 36 | 42 | 18 | 43 | 77 | |
| 12/4/1978 West Texas State | 46 | 83 | 29 | 35 | 63 | 25 | 23 | 121 |
| 26 | 73 | 15 | 25 | 29 | 13 | 25 | 67 | |
| 12/9/1978 Kansas | 27 | 65 | 13 | 17 | 29 | 14 | 25 | 67 |
| 23 | 46 | 20 | 27 | 32 | 11 | 18 | 66 | |
| 12/16/1978 Indiana | 24 | 64 | 19 | 22 | 38 | 11 | 34 | 67 |
| 19 | 44 | 30 | 44 | 41 | 12 | 23 | 68 | |
| 12/22/1978 Texas A & M | 25 | 60 | 19 | 26 | 37 | 16 | 17 | 69 |
| 34 | 61 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 18 | 22 | 73 | |
| 12/23/1978 Syracuse | 30 | 55 | 34 | 42 | 29 | 18 | 29 | 94 |
| 33 | 60 | 21 | 30 | 32 | 16 | 33 | 87 | |
| 12/30/1978 Notre Dame | 32 | 66 | 17 | 23 | 37 | 10 | 23 | 81 |
| 29 | 55 | 18 | 20 | 27 | 15 | 25 | 76 | |
| 1/3/1979 Florida | 26 | 63 | 13 | 17 | 35 | 4 | 21 | 65 |
| 32 | 62 | 12 | 19 | 37 | 10 | 18 | 76 | |
| 1/6/1979 Louisiana State | 29 | 52 | 31 | 36 | 30 | 18 | 34 | 89 |
| 34 | 55 | 25 | 38 | 31 | 19 | 31 | 93 | |
| 1/8/1979 Mississippi | 30 | 58 | 30 | 42 | 42 | 18 | 18 | 90 |
| 28 | 63 | 8 | 14 | 33 | 16 | 33 | 64 | |
| 1/13/1979 Alabama | 24 | 54 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 9 | 28 | 52 |
| 17 | 55 | 21 | 30 | 36 | 8 | 18 | 55 | |
| 1/15/1979 Mississippi State | 25 | 44 | 11 | 15 | 23 | 18 | 15 | 61 |
| 28 | 50 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 18 | 19 | 63 | |
| 1/20/1979 Tennessee | 23 | 54 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 13 | 18 | 55 |
| 28 | 49 | 10 | 16 | 32 | 14 | 16 | 66 | |
| 1/22/1979 Georgia | 24 | 56 | 25 | 31 | 32 | 17 | 19 | 73 |
| 26 | 57 | 12 | 17 | 34 | 11 | 27 | 64 | |
| 1/25/1979 Auburn | 28 | 50 | 30 | 37 | 30 | 9 | 22 | 86 |
| 32 | 61 | 19 | 23 | 28 | 17 | 27 | 83 | |
| 1/27/1979 Florida | 29 | 58 | 29 | 42 | 38 | 13 | 24 | 87 |
| 34 | 69 | 13 | 20 | 37 | 16 | 32 | 81 | |
| 1/29/1979 Auburn | 24 | 61 | 18 | 22 | 33 | 12 | 18 | 66 |
| 24 | 51 | 11 | 15 | 29 | 12 | 20 | 59 | |
| 2/3/1979 Louisiana State | 24 | 54 | 13 | 23 | 31 | 4 | 28 | 61 |
| 20 | 44 | 30 | 35 | 35 | 8 | 23 | 70 | |
| 2/5/1979 Mississippi | 36 | 62 | 15 | 23 | 36 | 18 | 21 | 87 |
| 32 | 65 | 18 | 20 | 32 | 22 | 26 | 82 | |
| 2/7/1979 Vanderbilt | 23 | 58 | 12 | 13 | 27 | 4 | 22 | 58 |
| 28 | 49 | 12 | 17 | 33 | 13 | 20 | 68 | |
| 2/10/1979 Alabama | 29 | 50 | 22 | 25 | 28 | 8 | 19 | 80 |
| 29 | 59 | 13 | 23 | 28 | 16 | 25 | 71 | |
| 2/12/1979 Mississippi State | 20 | 49 | 40 | 56 | 40 | 8 | 26 | 80 |
| 24 | 60 | 17 | 29 | 39 | 8 | 41 | 65 | |
| 2/17/1979 Tennessee | 29 | 56 | 26 | 31 | 27 | 9 | 28 | 84 |
| 37 | 60 | 27 | 36 | 34 | 13 | 26 | 101 | |
| 2/19/1979 Georgia | 35 | 59 | 20 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 17 | 90 |
| 32 | 56 | 10 | 14 | 23 | 18 | 21 | 74 | |
| 2/23/1979 Vanderbilt | 34 | 63 | 28 | 31 | 33 | 19 | 27 | 96 |
| 28 | 57 | 14 | 25 | 30 | 11 | 29 | 70 | |
| 2/25/1979 South Carolina | 29 | 61 | 21 | 24 | 33 | 7 | 19 | 79 |
| 30 | 58 | 14 | 22 | 34 | 9 | 24 | 74 | |
| 2/28/1979 Mississippi | 30 | 53 | 22 | 33 | 24 | 22 | 13 | 82 |
| 28 | 50 | 21 | 25 | 28 | 16 | 31 | 77 | |
| 3/1/1979 Alabama | 43 | 63 | 15 | 22 | 29 | 17 | 23 | 101 |
| 41 | 71 | 18 | 24 | 30 | 18 | 24 | 100 | |
| 3/2/1979 Louisiana State | 27 | 50 | 26 | 34 | 40 | 12 | 15 | 80 |
| 30 | 79 | 7 | 12 | 40 | 10 | 29 | 67 | |
| 3/3/1979 Tennessee | 26 | 50 | 17 | 20 | 24 | 10 | 26 | 69 |
| 28 | 53 | 19 | 24 | 33 | 14 | 20 | 75 | |
| 3/7/1979 Clemson | 24 | 52 | 19 | 23 | 28 | 9 | 22 | 67 |
| 27 | 48 | 14 | 20 | 24 | 16 | 23 | 68 | |
| Totals | 890 | 1800 | 666 | 858 | 1033 | 401 | 706 | 2446 |
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