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1956-57 Kentucky Wildcats Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 23-5 (12-2, 1st in SEC MBB)

Rank: 3rd in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Adolph Rupp

PS/G: 84.2 (7th of 176)

PA/G: 69.4 (61st of 176)

SRS: 16.92 (2nd of 167)

SOS: 2.49 (37th of 167)

NCAA Tournament:
Won Mideast Regional Semifinal (98-92) versus Pittsburgh
Lost Mideast Regional Final (80-68) versus Michigan State

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Johnny Cox	SO	F	6-4	19.4 Pts, 11.1 Reb
Gerry Calvert	SR	G	5-11	15.3 Pts, 5.6 Reb
Vernon Hatton	JR	G	6-3	14.8 Pts, 4.7 Reb
John Crigler	JR	F	6-3	10.3 Pts, 8.1 Reb
Ed Beck	JR	C	6-7	9.6 Pts, 14.1 Reb
Adrian Smith	JR	G	6-0	7.2 Pts, 2.0 Reb
Ray Mills	SR	F	6-4	4.8 Pts, 5.6 Reb
John Brewer	SR	F	6-3	3.5 Pts, 2.7 Reb
Billy Ray Cassady	JR	G	6-2	3.2 Pts, 1.0 Reb
Earl Adkins	JR	G	6-4	3.0 Pts, 1.0 Reb
Lincoln Collinsworth	JR	G	6-3	1.8 Pts, 1.0 Reb
Dick Howe		C	6-5	1.8 Pts, 3.2 Reb
Harold Ross	JR	G	6-2	1.4 Pts, 0.5 Reb
Bill Smith	JR	F	6-5	1.8 Pts, 1.5 Reb
John Hardwick		F	6-3	0.7 Pts, 0.7 Reb
Jay Bayless		F	6-4	0.0 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	28		31.8	78.3	.406	20.7	29.6	.698	55.4					18.7	84.2
Opponent	28		24.0	70.4	.341	21.7	31.5	.687	39.6					17.1	69.4

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														82.4
Opponent	14														69.7

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	28		889	2191	.406	579	829	.698	1550					524	2357
Opponent	28		673	1971	.341	607	883	.687	1109					478	1944

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														1153
Opponent	14														976

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Johnny Cox	28	7.3	17.5	.414	4.9	6.4	.767	11.1	2.5	19.4
2	Gerry Calvert	28	6.0	14.1	.427	3.2	4.5	.706	5.6	3.2	15.3
3	Vernon Hatton	21	5.3	12.1	.439	4.1	5.7	.731	4.7	1.8	14.8
4	John Crigler	28	4.0	9.5	.419	2.4	3.4	.705	8.1	2.4	10.3
5	Ed Beck	27	3.9	11.6	.334	1.8	2.7	.662	14.1	3.2	9.6
6	Adrian Smith	22	2.2	5.0	.441	2.7	3.7	.732	2.0	1.6	7.2
7	Ray Mills	21	1.9	5.2	.355	1.0	2.2	.478	5.6	1.8	4.8
8	John Brewer	24	1.3	3.7	.341	1.0	1.3	.781	2.7	1.0	3.5
9	Billy Ray Cassady	18	1.3	2.3	.571	0.6	0.7	.833	1.0	1.1	3.2
10	Earl Adkins	16	1.2	2.8	.422	0.6	1.4	.455	1.0	1.5	3.0
11	Lincoln Collinsworth	15	0.5	1.0	.467	0.9	1.5	.591	1.0	0.5	1.8
12	Dick Howe	11	0.7	2.2	.333	0.4	0.7	.500	3.2	1.4	1.8
13	Bill Smith	8	0.9	1.6	.538	0.0	0.4	.000	1.5	1.0	1.8
14	Harold Ross	11	0.5	1.6	.278	0.5	0.7	.625	0.5	0.5	1.4
15	John Hardwick	3	0.3	1.0	.333	0.0	0.0		0.7	0.7	0.7
16	Jay Bayless	2	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0		0.5	0.0	0.0

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Johnny Cox	28	203	490	.414	138	180	.767	310	69	544
2	Gerry Calvert	28	169	396	.427	89	126	.706	158	89	427
3	Vernon Hatton	21	112	255	.439	87	119	.731	99	37	311
4	John Crigler	28	111	265	.419	67	95	.705	227	67	289
5	Ed Beck	27	105	314	.334	49	74	.662	380	86	259
6	Adrian Smith	22	49	111	.441	60	82	.732	45	35	158
7	Ray Mills	21	39	110	.355	22	46	.478	118	38	100
8	John Brewer	24	30	88	.341	25	32	.781	65	23	85
9	Billy Ray Cassady	18	24	42	.571	10	12	.833	18	20	58
10	Earl Adkins	16	19	45	.422	10	22	.455	16	24	48
11	Lincoln Collinsworth	15	7	15	.467	13	22	.591	15	8	27
12	Dick Howe	11	8	24	.333	4	8	.500	35	15	20
13	Harold Ross	11	5	18	.278	5	8	.625	6	5	15
14	Bill Smith	8	7	13	.538	0	3	.000	12	8	14
15	John Hardwick	3	1	3	.333	0	0		2	2	2
16	Jay Bayless	2	0	2	.000	0	0		1	0	0
	School Totals	28	889	2191	.406	579	829	.698	1550	524	2357

1956-57 Kentucky (Men's) Season