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1956-57 California Golden Bears Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 21-5 (14-2, 1st in PCC MBB)

Rank: 13th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Pete Newell

PS/G: 67.8 (128th of 176)

PA/G: 57.1 (4th of 176)

SRS: 10.41 (15th of 167)

SOS: -0.36 (90th of 167)

NCAA Tournament:
Won West Regional Semifinal (86-59) versus Brigham Young
Lost West Regional Final (50-46) versus San Francisco

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Height	Summary
Larry Friend	SR	6-4	18.9 Pts, 6.0 Reb
Earl Robinson	JR	6-1	12.2 Pts, 4.6 Reb
Duane Asplund	SR	6-7	11.4 Pts, 8.0 Reb
Mike Diaz	SR	5-11	4.8 Pts, 1.2 Reb
Don McIntosh	JR	6-6	5.9 Pts, 5.8 Reb
Ev McKeen	JR	6-3	4.2 Pts, 4.1 Reb
Gabe Arrillaga	SR	6-0	3.7 Pts, 1.8 Reb
Al Buch	SO	6-2	3.6 Pts, 1.6 Reb
Jack Grout	SO	6-5	3.7 Pts, 2.5 Reb
Joe Hagler	SR	6-8	2.6 Pts, 3.0 Reb
Joe Kapp	SO	6-3	1.8 Pts, 1.3 Reb
George Sterling	JR	6-4	1.1 Pts, 0.6 Reb
Bernie Simpson	JR	6-0	0.6 Pts, 0.7 Reb
Denny Bertelsman		6-0	0.8 Pts, 0.2 Reb
Bob Dalton	SO	6-3	0.0 Pts, 0.5 Reb

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	26		24.3	61.0	.398	19.3	28.0	.690	39.1					17.0	67.8
Opponent	26		18.7	51.0	.368	19.9	28.3	.701	36.5					16.3	57.1

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	16														68.3
Opponent	16														59.4

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	26		631	1586	.398	502	728	.690	1016					442	1764
Opponent	26		487	1325	.368	517	737	.701	950					425	1484

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	16														1092
Opponent	16														951

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Larry Friend	26	6.8	15.3	.446	5.3	7.3	.725	6.0	2.2	18.9
2	Earl Robinson	26	4.5	10.5	.431	3.1	4.5	.686	4.6	2.3	12.2
3	Duane Asplund	24	4.2	11.3	.370	3.0	3.9	.785	8.0	2.3	11.4
4	Don McIntosh	20	2.4	6.0	.403	1.1	1.7	.618	5.8	2.0	5.9
5	Mike Diaz	25	1.3	3.5	.375	2.1	2.9	.726	1.2	1.8	4.8
6	Ev McKeen	23	1.7	3.8	.432	0.9	1.6	.568	4.1	1.8	4.2
7	Gabe Arrillaga	26	1.5	4.2	.352	0.8	1.7	.455	1.8	1.7	3.7
8	Jack Grout	20	1.1	3.2	.328	1.6	2.2	.721	2.5	0.9	3.7
9	Al Buch	21	0.9	2.7	.333	1.8	2.6	.704	1.6	1.2	3.6
10	Joe Hagler	21	1.1	2.6	.436	0.3	0.7	.467	3.0	1.6	2.6
11	Joe Kapp	18	0.6	2.1	.270	0.7	0.9	.706	1.3	1.1	1.8
12	George Sterling	7	0.3	0.9	.333	0.6	0.9	.667	0.6	0.3	1.1
13	Denny Bertelsman	5	0.4	0.6	.667	0.0	0.0		0.2	0.2	0.8
14	Bernie Simpson	10	0.1	1.3	.077	0.4	0.5	.800	0.7	0.9	0.6
15	Bob Dalton	4	0.0	0.8	.000	0.0	0.0		0.5	0.0	0.0

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Larry Friend	26	177	397	.446	137	189	.725	156	56	491
2	Earl Robinson	26	118	274	.431	81	118	.686	119	61	317
3	Duane Asplund	24	100	270	.370	73	93	.785	192	56	273
4	Mike Diaz	25	33	88	.375	53	73	.726	31	44	119
5	Don McIntosh	20	48	119	.403	21	34	.618	116	40	117
6	Ev McKeen	23	38	88	.432	21	37	.568	94	42	97
7	Gabe Arrillaga	26	38	108	.352	20	44	.455	47	44	96
8	Al Buch	21	19	57	.333	38	54	.704	34	25	76
9	Jack Grout	20	21	64	.328	31	43	.721	50	17	73
10	Joe Hagler	21	24	55	.436	7	15	.467	62	34	55
11	Joe Kapp	18	10	37	.270	12	17	.706	24	20	32
12	George Sterling	7	2	6	.333	4	6	.667	4	2	8
13	Bernie Simpson	10	1	13	.077	4	5	.800	7	9	6
14	Denny Bertelsman	5	2	3	.667	0	0		1	1	4
15	Bob Dalton	4	0	3	.000	0	0		2	0	0
	School Totals	26	631	1586	.398	502	728	.690	1016	442	1764

1956-57 California (Men's) Season