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1955-56 Utah Utes Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 22-6 (12-2, 1st in MSAC MBB)

Rank: 18th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Jack Gardner

PS/G: 81.1 (22nd of 175)

PA/G: 67.3 (35th of 175)

SRS: 13.92 (9th of 166)

SOS: 0.04 (83rd of 166)

NCAA Tournament:
Won Far West Regional Semifinal (81-72) versus Seattle
Lost Far West Regional Final (92-77) versus San Francisco

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Art Bunte	SR	F-C	6-3	21.9 Pts, 9.0 Reb
Curtis Jenson	JR		5-10	12.7 Pts, 3.9 Reb
Gary Bergen	SR	C	6-8	13.4 Pts, 12.0 Reb
Morris Buckwalter	SR		6-3	9.9 Pts, 9.4 Reb
Jerry McCleary	JR		6-1	7.1 Pts, 8.8 Reb
Gary Hale	SO		5-9	4.8 Pts, 2.9 Reb
John Crowe			6-3	4.4 Pts, 2.6 Reb
Ted Berner	JR		6-3	3.8 Pts, 2.8 Reb
Ed Gaythwaite	SR		6-1	1.9 Pts, 2.4 Reb
William Koncar			6-3	2.1 Pts, 1.9 Reb
Darrell Pastrell	SO		6-0	2.5 Pts, 1.2 Reb
Dick Eiler			6-3	1.6 Pts, 0.9 Reb
Angelo Mataritonna			6-0	0.9 Pts, 1.1 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		30.9	81.0	.382	19.3	27.4	.704	54.3					18.5	81.1
Opponent	28		24.1	71.1	.338	19.5	29.3	.667	44.5					16.3	67.3

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														79.9
Opponent	14														65.1

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	28		866	2268	.382	539	766	.704	1521					517	2271
Opponent	28		674	1992	.338	546	819	.667	1246					455	1884

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														1118
Opponent	14														911

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Art Bunte	28	7.9	20.2	.391	6.1	7.8	.793	9.0	2.3	21.9
2	Gary Bergen	26	5.2	14.2	.368	2.9	4.5	.650	12.0	3.2	13.4
3	Curtis Jenson	28	5.1	12.0	.427	2.5	3.0	.824	3.9	2.2	12.7
4	Morris Buckwalter	28	3.8	9.5	.398	2.3	3.4	.681	9.4	2.6	9.9
5	Jerry McCleary	28	2.5	7.8	.321	2.1	2.9	.728	8.8	2.3	7.1
6	Gary Hale	28	1.9	4.8	.388	1.0	1.4	.763	2.9	1.4	4.8
7	John Crowe	27	1.9	5.2	.355	0.7	1.3	.528	2.6	1.3	4.4
8	Ted Berner	13	1.5	4.5	.322	0.9	2.0	.462	2.8	2.2	3.8
9	Darrell Pastrell	16	0.9	2.6	.357	0.6	0.9	.714	1.2	0.6	2.5
10	William Koncar	20	0.8	2.0	.400	0.5	1.2	.417	1.9	1.1	2.1
11	Ed Gaythwaite	25	0.8	2.0	.412	0.2	0.5	.500	2.4	0.6	1.9
12	Dick Eiler	14	0.7	1.8	.400	0.2	0.6	.375	0.9	0.7	1.6
13	Angelo Mataritonna	8	0.3	1.1	.222	0.4	0.5	.750	1.1	0.4	0.9

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Art Bunte	28	221	565	.391	172	217	.793	252	65	614
2	Curtis Jenson	28	143	335	.427	70	85	.824	109	61	356
3	Gary Bergen	26	136	370	.368	76	117	.650	312	82	348
4	Morris Buckwalter	28	106	266	.398	64	94	.681	262	73	276
5	Jerry McCleary	28	70	218	.321	59	81	.728	246	65	199
6	Gary Hale	28	52	134	.388	29	38	.763	81	39	133
7	John Crowe	27	50	141	.355	19	36	.528	69	35	119
8	Ted Berner	13	19	59	.322	12	26	.462	37	28	50
9	Ed Gaythwaite	25	21	51	.412	6	12	.500	59	15	48
10	William Koncar	20	16	40	.400	10	24	.417	37	22	42
11	Darrell Pastrell	16	15	42	.357	10	14	.714	19	10	40
12	Dick Eiler	14	10	25	.400	3	8	.375	13	10	23
13	Angelo Mataritonna	8	2	9	.222	3	4	.750	9	3	7
	School Totals	28	866	2268	.382	539	766	.704	1521	517	2271