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1961-62 Cincinnati Bearcats Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 29-2 (10-2, 1st in MVC MBB)

Rank: 2nd in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Ed Jucker

PS/G: 72.2 (73rd of 180)

PA/G: 55.1 (4th of 180)

SRS: 22.85 (2nd of 178)

SOS: 5.92 (14th of 178)

NCAA Tournament:
Won Midwest Regional Semifinal (66-46) versus Creighton
Won Midwest Regional Final (73-46) versus Colorado
Won National Semifinal (72-70) versus UCLA
Won National Final (71-59) versus Ohio State

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Paul Hogue	SR	C	6-9	16.8 Pts, 12.4 Reb, 0.6 Ast
Ron Bonham	SO	F	6-5	14.3 Pts, 5.0 Reb, 1.1 Ast
Tom Thacker	JR	F	6-2	11.0 Pts, 8.6 Reb, 3.4 Ast
George Wilson	SO	C	6-8	9.2 Pts, 8.0 Reb, 1.1 Ast
Tony Yates	JR	G	6-1	8.2 Pts, 3.0 Reb, 4.3 Ast
Fred Dierking	SR	F	6-6	4.1 Pts, 2.9 Reb, 0.6 Ast
Larry Shingleton	JR	G	5-10	3.9 Pts, 1.4 Reb, 0.8 Ast
Dale Heidotting	JR	F	6-8	3.1 Pts, 2.3 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Tom Sizer	SR	G	6-2	2.7 Pts, 1.3 Reb, 1.2 Ast
Jim Calhoun	SR	G	6-0	1.7 Pts, 0.4 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Ron Reis	SR	C	6-10	0.5 Pts, 0.1 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Larry Elsasser	SO	G	6-2	0.5 Pts, 0.5 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Bill Abernethy	SO	F	6-5	0.7 Pts, 0.7 Reb, 0.0 Ast

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	31		28.4	63.5	.447	15.5	24.5	.632	49.5					14.3	72.2
Opponent	31		21.4	58.0	.369	12.3	17.9	.685	36.8					18.2	55.1

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

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	31		879	1967	.447	480	759	.632	1536					442	2238
Opponent	31		663	1799	.369	381	556	.685	1142					563	1707

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

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Paul Hogue	31	33.5	6.8	13.7	.498	3.2	5.6	.566	12.4	0.6	2.9	16.8
2	Ron Bonham	31	27.7	5.6	12.3	.455	3.1	4.0	.760	5.0	1.1	1.8	14.3
3	Tom Thacker	31	32.0	4.3	10.7	.405	2.4	3.9	.612	8.6	3.4	1.8	11.0
4	George Wilson	31	23.9	3.5	7.0	.505	2.2	3.3	.663	8.0	1.1	1.8	9.2
5	Tony Yates	31	35.9	3.1	8.2	.383	2.0	2.9	.670	3.0	4.3	1.8	8.2
6	Fred Dierking	28	13.5	1.5	3.5	.433	1.1	1.8	.588	2.9	0.6	1.1	4.1
7	Larry Shingleton	25	16.6	1.7	4.0	.416	0.6	1.0	.560	1.4	0.8	0.8	3.9
8	Dale Heidotting	22	8.1	1.1	2.1	.511	0.9	1.6	.571	2.3	0.4	1.0	3.1
9	Tom Sizer	25	13.9	1.0	2.3	.456	0.6	1.0	.625	1.3	1.2	1.8	2.7
10	Jim Calhoun	18	5.5	0.8	2.1	.368	0.1	0.2	.667	0.4	0.4	0.4	1.7
11	Bill Abernethy	3	2.3	0.3	1.3	.250	0.0	0.0		0.7	0.0	0.3	0.7
12	Larry Elsasser	10	1.9	0.2	0.7	.286	0.1	0.4	.250	0.5	0.1	0.1	0.5
13	Ron Reis	15	3.2	0.2	0.7	.300	0.1	0.3	.500	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.5

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Paul Hogue	31	1038	211	424	.498	99	175	.566	383	18	91	521
2	Ron Bonham	31	858	174	382	.455	95	125	.760	156	34	55	443
3	Tom Thacker	31	992	134	331	.405	74	121	.612	266	104	55	342
4	George Wilson	31	742	109	216	.505	67	101	.663	248	35	55	285
5	Tony Yates	31	1112	97	253	.383	61	91	.670	94	132	55	255
6	Fred Dierking	28	379	42	97	.433	30	51	.588	81	17	32	114
7	Larry Shingleton	25	414	42	101	.416	14	25	.560	34	20	20	98
8	Dale Heidotting	22	178	24	47	.511	20	35	.571	50	9	22	68
9	Tom Sizer	25	347	26	57	.456	15	24	.625	33	31	45	67
10	Jim Calhoun	18	99	14	38	.368	2	3	.667	7	7	7	30
11	Ron Reis	15	48	3	10	.300	2	4	.500	2	3	4	8
12	Larry Elsasser	10	19	2	7	.286	1	4	.250	5	1	1	5
13	Bill Abernethy	3	7	1	4	.250	0	0		2	0	1	2
	School Totals	31		879	1967	.447	480	759	.632	1536		442	2238

Per 40 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Ron Bonham	31	858	8.1	17.8	.455	4.4	5.8	.760	7.3	1.6	2.6	20.7
2	Paul Hogue	31	1038	8.1	16.3	.498	3.8	6.7	.566	14.8	0.7	3.5	20.1
3	George Wilson	31	742	5.9	11.6	.505	3.6	5.4	.663	13.4	1.9	3.0	15.4
4	Dale Heidotting	22	178	5.4	10.6	.511	4.5	7.9	.571	11.2	2.0	4.9	15.3
5	Tom Thacker	31	992	5.4	13.3	.405	3.0	4.9	.612	10.7	4.2	2.2	13.8
6	Jim Calhoun	18	99	5.7	15.4	.368	0.8	1.2	.667	2.8	2.8	2.8	12.1
7	Fred Dierking	28	379	4.4	10.2	.433	3.2	5.4	.588	8.5	1.8	3.4	12.0
8	Bill Abernethy	3	7	5.7	22.9	.250	0.0	0.0		11.4	0.0	5.7	11.4
9	Larry Elsasser	10	19	4.2	14.7	.286	2.1	8.4	.250	10.5	2.1	2.1	10.5
10	Larry Shingleton	25	414	4.1	9.8	.416	1.4	2.4	.560	3.3	1.9	1.9	9.5
11	Tony Yates	31	1112	3.5	9.1	.383	2.2	3.3	.670	3.4	4.7	2.0	9.2
12	Tom Sizer	25	347	3.0	6.6	.456	1.7	2.8	.625	3.8	3.6	5.2	7.7
13	Ron Reis	15	48	2.5	8.3	.300	1.7	3.3	.500	1.7	2.5	3.3	6.7

1961-62 Cincinnati (Men's) Season