1956-57 BYU Cougars Roster and Stats

Overall: 19-9 .679 W-L% (36th of 167)

Conference: 11-3, 1st in MSAC

Coach: Stan Watts (19-9)

PS/G: 70.9 (92nd of 167)

PA/G: 67.4 (44th of 167)

SRS: 2.99 (55th of 167)

SOS: -0.19 (86th of 167)

NCAA Tournament:
Lost West Regional Semifinal (86-59) versus University of California
Won West Regional Third Place (65-54) versus Idaho State

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Pos	Height	Summary
Harry Anderson		5-11	10.4 Pts, 5.0 Reb
Jack Anderson		6-6	0.6 Pts, 1.0 Reb
John Benson		6-4	18.4 Pts, 11.3 Reb
Jack Cravens		6-3	0.7 Pts, 0.8 Reb
John Gustin		6-5	2.8 Pts, 2.9 Reb
Hal Jensen		6-3	1.9 Pts, 0.9 Reb
Russ Jones		6-5	4.9 Pts, 4.5 Reb
Gary Miles	C	6-5	0.9 Pts, 1.5 Reb
Russ Peterson	G	6-1	2.4 Pts, 0.5 Reb
Bob Ricks		6-5	4.0 Pts
Lynn Rowe		6-3	8.9 Pts, 7.4 Reb
Tom Steinke		5-10	19.7 Pts, 3.8 Reb
Roy Thacker	C	6-4	8.0 Pts, 7.0 Reb
Mel Wilkes		6-0	1.9 Pts, 1.6 Reb

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Tom Steinke	26	7.8	21.7	.359	4.0	4.8	.847	3.8	1.4	19.7
2	John Benson	28	6.2	15.3	.405	6.1	7.6	.802	11.3	3.5	18.4
3	Harry Anderson	28	3.1	10.3	.307	4.1	6.4	.639	5.0	2.4	10.4
4	Lynn Rowe	28	3.3	9.0	.365	2.4	3.1	.767	7.4	2.0	8.9
5	Roy Thacker	26	2.4	6.7	.362	3.1	4.3	.730	7.0	3.3	8.0
6	Russ Jones	10	1.9	4.0	.475	1.1	1.8	.611	4.5	2.0	4.9
7	Bob Ricks	1	2.0	3.0	.667		1.0				4.0
8	John Gustin	23	1.0	4.5	.233	0.7	1.0	.708	2.9	2.1	2.8
9	Russ Peterson	10	0.5	1.5	.333	1.4	2.2	.636	0.5	1.2	2.4
10	Hal Jensen	13	0.6	2.2	.286	0.7	1.2	.600	0.9	1.2	1.9
11	Mel Wilkes	12	0.5	1.6	.316	0.9	1.3	.688	1.6	0.8	1.9
12	Gary Miles	13	0.2	1.4	.111	0.6	1.2	.533	1.5	1.2	0.9
13	Jack Cravens	6	0.2	0.7	.250	0.3	0.7	.500	0.8	0.3	0.7
14	Jack Anderson	9	0.2	1.7	.133	0.1	0.8	.143	1.0	1.6	0.6