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1979-80 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 22-6 (Independent)

Rank: 9th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Digger Phelps

PS/G: 78.1 (53rd of 265)

PA/G: 66.9 (60th of 265)

SRS: 13.38 (16th of 260)

SOS: 2.60 (67th of 260)

NCAA Tournament: (#4 seed in Midwest)
Lost Midwest Second Round (87-84) versus #5 Missouri

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Tracy Jackson	JR	G	6-6	15.1 Pts, 7.1 Reb, 1.9 Ast
Kelly Tripucka	JR	F	6-6	18.0 Pts, 6.6 Reb, 2.2 Ast
Orlando Woolridge	JR	F	6-9	12.2 Pts, 6.9 Reb, 1.5 Ast
Rich Branning	SR	G	6-3	11.3 Pts, 1.7 Reb, 3.6 Ast
Bill Hanzlik	SR	F	6-7	7.5 Pts, 3.4 Reb, 2.4 Ast
John Paxson	FR	G	6-2	4.6 Pts, 1.3 Reb, 2.3 Ast
Gilbert Salinas	JR	C	6-11	4.0 Pts, 2.0 Reb, 1.1 Ast
Tim Andree	FR	C	6-10	3.6 Pts, 2.4 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Bill Varner	FR	F	6-6	3.7 Pts, 1.8 Reb, 0.8 Ast
Stan Wilcox	JR	G	6-3	2.8 Pts, 0.6 Reb, 0.9 Ast
Mike Mitchell	SO	G	6-2	2.5 Pts, 1.3 Reb, 1.2 Ast
Tim Healy	SR	F	6-1	0.7 Pts, 0.2 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Kevin Hawkins	JR		6-5	0.6 Pts, 0.6 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Marc Kelly	SO	G	5-10	0.4 Pts, 0.5 Reb, 0.4 Ast

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	28		29.6	57.6	.514	18.9	27.1	.697	36.3	16.3	7.3	3.1		20.4	78.1
Opponent	28		27.1	56.8	.477	12.8	19.3	.662	31.5	13.9	5.7	2.9		21.8	66.9

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	28		828	1612	.514	530	760	.697	1017	456	205	86		571	2186
Opponent	28		758	1589	.477	357	539	.662	883	389	159	80		611	1873

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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	PF	PTS
1	Kelly Tripucka	F	23	23	30.0	6.5	11.7	.556	6.5	11.7	5.0	6.6	.762	6.6	2.2	1.3	0.0	2.9	18.0
2	Tracy Jackson	G	28	28	31.3	5.8	11.3	.514	5.8	11.3	3.5	5.0	.702	7.1	1.9	1.8	0.6	2.1	15.1
3	Orlando Woolridge	F	27	27	30.9	4.6	7.9	.585	4.6	7.9	3.0	4.3	.692	6.9	1.5	0.7	1.1	2.8	12.2
4	Rich Branning	G	26	26	30.6	4.6	8.7	.531	4.6	8.7	2.1	3.2	.671	1.7	3.6	0.5	0.0	2.3	11.3
5	Bill Hanzlik	F	22	22	27.4	2.8	6.1	.452	2.8	6.1	2.0	2.7	.733	3.4	2.4	1.3	0.4	2.3	7.5
6	John Paxson	G	27	1	17.0	1.6	3.2	.483	1.6	3.2	1.5	2.0	.745	1.3	2.3	0.9	0.0	1.5	4.6
7	Gilbert Salinas	C	26	5	12.2	1.5	2.8	.541	1.5	2.8	1.0	1.3	.714	2.0	1.1	0.1	0.5	2.2	4.0
8	Bill Varner	F	24	0	9.0	1.5	3.2	.474	1.5	3.2	0.7	1.0	.696	1.8	0.8	0.3	0.0	1.0	3.7
9	Tim Andree	C	25	0	10.4	1.2	2.6	.455	1.2	2.6	1.2	2.3	.544	2.4	0.2	0.4	0.3	2.0	3.6
10	Stan Wilcox	G	24	7	12.5	1.2	2.9	.406	1.2	2.9	0.5	0.6	.800	0.6	0.9	0.2	0.0	1.1	2.8
11	Mike Mitchell	G	24	1	10.4	1.1	2.6	.419	1.1	2.6	0.3	0.6	.500	1.3	1.2	0.5	0.1	1.0	2.5
12	Tim Healy	F	15	0	1.7	0.3	0.6	.556	0.3	0.6	0.1	0.3	.200	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.7
13	Kevin Hawkins		12	0	1.9	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	.750	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.6
14	Marc Kelly	G	11	0	2.0	0.2	0.8	.222	0.2	0.8	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.4
	Team Totals		28			29.6	57.6	.514	29.6	57.6	18.9	27.1	.697	36.3	16.3	7.3	3.1	20.4	78.1

