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1979-80 Ohio State Buckeyes Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 21-8 (12-6, 2nd in Big Ten MBB)

Rank: 10th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Eldon Miller

PS/G: 72.1 (142nd of 265)

PA/G: 64.4 (30th of 265)

SRS: 17.30 (4th of 260)

SOS: 10.80 (6th of 260)

NCAA Tournament: (#4 seed in West)
Won West Second Round (89-75) versus #5 Arizona State
Lost West Regional Semifinal (72-68) versus #8 UCLA

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Herb Williams	JR	C	6-10	17.6 Pts, 9.1 Reb, 0.7 Ast
Kelvin Ransey	SR	G	6-1	16.2 Pts, 4.2 Reb, 6.1 Ast
Clark Kellogg	FR	F	6-7	11.6 Pts, 8.0 Reb, 2.6 Ast
Carter Scott	JR	G	6-2	10.4 Pts, 2.6 Reb, 3.4 Ast
Jim Smith	JR	F	6-9	7.1 Pts, 5.2 Reb, 0.7 Ast
Jim Ellinghausen	SR	F	6-8	3.1 Pts, 2.5 Reb, 0.5 Ast
Larry Huggins	FR	G	6-3	1.6 Pts, 1.1 Reb, 1.1 Ast
Tony Hall	SR	F	6-3	2.5 Pts, 1.0 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Todd Penn	JR	G	5-9	1.5 Pts, 0.3 Reb, 0.8 Ast
Marquis Miller	JR	G	6-5	1.2 Pts, 0.7 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Cliff Kirchner	SO	C	6-9	0.8 Pts, 0.8 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Granville Waiters	FR	C	6-11	0.8 Pts, 0.8 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Nate Sims	FR		6-3	0.8 Pts, 1.0 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Mitch Haas	FR	F	6-7	0.5 Pts, 0.2 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Mark Hetz	SR	C	6-8	0.2 Pts, 0.2 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Bryant Johnson	SO	F	6-7	0.1 Pts, 0.7 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	29		29.2	60.2	.485	13.7	19.2	.712	38.4	15.7	6.4	6.4	15.8	18.2	72.1
Opponent	29		25.1	58.5	.430	14.1	21.1	.667	33.7	15.2	6.8	2.7	15.8	17.0	64.4

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	18														69.5
Opponent	18														66.9

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	29		847	1746	.485	396	556	.712	1114	454	186	186	457	529	2090
Opponent	29		729	1697	.430	409	613	.667	977	441	197	77	457	494	1867

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	18														1251
Opponent	18														1204

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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	Herb Williams	C	29	27	36.9	7.1	14.3	.496	7.1	14.3	3.3	5.1	.660	9.1	0.7	0.8	3.2	2.4	2.3	17.6
2	Kelvin Ransey	G	29	27	36.9	6.5	13.3	.488	6.5	13.3	3.1	3.8	.835	4.2	6.1	1.5	0.2	3.2	2.8	16.2	AA-1
3	Clark Kellogg Jr	F	29	27	32.3	4.7	10.8	.435	4.7	10.8	2.2	2.7	.797	8.0	2.6	1.2	0.6	3.6	2.9	11.6
4	Carter Scott	G	28	26	28.9	4.4	8.1	.542	4.4	8.1	1.6	2.0	.836	2.6	3.4	1.5	0.2	2.3	2.9	10.4
5	Jim Smith	F	29	27	26.2	3.0	5.3	.562	3.0	5.3	1.2	2.2	.531	5.2	0.7	0.6	1.9	1.2	3.5	7.1
6	Jim Ellinghausen	F	29	0	12.1	1.3	2.6	.493	1.3	2.6	0.6	0.8	.696	2.5	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.5	1.4	3.1
7	Tony Hall	F	16	0	5.5	0.9	1.8	.500	0.9	1.8	0.8	1.1	.706	1.0	0.4	0.8	0.1	0.9	1.1	2.5
8	Larry Huggins	G	28	0	9.8	0.5	1.3	.429	0.5	1.3	0.5	0.7	.789	1.1	1.1	0.1	0.0	0.9	0.8	1.6
9	Todd Penn	G	24	1	7.5	0.5	1.7	.300	0.5	1.7	0.5	0.8	.611	0.3	0.8	0.2	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.5
10	Marquis Miller	G	24	0	6.6	0.5	1.3	.367	0.5	1.3	0.3	0.4	.600	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.9	1.2
11	Cliff Kirchner	C	15	0	3.1	0.4	0.9	.429	0.4	0.9	0.0	0.1	.000	0.8	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.6	0.8
12	Granville Waiters	C	16	0	3.1	0.4	0.7	.545	0.4	0.7	0.0	0.0		0.8	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.8
13	Nate Sims		12	0	3.4	0.3	0.8	.444	0.3	0.8	0.2	0.5	.333	1.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.8	0.9	0.8
14	Mitch Haas	F	10	0	2.4	0.2	0.6	.333	0.2	0.6	0.1	0.3	.333	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.4	0.5
15	Mark Hetz	C	5	0	1.8	0.0	0.2	.000	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.4	.500	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.2
16	Bryant Johnson	F	7	0	1.6	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.3	.500	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.3	0.1
	Team Totals		29			29.2	60.2	.485	29.2	60.2	13.7	19.2	.712	38.4	15.7	6.4	6.4	15.8	18.2	72.1

