1961-62 Cincinnati Bearcats Roster and Stats

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Record: 29-2 (10-2, 1st in MVC)

Rank: 2nd in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Ed Jucker

PS/G: 72.2 (73rd of 173)

PA/G: 55.1 (5th of 173)

SRS: 22.85 (2nd of 178)

SOS: 5.92 (14th of 178)

NCAA Tournament:
Won Midwest Regional Semifinal (66-46) versus Creighton
Won Midwest Regional Final (73-46) versus Colorado
Won National Semifinal (72-70) versus UCLA
Won National Final (71-59) versus Ohio State

NCAA Champion
MVC Reg Season Champ

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Paul Hogue	SR	C	6-9	16.8 Pts, 12.4 Reb
Ron Bonham	SO	F	6-5	14.3 Pts, 5.0 Reb
Tom Thacker	JR	F	6-2	11.0 Pts, 8.6 Reb
George Wilson	SO	C	6-8	9.2 Pts, 8.0 Reb
Tony Yates	JR	G	6-1	8.2 Pts, 3.0 Reb
Fred Dierking	SR	F	6-6	4.1 Pts, 2.9 Reb
Larry Shingleton	JR	G	5-10	3.9 Pts, 1.4 Reb
Dale Heidotting	JR	F	6-8	3.1 Pts, 2.3 Reb
Tom Sizer	SR	G	6-2	2.7 Pts, 1.3 Reb
Jim Calhoun	SR	G	6-0	1.7 Pts, 0.4 Reb
Ron Reis	SR	C	6-10	0.5 Pts, 0.1 Reb
Larry Elsasser	SO	G	6-2	0.5 Pts, 0.5 Reb
Bill Abernethy	SO	F	6-5	0.7 Pts, 0.7 Reb

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	31		28.4	63.5	.447	15.5	24.5	.632	49.5					14.3	72.2
Opponent	31		21.4	58.0	.369	12.3	17.9	.685	36.8					18.2	55.1

Total Team and Opponent Stats

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	31		879	1967	.447	480	759	.632	1536					442	2238
Opponent	31		663	1799	.369	381	556	.685	1142					563	1707

Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Paul Hogue	31	6.8	13.7	.498	3.2	5.6	.566	12.4	2.9	16.8
2	Ron Bonham	31	5.6	12.3	.455	3.1	4.0	.760	5.0	1.8	14.3
3	Tom Thacker	31	4.3	10.7	.405	2.4	3.9	.612	8.6	1.8	11.0
4	George Wilson	31	3.5	7.0	.505	2.2	3.3	.663	8.0	1.8	9.2
5	Tony Yates	31	3.1	8.2	.383	2.0	2.9	.670	3.0	1.8	8.2
6	Fred Dierking	28	1.5	3.5	.433	1.1	1.8	.588	2.9	1.1	4.1
7	Larry Shingleton	25	1.7	4.0	.416	0.6	1.0	.560	1.4	0.8	3.9
8	Dale Heidotting	22	1.1	2.1	.511	0.9	1.6	.571	2.3	1.0	3.1
9	Tom Sizer	25	1.0	2.3	.456	0.6	1.0	.625	1.3	1.8	2.7
10	Jim Calhoun	18	0.8	2.1	.368	0.1	0.2	.667	0.4	0.4	1.7
11	Bill Abernethy	3	0.3	1.3	.250	0.0	0.0		0.7	0.3	0.7
12	Larry Elsasser	10	0.2	0.7	.286	0.1	0.4	.250	0.5	0.1	0.5
13	Ron Reis	15	0.2	0.7	.300	0.1	0.3	.500	0.1	0.3	0.5

Totals

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Paul Hogue	31	211	424	.498	99	175	.566	383	91	521
2	Ron Bonham	31	174	382	.455	95	125	.760	156	55	443
3	Tom Thacker	31	134	331	.405	74	121	.612	266	55	342
4	George Wilson	31	109	216	.505	67	101	.663	248	55	285
5	Tony Yates	31	97	253	.383	61	91	.670	94	55	255
6	Fred Dierking	28	42	97	.433	30	51	.588	81	32	114
7	Larry Shingleton	25	42	101	.416	14	25	.560	34	20	98
8	Dale Heidotting	22	24	47	.511	20	35	.571	50	22	68
9	Tom Sizer	25	26	57	.456	15	24	.625	33	45	67
10	Jim Calhoun	18	14	38	.368	2	3	.667	7	7	30
11	Ron Reis	15	3	10	.300	2	4	.500	2	4	8
12	Larry Elsasser	10	2	7	.286	1	4	.250	5	1	5
13	Bill Abernethy	3	1	4	.250	0	0		2	1	2
	School Totals	31	879	1967	.447	480	759	.632	1536	442	2238

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