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1952-53 Kansas Jayhawks Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 19-6 (10-2, 1st in Big 7 MBB)

Rank: 3rd in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Phog Allen

PS/G: 72.5 (57th of 173)

PA/G: 63.4 (32nd of 173)

SRS: 16.26 (5th of 158)

SOS: 7.10 (14th of 158)

NCAA Tournament:
Won West Regional Semifinal (73-65) versus Oklahoma City
Won West Regional Final (61-55) versus Oklahoma State
Won National Semifinal (79-53) versus Washington
Lost National Final (69-68) versus Indiana

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
B.H. Born	JR		6-9	19.0 Pts, 11.2 Reb
Al Kelley	JR		5-11	12.9 Pts, 4.6 Reb
Dean Kelley	SR		5-11	9.7 Pts, 3.0 Reb
Harold Patterson	JR		6-1	9.5 Pts, 6.7 Reb
Gil Reich	SR		6-0	8.0 Pts, 3.6 Reb
Larry Davenport	SO		6-2	5.3 Pts, 1.8 Reb
Bill Heitholt	SO		6-3	3.3 Pts, 2.3 Reb
Dean Smith	SR	G	5-10	2.0 Pts, 1.1 Reb
Jerry Alberts	SO		6-3	1.8 Pts, 1.1 Reb
Eldon Nicholson	SO		6-6	1.7 Pts, 0.7 Reb
John Anderson	SO		6-2	1.3 Pts, 0.8 Reb
LaVannes Squires	JR		6-0	1.2 Pts, 0.6 Reb
Ken Buller	SR		5-11	0.7 Pts, 0.4 Reb
Marvin Deckert				1.0 Pts, 0.8 Reb
Jerry Taylor			6-3	0.8 Pts, 0.4 Reb
Wes Whitney	JR		6-3	1.0 Pts, 1.0 Reb
Jack Wolfe			5-8	0.7 Pts, 0.2 Reb
Everett Dye	JR		6-2	0.3 Pts, 0.3 Reb
Wes Johnson	JR		6-3	1.0 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	25		24.8	66.4	.374	22.8	34.6	.661	36.0					25.4	72.5
Opponent	25		19.6	55.7	.353	24.1	36.9	.652	34.7					21.9	63.4

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	12
Opponent	12

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	25		621	1659	.374	571	864	.661	899					634	1813
Opponent	25		491	1392	.353	602	923	.652	867					547	1584

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	12
Opponent	12

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	B.H. Born	25	6.5	16.2	.402	5.9	9.4	.632	11.2	4.4	19.0
2	Al Kelley	25	4.8	11.9	.403	3.3	4.7	.703	4.6	4.2	12.9
3	Dean Kelley	25	3.2	9.4	.343	3.2	4.6	.696	3.0	3.4	9.7
4	Harold Patterson	25	2.9	7.0	.415	3.6	5.5	.659	6.7	3.3	9.5
5	Gil Reich	22	2.8	8.2	.344	2.4	3.4	.707	3.6	2.8	8.0
6	Larry Davenport	25	2.2	5.4	.400	1.0	1.3	.781	1.8	1.5	5.3
7	Bill Heitholt	18	0.9	3.2	.276	1.5	2.2	.675	2.3	2.2	3.3
8	Dean Smith	25	0.6	2.2	.268	0.8	1.3	.594	1.1	1.6	2.0
9	Jerry Alberts	17	0.5	2.1	.257	0.7	1.3	.545	1.1	0.9	1.8
10	Eldon Nicholson	15	0.7	1.7	.400	0.3	0.7	.455	0.7	1.0	1.7
11	John Anderson	19	0.5	1.3	.360	0.3	0.7	.429	0.8	0.8	1.3
12	LaVannes Squires	10	0.4	0.7	.571	0.4	3.6	.111	0.6	0.6	1.2
13	Marvin Deckert	4	0.5	0.8	.667	0.0	0.0		0.8	0.0	1.0
14	Wes Johnson	2	0.5	2.0	.250	0.0	0.0		0.5	1.5	1.0
15	Wes Whitney	4	0.0	0.3	.000	1.0	1.0	1.000	1.0	0.8	1.0
16	Jerry Taylor	5	0.0	0.4	.000	0.8	0.8	1.000	0.4	0.4	0.8
17	Ken Buller	10	0.1	0.5	.200	0.5	1.6	.313	0.4	0.6	0.7
18	Jack Wolfe	6	0.0	0.5	.000	0.7	1.0	.667	0.2	0.2	0.7
19	Everett Dye	12	0.1	0.4	.200	0.1	0.3	.333	0.3	0.3	0.3

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	B.H. Born	25	163	405	.402	148	234	.632	280	111	474
2	Al Kelley	25	120	298	.403	83	118	.703	115	105	323
3	Dean Kelley	25	81	236	.343	80	115	.696	76	84	242
4	Harold Patterson	25	73	176	.415	91	138	.659	168	82	237
5	Gil Reich	22	62	180	.344	53	75	.707	80	62	177
6	Larry Davenport	25	54	135	.400	25	32	.781	45	38	133
7	Bill Heitholt	18	16	58	.276	27	40	.675	41	39	59
8	Dean Smith	25	15	56	.268	19	32	.594	27	41	49
9	Jerry Alberts	17	9	35	.257	12	22	.545	18	16	30
10	Eldon Nicholson	15	10	25	.400	5	11	.455	10	15	25
11	John Anderson	19	9	25	.360	6	14	.429	15	16	24
12	LaVannes Squires	10	4	7	.571	4	36	.111	6	6	12
13	Ken Buller	10	1	5	.200	5	16	.313	4	6	7
14	Marvin Deckert	4	2	3	.667	0	0		3	0	4
15	Jerry Taylor	5	0	2	.000	4	4	1.000	2	2	4
16	Wes Whitney	4	0	1	.000	4	4	1.000	4	3	4
17	Jack Wolfe	6	0	3	.000	4	6	.667	1	1	4
18	Everett Dye	12	1	5	.200	1	3	.333	3	4	3
19	Wes Johnson	2	1	4	.250	0	0		1	3	2
	School Totals	25	621	1659	.374	571	864	.661	899	634	1813

1952-53 Kansas (Men's) Season