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Herb Williams	29	27	1069	206	415	.496	97	147	.660	263	21	23	94	71	67	509
2	Kelvin Ransey	29	27	1069	189	387	.488	91	109	.835	121	177	43	6	92	81	469
3	Clark Kellogg	29	27	938	136	313	.435	63	79	.797	232	76	35	18	104	83	335
4	Carter Scott	28	26	808	123	227	.542	46	55	.836	73	94	43	5	64	82	292
5	Jim Smith	29	27	760	86	153	.562	34	64	.531	152	19	18	56	34	101	206
6	Jim Ellinghausen	29	0	350	37	75	.493	16	23	.696	72	15	8	8	15	40	90
7	Larry Huggins	28	0	274	15	35	.429	15	19	.789	31	30	2	1	24	22	45
8	Tony Hall	16	0	88	14	28	.500	12	17	.706	16	7	13	2	15	18	40
9	Todd Penn	24	1	179	12	40	.300	11	18	.611	8	20	5	0	23	24	35
10	Marquis Miller	24	0	159	11	30	.367	6	10	.600	17	8	3	1	8	21	28
11	Cliff Kirchner	15	0	47	6	14	.429	0	2	.000	12	2	3	0	2	9	12
12	Granville Waiters	16	0	49	6	11	.545	0	0		13	1	0	3	6	7	12
13	Nate Sims	12	0	41	4	9	.444	2	6	.333	12	2	2	0	10	11	10
14	Mitch Haas	10	0	24	2	6	.333	1	3	.333	2	1	0	0	6	4	5
15	Mark Hetz	5	0	9	0	1	.000	1	2	.500	1	0	1	0	1	1	1
16	Bryant Johnson	7	0	11	0	2	.000	1	2	.500	5	0	0	0	3	2	1
	School Totals	29			847	1746	.485	396	556	.712	1114	454	186	186	457	529	2090

Per 40 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Herb Williams	29	27	1069	7.7	15.5	.496	3.6	5.5	.660	9.8	0.8	0.9	3.5	2.7	2.5	19.0
2	Tony Hall	16	0	88	6.4	12.7	.500	5.5	7.7	.706	7.3	3.2	5.9	0.9	6.8	8.2	18.2
3	Kelvin Ransey	29	27	1069	7.1	14.5	.488	3.4	4.1	.835	4.5	6.6	1.6	0.2	3.4	3.0	17.5
4	Carter Scott	28	26	808	6.1	11.2	.542	2.3	2.7	.836	3.6	4.7	2.1	0.2	3.2	4.1	14.5
5	Clark Kellogg	29	27	938	5.8	13.3	.435	2.7	3.4	.797	9.9	3.2	1.5	0.8	4.4	3.5	14.3
6	Jim Smith	29	27	760	4.5	8.1	.562	1.8	3.4	.531	8.0	1.0	0.9	2.9	1.8	5.3	10.8
7	Jim Ellinghausen	29	0	350	4.2	8.6	.493	1.8	2.6	.696	8.2	1.7	0.9	0.9	1.7	4.6	10.3
8	Cliff Kirchner	15	0	47	5.1	11.9	.429	0.0	1.7	.000	10.2	1.7	2.6	0.0	1.7	7.7	10.2
9	Nate Sims	12	0	41	3.9	8.8	.444	2.0	5.9	.333	11.7	2.0	2.0	0.0	9.8	10.7	9.8
10	Granville Waiters	16	0	49	4.9	9.0	.545	0.0	0.0		10.6	0.8	0.0	2.4	4.9	5.7	9.8
11	Mitch Haas	10	0	24	3.3	10.0	.333	1.7	5.0	.333	3.3	1.7	0.0	0.0	10.0	6.7	8.3
12	Todd Penn	24	1	179	2.7	8.9	.300	2.5	4.0	.611	1.8	4.5	1.1	0.0	5.1	5.4	7.8
13	Marquis Miller	24	0	159	2.8	7.5	.367	1.5	2.5	.600	4.3	2.0	0.8	0.3	2.0	5.3	7.0
14	Larry Huggins	28	0	274	2.2	5.1	.429	2.2	2.8	.789	4.5	4.4	0.3	0.1	3.5	3.2	6.6
15	Mark Hetz	5	0	9	0.0	4.4	.000	4.4	8.9	.500	4.4	0.0	4.4	0.0	4.4	4.4	4.4
16	Bryant Johnson	7	0	11	0.0	7.3	.000	3.6	7.3	.500	18.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	10.9	7.3	3.6