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1980-81 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 23-6 (Independent)

Rank: 7th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Digger Phelps

PS/G: 72.0 (116th of 264)

PA/G: 62.4 (36th of 264)

SRS: 13.27 (24th of 264)

SOS: 4.34 (63rd of 264)

NCAA Tournament: (#2 seed in East)
Won East Second Round (54-45) versus #10 James Madison
Lost East Regional Semifinal (51-50) versus #6 Brigham Young

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Kelly Tripucka	SR	F	6-6	18.2 Pts, 5.8 Reb, 2.8 Ast
Orlando Woolridge	SR	F	6-9	14.4 Pts, 6.0 Reb, 1.4 Ast
Tracy Jackson	SR	G	6-6	12.9 Pts, 5.6 Reb, 2.1 Ast
John Paxson	SO	G	6-2	9.9 Pts, 1.8 Reb, 4.8 Ast
Bill Varner	SO	F	6-6	4.9 Pts, 2.1 Reb, 1.4 Ast
Tom Sluby	FR	G	6-4	3.2 Pts, 1.4 Reb, 1.1 Ast
Tim Andree	SO	C	6-10	2.7 Pts, 2.1 Reb, 0.6 Ast
Joe Kleine	FR	C	6-11	2.6 Pts, 2.4 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Gilbert Salinas	SR	C	6-11	2.9 Pts, 1.1 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Cecil Rucker	FR	F	6-8	2.1 Pts, 0.6 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Stan Wilcox	SR	G	6-3	1.2 Pts, 0.2 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Barry Spencer	FR	F	6-7	1.3 Pts, 1.2 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Mike Mitchell	JR	G	6-2	1.3 Pts, 0.2 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Kevin Hawkins	JR		6-5	0.3 Pts, 0.3 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Marc Kelly	JR	G	5-10	0.0 Pts, 0.1 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		28.4	51.4	.552	15.1	21.7	.697	30.9	15.1	6.2	3.0		16.9	72.0
Opponent	29		25.9	52.9	.490	10.6	15.0	.705	25.8	17.9	6.2	2.0		19.7	62.4

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	29		824	1492	.552	439	630	.697	895	437	181	86		489	2087
Opponent	29		752	1534	.490	306	434	.705	749	520	180	57		570	1810

