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1953-54 Kentucky Wildcats Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 25-0 (14-0, 1st in SEC MBB)

Rank: 1st in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Adolph Rupp

PS/G: 87.5 (2nd of 173)

PA/G: 60.3 (18th of 173)

SRS: 26.72 (1st of 160)

SOS: -0.44 (87th of 160)

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Cliff Hagan	SR	G	6-4	24.0 Pts, 13.5 Reb
Frank Ramsey	SR	G	6-3	19.6 Pts, 8.8 Reb
Lou Tsioropoulos	SR	F	6-5	14.5 Pts, 9.6 Reb
Bill Evans	JR	G	6-1	8.8 Pts, 7.2 Reb
Gayle Rose	JR	G	6-0	6.7 Pts, 1.3 Reb
Phil Grawemeyer	SO	F	6-8	5.9 Pts, 6.1 Reb
Linville Puckett	SO		6-0	5.1 Pts, 2.2 Reb
Bill Bibb	SO		6-4	1.7 Pts, 1.6 Reb
Jerry Bird	SO	F	6-6	3.5 Pts, 3.0 Reb
Hugh Coy	SO		6-1	1.4 Pts, 1.1 Reb
Jess Curry	SO		5-11	0.9 Pts, 0.4 Reb
Dan Chandler	SO	G	5-11	1.0 Pts, 0.0 Reb
Harold Hurst	SO	C	6-7	0.9 Pts, 2.7 Reb
Willie Rouse	JR	G	6-0	1.2 Pts, 0.2 Reb
Clay Evans	SO		5-9	0.6 Pts, 0.3 Reb
Pete Grigsby	SO		5-10	0.3 Pts, 0.7 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		33.2	86.5	.383	21.2	31.2	.678	52.7					23.3	87.5
Opponent	25		19.2	63.0	.306	21.8	34.9	.626	34.0					20.0	60.3

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														94.2
Opponent	14														58.3

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	25		829	2162	.383	529	780	.678	1318					582	2187
Opponent	25		481	1574	.306	546	872	.626	851					500	1508

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														1319
Opponent	14														816

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Cliff Hagan	25	9.4	20.6	.455	5.3	7.6	.691	13.5	3.2	24.0
2	Frank Ramsey	25	7.2	17.2	.416	5.3	7.2	.729	8.8	3.3	19.6
3	Lou Tsioropoulos	25	5.5	15.6	.351	3.6	5.2	.690	9.6	3.6	14.5
4	Bill Evans	25	3.4	9.2	.372	2.0	2.5	.778	7.2	2.6	8.8
5	Gayle Rose	23	2.4	7.0	.346	1.8	2.8	.646	1.3	2.9	6.7
6	Phil Grawemeyer	25	2.6	6.9	.372	0.8	1.4	.543	6.1	2.5	5.9
7	Linville Puckett	24	1.8	6.2	.295	1.5	2.2	.673	2.2	2.2	5.1
8	Jerry Bird	4	1.0	4.3	.235	1.5	2.0	.750	3.0	2.5	3.5
9	Bill Bibb	16	0.6	2.0	.313	0.4	0.8	.583	1.6	0.8	1.7
10	Hugh Coy	10	0.4	1.4	.286	0.6	1.0	.600	1.1	2.0	1.4
11	Willie Rouse	5	0.4	1.8	.222	0.4	0.8	.500	0.2	1.0	1.2
12	Dan Chandler	7	0.3	0.7	.400	0.4	0.4	1.000	0.0	1.0	1.0
13	Jess Curry	9	0.2	1.9	.118	0.4	0.9	.500	0.4	0.9	0.9
14	Harold Hurst	7	0.3	1.3	.222	0.3	1.7	.167	2.7	0.6	0.9
15	Clay Evans	7	0.3	0.7	.400	0.0	0.6	.000	0.3	1.0	0.6
16	Pete Grigsby	3	0.0	0.7	.000	0.3	0.7	.500	0.7	0.0	0.3

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Cliff Hagan	25	234	514	.455	132	191	.691	338	80	600
2	Frank Ramsey	25	179	430	.416	132	181	.729	221	83	490
3	Lou Tsioropoulos	25	137	390	.351	89	129	.690	240	90	363
4	Bill Evans	25	86	231	.372	49	63	.778	180	65	221
5	Gayle Rose	23	56	162	.346	42	65	.646	31	67	154
6	Phil Grawemeyer	25	64	172	.372	19	35	.543	152	63	147
7	Linville Puckett	24	44	149	.295	35	52	.673	53	52	123
8	Bill Bibb	16	10	32	.313	7	12	.583	25	13	27
9	Jerry Bird	4	4	17	.235	6	8	.750	12	10	14
10	Hugh Coy	10	4	14	.286	6	10	.600	11	20	14
11	Jess Curry	9	2	17	.118	4	8	.500	4	8	8
12	Dan Chandler	7	2	5	.400	3	3	1.000	0	7	7
13	Harold Hurst	7	2	9	.222	2	12	.167	19	4	6
14	Willie Rouse	5	2	9	.222	2	4	.500	1	5	6
15	Clay Evans	7	2	5	.400	0	4	.000	2	7	4
16	Pete Grigsby	3	0	2	.000	1	2	.500	2	0	1
	School Totals	25	829	2162	.383	529	780	.678	1318	582	2187

1953-54 Kentucky (Men's) Season