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1979-80 Iona Gaels Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 29-5 Overall W-L adjusted to 28-4 (ECACM MBB)

Rank: 19th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Jim Valvano

PS/G: 73.3 (114th of 265)

PA/G: 64.4 (32nd of 265)

SRS: 7.90 (40th of 260)

SOS: -0.59 (135th of 260)

NCAA Tournament: (#6 seed in East)
Won East First Round (84-78) versus #11 Holy Cross
Lost East Second Round (74-71) versus #3 Georgetown

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Jeff Ruland	JR	C	6-10	20.1 Pts, 12.0 Reb, 1.0 Ast
Kevin Hamilton	SR	G	6-3	13.7 Pts, 3.1 Reb, 2.7 Ast
Glenn Vickers	SR	G	6-1	12.0 Pts, 2.8 Reb, 4.6 Ast
Alex Middleton	SR	F	6-6	10.5 Pts, 6.2 Reb, 1.4 Ast
Mike Palma	SR	F	6-4	6.6 Pts, 2.2 Reb, 1.6 Ast
Jeff Williams	FR	G	6-4	2.9 Pts, 1.9 Reb, 0.6 Ast
Tony Iati	SO	G	5-9	2.8 Pts, 0.6 Reb, 2.1 Ast
Kevin Vesey	JR	C	6-10	2.3 Pts, 1.9 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Glen McMillian	FR	F	6-5	1.8 Pts, 1.6 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Brian Vickers	SO	G	6-3	1.8 Pts, 1.3 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Ed Gooding	SO	F	6-7	0.9 Pts, 1.5 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Tim Richardson	JR	F	6-7	1.7 Pts, 1.8 Reb, 0.5 Ast
Willie McCain	JR		6-5	0.6 Pts, 0.1 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	34		27.5	53.6	.513	18.3	25.9	.707	33.2					19.1	73.3
Opponent	34		26.0	58.9	.442	12.4	18.4	.671	32.4					21.9	64.4

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	34		935	1824	.513	622	880	.707	1130					649	2492
Opponent	34		885	2003	.442	421	627	.671	1103					744	2191

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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Jeff Ruland	C	34	7.5	11.7	.642	7.5	11.7	5.1	7.9	.648	12.0	1.0	0.8	1.9	3.0	3.4	20.1
2	Kevin Hamilton	G	34	6.0	12.3	.489	6.0	12.3	1.7	2.2	.797	3.1	2.7	1.9	0.0	2.1	3.0	13.7
3	Glenn Vickers	G	33	3.2	7.5	.429	3.2	7.5	5.3	6.5	.818	2.8	4.6	0.9	0.1	2.9	2.5	12.0
4	Alex Middleton	F	34	4.2	8.4	.498	4.2	8.4	2.1	3.6	.595	6.2	1.4	1.2	0.6	2.8	2.9	10.5
5	Mike Palma	F	34	2.7	5.4	.503	2.7	5.4	1.2	1.3	.889	2.2	1.6	0.4	0.1	1.2	2.1	6.6
6	Jeff Williams	G	33	1.1	2.1	.536	1.1	2.1	0.7	0.9	.767	1.9	0.6	0.1	0.5	0.7	0.9	2.9
7	Tony Iati	G	33	0.8	1.8	.458	0.8	1.8	1.2	1.8	.656	0.6	2.1	0.6	0.0	1.4	1.2	2.8
8	Kevin Vesey	C	34	0.9	1.6	.556	0.9	1.6	0.5	0.8	.643	1.9	0.1	0.1	1.4	0.6	1.5	2.3
9	Brian Vickers	G	6	0.5	0.7	.750	0.5	0.7	0.8	1.0	.833	1.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.7	0.3	1.8
10	Glen McMillian	F	34	0.9	2.2	.395	0.9	2.2	0.1	0.4	.167	1.6	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.6	1.1	1.8
11	Tim Richardson	F	6	0.5	1.2	.429	0.5	1.2	0.7	1.0	.667	1.8	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.8	0.7	1.7
12	Ed Gooding	F	11	0.2	1.2	.154	0.2	1.2	0.5	0.9	.600	1.5	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.9	1.3	0.9
13	Willie McCain		9	0.1	0.9	.125	0.1	0.9	0.3	0.4	.750	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.6
	Team Totals		34	27.5	53.6	.513	27.5	53.6	18.3	25.9	.707	33.2					19.1	73.3

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Jeff Ruland	34	256	399	.642	173	267	.648	407	34	26	63	103	116	685
2	Kevin Hamilton	34	204	417	.489	59	74	.797	106	93	63	1	70	102	467
3	Glenn Vickers	33	106	247	.429	175	214	.818	91	152	31	2	95	81	397
4	Alex Middleton	34	143	287	.498	72	121	.595	211	47	41	22	94	100	358
5	Mike Palma	34	92	183	.503	40	45	.889	76	55	13	5	40	73	224
6	Jeff Williams	33	37	69	.536	23	30	.767	62	19	4	17	22	31	97
7	Tony Iati	33	27	59	.458	40	61	.656	21	69	20	0	45	38	94
8	Kevin Vesey	34	30	54	.556	18	28	.643	63	5	3	47	19	51	78
9	Glen McMillian	34	30	76	.395	2	12	.167	55	8	15	12	21	36	62
10	Brian Vickers	6	3	4	.750	5	6	.833	8	0	1	0	4	2	11
11	Ed Gooding	11	2	13	.154	6	10	.600	16	2	2	0	10	14	10
12	Tim Richardson	6	3	7	.429	4	6	.667	11	3	0	2	5	4	10
13	Willie McCain	9	1	8	.125	3	4	.750	1	0	0	0	2	2	5
	School Totals	34	935	1824	.513	622	880	.707	1130					649	2492