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1961-62 Ohio State Buckeyes Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 26-2 (13-1, 1st in Big Ten MBB)

Rank: 1st in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Fred Taylor

PS/G: 83.7 (9th of 180)

PA/G: 66.2 (54th of 180)

SRS: 24.68 (1st of 178)

SOS: 7.22 (4th of 178)

NCAA Tournament:
Won Mideast Regional Semifinal (93-73) versus Western Kentucky
Won Mideast Regional Final (74-64) versus Kentucky
Won National Semifinal (84-68) versus Wake Forest
Lost National Final (71-59) versus Cincinnati

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Jerry Lucas	SR	C	6-8	21.8 Pts, 17.8 Reb
John Havlicek	SR	F	6-5	17.0 Pts, 9.7 Reb
Mel Nowell	SR	G	6-2	12.6 Pts, 2.9 Reb
Doug McDonald	JR	F	6-5	7.8 Pts, 3.5 Reb
Richard Reasbeck	JR	G	6-0	7.9 Pts, 2.3 Reb
Gary Bradds	SO	C	6-8	4.7 Pts, 2.8 Reb
Jim Doughty	JR	F	6-4	3.9 Pts, 2.3 Reb
Gary Gearhart	SR	G	6-2	4.5 Pts, 2.1 Reb
Bob Knight	SR		6-4	3.2 Pts, 1.5 Reb
Dick Taylor	SO	G	6-3	1.3 Pts, 0.5 Reb
Don Flatt	SO	F	6-4	1.0 Pts, 0.7 Reb
Gene Lane	SO	F	6-8	1.0 Pts, 0.9 Reb
LeRoy Frazier	SO	G	6-4	0.7 Pts, 0.5 Reb
Don Furry	SR		6-3	1.0 Pts, 0.0 Reb
Don DeVoe	SO	F	6-5	0.0 Pts, 0.2 Reb
John Noble	JR		6-4	0.0 Pts, 0.4 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		34.0	70.0	.485	15.7	21.8	.720	49.7					16.8	83.7
Opponent	28		25.2	66.0	.382	15.8	22.2	.712	34.7					16.7	66.3

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														86.4
Opponent	14														67.9

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	28		952	1961	.485	440	611	.720	1391					471	2344
Opponent	28		706	1848	.382	443	622	.712	971					468	1855

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														1209
Opponent	14														951

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Jerry Lucas	28	8.5	13.9	.611	4.8	6.0	.799	17.8	1.9	21.8
2	John Havlicek	28	7.0	13.5	.520	3.0	3.9	.761	9.7	2.0	17.0
3	Mel Nowell	28	5.0	12.8	.391	2.6	3.3	.783	2.9	2.1	12.6
4	Richard Reasbeck	27	3.6	8.1	.445	0.7	1.1	.655	2.3	2.1	7.9
5	Doug McDonald	28	3.3	6.4	.511	1.2	1.9	.642	3.5	2.0	7.8
6	Gary Bradds	26	1.9	2.8	.694	0.9	1.5	.575	2.8	1.0	4.7
7	Gary Gearhart	19	1.7	4.5	.372	1.1	1.9	.583	2.1	2.2	4.5
8	Jim Doughty	26	1.5	3.5	.424	0.9	1.2	.742	2.3	0.7	3.9
9	Bob Knight	25	1.4	3.6	.393	0.4	0.4	.818	1.5	1.7	3.2
10	Dick Taylor	22	0.4	1.1	.375	0.5	0.7	.667	0.5	0.9	1.3
11	Don Flatt	25	0.4	1.1	.321	0.3	0.6	.500	0.7	0.4	1.0
12	Don Furry	2	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	1.0
13	Gene Lane	18	0.4	1.3	.348	0.1	0.2	.500	0.9	0.6	1.0
14	LeRoy Frazier	21	0.3	1.1	.292	0.0	0.2	.200	0.5	0.9	0.7
15	Don DeVoe	5	0.0	0.2	.000	0.0	0.0		0.2	0.4	0.0
16	John Noble	5	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.4	0.0	0.0

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Jerry Lucas	28	237	388	.611	135	169	.799	499	52	609
2	John Havlicek	28	196	377	.520	83	109	.761	271	55	475
3	Mel Nowell	28	140	358	.391	72	92	.783	80	59	352
4	Doug McDonald	28	92	180	.511	34	53	.642	99	55	218
5	Richard Reasbeck	27	97	218	.445	19	29	.655	63	58	213
6	Gary Bradds	26	50	72	.694	23	40	.575	72	26	123
7	Jim Doughty	26	39	92	.424	23	31	.742	61	19	101
8	Gary Gearhart	19	32	86	.372	21	36	.583	40	42	85
9	Bob Knight	25	35	89	.393	9	11	.818	38	43	79
10	Dick Taylor	22	9	24	.375	10	15	.667	12	20	28
11	Don Flatt	25	9	28	.321	8	16	.500	18	11	26
12	Gene Lane	18	8	23	.348	2	4	.500	16	11	18
13	LeRoy Frazier	21	7	24	.292	1	5	.200	11	18	15
14	Don Furry	2	1	1	1.000	0	1	.000	0	0	2
15	Don DeVoe	5	0	1	.000	0	0		1	2	0
16	John Noble	5	0	0		0	0		2	0	0
	School Totals	28	952	1961	.485	440	611	.720	1391	471	2344