1951-52 Kansas Jayhawks Roster and Stats

Record: 28-3 (11-1, 1st in Big 7)

PS/G: 64.1 (51st of 94)

PA/G: 52.1 (19th of 89)

SRS: 15.83 (4th of 156)

SOS: 2.54 (57th of 156)

NCAA Tournament:
Won West Regional Semifinal (68-64) versus Texas Christian
Won West Regional Final (74-55) versus Saint Louis
Won West National Semifinal (74-55) versus Santa Clara
Won National Final (80-63) versus St. John's (NY)

NCAA Champion
Big 7 Reg Season Champ

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Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Clyde Lovellette		C	6-9	28.4 Pts, 12.8 Reb, 1.9 Ast
Bob Kenney		F	6-2	13.7 Pts, 3.7 Reb, 1.3 Ast
Bill Hougland		F	6-4	7.1 Pts, 3.3 Reb, 1.2 Ast
Dean Kelley			5-11	6.0 Pts, 3.3 Reb, 1.8 Ast
Bill Lienhard		F	6-5	5.8 Pts, 3.2 Reb, 1.4 Ast
Charlie Hoag			6-3	4.7 Pts, 2.8 Reb, 1.6 Ast
John Keller			6-3	2.3 Pts, 2.5 Reb, 1.2 Ast
B.H. Born			6-9	1.8 Pts, 1.1 Reb, 1.0 Ast
Bill Heitholt	FR		6-3	1.6 Pts, 2.0 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Larry Davenport	FR		6-2	1.5 Pts, 1.0 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Dean Smith			5-10	1.4 Pts, 0.6 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Everett Dye			6-2	0.8 Pts, 0.4 Reb, 0.2 Ast
LaVannes Squires			6-0	0.7 Pts, 0.6 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Wes Johnson			6-3	0.5 Pts, 0.5 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Jerry Alberts	FR		6-3	0.7 Pts, 0.6 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Al Kelley			5-11	0.2 Pts, 0.3 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Dean Wells		F	6-0	0.0 Pts, 0.0 Reb, 0.0 Ast

Team and Opponent Stats

Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	PTS/G
Team	31		748	1906	.392	491	707	.694			1011	305				631	1987	64.1
Opponent	31		599	1845	.325	417	639	.653			917					687	1615	52.1

Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Clyde Lovellette	28	11.3	23.6	.477	5.9	8.0	.737	12.8	1.9	3.7	28.4
2	Bob Kenney	27	4.8	13.0	.370	4.1	5.1	.803	3.7	1.3	2.4	13.7
3	Bill Hougland	27	2.7	6.7	.411	1.6	2.2	.729	3.3	1.2	3.4	7.1
4	Dean Kelley	28	2.2	5.7	.381	1.6	2.7	.600	3.3	1.8	2.8	6.0
5	Bill Lienhard	26	2.3	7.5	.308	1.2	1.8	.696	3.2	1.4	2.5	5.8
6	Charlie Hoag	18	1.8	6.4	.276	1.1	2.1	.541	2.8	1.6	2.6	4.7
7	John Keller	21	0.7	1.8	.378	1.0	1.2	.808	2.5	1.2	1.7	2.3
8	B.H. Born	26	0.5	1.5	.350	0.7	1.2	.600	1.1	1.0	1.5	1.8
9	Bill Heitholt	27	0.5	2.2	.237	0.6	1.2	.455	2.0	0.1	1.2	1.6
10	Larry Davenport	21	0.6	1.6	.353	0.3	0.5	.700	1.0	0.4	0.6	1.5
11	Dean Smith	18	0.5	1.1	.450	0.4	0.9	.500	0.6	0.3	0.8	1.4
12	Everett Dye	11	0.3	1.5	.188	0.3	0.4	.750	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.8
13	Jerry Alberts	9	0.2	0.7	.333	0.2	0.4	.500	0.6	0.0	1.0	0.7
14	LaVannes Squires	13	0.3	1.1	.286	0.1	0.2	.500	0.6	0.2	0.8	0.7
15	Wes Johnson	13	0.2	0.3	.500	0.2	0.5	.500	0.5	0.2	0.4	0.5
16	Al Kelley	12	0.1	0.6	.143	0.0	0.3	.000	0.3	0.0	0.9	0.2
17	Dean Wells	1	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0

Totals

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