1967-68 Houston Cougars Roster and Stats

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Record: 31-2 (Independent)

Rank: 1st in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Guy Lewis

PS/G: 97.8 (1st of 190)

PA/G: 72.5 (66th of 190)

SRS: 24.04 (2nd of 189)

SOS: 1.65 (70th of 189)

NCAA Tournament:
Won Midwest First Round (94-76) versus Loyola (IL)
Won Midwest Regional Semifinal (91-75) versus Louisville
Won Midwest Regional Final (103-68) versus TCU
Lost National Semifinal (101-69) versus UCLA
Lost National Third Place (89-85) versus Ohio State

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Elvin Hayes	SR	C	6-9	36.8 Pts, 18.9 Reb, 1.8 Ast
Ken Spain	JR	C	6-9	14.2 Pts, 12.8 Reb, 2.6 Ast
Theodis Lee	JR	F	6-8	13.9 Pts, 7.9 Reb, 3.8 Ast
Don Chaney	SR	G	6-5	13.0 Pts, 5.8 Reb, 3.8 Ast
George Reynolds		G	6-4	10.0 Pts, 4.9 Reb, 5.6 Ast
Tom Gribben	SO	G	6-2	3.3 Pts, 2.3 Reb, 1.1 Ast
Vern Lewis		G	5-11	2.8 Pts, 1.0 Reb, 2.9 Ast
Niemer Hamood	JR	G	6-0	3.2 Pts, 0.7 Reb, 1.1 Ast
Carlos Bell		F	6-5	3.1 Pts, 2.2 Reb, 0.5 Ast
Larry Cooper		F	6-6	1.4 Pts, 1.1 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Billy Bane		G	6-2	0.2 Pts, 0.8 Reb, 0.7 Ast
Kent Taylor			6-2	0.3 Pts, 0.8 Reb, 0.3 Ast

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	33		41.0	85.1	.481	15.8	25.8	.614	62.8					16.3	97.8
Opponent	33		28.7	74.2	.387	15.1	21.2	.711	43.0					18.5	72.5

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	33		1352	2808	.481	522	850	.614	2074					537	3226
Opponent	33		947	2449	.387	497	699	.711	1418					609	2391

Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Elvin Hayes	33	38.5	15.7	28.6	.549	5.3	8.6	.618	18.9	1.8	2.7	36.8
2	Ken Spain	33	36.0	5.8	12.3	.470	2.8	4.8	.586	12.8	2.6	2.7	14.2
3	Theodis Lee	33	30.9	6.2	14.1	.436	1.6	3.0	.545	7.9	3.8	2.6	13.9
4	Don Chaney	33	30.6	5.7	13.1	.439	1.5	2.5	.595	5.8	3.8	2.9	13.0
5	George Reynolds	28	28.8	3.8	7.0	.538	2.4	3.3	.731	4.9	5.6	2.5	10.0
6	Tom Gribben	30	10.5	1.3	3.9	.328	0.7	1.1	.667	2.3	1.1	1.5	3.3
7	Niemer Hamood	25	7.2	1.2	2.6	.477	0.7	0.9	.773	0.7	1.1	0.6	3.2
8	Carlos Bell	23	5.3	1.2	2.3	.509	0.7	1.0	.708	2.2	0.5	0.8	3.1
9	Vern Lewis	33	14.5	1.1	2.8	.385	0.7	1.2	.605	1.0	2.9	0.8	2.8
10	Larry Cooper	18	3.1	0.6	1.2	.500	0.2	0.6	.300	1.1	0.1	0.4	1.4
11	Kent Taylor	8	2.1	0.1	1.0	.125	0.0	0.3	.000	0.8	0.3	0.4	0.3
12	Billy Bane	11	4.5	0.1	0.8	.111	0.0	0.3	.000	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.2

Totals

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Elvin Hayes	33	1270	519	945	.549	176	285	.618	624	59	90	1214
2	Ken Spain	33	1188	191	406	.470	92	157	.586	422	87	88	469
3	Theodis Lee	33	1020	203	466	.436	54	99	.545	260	125	87	460
4	Don Chaney	33	1010	189	431	.439	50	84	.595	191	125	97	428
5	George Reynolds	28	807	106	197	.538	68	93	.731	136	157	71	280
6	Tom Gribben	30	315	38	116	.328	22	33	.667	70	34	44	98
7	Vern Lewis	33	477	35	91	.385	23	38	.605	34	95	28	93
8	Niemer Hamood	25	181	31	65	.477	17	22	.773	17	27	16	79
9	Carlos Bell	23	122	27	53	.509	17	24	.708	50	11	18	71
10	Larry Cooper	18	55	11	22	.500	3	10	.300	20	2	7	25
11	Billy Bane	11	50	1	9	.111	0	3	.000	9	8	7	2
12	Kent Taylor	8	17	1	8	.125	0	2	.000	6	2	3	2
	School Totals	33		1352	2808	.481	522	850	.614	2074		537	3226

Per 40 Minutes

Per 40 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Elvin Hayes	33	1270	16.3	29.8	.549	5.5	9.0	.618	19.7	1.9	2.8	38.2
2	Carlos Bell	23	122	8.9	17.4	.509	5.6	7.9	.708	16.4	3.6	5.9	23.3
3	Larry Cooper	18	55	8.0	16.0	.500	2.2	7.3	.300	14.5	1.5	5.1	18.2
4	Theodis Lee	33	1020	8.0	18.3	.436	2.1	3.9	.545	10.2	4.9	3.4	18.0
5	Niemer Hamood	25	181	6.9	14.4	.477	3.8	4.9	.773	3.8	6.0	3.5	17.5
6	Don Chaney	33	1010	7.5	17.1	.439	2.0	3.3	.595	7.6	5.0	3.8	17.0
7	Ken Spain	33	1188	6.4	13.7	.470	3.1	5.3	.586	14.2	2.9	3.0	15.8
8	George Reynolds	28	807	5.3	9.8	.538	3.4	4.6	.731	6.7	7.8	3.5	13.9
9	Tom Gribben	30	315	4.8	14.7	.328	2.8	4.2	.667	8.9	4.3	5.6	12.4
10	Vern Lewis	33	477	2.9	7.6	.385	1.9	3.2	.605	2.9	8.0	2.3	7.8
11	Kent Taylor	8	17	2.4	18.8	.125	0.0	4.7	.000	14.1	4.7	7.1	4.7
12	Billy Bane	11	50	0.8	7.2	.111	0.0	2.4	.000	7.2	6.4	5.6	1.6

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