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1956-57 Men's Southwest Conference Player Stats

1955-56 SWC 1957-58 SWC

Record: 90-79, .533 W-L% (8th of 18) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

SRS: 1.88 (7th of 18)

SOS: 2.34 (4th of 18)

Regular Season Champion: SMU

Conference Tournament Champion: None

NCAA Tournament: 1 teams (SMU)

Ranked in First AP Poll: 1 teams (SMU)

Ranked in Final AP Poll: 1 teams (SMU)

76 Players

76 Players Table
					Totals									Shooting				Per Game					Advanced
Rk	Player	Class	Pos	School	G	MP	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	2P%	3P%	FT%	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PER	WS	BPM
1	Eddie Ashwood			Baylor	15		41					30	62	.390			.640	4.1	2.7
2	Dave Bagett			Rice	3		2					0	3	.333			.500	1.0	0.7
3	Larry Barnes	JR		Baylor	23		103					35	187	.376			.682	8.1	4.5
4	Albert Brown	SO		Southern Methodist	18		14					12	12	.143			.727	0.7	0.8
5	Charlie Brown	SR		Arkansas	8		6					9	4	.100			.400	0.5	0.8
6	_ Brunson			TCU	23								108					4.7
7	Bob Buddendorf	SO		Southern Methodist	7		4					1	8	.500			.500	1.1	0.6
8	Jay Carpenter	SO		Arkansas	24		149					48	103	.292			.524	4.3	6.2
9	Kenneth Cleveland	JR		Texas	24		58					55	260	.453			.836	10.8	2.4
10	Fritzie Connally			Texas A&M	19								60					3.2
11	Don Cowden			Baylor	6		2					0	2	1.000			.000	0.3	0.3
12	_ Davis			TCU	24								61					2.5
13	Terry Day	SR		Arkansas	24		224					67	301	.268			.664	12.5	9.3
14	Kermit Decker	JR		Texas	22		100					41	196	.433			.829	8.9	4.5
15	Joe Dickson	SR		Arkansas	24		98					54	224	.350			.720	9.3	4.1
16	Barry Dowd	JR		Texas	13		9					9	29	.389			.333	2.2	0.7
17	Raymond Downs	SR		Texas	24		198					81	533	.520			.766	22.2	8.3
18	Ned Duncan	JR		Southern Methodist	26		100					37	217	.336			.713	8.3	3.8
19	Wayne Dunn	JR		Arkansas	24		149					83	135	.276			.563	5.6	6.2
20	Bill Eldridge	JR		Southern Methodist	12		3					4	17	.500			.714	1.4	0.3
					Totals									Shooting				Per Game					Advanced
Rk	Player	Class	Pos	School	G	MP	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	2P%	3P%	FT%	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PER	WS	BPM
21	Richard Farrell			Texas	20		74					27	142	.392			.667	7.1	3.7
22	Glenn Fields		F	Rice	14		33					5	48	.279			.824	3.4	2.4
23	John Fite			Baylor	22		33					27	41	.333			.500	1.9	1.5
24	Ed Franklin	SR		Baylor	24		73					21	155	.433			.600	6.5	3.0
25	Jim Gattis			Arkansas	16		10					6	18	.333				1.1	0.6
26	Gary Griffin	SO		Rice	22		97					60	137	.331			.603	6.2	4.4
27	Fred Grim	JR		Arkansas	24		100					42	279	.360			.670	11.6	4.2
28	Larry Grisham	JR		Arkansas	24		117					72	193	.286			.788	8.0	4.9
29	Bill Groogan	SR		Texas	19		64					33	59	.308			.579	3.1	3.4
30	Ted Harrod			Texas A&M	21		67					26	126	.367			.615	6.0	3.2
31	Rick Herrscher	JR		Southern Methodist	26		186					59	314	.472			.757	12.1	7.2
32	Bob Higgins			Rice	24		40					51	95	.348			.492	4.0	1.7
33	King Hill		F	Rice	18		47					17	97	.340			.660	5.4	2.6
34	Norman Hooton	SR		Texas	17		56					42	131	.358			.697	7.7	3.3
35	Kenneth Horwitz			Texas	11		5					8	13	.286			.714	1.2	0.5
