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1978-79 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 24-6 (Independent)

Rank: 4th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Digger Phelps

PS/G: 79.7 (57th of 262)

PA/G: 64.1 (18th of 262)

SRS: 18.94 (2nd of 256)

SOS: 3.31 (59th of 256)

NCAA Tournament: (#1 seed in Mideast)
Won Mideast Second Round (73-67) versus #8 Tennessee
Won Mideast Regional Semifinal (79-71) versus #5 Toledo
Lost Mideast Regional Final (80-68) versus #2 Michigan State

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Kelly Tripucka	SO	F	6-6	14.3 Pts, 4.3 Reb, 1.6 Ast
Tracy Jackson	SO	G	6-6	11.7 Pts, 4.1 Reb, 1.5 Ast
Orlando Woolridge	SO	F	6-9	11.0 Pts, 4.8 Reb, 1.4 Ast
Rich Branning	JR	G	6-3	10.2 Pts, 1.1 Reb, 3.7 Ast
Bruce Flowers	SR	F	6-8	9.5 Pts, 4.9 Reb, 0.9 Ast
Bill Hanzlik	JR	F	6-7	8.7 Pts, 2.9 Reb, 3.1 Ast
Bill Laimbeer	SR	C	6-11	6.4 Pts, 5.5 Reb, 1.0 Ast
Stan Wilcox	SO	G	6-3	3.9 Pts, 0.9 Reb, 1.9 Ast
Mike Mitchell	FR	G	6-2	3.0 Pts, 0.9 Reb, 2.5 Ast
Gilbert Salinas	SO	C	6-11	4.6 Pts, 2.8 Reb, 1.1 Ast
Tim Healy	JR	F	6-1	1.1 Pts, 0.2 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Marc Kelly	FR	G	5-10	0.8 Pts, 0.2 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Kevin Hawkins	SO		6-5	0.8 Pts, 0.7 Reb, 0.2 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	40.0	31.4	59.5	.527	17.0	22.2	.763	34.6	17.7	8.4	3.1	14.9	18.6	79.7
Opponent	30	40.0	26.3	56.1	.469	11.4	16.2	.705	29.1	11.4	5.6	1.9	18.1	21.2	64.1

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	30	6000	941	1786	.527	509	667	.763	1037	531	252	94	446	559	2391
Opponent	30	6000	790	1683	.469	342	485	.705	873	343	167	58	543	635	1922

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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Kelly Tripucka	F	29	29	27.8	4.9	9.6	.516	4.9	9.6	4.4	5.2	.854	4.3	1.6	1.3	0.2	1.4	2.0	14.3	AA-1
2	Tracy Jackson	G	30	1	23.8	4.7	9.1	.515	4.7	9.1	2.3	3.2	.708	4.1	1.5	1.3	0.2	1.5	1.4	11.7
3	Orlando Woolridge	F	30	30	25.1	4.8	8.4	.573	4.8	8.4	1.4	1.9	.732	4.8	1.4	0.8	0.4	2.1	1.9	11.0
4	Rich Branning	G	29	29	27.9	4.3	9.2	.468	4.3	9.2	1.6	2.7	.610	1.1	3.7	0.7	0.0	1.9	2.3	10.2
5	Bruce Flowers	F	30	0	20.9	3.6	5.4	.656	3.6	5.4	2.3	2.8	.833	4.9	0.9	0.7	0.7	1.8	3.1	9.5
6	Bill Hanzlik	F	29	29	22.6	3.3	5.7	.579	3.3	5.7	2.2	2.7	.818	2.9	3.1	1.9	0.3	2.2	2.4	8.7
7	Bill Laimbeer Jr	C	30	30	20.5	2.6	4.8	.538	2.6	4.8	1.2	1.7	.700	5.5	1.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	2.9	6.4
8	Gilbert Salinas	C	8	0	11.8	1.5	3.5	.429	1.5	3.5	1.6	2.1	.765	2.8	1.1	0.5	0.5	1.3	2.3	4.6
9	Stan Wilcox	G	28	2	15.5	1.6	3.8	.430	1.6	3.8	0.6	0.7	.842	0.9	1.9	0.5	0.0	1.0	1.1	3.9
10	Mike Mitchell	G	29	0	13.4	1.2	2.4	.493	1.2	2.4	0.6	0.8	.783	0.9	2.5	0.7	0.0	1.2	0.7	3.0
11	Tim Healy	F	18	0	2.8	0.4	1.1	.350	0.4	1.1	0.3	0.6	.545	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.3	1.1
12	Kevin Hawkins		12	0	2.0	0.3	0.8	.333	0.3	0.8	0.3	0.4	.600	0.7	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.8
13	Marc Kelly	G	13	0	2.2	0.4	0.8	.500	0.4	0.8	0.0	0.1	.000	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.8
	Team Totals		30		40.0	31.4	59.5	.527	31.4	59.5	17.0	22.2	.763	34.6	17.7	8.4	3.1	14.9	18.6	79.7

