1967-68 Houston Cougars Roster and Stats

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 Texas Christian
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				0.3 Pts, 0.8 Reb, 0.3 Ast

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

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 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