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1977-78 Duke Blue Devils Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 27-7 (8-4, 2nd in ACC MBB)

Rank: 7th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Bill E. Foster

PS/G: 85.6 (16th of 259)

PA/G: 74.4 (136th of 259)

SRS: 16.10 (7th of 253)

SOS: 7.87 (2nd of 253)

NCAA Tournament:
Won East First Round (63-62) versus Rhode Island
Won East Regional Semifinal (84-80) versus Pennsylvania
Won East Regional Final (90-72) versus Villanova
Won National Semifinal (90-86) versus Notre Dame
Lost National Final (94-88) versus Kentucky

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Jim Spanarkel	JR	G	6-5	20.8 Pts, 3.4 Reb, 3.7 Ast
Mike Gminski	SO	C	6-11	20.0 Pts, 10.0 Reb, 1.6 Ast
Gene Banks	FR	F	6-7	17.1 Pts, 8.6 Reb, 3.5 Ast
Kenny Dennard	FR	F	6-8	9.7 Pts, 6.3 Reb, 2.1 Ast
John Harrell	SO	G	6-0	7.9 Pts, 1.5 Reb, 2.5 Ast
Bob Bender	SO	G	6-2	3.5 Pts, 1.0 Reb, 2.6 Ast
Scott Goetsch	JR	C	6-9	2.9 Pts, 2.2 Reb, 0.7 Ast
Steve Gray	JR	G	6-2	3.3 Pts, 0.7 Reb, 1.2 Ast
Jim Suddath	FR	F	6-6	2.5 Pts, 1.6 Reb, 0.5 Ast
Harold Morrison	JR	F	6-7	2.0 Pts, 1.5 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Bruce Bell	SR	G	6-0	1.2 Pts, 0.6 Reb, 0.6 Ast
Cameron Hall	SO	F	6-9	3.4 Pts, 1.6 Reb, 0.6 Ast
Rob Hardy	SO		6-3	1.2 Pts, 0.6 Reb, 0.4 Ast

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	34		33.0	62.7	.527	19.6	24.7	.791	38.1	17.7				19.1	85.6
Opponent	34		30.8	65.8	.468	12.8	18.6	.685	33.2	12.2				21.6	74.4

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	12														80.8
Opponent	12														75.3

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	34		1123	2131	.527	665	841	.791	1295	601				651	2911
Opponent	34		1047	2236	.468	434	634	.685	1129	415				733	2528

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	12														969
Opponent	12														904

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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Jim Spanarkel	G	34	35.1	7.2	13.5	.530	7.2	13.5	6.5	7.5	.863	3.4	3.7	2.7	0.2	3.4	2.4	20.8
2	Mike Gminski	C	32	31.6	7.7	14.1	.547	7.7	14.1	4.6	5.5	.841	10.0	1.6	0.7	2.9	2.3	1.9	20.0
3	Gene Banks	F	34	33.4	7.0	13.3	.528	7.0	13.3	3.1	4.3	.719	8.6	3.5	1.4	0.4	3.9	2.9	17.1
4	Kenny Dennard	F	34	29.1	4.1	7.5	.551	4.1	7.5	1.5	2.2	.671	6.3	2.1	1.6	0.2	2.5	3.3	9.7
5	John Harrell	G	22	37.4	3.1	6.4	.486	3.1	6.4	1.7	2.1	.826	1.5	2.5	1.6	0.1	2.0	3.3	7.9
6	Bob Bender	G	32	14.3	1.3	2.6	.488	1.3	2.6	1.0	1.3	.738	1.0	2.6	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.5	3.5
7	Cameron Hall	F	7	7.1	1.3	2.3	.563	1.3	2.3	0.9	1.0	.857	1.6	0.6	0.3	0.4	1.6	2.1	3.4
8	Steve Gray	G	25	12.0	1.3	2.8	.464	1.3	2.8	0.7	0.8	.857	0.7	1.2	0.5	0.0	1.4	1.5	3.3
9	Scott Goetsch	C	32	9.8	1.3	2.1	.621	1.3	2.1	0.4	0.6	.632	2.2	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.8	1.4	2.9
10	Jim Suddath	F	31	8.4	1.0	2.0	.484	1.0	2.0	0.6	0.8	.720	1.6	0.5	0.4	0.1	0.8	1.1	2.5
11	Harold Morrison	F	22	7.6	0.7	1.8	.400	0.7	1.8	0.6	0.8	.765	1.5	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.7	1.0	2.0
12	Bruce Bell	G	21	2.5	0.5	1.2	.400	0.5	1.2	0.2	0.5	.500	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.4	1.2
13	Rob Hardy		13	7.3	0.6	1.1	.571	0.6	1.1	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.5	0.8	1.2
	Team Totals		34		33.0	62.7	.527	33.0	62.7	19.6	24.7	.791	38.1	17.7				19.1	85.6

