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1977-78 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 23-8 (Independent)

Rank: 6th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Digger Phelps

PS/G: 80.7 (58th of 259)

PA/G: 68.1 (48th of 259)

SRS: 18.29 (3rd of 253)

SOS: 6.49 (15th of 253)

NCAA Tournament:
Won Midwest First Round (100-77) versus Houston
Won Midwest Regional Semifinal (69-56) versus Utah
Won Midwest Regional Final (84-64) versus DePaul
Lost National Semifinal (90-86) versus Duke
Lost National Third Place (71-69) versus Arkansas

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Dave Batton	SR	C	6-10	14.0 Pts, 6.8 Reb, 2.6 Ast
Duck Williams	SR	G	6-2	13.3 Pts, 1.6 Reb, 2.0 Ast
Kelly Tripucka	FR	F	6-6	11.7 Pts, 5.2 Reb, 1.3 Ast
Rich Branning	SO	G	6-3	11.0 Pts, 1.8 Reb, 4.3 Ast
Bill Laimbeer	JR	C	6-11	8.1 Pts, 6.6 Reb, 1.1 Ast
Bruce Flowers	JR	F	6-8	6.9 Pts, 4.8 Reb, 1.8 Ast
Tracy Jackson	FR	G	6-6	5.6 Pts, 3.3 Reb, 1.2 Ast
Bill Hanzlik	SO	F	6-7	3.7 Pts, 1.9 Reb, 1.0 Ast
Orlando Woolridge	FR	F	6-9	4.1 Pts, 2.1 Reb, 0.5 Ast
Stan Wilcox	FR	G	6-3	2.5 Pts, 0.8 Reb, 0.9 Ast
Gilbert Salinas	FR	C	6-11	2.5 Pts, 1.6 Reb, 0.5 Ast
Jeff Carpenter	SR	G	6-0	1.2 Pts, 0.6 Reb, 1.5 Ast
Randy Haefner	SR	F	6-6	0.8 Pts, 0.1 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Tim Healy	SO	F	6-1	0.2 Pts, 0.3 Reb, 0.1 Ast

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	31		32.8	63.7	.515	15.1	21.5	.701	38.3	17.5				20.5	80.7
Opponent	31		27.1	60.7	.446	13.9	19.1	.729	32.0	12.4				20.5	68.1

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	31		1017	1974	.515	467	666	.701	1187	544				634	2501
Opponent	31		840	1883	.446	431	591	.729	993	384				636	2111

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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Dave Batton	C	31	27.1	6.1	10.7	.566	6.1	10.7	1.9	2.5	.747	6.8	2.6	2.1	14.0
2	Duck Williams	G	30	30.8	5.5	11.2	.490	5.5	11.2	2.3	3.0	.758	1.6	2.0	2.4	13.3
3	Kelly Tripucka	F	31	20.7	4.5	8.0	.571	4.5	8.0	2.6	3.5	.741	5.2	1.3	1.7	11.7
4	Rich Branning	G	30	31.7	4.3	9.2	.466	4.3	9.2	2.4	3.2	.732	1.8	4.3	2.2	11.0
5	Bill Laimbeer Jr	C	29	22.6	3.3	6.0	.554	3.3	6.0	1.4	2.1	.677	6.6	1.1	2.8	8.1
6	Bruce Flowers	F	31	21.4	2.8	5.8	.480	2.8	5.8	1.3	2.1	.641	4.8	1.8	3.0	6.9
7	Tracy Jackson	G	28	13.5	2.4	4.3	.550	2.4	4.3	0.9	1.4	.650	3.3	1.2	1.1	5.6
8	Orlando Woolridge	F	24	9.6	1.7	3.3	.526	1.7	3.3	0.7	1.4	.485	2.1	0.5	1.0	4.1
9	Bill Hanzlik	F	30	10.2	1.3	2.6	.513	1.3	2.6	1.0	1.3	.789	1.9	1.0	2.1	3.7
10	Gilbert Salinas	C	17	5.4	0.8	1.9	.424	0.8	1.9	0.8	1.1	.737	1.6	0.5	0.8	2.5
11	Stan Wilcox	G	29	9.9	1.0	2.1	.492	1.0	2.1	0.4	0.6	.667	0.8	0.9	1.3	2.5
12	Jeff Carpenter	G	26	8.1	0.5	1.3	.371	0.5	1.3	0.2	0.5	.417	0.6	1.5	1.1	1.2
13	Randy Haefner	F	17	1.9	0.4	1.0	.353	0.4	1.0	0.1	0.2	.500	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.8
14	Tim Healy	F	12	1.3	0.1	0.4	.200	0.1	0.4	0.0	0.1	.000	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.2
	Team Totals		31		32.8	63.7	.515	32.8	63.7	15.1	21.5	.701	38.3	17.5	20.5	80.7

