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1979-80 Duke Blue Devils Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 24-9 (7-7, 6th in ACC MBB)

Rank: 14th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Bill E. Foster

PS/G: 73.3 (113th of 265)

PA/G: 68.3 (85th of 265)

SRS: 13.73 (14th of 260)

SOS: 8.24 (12th of 260)

NCAA Tournament: (#4 seed in Mideast)
Won Mideast Second Round (52-42) versus #12 Pennsylvania
Won Mideast Regional Semifinal (55-54) versus #1 Kentucky
Lost Mideast Regional Final (68-60) versus #6 Purdue

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Mike Gminski	SR	C	6-11	21.3 Pts, 10.9 Reb, 1.1 Ast
Gene Banks	JR	F	6-7	17.3 Pts, 7.7 Reb, 3.1 Ast
Vince Taylor	SO	F	6-5	10.6 Pts, 2.1 Reb, 2.5 Ast
Kenny Dennard	JR	F	6-8	9.2 Pts, 5.3 Reb, 1.8 Ast
Bob Bender	SR	G	6-2	6.4 Pts, 1.3 Reb, 4.8 Ast
Chip Engelland	FR	G	6-2	4.0 Pts, 0.4 Reb, 0.6 Ast
Jim Suddath	JR	F	6-6	2.8 Pts, 1.6 Reb, 1.0 Ast
Allen Williams	FR	F	6-8	2.2 Pts, 1.7 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Tom Emma	FR	G	6-2	1.8 Pts, 0.2 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Mike Tissaw	FR	F	6-8	1.0 Pts, 1.0 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Larry Linney	JR	G	6-4	0.5 Pts, 0.4 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Jim Corrigan	SR		5-11	0.4 Pts, 0.1 Reb, 0.3 Ast

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	33		28.4	56.1	.506	16.6	22.2	.746	32.9	14.7	7.7	4.2	15.0	18.7	73.3
Opponent	33		27.3	59.4	.459	13.7	18.9	.727	32.5	13.4				20.1	68.3

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														70.1
Opponent	14														71.0

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	33		936	1850	.506	547	733	.746	1085	486	253	139	496	616	2419
Opponent	33		900	1960	.459	453	623	.727	1073	441				662	2253

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														981
Opponent	14														994

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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	Awards
1	Mike Gminski	C	33	36.1	7.9	14.8	.538	7.9	14.8	5.5	6.5	.841	10.9	1.1	0.9	2.9	2.3	2.1	21.3	AA-1
2	Gene Banks	F	33	35.3	6.4	12.2	.525	6.4	12.2	4.4	5.5	.798	7.7	3.1	1.5	0.2	3.4	3.1	17.3
3	Vince Taylor	F	33	33.9	4.2	8.8	.478	4.2	8.8	2.2	3.3	.676	2.1	2.5	1.6	0.2	2.5	3.2	10.6
4	Kenny Dennard	F	24	30.0	3.9	7.0	.550	3.9	7.0	1.5	2.5	.583	5.3	1.8	1.1	0.3	2.0	3.5	9.2
5	Bob Bender	G	33	33.0	2.6	5.5	.478	2.6	5.5	1.2	1.7	.691	1.3	4.8	1.5	0.0	2.5	2.8	6.4
6	Chip Engelland	G	32	11.4	1.8	3.8	.463	1.8	3.8	0.5	0.7	.652	0.4	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.5	1.0	4.0
7	Jim Suddath	F	30	13.6	1.1	2.6	.430	1.1	2.6	0.6	0.8	.739	1.6	1.0	0.5	0.2	0.9	1.3	2.8
8	Allen Williams	F	32	10.0	0.8	1.7	.473	0.8	1.7	0.6	0.9	.655	1.7	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.5	1.1	2.2
9	Tom Emma	G	26	6.3	0.7	1.2	.567	0.7	1.2	0.5	0.5	.857	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.8	1.0	1.8
10	Mike Tissaw	F	25	5.6	0.3	0.7	.444	0.3	0.7	0.4	0.9	.455	1.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.9	1.0
11	Larry Linney	G	13	3.4	0.2	1.3	.176	0.2	1.3	0.0	0.0		0.4	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.5	0.5
12	Jim Corrigan		9	2.4	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.4
	Team Totals		33		28.4	56.1	.506	28.4	56.1	16.6	22.2	.746	32.9	14.7	7.7	4.2	15.0	18.7	73.3

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Mike Gminski	33	1192	262	487	.538	180	214	.841	359	35	31	97	76	68	704
2	Gene Banks	33	1165	212	404	.525	146	183	.798	254	103	51	8	112	102	570
3	Vince Taylor	33	1119	138	289	.478	73	108	.676	69	82	53	8	82	105	349
4	Kenny Dennard	24	721	93	169	.550	35	60	.583	126	43	27	6	48	84	221
5	Bob Bender	33	1089	86	180	.478	38	55	.691	42	159	49	1	82	92	210
6	Chip Engelland	32	364	56	121	.463	15	23	.652	12	19	8	2	15	32	127
7	Jim Suddath	30	409	34	79	.430	17	23	.739	48	29	16	5	28	40	85
8	Allen Williams	32	321	26	55	.473	19	29	.655	54	2	7	9	17	35	71
9	Tom Emma	26	164	17	30	.567	12	14	.857	4	8	9	0	21	27	46
10	Mike Tissaw	25	141	8	18	.444	10	22	.455	26	2	1	3	9	22	26
11	Larry Linney	13	44	3	17	.176	0	0		5	1	2	0	4	6	6
12	Jim Corrigan	9	22	1	1	1.000	2	2	1.000	1	3	1	0	2	3	4
	School Totals	33		936	1850	.506	547	733	.746	1085	486	253	139	496	616	2419

Per 40 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Mike Gminski	33	1192	8.8	16.3	.538	6.0	7.2	.841	12.0	1.2	1.0	3.3	2.6	2.3	23.6
2	Gene Banks	33	1165	7.3	13.9	.525	5.0	6.3	.798	8.7	3.5	1.8	0.3	3.8	3.5	19.6
3	Chip Engelland	32	364	6.2	13.3	.463	1.6	2.5	.652	1.3	2.1	0.9	0.2	1.6	3.5	14.0
4	Vince Taylor	33	1119	4.9	10.3	.478	2.6	3.9	.676	2.5	2.9	1.9	0.3	2.9	3.8	12.5
5	Kenny Dennard	24	721	5.2	9.4	.550	1.9	3.3	.583	7.0	2.4	1.5	0.3	2.7	4.7	12.3
6	Tom Emma	26	164	4.1	7.3	.567	2.9	3.4	.857	1.0	2.0	2.2	0.0	5.1	6.6	11.2
7	Allen Williams	32	321	3.2	6.9	.473	2.4	3.6	.655	6.7	0.2	0.9	1.1	2.1	4.4	8.8
8	Jim Suddath	30	409	3.3	7.7	.430	1.7	2.2	.739	4.7	2.8	1.6	0.5	2.7	3.9	8.3
9	Bob Bender	33	1089	3.2	6.6	.478	1.4	2.0	.691	1.5	5.8	1.8	0.0	3.0	3.4	7.7
10	Mike Tissaw	25	141	2.3	5.1	.444	2.8	6.2	.455	7.4	0.6	0.3	0.9	2.6	6.2	7.4
11	Jim Corrigan	9	22	1.8	1.8	1.000	3.6	3.6	1.000	1.8	5.5	1.8	0.0	3.6	5.5	7.3
12	Larry Linney	13	44	2.7	15.5	.176	0.0	0.0		4.5	0.9	1.8	0.0	3.6	5.5	5.5