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Jim Spanarkel	34	1195	244	460	.530	220	255	.863	116	126	93	7	117	83	708
2	Mike Gminski	32	1011	246	450	.547	148	176	.841	319	50	22	93	75	60	640
3	Gene Banks	34	1135	238	451	.528	105	146	.719	292	120	46	13	134	99	581
4	Kenny Dennard	34	988	140	254	.551	51	76	.671	215	72	53	8	84	112	331
5	John Harrell	22	822	68	140	.486	38	46	.826	34	54	35	3	43	72	174
6	Bob Bender	32	457	41	84	.488	31	42	.738	32	82	32	1	33	49	113
7	Scott Goetsch	32	313	41	66	.621	12	19	.632	69	21	10	3	27	45	94
8	Steve Gray	25	301	32	69	.464	18	21	.857	18	30	13	1	36	38	82
9	Jim Suddath	31	259	30	62	.484	18	25	.720	49	15	12	3	24	35	78
10	Harold Morrison	22	168	16	40	.400	13	17	.765	32	9	4	3	16	23	45
11	Bruce Bell	21	53	10	25	.400	5	10	.500	12	13	8	0	3	9	25
12	Cameron Hall	7	50	9	16	.563	6	7	.857	11	4	2	3	11	15	24
13	Rob Hardy	13	95	8	14	.571	0	1	.000	8	5	5	1	7	11	16
	School Totals	34		1123	2131	.527	665	841	.791	1295	601				651	2911

Per 40 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Mike Gminski	32	1011	9.7	17.8	.547	5.9	7.0	.841	12.6	2.0	0.9	3.7	3.0	2.4	25.3
2	Jim Spanarkel	34	1195	8.2	15.4	.530	7.4	8.5	.863	3.9	4.2	3.1	0.2	3.9	2.8	23.7
3	Gene Banks	34	1135	8.4	15.9	.528	3.7	5.1	.719	10.3	4.2	1.6	0.5	4.7	3.5	20.5
4	Cameron Hall	7	50	7.2	12.8	.563	4.8	5.6	.857	8.8	3.2	1.6	2.4	8.8	12.0	19.2
5	Bruce Bell	21	53	7.5	18.9	.400	3.8	7.5	.500	9.1	9.8	6.0	0.0	2.3	6.8	18.9
6	Kenny Dennard	34	988	5.7	10.3	.551	2.1	3.1	.671	8.7	2.9	2.1	0.3	3.4	4.5	13.4
7	Scott Goetsch	32	313	5.2	8.4	.621	1.5	2.4	.632	8.8	2.7	1.3	0.4	3.5	5.8	12.0
8	Jim Suddath	31	259	4.6	9.6	.484	2.8	3.9	.720	7.6	2.3	1.9	0.5	3.7	5.4	12.0
9	Steve Gray	25	301	4.3	9.2	.464	2.4	2.8	.857	2.4	4.0	1.7	0.1	4.8	5.0	10.9
10	Harold Morrison	22	168	3.8	9.5	.400	3.1	4.0	.765	7.6	2.1	1.0	0.7	3.8	5.5	10.7
11	Bob Bender	32	457	3.6	7.4	.488	2.7	3.7	.738	2.8	7.2	2.8	0.1	2.9	4.3	9.9
12	John Harrell	22	822	3.3	6.8	.486	1.8	2.2	.826	1.7	2.6	1.7	0.1	2.1	3.5	8.5
13	Rob Hardy	13	95	3.4	5.9	.571	0.0	0.4	.000	3.4	2.1	2.1	0.4	2.9	4.6	6.7