1975-76 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 31-2 (Independent)

Rank: 4th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Tom Young

PS/G: 93.3 (5th of 238)

PA/G: 76.9 (154th of 238)

SRS: 14.68 (12th of 234)

SOS: -1.01 (131st of 234)

NCAA Tournament:
Won East First Round (54-53) versus Princeton
Won East Regional Semifinal (93-79) versus Connecticut
Won East Regional Final (91-75) versus Virginia Military Institute
Lost National Semifinal (86-70) versus Michigan
Lost National Third Place (106-92) versus UCLA

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Phil Sellers	SR	F	6-5	19.2 Pts, 10.2 Reb, 3.2 Ast
Mike Dabney	SR	G	6-4	19.1 Pts, 4.5 Reb, 3.5 Ast
Eddie Jordan	JR	G	6-1	14.1 Pts, 3.1 Reb, 5.3 Ast
Hollis Copeland	SO	F	6-6	12.9 Pts, 6.7 Reb, 1.5 Ast
Abdel Anderson	FR	F	6-7	9.4 Pts, 4.4 Reb, 0.6 Ast
James Bailey	FR	F	6-9	8.5 Pts, 7.1 Reb, 0.6 Ast
Steve Hefele	SO	G	6-5	3.4 Pts, 2.6 Reb, 0.9 Ast
Jeff Kleinbaum	SR	G	6-2	2.7 Pts, 0.9 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Mark Conlin	JR	G	6-2	2.1 Pts, 0.8 Reb, 1.4 Ast
Mike Palko	SR	F	6-7	1.9 Pts, 2.8 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Bruce Scherer	SR	C	6-7	2.2 Pts, 1.8 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Stan Nance	SO	F	6-5	1.1 Pts, 0.7 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	33		38.4	80.8	.475	16.5	24.4	.678	47.8						93.3
Opponent	33		30.7	69.2	.444	15.5	22.0	.704	41.1						76.9

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	33		1267	2666	.475	545	804	.678	1578						3079
Opponent	33		1013	2282	.444	511	726	.704	1356						2537

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Phil Sellers	F	33	33	32.6	7.4	16.5	.448	7.4	16.5	4.5	6.2	.729	10.2	3.2	1.9	0.6	2.8	19.2	AA-2
2	Mike Dabney	G	33	33	31.4	8.2	17.4	.475	8.2	17.4	2.6	3.4	.766	4.5	3.5	3.3	0.3	2.8	19.1
3	Eddie Jordan	G	33	32	28.5	5.7	12.0	.471	5.7	12.0	2.7	3.4	.796	3.1	5.3	3.0	0.0	2.5	14.1
4	Hollis Copeland Jr	F	33	32	29.2	6.0	11.9	.503	6.0	11.9	1.0	1.9	.508	6.7	1.5	0.8	0.9	3.0	12.9
5	Abdel Anderson	F	33	0	20.1	3.4	6.6	.514	3.4	6.6	2.6	3.5	.754	4.4	0.6	0.5	0.4	2.1	9.4
6	James Bailey	F	33	28	23.9	3.7	7.3	.504	3.7	7.3	1.2	2.1	.588	7.1	0.6	1.2	3.0	2.4	8.5
7	Steve Hefele	G	32	1	11.6	1.6	3.6	.443	1.6	3.6	0.5	1.3	.390	2.6	0.9	0.5	0.3	1.6	3.4
8	Jeff Kleinbaum	G	27	0	5.3	1.1	2.3	.475	1.1	2.3	0.6	1.3	.457	0.9	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.2	2.7
9	Bruce Scherer	C	13	0	3.9	0.9	2.2	.414	0.9	2.2	0.3	0.4	.800	1.8	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.8	2.2
10	Mark Conlin	G	32	1	10.2	0.8	1.3	.581	0.8	1.3	0.6	0.8	.720	0.8	1.4	0.5	0.0	1.3	2.1
11	Mike Palko	F	22	5	9.8	0.8	1.5	.515	0.8	1.5	0.3	0.6	.500	2.8	0.2	0.3	0.1	1.6	1.9
12	Stan Nance	F	14	0	3.1	0.4	1.8	.240	0.4	1.8	0.3	0.6	.444	0.7	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.4	1.1
	Team Totals		33			38.4	80.8	.475	38.4	80.8	16.5	24.4	.678	47.8					93.3