36	Brenton Hughes	SO		Texas	21		107					56	158	.441			.471	7.5	5.1
37	Ken Hutto	SR	G	Texas A&M	24		58					49	258	.373			.783	10.8	2.4
38	Ethan Jackson			Baylor	22		23					29	50	.324			.481	2.3	1.0
39	Tom Kelly	JR		Baylor	23		145					88	332	.373			.667	14.4	6.3
40	_ King			TCU	24								194					8.1
					Totals									Shooting				Per Game					Advanced
Rk	Player	Class	Pos	School	G	MP	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	2P%	3P%	FT%	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PER	WS	BPM
41	H.E. Kirchner	SO		TCU	24								134					5.6
42	Bob Knapo	SO		Southern Methodist	7		10					2	3	.125			.500	0.4	1.4
43	Jim Krebs	SR	C	Southern Methodist	26		313					78	624	.479			.790	24.0	12.0
44	Jerry Mallett	SR		Baylor	24		345					63	397	.419			.701	16.5	14.4
45	Gene McCarley	SO	F	Baylor	24		154					76	256	.448			.577	10.7	6.4
46	Bob McGregor	SR		Southern Methodist	26		122					37	136	.451			.579	5.2	4.7
47	E. Jay McIlvain			Rice	20		40					26	50	.281			.643	2.5	2.0
48	Jim McNichol			Texas A&M	21								111					5.3
49	Geo Mehaffey			Texas A&M	21		208					84	300	.354			.684	14.3	9.9
50	Bobby Mills	SR		Southern Methodist	26		91					23	373	.428			.750	14.3	3.5
51	Ellis Minton	SO	G	Southern Methodist	10		5					4	7	.429			.167	0.7	0.5
52	John Moore			Baylor	14		37					18	38	.342			.632	2.7	2.6
53	Derrill Nippert	FR		TCU	24								250					10.4
54	Jimmy O'Bannon	SR		TCU	24								166					6.9
55	Herschel O'Kelley	JR		Southern Methodist	13		10					4	18	.300			.545	1.4	0.8
56	Dick O'Neal	SR		TCU	24		241					71	454	.402			.735	18.9	10.0
57	Ellis Olmstead	SR		Texas	14		39					29	46	.323			.400	3.3	2.8
58	Charley Pack	SO		Baylor	23		34					41	114	.339			.679	5.0	1.5
59	Gene Prater			Rice	3		6					4	5	.400			.500	1.7	2.0
60	W.A. Preston			Rice	16		41					27	54	.283			.667	3.4	2.6
					Totals									Shooting				Per Game					Advanced
Rk	Player	Class	Pos	School	G	MP	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	2P%	3P%	FT%	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PER	WS	BPM
61	Dick Rittman			Arkansas	17		52					20	54	.288			.762	3.2	3.1
62	Tom Robitaille	SO		Rice	24		208					59	330	.477			.624	13.8	8.7
63	Jack Schwake			Texas A&M	19		71					44	131	.556			.621	6.9	3.7
64	John Shaffer	JR		Texas	24		110					44	138	.457			.653	5.8	4.6
65	Larry Showalter	SR		Southern Methodist	26		195					58	288	.401			.791	11.1	7.5
66	Ronny Stevenson	SO		TCU	24								343					14.3
67	Lawrence Stolzer	JR		Arkansas	24		61					49	134	.376			.646	5.6	2.5
68	Neil Swisher	SO		Texas A&M	24		169					59	304	.384			.752	12.7	7.0
69	_ Taylor			TCU	15								22					1.5
70	Gerry Thomas	JR	G	Rice	24		117					46	302	.329			.688	12.6	4.9
71	Harry Thompson	SO		Arkansas	21		84					13	75	.395			.478	3.6	4.0
72	Temple Tucker	JR	C	Rice	24		252					90	364	.388			.667	15.2	10.5
73	Ernie Turner			Texas A&M	23								122					5.3
74	Tinker Wilson			Rice	10		12					8	13	.278			.375	1.3	1.2
75	James Windle			Arkansas	17		17					20	31	.192			.524	1.8	1.0
76	Fred Woods	JR	F	Rice	24		89					49	172	.359			.833	7.2	3.7

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