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1953-54 Men's Missouri Valley Conference Player Stats

1952-53 MVC 1954-55 MVC

Record: 102-67, .604 W-L% (3rd of 18) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

SRS: 5.39 (2nd of 18)

SOS: 3.66 (3rd of 18)

Regular Season Champion: Oklahoma State

Coach of the Year: Ralph Miller

Conference Tournament Champion: None

NCAA Tournament: 1 teams (Oklahoma State)

Ranked in First AP Poll: 2 teams (Oklahoma State and Saint Louis)

Ranked in Final AP Poll: 1 teams (Oklahoma State)

86 Players

86 Players Table
					Totals									Shooting				Per Game					Advanced
Rk	Player	Class	Pos	School	G	MP	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	2P%	3P%	FT%	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PER	WS	BPM
1	Verlyn Anderson	JR		Wichita State	30		55					69	176	.369			.667	5.9	1.8
2	Wayne Anderson			Oklahoma State	1		0					1	0	.000				0.0	0.0
3	Bobby Argunedo		G	Wichita State	9		7					3	13	.600			.250	1.4	0.8
4	Fred Babb	JR		Oklahoma State	22		20					37	55	.286			.596	2.5	0.9
5	V.R. Barnhouse	SO		Oklahoma State	27		63					47	110	.422			.596	4.1	2.3
6	Jackie Bell	JR		Houston	25		93					70	225	.293			.735	9.0	3.7
7	Bob Bennett			Saint Louis	12		9					12	15	.200			.750	1.3	0.8
8	Frank Bigham	JR		Oklahoma State	28		57					45	234	.387			.750	8.4	2.0
9	Ken Blizzard			Detroit Mercy	20		61					36	64	.413			.600	3.2	3.1
10	Wilburn Booher			Houston	13		13					5	11	.231			.625	0.8	1.0
11	Dick Boushka	JR		Saint Louis	18		153					51	386	.454			.715	21.4	8.5
12	Glenn Boyer	SO	G	Wichita State	7		6					1	10	.364			.500	1.4	0.9
13	_ Buenzow			Tulsa	14								43					3.1
14	Connie Burdick			Oklahoma State	4		5					3	5	.143			.750	1.3	1.3
15	Mervin Carman	JR		Wichita State	31		127					65	151	.365			.500	4.9	4.1
16	Leo Carney	SO		Wichita State	31		60					54	148	.376			.857	4.8	1.9
17	Clayton Carter	SO		Oklahoma State	29		108					72	230	.348			.654	7.9	3.7
18	Alex Chuk			Wichita State	20		16					17	27	.478			.714	1.4	0.8
19	_ Courter			Tulsa	29								240					8.3
20	Jerry Coyne			Detroit Mercy	13		8					17	14	.214			.400	1.1	0.6
					Totals									Shooting				Per Game					Advanced
Rk	Player	Class	Pos	School	G	MP	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	2P%	3P%	FT%	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PER	WS	BPM
21	Charles Currinder			Saint Louis	12		10					6	10	.231			.667	0.8	0.8
22	Bob Decker	JR		Detroit Mercy	28		188					97	222	.450			.658	7.9	6.7
23	Bob Dubinick	JR		Saint Louis	26		106					65	291	.334			.700	11.2	4.1
24	J.C. Duncan			Tulsa	28								84					3.0
25	Bill Elliott			Tulsa	27								58					2.1
26	George Fefles	JR		Detroit Mercy	27		110					100	240	.320			.696	8.9	4.1
27	Ray Field			Oklahoma State	4		1					1	1	.000			.500	0.3	0.3
28	Ed Fiut			Detroit Mercy	27		45					66	81	.328			.652	3.0	1.7
29	Jack Foster	SO	F	Houston	26		71					72	210	.326			.667	8.1	2.7
30	Tom Fuller	SR		Oklahoma State	29		120					81	293	.392			.674	10.1	4.1
31	Dick Glavin			Detroit Mercy	20		11					37	43	.609			.714	2.2	0.6
32	Ralph Goldstein	SO	G	Detroit Mercy	28		122					94	343	.351			.656	12.3	4.4
33	Jim Grigsby			Houston	1		4					1	7	.333			.556	7.0	4.0
34	Rod Grubb	SO	F	Wichita State	24		58					31	56	.264			.500	2.3	2.4
35	Jerry Hacker	JR		Tulsa	28								103					3.7
36	Dan Halling	SO	G	Detroit Mercy	28		80					88	305	.335			.669	10.9	2.9
37	Jim Hatton	JR		Houston	26		176					95	190	.299			.650	7.3	6.8
38	Bob Hendrick	SR		Oklahoma State	24		14					47	66	.395			.615	2.8	0.6
39	Bob Hodgson	SO	C	Wichita State	30		178					74	289	.420			.736	9.6	5.9
40	Les Hohl	SO		Saint Louis	23		31					18	66	.329			.500	2.9	1.3