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Kelly Tripucka	29	29	807	143	277	.516	129	151	.854	125	47	37	5	41	59	415
2	Tracy Jackson	30	1	714	141	274	.515	68	96	.708	124	44	38	6	44	43	350
3	Orlando Woolridge	30	30	752	145	253	.573	41	56	.732	145	43	24	12	62	56	331
4	Rich Branning	29	29	810	125	267	.468	47	77	.610	31	106	19	0	55	66	297
5	Bruce Flowers	30	0	628	107	163	.656	70	84	.833	147	26	22	22	55	94	284
6	Bill Hanzlik	29	29	654	95	164	.579	63	77	.818	84	90	54	10	64	70	253
7	Bill Laimbeer	30	30	614	78	145	.538	35	50	.700	164	30	15	29	45	88	191
8	Stan Wilcox	28	2	434	46	107	.430	16	19	.842	26	53	13	1	28	32	108
9	Mike Mitchell	29	0	389	34	69	.493	18	23	.783	26	73	19	1	35	20	86
10	Gilbert Salinas	8	0	94	12	28	.429	13	17	.765	22	9	4	4	10	18	37
11	Tim Healy	18	0	51	7	20	.350	6	11	.545	3	6	1	3	3	5	20
12	Marc Kelly	13	0	29	5	10	.500	0	1	.000	3	2	3	0	1	3	10
13	Kevin Hawkins	12	0	24	3	9	.333	3	5	.600	8	2	3	1	3	5	9
	School Totals	30		6000	941	1786	.527	509	667	.763	1037	531	252	94	446	559	2391

Per 40 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Kelly Tripucka	29	29	807	7.1	13.7	.516	6.4	7.5	.854	6.2	2.3	1.8	0.2	2.0	2.9	20.6
2	Tracy Jackson	30	1	714	7.9	15.4	.515	3.8	5.4	.708	6.9	2.5	2.1	0.3	2.5	2.4	19.6
3	Bruce Flowers	30	0	628	6.8	10.4	.656	4.5	5.4	.833	9.4	1.7	1.4	1.4	3.5	6.0	18.1
4	Orlando Woolridge	30	30	752	7.7	13.5	.573	2.2	3.0	.732	7.7	2.3	1.3	0.6	3.3	3.0	17.6
5	Tim Healy	18	0	51	5.5	15.7	.350	4.7	8.6	.545	2.4	4.7	0.8	2.4	2.4	3.9	15.7
6	Gilbert Salinas	8	0	94	5.1	11.9	.429	5.5	7.2	.765	9.4	3.8	1.7	1.7	4.3	7.7	15.7
7	Bill Hanzlik	29	29	654	5.8	10.0	.579	3.9	4.7	.818	5.1	5.5	3.3	0.6	3.9	4.3	15.5
8	Kevin Hawkins	12	0	24	5.0	15.0	.333	5.0	8.3	.600	13.3	3.3	5.0	1.7	5.0	8.3	15.0
9	Rich Branning	29	29	810	6.2	13.2	.468	2.3	3.8	.610	1.5	5.2	0.9	0.0	2.7	3.3	14.7
10	Marc Kelly	13	0	29	6.9	13.8	.500	0.0	1.4	.000	4.1	2.8	4.1	0.0	1.4	4.1	13.8
11	Bill Laimbeer	30	30	614	5.1	9.4	.538	2.3	3.3	.700	10.7	2.0	1.0	1.9	2.9	5.7	12.4
12	Stan Wilcox	28	2	434	4.2	9.9	.430	1.5	1.8	.842	2.4	4.9	1.2	0.1	2.6	2.9	10.0
13	Mike Mitchell	29	0	389	3.5	7.1	.493	1.9	2.4	.783	2.7	7.5	2.0	0.1	3.6	2.1	8.8