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1957-58 Kentucky Wildcats Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 23-6 (12-2, 1st in SEC MBB)

Rank: 9th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Adolph Rupp

PS/G: 74.7 (31st of 183)

PA/G: 62.7 (31st of 183)

SRS: 15.95 (3rd of 173)

SOS: 3.92 (26th of 173)

NCAA Tournament:
Won Mideast Regional Semifinal (94-70) versus Miami (OH)
Won Mideast Regional Final (89-56) versus Notre Dame
Won National Semifinal (61-60) versus Temple
Won National Final (84-72) versus Seattle

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Vernon Hatton	SR	G	6-3	17.1 Pts, 5.0 Reb
Johnny Cox	JR	F	6-4	14.9 Pts, 12.6 Reb
John Crigler	SR	F	6-3	13.6 Pts, 9.9 Reb
Adrian Smith	SR	G	6-0	12.4 Pts, 3.5 Reb
Ed Beck	SR	C	6-7	5.6 Pts, 11.6 Reb
Earl Adkins	SR	G	6-4	5.3 Pts, 1.5 Reb
Phil Johnson	JR	C	6-5	3.4 Pts, 5.7 Reb
Don Mills	SO	C	6-7	3.5 Pts, 5.0 Reb
Billy Ray Cassady	SR	G	6-2	2.4 Pts, 0.7 Reb
Lowell Hughes	SO	G	6-0	3.3 Pts, 1.0 Reb
Abe Collinsworth		G	6-3	1.5 Pts, 1.1 Reb
Harold Ross	SR	G	6-2	1.3 Pts, 0.3 Reb
Dick Howe	JR	C	6-5	0.5 Pts, 2.0 Reb
Bill Smith	SR	F	6-5	0.4 Pts, 1.8 Reb
Lincoln Collinsworth	SR	G	6-3

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	29		28.7	77.0	.373	17.3	23.4	.738	53.9					16.3	74.7
Opponent	29		23.8	67.1	.355	15.1	21.9	.688	42.3					17.0	62.7

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														74.6
Opponent	14														61.0

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	29		832	2233	.373	502	680	.738	1562					474	2166
Opponent	29		690	1945	.355	437	635	.688	1227					494	1817

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														1044
Opponent	14														854

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Vernon Hatton	29	6.6	15.8	.419	3.9	5.0	.778	5.0	2.0	17.1
2	Johnny Cox	29	6.0	16.2	.367	3.0	4.0	.748	12.6	2.3	14.9
3	John Crigler	28	5.8	14.3	.405	2.1	2.9	.707	9.9	2.6	13.6
4	Adrian Smith	29	4.1	11.0	.371	4.3	5.6	.765	3.5	2.9	12.4
5	Ed Beck	29	2.1	7.6	.283	1.3	1.9	.722	11.6	2.9	5.6
6	Earl Adkins	19	2.1	4.5	.453	1.2	1.6	.742	1.5	1.9	5.3
7	Don Mills	20	1.3	5.0	.253	1.0	1.6	.625	5.0	1.1	3.5
8	Phil Johnson	22	1.4	4.5	.306	0.7	1.3	.517	5.7	1.1	3.4
9	Lowell Hughes	7	1.0	2.7	.368	1.3	1.4	.900	1.0	0.6	3.3
10	Billy Ray Cassady	14	1.1	2.5	.429	0.3	0.4	.667	0.7	0.8	2.4
11	Abe Collinsworth	15	0.4	1.3	.316	0.7	0.9	.769	1.1	0.5	1.5
12	Harold Ross	3	0.3	0.7	.500	0.7	0.7	1.000	0.3	0.3	1.3
13	Dick Howe	4	0.3	1.3	.200	0.0	0.0		2.0	0.3	0.5
14	Bill Smith	5	0.2	0.8	.250	0.0	0.0		1.8	0.2	0.4
15	Lincoln Collinsworth

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Vernon Hatton	29	192	458	.419	112	144	.778	144	58	496
2	Johnny Cox	29	173	471	.367	86	115	.748	365	68	432
3	John Crigler	28	162	400	.405	58	82	.707	278	73	382
4	Adrian Smith	29	118	318	.371	124	162	.765	101	83	360
5	Ed Beck	29	62	219	.283	39	54	.722	337	83	163
6	Earl Adkins	19	39	86	.453	23	31	.742	29	37	101
7	Phil Johnson	22	30	98	.306	15	29	.517	126	24	75
8	Don Mills	20	25	99	.253	20	32	.625	99	21	70
9	Billy Ray Cassady	14	15	35	.429	4	6	.667	10	11	34
10	Lowell Hughes	7	7	19	.368	9	10	.900	7	4	23
11	Abe Collinsworth	15	6	19	.316	10	13	.769	17	8	22
12	Harold Ross	3	1	2	.500	2	2	1.000	1	1	4
13	Dick Howe	4	1	5	.200	0	0		8	1	2
14	Bill Smith	5	1	4	.250	0	0		9	1	2
15	Lincoln Collinsworth
	School Totals	29	832	2233	.373	502	680	.738	1562	474	2166