					Totals									Shooting				Per Game					Advanced
Rk	Player	Class	Pos	School	G	MP	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	2P%	3P%	FT%	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PER	WS	BPM
41	Herb Hoskins	SO	G	Houston	17		9					16	40	.308			.667	2.4	0.5
42	_ Jenkins			Tulsa	29								119					4.1
43	Dean Kittman	JR	F	Houston	19		52					32	69	.288			.646	3.6	2.7
44	Bob Klostermeyer	SR		Saint Louis	26		90					97	192	.393			.511	7.4	3.5
45	Jerry Koch	JR		Saint Louis	25		502					92	273	.382			.711	10.9	20.1
46	Don Laketa	JR		Wichita State	30		146					74	185	.399			.641	6.2	4.9
47	Joe Landry			Detroit Mercy	24		57					55	47	.283			.481	2.0	2.4
48	Helm Lillis			Saint Louis	24		28					28	74	.379			.615	3.1	1.2
49	Cleo Littleton	JR		Wichita State	31		239					85	564	.429			.707	18.2	7.7
50	Lupe Lopez	SO	G	Houston	17		31					25	82	.338			.571	4.8	1.8
51	John Malone			Oklahoma State	2		0					3	2	.000			1.000	1.0	0.0
52	Tom Maloney	JR		Oklahoma State	28		47					65	112	.379			.635	4.0	1.7
53	Bob Mattick	SR		Oklahoma State	29		253					96	601	.556			.599	20.7	8.7
54	Jim McLaughlin	SO		Saint Louis	26		212					79	313	.388			.686	12.0	8.2
55	Jim McNerney	JR		Wichita State	30		158					73	272	.408			.659	9.1	5.3
56	Bob Mesec			Tulsa	29								71					2.4
57	Fred Moomau	SO		Oklahoma State	3		0					1	5	.000			1.000	1.7	0.0
58	Jack Mosher	SR	G	Houston	26		89					96	403	.357			.809	15.5	3.4
59	John Neumann			Saint Louis	4		0					1	2	.250				0.5	0.0
60	Dick Nunneley	SR		Tulsa	29								504					17.4
					Totals									Shooting				Per Game					Advanced
Rk	Player	Class	Pos	School	G	MP	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	2P%	3P%	FT%	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PER	WS	BPM
61	Jim Ossola			Saint Louis	8		2					4	3	.167			.500	0.4	0.3
62	Jose Palafox	JR		Houston	8		43					28	49	.246			.677	6.1	5.4
63	Bob Patterson	JR	F	Tulsa	29								481					16.6
64	Jim Paul			Saint Louis	8		4					8	6	.250			.500	0.8	0.5
65	Ron Pearson			Oklahoma State	3		0					2	0	.000				0.0	0.0
66	Dale Peier	SO		Oklahoma State	5		2					1	2	.500			.000	0.4	0.4
67	Jerry Pettiette			Houston	23		37					37	68	.247			.750	3.0	1.6
68	Marvin Placke			Houston	4		4					4	4	.000			.571	1.0	1.0
69	Ken Prather			Detroit Mercy	18		34					25	39	.286			.438	2.2	1.9
70	Chester Reams	SR		Oklahoma State	5		0					0	3	.000			.500	0.6	0.0
71	Dale Roark	SR		Oklahoma State	18		40					58	107	.354			.645	5.9	2.2
72	Bob Rochester			Houston	4		14					6	8	.000			.533	2.0	3.5
73	Paul Scheer	SR		Wichita State	30		85					89	350	.397			.813	11.7	2.8
74	Carl Shafer			Oklahoma State	7		3					7	0				.000	0.0	0.4
75	Gary Shivers	SR	C	Houston	26		331					56	405	.421			.638	15.6	12.7
76	Jack Shockley	SR		Saint Louis	19		63					38	67	.338			.722	3.5	3.3
77	Bill Slattery	JR		Saint Louis	24		26					34	52	.257			.727	2.2	1.1
78	Grady Smith	FR		Saint Louis	25		54					41	144	.338			.724	5.8	2.2
79	Guy Sparrow	JR		Detroit Mercy	28		340					105	549	.358			.609	19.6	12.1
80	_ Stewart			Tulsa	23								16					0.7
					Totals									Shooting				Per Game					Advanced
Rk	Player	Class	Pos	School	G	MP	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	2P%	3P%	FT%	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PER	WS	BPM
81	Jim Strathe	SO	F	Wichita State	27		43					43	75	.265			.596	2.8	1.6
82	Dean Sutcliffe			Wichita State	7		7					4	4	.000			.800	0.6	1.0
83	Gary Thompson	SR		Wichita State	24		43					80	145	.387			.605	6.0	1.8
84	Tippy Tucker	JR		Wichita State	9		9					5	16	.429			.222	1.8	1.0
85	Sam Wallin			Oklahoma State	4		0					2	0	.000			.000	0.0	0.0
86	John Yates			Tulsa	25								37					1.5

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