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1959-60 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 22-6 (11-3, 2nd in SEC MBB)

Rank: 13th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Whack Hyder

PS/G: 69.2 (106th of 181)

PA/G: 59.8 (17th of 181)

SRS: 8.46 (26th of 175)

SOS: -0.88 (92nd of 175)

NCAA Tournament:
Won Mideast Regional Semifinal (57-54) versus Ohio
Lost Mideast Regional Final (86-69) versus Ohio State

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Roger Kaiser	JR	G	6-1	22.8 Pts, 5.5 Reb
Dave Denton	SR	F	6-2	15.0 Pts, 8.5 Reb
Wayne Richards	JR	F	6-7	8.9 Pts, 6.5 Reb
Bobby Dews	JR	G	5-11	8.8 Pts, 3.4 Reb
Bill Poteet	JR	F	6-2	4.0 Pts, 2.4 Reb
Jim Riley	SR	C	6-8	3.9 Pts, 6.1 Reb
John Hoffman	JR	G	6-0	2.5 Pts, 2.3 Reb
Julian Powell	SO	F	6-6	2.7 Pts, 3.6 Reb
John Gher	SO	G	5-10	2.0 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		25.2	61.8	.408	18.8	26.5	.710	44.1					16.6	69.3
Opponent	28		22.3	62.6	.356	15.2	22.4	.678	47.6					18.5	59.8

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

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	28		706	1729	.408	527	742	.710	1236					464	1939
Opponent	28		624	1753	.356	426	628	.678	1332					518	1674

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

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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Roger Kaiser	G	28	8.5	18.0	.471	8.5	18.0	5.9	6.8	.863	5.5	1.6	22.8	AA-1
2	Dave Denton	F	28	5.2	13.6	.382	5.2	13.6	4.6	6.5	.705	8.5	2.4	15.0
3	Wayne Richards	F	28	3.3	8.5	.382	3.3	8.5	2.4	3.7	.635	6.5	3.4	8.9
4	Bobby Dews	G	28	3.6	8.4	.424	3.6	8.4	1.6	2.4	.672	3.4	2.5	8.8
5	Bill Poteet	F	28	1.6	3.5	.465	1.6	3.5	0.7	1.2	.588	2.4	1.4	4.0
6	Jim Riley	C	28	1.3	4.1	.304	1.3	4.1	1.4	2.1	.644	6.1	2.3	3.9
7	Julian Powell	F	19	0.7	2.6	.286	0.7	2.6	1.2	1.7	.697	3.6	1.3	2.7
8	John Hoffman	G	27	0.7	2.1	.339	0.7	2.1	1.1	2.0	.545	2.3	1.5	2.5
9	John Gher	G	25	0.8	2.0	.388	0.8	2.0	0.5	0.7	.706	1.1	0.8	2.0
	Team Totals		28	25.2	61.8	.408	25.2	61.8	18.8	26.5	.710	44.1	16.6	69.3

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Roger Kaiser	28	237	503	.471	164	190	.863	154	44	638
2	Dave Denton	28	145	380	.382	129	183	.705	239	68	419
3	Wayne Richards	28	91	238	.382	66	104	.635	181	94	248
4	Bobby Dews	28	100	236	.424	45	67	.672	96	69	245
5	Bill Poteet	28	46	99	.465	20	34	.588	68	39	112
6	Jim Riley	28	35	115	.304	38	59	.644	171	64	108
7	John Hoffman	27	19	56	.339	30	55	.545	63	41	68
8	Julian Powell	19	14	49	.286	23	33	.697	69	25	51
9	John Gher	25	19	49	.388	12	17	.706	28	19	50
	School Totals	28	706	1729	.408	527	742	.710	1236	464	1939