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1962-63 Cincinnati Bearcats Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 26-2 (11-1, 1st in MVC MBB)

Rank: 1st in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Ed Jucker

PS/G: 69.8 (95th of 180)

PA/G: 52.9 (1st of 180)

SRS: 21.19 (2nd of 178)

SOS: 5.75 (17th of 178)

NCAA Tournament:
Won Midwest Regional Semifinal (73-68) versus Texas
Won Midwest Regional Final (67-60) versus Colorado
Won National Semifinal (80-46) versus Oregon State
Lost National Final (60-58) versus Loyola (IL)

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Ron Bonham	JR	F	6-5	21.0 Pts, 6.4 Reb
Tom Thacker	SR	F	6-2	15.8 Pts, 10.0 Reb
George Wilson	JR	C	6-8	15.0 Pts, 11.2 Reb
Tony Yates	SR	G	6-1	7.6 Pts, 4.1 Reb
Larry Shingleton	SR	G	5-10	3.7 Pts, 1.6 Reb
Dale Heidotting	SR	F	6-8	2.4 Pts, 2.2 Reb
Ken Cunningham	SO	G	6-0	1.9 Pts, 0.5 Reb
Fritz Meyer	SO	G	5-10	1.6 Pts, 0.7 Reb
Gene Smith	SO	F	6-6	1.4 Pts, 2.0 Reb
Larry Elsasser	JR	G	6-2	1.9 Pts, 0.6 Reb
Bill Abernethy	JR	F	6-5	1.5 Pts, 1.0 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		26.4	57.0	.464	16.9	24.6	.686	43.3					13.5	69.8
Opponent	28		21.3	56.0	.380	10.4	16.0	.646	35.4					18.0	52.9

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	12														67.0
Opponent	12														55.3

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	28		740	1595	.464	473	690	.686	1213					378	1955
Opponent	28		595	1567	.380	290	449	.646	990					503	1480

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	12														804
Opponent	12														664

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Ron Bonham	28	7.4	16.0	.463	6.2	6.9	.892	6.4	2.5	21.0
2	Tom Thacker	28	6.0	12.8	.473	3.7	5.5	.665	10.0	2.0	15.8
3	George Wilson	28	5.7	10.7	.535	3.6	6.1	.594	11.2	2.5	15.0
4	Tony Yates	28	3.2	7.9	.405	1.2	2.2	.532	4.1	2.0	7.6
5	Larry Shingleton	28	1.5	4.1	.374	0.6	1.0	.621	1.6	1.3	3.7
6	Dale Heidotting	21	1.0	1.8	.541	0.5	0.8	.647	2.2	1.7	2.4
7	Ken Cunningham	17	0.6	1.4	.435	0.8	1.1	.684	0.5	0.5	1.9
8	Larry Elsasser	14	0.8	1.6	.500	0.3	0.6	.500	0.6	0.6	1.9
9	Fritz Meyer	18	0.6	1.3	.478	0.4	0.8	.467	0.7	0.5	1.6
10	Bill Abernethy	11	0.6	1.5	.412	0.3	0.4	.750	1.0	0.4	1.5
11	Gene Smith	21	0.5	1.5	.355	0.3	0.8	.412	2.0	1.0	1.4

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Ron Bonham	28	208	449	.463	173	194	.892	178	71	589
2	Tom Thacker	28	169	357	.473	103	155	.665	281	57	441
3	George Wilson	28	160	299	.535	101	170	.594	314	70	421
4	Tony Yates	28	90	222	.405	33	62	.532	115	57	213
5	Larry Shingleton	28	43	115	.374	18	29	.621	46	37	104
6	Dale Heidotting	21	20	37	.541	11	17	.647	47	35	51
7	Ken Cunningham	17	10	23	.435	13	19	.684	9	8	33
8	Fritz Meyer	18	11	23	.478	7	15	.467	12	9	29
9	Gene Smith	21	11	31	.355	7	17	.412	42	22	29
10	Larry Elsasser	14	11	22	.500	4	8	.500	9	8	26
11	Bill Abernethy	11	7	17	.412	3	4	.750	11	4	17
	School Totals	28	740	1595	.464	473	690	.686	1213	378	1955

1962-63 Cincinnati (Men's) Season