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Dave Batton	31	840	188	332	.566	59	79	.747	210	81	66	435
2	Duck Williams	30	924	165	337	.490	69	91	.758	48	61	71	399
3	Kelly Tripucka	31	643	141	247	.571	80	108	.741	161	39	52	362
4	Rich Branning	30	950	129	277	.466	71	97	.732	55	129	65	329
5	Bill Laimbeer	29	654	97	175	.554	42	62	.677	190	31	81	236
6	Bruce Flowers	31	662	86	179	.480	41	64	.641	149	55	93	213
7	Tracy Jackson	28	378	66	120	.550	26	40	.650	91	33	31	158
8	Bill Hanzlik	30	307	40	78	.513	30	38	.789	57	31	63	110
9	Orlando Woolridge	24	230	41	78	.526	16	33	.485	51	12	24	98
10	Stan Wilcox	29	288	30	61	.492	12	18	.667	23	25	38	72
11	Gilbert Salinas	17	91	14	33	.424	14	19	.737	28	8	14	42
12	Jeff Carpenter	26	210	13	35	.371	5	12	.417	15	38	29	31
13	Randy Haefner	17	33	6	17	.353	2	4	.500	1	0	3	14
14	Tim Healy	12	15	1	5	.200	0	1	.000	3	1	4	2
	School Totals	31		1017	1974	.515	467	666	.701	1187	544	634	2501

Per 40 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Kelly Tripucka	31	643	8.8	15.4	.571	5.0	6.7	.741	10.0	2.4	3.2	22.5
2	Dave Batton	31	840	9.0	15.8	.566	2.8	3.8	.747	10.0	3.9	3.1	20.7
3	Gilbert Salinas	17	91	6.2	14.5	.424	6.2	8.4	.737	12.3	3.5	6.2	18.5
4	Duck Williams	30	924	7.1	14.6	.490	3.0	3.9	.758	2.1	2.6	3.1	17.3
5	Randy Haefner	17	33	7.3	20.6	.353	2.4	4.8	.500	1.2	0.0	3.6	17.0
6	Orlando Woolridge	24	230	7.1	13.6	.526	2.8	5.7	.485	8.9	2.1	4.2	17.0
7	Tracy Jackson	28	378	7.0	12.7	.550	2.8	4.2	.650	9.6	3.5	3.3	16.7
8	Bill Laimbeer	29	654	5.9	10.7	.554	2.6	3.8	.677	11.6	1.9	5.0	14.4
9	Bill Hanzlik	30	307	5.2	10.2	.513	3.9	5.0	.789	7.4	4.0	8.2	14.3
10	Rich Branning	30	950	5.4	11.7	.466	3.0	4.1	.732	2.3	5.4	2.7	13.9
11	Bruce Flowers	31	662	5.2	10.8	.480	2.5	3.9	.641	9.0	3.3	5.6	12.9
12	Stan Wilcox	29	288	4.2	8.5	.492	1.7	2.5	.667	3.2	3.5	5.3	10.0
13	Jeff Carpenter	26	210	2.5	6.7	.371	1.0	2.3	.417	2.9	7.2	5.5	5.9
14	Tim Healy	12	15	2.7	13.3	.200	0.0	2.7	.000	8.0	2.7	10.7	5.3