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Phil Sellers	F	33	33	1075	243	543	.448	243	543	148	203	.729	337	106	62	19	91	634	AA-2
2	Mike Dabney	G	33	33	1037	272	573	.475	272	573	85	111	.766	148	117	110	11	92	629
3	Eddie Jordan	G	33	32	939	187	397	.471	187	397	90	113	.796	102	174	100	1	83	464
4	Hollis Copeland Jr	F	33	32	964	197	392	.503	197	392	32	63	.508	220	50	28	31	99	426
5	Abdel Anderson	F	33	0	662	112	218	.514	112	218	86	114	.754	144	21	17	13	69	310
6	James Bailey	F	33	28	790	121	240	.504	121	240	40	68	.588	233	19	41	98	79	282
7	Steve Hefele	G	32	1	371	51	115	.443	51	115	16	41	.390	83	29	15	9	50	108
8	Jeff Kleinbaum	G	27	0	143	29	61	.475	29	61	16	35	.457	25	6	6	0	6	74
9	Mark Conlin	G	32	1	325	25	43	.581	25	43	18	25	.720	26	46	15	0	41	68
10	Mike Palko	F	22	5	216	17	33	.515	17	33	7	14	.500	62	4	7	2	35	41
11	Bruce Scherer	C	13	0	51	12	29	.414	12	29	4	5	.800	23	3	2	0	11	28
12	Stan Nance	F	14	0	44	6	25	.240	6	25	4	9	.444	10	2	1	0	5	16
	Team Totals		33			1267	2666	.475	1267	2666	545	804	.678	1578					3079

Per 40 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
1	Mike Dabney	33	33	1037	10.5	22.1	.475	3.3	4.3	.766	5.7	4.5	4.2	0.4	3.5	24.3
2	Phil Sellers	33	33	1075	9.0	20.2	.448	5.5	7.6	.729	12.5	3.9	2.3	0.7	3.4	23.6
3	Bruce Scherer	13	0	51	9.4	22.7	.414	3.1	3.9	.800	18.0	2.4	1.6	0.0	8.6	22.0
4	Jeff Kleinbaum	27	0	143	8.1	17.1	.475	4.5	9.8	.457	7.0	1.7	1.7	0.0	1.7	20.7
5	Eddie Jordan	33	32	939	8.0	16.9	.471	3.8	4.8	.796	4.3	7.4	4.3	0.0	3.5	19.8
6	Abdel Anderson	33	0	662	6.8	13.2	.514	5.2	6.9	.754	8.7	1.3	1.0	0.8	4.2	18.7
7	Hollis Copeland	33	32	964	8.2	16.3	.503	1.3	2.6	.508	9.1	2.1	1.2	1.3	4.1	17.7
8	Stan Nance	14	0	44	5.5	22.7	.240	3.6	8.2	.444	9.1	1.8	0.9	0.0	4.5	14.5
9	James Bailey	33	28	790	6.1	12.2	.504	2.0	3.4	.588	11.8	1.0	2.1	5.0	4.0	14.3
10	Steve Hefele	32	1	371	5.5	12.4	.443	1.7	4.4	.390	8.9	3.1	1.6	1.0	5.4	11.6
11	Mark Conlin	32	1	325	3.1	5.3	.581	2.2	3.1	.720	3.2	5.7	1.8	0.0	5.0	8.4
12	Mike Palko	22	5	216	3.1	6.1	.515	1.3	2.6	.500	11.5	0.7	1.3	0.4	6.5	7.6