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
1	Tracy Jackson	28	28	877	162	315	.514	99	141	.702	198	54	51	16	58	423
2	Kelly Tripucka	23	23	691	150	270	.556	115	151	.762	151	50	29	1	66	415
3	Orlando Woolridge	27	27	835	124	212	.585	81	117	.692	186	40	20	31	76	329
4	Rich Branning	26	26	795	120	226	.531	55	82	.671	45	93	14	1	60	295
5	Bill Hanzlik	22	22	603	61	135	.452	44	60	.733	74	53	29	9	50	166
6	John Paxson	27	1	459	42	87	.483	41	55	.745	34	62	24	0	41	125
7	Gilbert Salinas	26	5	317	40	74	.541	25	35	.714	52	29	2	13	57	105
8	Tim Andree	25	0	261	30	66	.455	31	57	.544	59	5	11	7	51	91
9	Bill Varner	24	0	215	36	76	.474	16	23	.696	44	19	6	0	23	88
10	Stan Wilcox	24	7	299	28	69	.406	12	15	.800	14	21	4	0	26	68
11	Mike Mitchell	24	1	250	26	62	.419	7	14	.500	30	29	13	2	24	59
12	Tim Healy	15	0	26	5	9	.556	1	5	.200	3	2	1	0	3	11
13	Kevin Hawkins	12	0	23	2	2	1.000	3	4	.750	7	1	0	0	6	7
14	Marc Kelly	11	0	22	2	9	.222	0	1	.000	5	4	1	0	0	4
	School Totals	28			828	1612	.514	530	760	.697	1017	456	205	86	571	2186

Per 40 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
1	Kelly Tripucka	23	23	691	8.7	15.6	.556	6.7	8.7	.762	8.7	2.9	1.7	0.1	3.8	24.0
2	Tracy Jackson	28	28	877	7.4	14.4	.514	4.5	6.4	.702	9.0	2.5	2.3	0.7	2.6	19.3
3	Tim Healy	15	0	26	7.7	13.8	.556	1.5	7.7	.200	4.6	3.1	1.5	0.0	4.6	16.9
4	Bill Varner	24	0	215	6.7	14.1	.474	3.0	4.3	.696	8.2	3.5	1.1	0.0	4.3	16.4
5	Orlando Woolridge	27	27	835	5.9	10.2	.585	3.9	5.6	.692	8.9	1.9	1.0	1.5	3.6	15.8
6	Rich Branning	26	26	795	6.0	11.4	.531	2.8	4.1	.671	2.3	4.7	0.7	0.1	3.0	14.8
7	Tim Andree	25	0	261	4.6	10.1	.455	4.8	8.7	.544	9.0	0.8	1.7	1.1	7.8	13.9
8	Gilbert Salinas	26	5	317	5.0	9.3	.541	3.2	4.4	.714	6.6	3.7	0.3	1.6	7.2	13.2
9	Kevin Hawkins	12	0	23	3.5	3.5	1.000	5.2	7.0	.750	12.2	1.7	0.0	0.0	10.4	12.2
10	Bill Hanzlik	22	22	603	4.0	9.0	.452	2.9	4.0	.733	4.9	3.5	1.9	0.6	3.3	11.0
11	John Paxson	27	1	459	3.7	7.6	.483	3.6	4.8	.745	3.0	5.4	2.1	0.0	3.6	10.9
12	Mike Mitchell	24	1	250	4.2	9.9	.419	1.1	2.2	.500	4.8	4.6	2.1	0.3	3.8	9.4
13	Stan Wilcox	24	7	299	3.7	9.2	.406	1.6	2.0	.800	1.9	2.8	0.5	0.0	3.5	9.1
14	Marc Kelly	11	0	22	3.6	16.4	.222	0.0	1.8	.000	9.1	7.3	1.8	0.0	0.0	7.3