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1948-49 Kentucky Wildcats Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 32-2 (13-0, 1st in SEC MBB)

Rank: 1st in the Final AP Poll

PS/G: 68.2 (6th of 170)

PA/G: 45.0 (9th of 170)

NCAA Tournament:
Won East Regional Semifinal (85-72) versus Villanova
Won East Regional Final (76-47) versus Illinois
Won National Final (46-36) versus Oklahoma State

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Alex Groza	SR	C	6-7	20.5 Pts
Ralph Beard	SR	G	5-10.5	10.9 Pts
Wah Wah Jones	SR	F	6-4	9.7 Pts
Cliff Barker	SR	G	6-1.5	7.3 Pts
Dale Barnstable	JR	F	6-2.5	6.1 Pts
James Line	JR	F	6-2	5.9 Pts
Walter Hirsch	SO	F	6-3	4.6 Pts
Roger Day	SO	F	6-2	2.7 Pts
Johnny Stough	JR	G	6-0	1.5 Pts
Garland Townes	SO	G	6-0	1.9 Pts
Al Bruno		F		2.2 Pts
Robert Henne	SO	G	6-1	0.8 Pts

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	34		26.6	81.1	.328	15.1	21.4	.706						18.7	68.2
Opponent	34		15.8	65.2	.243	13.4	22.2	.601					45.0	18.7	45.0

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	13
Opponent	13

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	34		903	2756	.328	514	728	.706						636	2320
Opponent	34		538	2216	.243	454	756	.601					1530	635	1530

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	13
Opponent	13

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	PF	PTS
1	Alex Groza	34	7.6	18.0	.423	5.3	7.3	.726	3.0	20.5
2	Ralph Beard	34	4.2	14.1	.299	2.4	3.4	.713	1.6	10.9
3	Wah Wah Jones	32	4.1	13.8	.295	1.5	2.3	.653	2.8	9.7
4	Cliff Barker	34	2.8	9.3	.298	1.8	2.6	.682	2.9	7.3
5	Dale Barnstable	34	2.5	9.1	.272	1.2	1.7	.719	2.3	6.1
6	James Line	31	2.3	6.3	.359	1.4	1.6	.843	2.2	5.9
7	Walter Hirsch	34	2.0	6.1	.321	0.6	0.9	.688	1.9	4.6
8	Roger Day	19	1.1	2.1	.538	0.5	0.9	.529	1.1	2.7
9	Al Bruno	9	1.0	3.3	.300	0.2	0.3	.667	0.9	2.2
10	Garland Townes	16	0.6	3.0	.208	0.7	1.3	.550	1.1	1.9
11	Johnny Stough	25	0.5	2.2	.232	0.5	0.6	.857	0.9	1.5
12	Robert Henne	9	0.2	2.1	.105	0.3	0.8	.429	1.2	0.8

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	PF	PTS
1	Alex Groza	34	259	612	.423	180	248	.726	103	698
2	Ralph Beard	34	144	481	.299	82	115	.713	55	370
3	Wah Wah Jones	32	130	440	.295	49	75	.653	88	309
4	Cliff Barker	34	94	315	.298	60	88	.682	99	248
5	Dale Barnstable	34	84	309	.272	41	57	.719	79	209
6	James Line	31	70	195	.359	43	51	.843	67	183
7	Walter Hirsch	34	67	209	.321	22	32	.688	65	156
8	Roger Day	19	21	39	.538	9	17	.529	20	51
9	Johnny Stough	25	13	56	.232	12	14	.857	23	38
10	Garland Townes	16	10	48	.208	11	20	.550	17	31
11	Al Bruno	9	9	30	.300	2	3	.667	8	20
12	Robert Henne	9	2	19	.105	3	7	.429	11	7
	School Totals	34	903	2756	.328	514	728	.706	636	2320

1948-49 Kentucky (Men's) Season