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
1	Kelly Tripucka	29	29	31.7	6.7	12.2	.551	4.7	5.8	.815	5.8	2.8	1.1	0.2	2.8	18.2
2	Orlando Woolridge	28	28	33.0	5.6	8.6	.650	3.2	4.8	.667	6.0	1.4	0.5	0.8	2.4	14.4
3	Tracy Jackson	28	28	33.6	5.6	10.1	.557	1.7	2.3	.738	5.6	2.1	1.3	0.5	1.7	12.9
4	John Paxson	29	29	36.6	3.9	7.5	.518	2.1	3.1	.685	1.8	4.8	1.2	0.0	2.1	9.9
5	Bill Varner	29	2	17.4	1.8	3.4	.530	1.2	2.0	.621	2.1	1.4	0.6	0.1	1.0	4.9
6	Tom Sluby	27	0	14.0	1.3	2.6	.514	0.5	0.8	.667	1.4	1.1	0.5	0.1	1.9	3.2
7	Gilbert Salinas	13	0	6.8	1.1	2.5	.438	0.8	1.3	.588	1.1	0.4	0.4	0.2	1.2	2.9
8	Tim Andree	28	18	13.9	1.1	2.1	.517	0.6	1.0	.552	2.1	0.6	0.4	0.1	2.3	2.7
9	Joe Kleine	29	11	10.0	1.1	1.7	.640	0.4	0.6	.750	2.4	0.4	0.2	0.2	1.5	2.6
10	Cecil Rucker	14	0	2.9	0.9	1.6	.591	0.3	0.6	.500	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	2.1
11	Mike Mitchell	13	0	6.5	0.5	1.0	.538	0.2	0.4	.600	0.2	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.4	1.3
12	Barry Spencer	15	0	5.1	0.5	1.6	.292	0.4	0.8	.500	1.2	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.3
13	Stan Wilcox	19	0	5.7	0.6	1.5	.393	0.0	0.2	.000	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.4	1.2
14	Kevin Hawkins	8	0	1.0	0.0	0.1	.000	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.3
15	Marc Kelly	10	0	1.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.1	.000	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
1	Kelly Tripucka	29	29	919	195	354	.551	137	168	.815	169	81	33	6	81	527
2	Orlando Woolridge	28	28	924	156	240	.650	90	135	.667	168	40	14	23	67	402
3	Tracy Jackson	28	28	942	157	282	.557	48	65	.738	156	59	37	15	48	362
4	John Paxson	29	29	1062	113	218	.518	61	89	.685	53	138	34	1	61	287
5	Bill Varner	29	2	504	53	100	.530	36	58	.621	60	41	18	4	30	142
6	Tom Sluby	27	0	377	36	70	.514	14	21	.667	38	30	14	3	51	86
7	Tim Andree	28	18	390	30	58	.517	16	29	.552	58	17	10	2	64	76
8	Joe Kleine	29	11	291	32	50	.640	12	16	.750	71	11	6	5	44	76
9	Gilbert Salinas	13	0	88	14	32	.438	10	17	.588	14	5	5	2	16	38
10	Cecil Rucker	14	0	40	13	22	.591	4	8	.500	9	2	0	1	2	30
11	Stan Wilcox	19	0	108	11	28	.393	0	4	.000	3	7	4	1	7	22
12	Barry Spencer	15	0	77	7	24	.292	6	12	.500	18	1	5	1	11	20
13	Mike Mitchell	13	0	85	7	13	.538	3	5	.600	3	5	1	1	5	17
14	Kevin Hawkins	8	0	8	0	1	.000	2	2	1.000	2	0	0	1	0	2
15	Marc Kelly	10	0	10	0	0		0	1	.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
	School Totals	29			824	1492	.552	439	630	.697	895	437	181	86	489	2087

Per 40 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
1	Cecil Rucker	14	0	40	13.0	22.0	.591	4.0	8.0	.500	9.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	30.0
2	Kelly Tripucka	29	29	919	8.5	15.4	.551	6.0	7.3	.815	7.4	3.5	1.4	0.3	3.5	22.9
3	Orlando Woolridge	28	28	924	6.8	10.4	.650	3.9	5.8	.667	7.3	1.7	0.6	1.0	2.9	17.4
4	Gilbert Salinas	13	0	88	6.4	14.5	.438	4.5	7.7	.588	6.4	2.3	2.3	0.9	7.3	17.3
5	Tracy Jackson	28	28	942	6.7	12.0	.557	2.0	2.8	.738	6.6	2.5	1.6	0.6	2.0	15.4
6	Bill Varner	29	2	504	4.2	7.9	.530	2.9	4.6	.621	4.8	3.3	1.4	0.3	2.4	11.3
7	John Paxson	29	29	1062	4.3	8.2	.518	2.3	3.4	.685	2.0	5.2	1.3	0.0	2.3	10.8
8	Joe Kleine	29	11	291	4.4	6.9	.640	1.6	2.2	.750	9.8	1.5	0.8	0.7	6.0	10.4
9	Barry Spencer	15	0	77	3.6	12.5	.292	3.1	6.2	.500	9.4	0.5	2.6	0.5	5.7	10.4
10	Kevin Hawkins	8	0	8	0.0	5.0	.000	10.0	10.0	1.000	10.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	0.0	10.0
11	Tom Sluby	27	0	377	3.8	7.4	.514	1.5	2.2	.667	4.0	3.2	1.5	0.3	5.4	9.1
12	Stan Wilcox	19	0	108	4.1	10.4	.393	0.0	1.5	.000	1.1	2.6	1.5	0.4	2.6	8.1
13	Mike Mitchell	13	0	85	3.3	6.1	.538	1.4	2.4	.600	1.4	2.4	0.5	0.5	2.4	8.0
14	Tim Andree	28	18	390	3.1	5.9	.517	1.6	3.0	.552	5.9	1.7	1.0	0.2	6.6	7.8
15	Marc Kelly	10	0	10	0.0	0.0		0.0	4.0	.000	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0