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1978-79 Duke Blue Devils Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 22-8 (9-3, 2nd in ACC MBB)

Rank: 11th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Bill E. Foster

PS/G: 71.9 (173rd of 262)

PA/G: 65.5 (31st of 262)

SRS: 15.35 (9th of 256)

SOS: 8.98 (5th of 256)

NCAA Tournament: (#2 seed in East)
Lost East Second Round (80-78) versus #10 St. John's (NY)

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Mike Gminski	JR	C	6-11	18.8 Pts, 9.2 Reb, 0.8 Ast
Jim Spanarkel	SR	G	6-5	15.9 Pts, 3.0 Reb, 3.7 Ast
Gene Banks	SO	F	6-7	14.3 Pts, 8.5 Reb, 3.0 Ast
Bob Bender	JR	G	6-2	6.8 Pts, 1.5 Reb, 3.3 Ast
Kenny Dennard	SO	F	6-8	6.4 Pts, 4.3 Reb, 1.9 Ast
Vince Taylor	FR	F	6-5	3.8 Pts, 1.0 Reb, 0.6 Ast
John Harrell	JR	G	6-0	2.0 Pts, 0.7 Reb, 1.5 Ast
Jim Suddath	SO	F	6-6	1.7 Pts, 0.8 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Steve Gray	SR	G	6-2	1.3 Pts, 0.2 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Scott Goetsch	SR	C	6-9	1.1 Pts, 1.2 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Harold Morrison	SR	F	6-7	0.7 Pts, 0.6 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Rob Hardy	SR		6-3	0.4 Pts, 0.3 Reb, 0.0 Ast

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	30		28.2	55.0	.513	15.4	22.1	.698	33.4					17.3	71.9
Opponent	30		27.1	57.2	.474	11.3	16.3	.692	29.1	11.2				19.8	65.5

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	12														69.8
Opponent	12														63.4

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	30		847	1650	.513	462	662	.698	1003					519	2156
Opponent	30		813	1715	.474	339	490	.692	872	337				595	1965

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	12														837
Opponent	12														761

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Mike Gminski	30	7.3	14.0	.519	4.3	5.9	.729	9.2	0.8	1.9	18.8
2	Jim Spanarkel	30	6.3	12.1	.516	3.4	4.6	.734	3.0	3.7	2.5	15.9
3	Gene Banks	30	5.8	11.8	.496	2.6	4.2	.627	8.5	3.0	2.1	14.3
4	Bob Bender	28	2.5	4.1	.595	1.9	2.2	.869	1.5	3.3	1.7	6.8
5	Kenny Dennard	29	2.8	5.8	.482	0.9	1.6	.543	4.3	1.9	3.0	6.4
6	Vince Taylor	30	1.6	3.0	.544	0.6	1.0	.548	1.0	0.6	1.8	3.8
7	John Harrell	29	0.8	1.6	.533	0.3	0.6	.563	0.7	1.5	1.3	2.0
8	Jim Suddath	28	0.6	1.3	.500	0.4	0.6	.667	0.8	0.4	1.0	1.7
9	Steve Gray	26	0.3	0.5	.615	0.7	0.8	.810	0.2	0.2	0.8	1.3
10	Scott Goetsch	29	0.4	0.9	.440	0.3	0.4	.818	1.2	0.3	0.8	1.1
11	Harold Morrison	27	0.2	0.6	.313	0.3	0.4	.667	0.6	0.2	0.8	0.7
12	Rob Hardy	9	0.1	0.4	.250	0.2	0.4	.500	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.4

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Mike Gminski	30	218	420	.519	129	177	.729	275	23	57	565
2	Jim Spanarkel	30	188	364	.516	102	139	.734	90	112	75	478
3	Gene Banks	30	175	353	.496	79	126	.627	255	89	62	429
4	Bob Bender	28	69	116	.595	53	61	.869	42	91	47	191
5	Kenny Dennard	29	81	168	.482	25	46	.543	124	54	88	187
6	Vince Taylor	30	49	90	.544	17	31	.548	31	17	54	115
7	John Harrell	29	24	45	.533	9	16	.563	19	44	39	57
8	Jim Suddath	28	18	36	.500	12	18	.667	22	11	28	48
9	Steve Gray	26	8	13	.615	17	21	.810	5	5	20	33
10	Scott Goetsch	29	11	25	.440	9	11	.818	35	9	22	31
11	Harold Morrison	27	5	16	.313	8	12	.667	15	5	21	18
12	Rob Hardy	9	1	4	.250	2	4	.500	3	0	6	4
	School Totals	30	847	1650	.513	462	662	.698	1003		519	2156

1978-79 Duke (Men's) Season