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1967-68 Houston Cougars Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 31-2 (Independent)

Rank: 1st in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Guy Lewis

PS/G: 97.8 (1st of 192)

PA/G: 72.5 (66th of 192)

SRS: 24.04 (2nd of 189)

SOS: 1.65 (70th of 189)

NCAA Tournament:
Won Midwest First Round (94-76) versus Loyola (IL)
Won Midwest Regional Semifinal (91-75) versus Louisville
Won Midwest Regional Final (103-68) versus TCU
Lost National Semifinal (101-69) versus UCLA
Lost National Third Place (89-85) versus Ohio State

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Elvin Hayes	SR	C	6-9	36.8 Pts, 18.9 Reb, 1.8 Ast
Ken Spain	JR	C	6-9	14.2 Pts, 12.8 Reb, 2.6 Ast
Theodis Lee	JR	F	6-8	13.9 Pts, 7.9 Reb, 3.8 Ast
Don Chaney	SR	G	6-5	13.0 Pts, 5.8 Reb, 3.8 Ast
George Reynolds	JR	G	6-4	10.0 Pts, 4.9 Reb, 5.6 Ast
Tom Gribben	SO	G	6-2	3.3 Pts, 2.3 Reb, 1.1 Ast
Vern Lewis	SR	G	5-11	2.8 Pts, 1.0 Reb, 2.9 Ast
Niemer Hamood	JR	G	6-0	3.2 Pts, 0.7 Reb, 1.1 Ast
Carlos Bell	SO	F	6-5	3.1 Pts, 2.2 Reb, 0.5 Ast
Larry Cooper	SO	F	6-6	1.4 Pts, 1.1 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Billy Bane	JR	G	6-2	0.2 Pts, 0.8 Reb, 0.7 Ast
Kent Taylor	SO	F	6-2	0.3 Pts, 0.8 Reb, 0.3 Ast

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	33		41.0	85.1	.481	15.8	25.8	.614	62.8					16.3	97.8
Opponent	33		28.7	74.2	.387	15.1	21.2	.711	43.0					18.5	72.5

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	33		1352	2808	.481	522	850	.614	2074					537	3226
Opponent	33		947	2449	.387	497	699	.711	1418					609	2391

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Elvin Hayes	C	33	38.5	15.7	28.6	.549	5.3	8.6	.618	18.9	1.8	2.7	36.8	AP POY-1,AA-1
2	Ken Spain	C	33	36.0	5.8	12.3	.470	2.8	4.8	.586	12.8	2.6	2.7	14.2
3	Theodis Lee	F	33	30.9	6.2	14.1	.436	1.6	3.0	.545	7.9	3.8	2.6	13.9
4	Don Chaney	G	33	30.6	5.7	13.1	.439	1.5	2.5	.595	5.8	3.8	2.9	13.0
5	George Reynolds	G	28	28.8	3.8	7.0	.538	2.4	3.3	.731	4.9	5.6	2.5	10.0
6	Tom Gribben	G	30	10.5	1.3	3.9	.328	0.7	1.1	.667	2.3	1.1	1.5	3.3
7	Niemer Hamood	G	25	7.2	1.2	2.6	.477	0.7	0.9	.773	0.7	1.1	0.6	3.2
8	Carlos Bell	F	23	5.3	1.2	2.3	.509	0.7	1.0	.708	2.2	0.5	0.8	3.1
9	Vern Lewis	G	33	14.5	1.1	2.8	.385	0.7	1.2	.605	1.0	2.9	0.8	2.8
10	Larry Cooper	F	18	3.1	0.6	1.2	.500	0.2	0.6	.300	1.1	0.1	0.4	1.4
11	Kent Taylor	F	8	2.1	0.1	1.0	.125	0.0	0.3	.000	0.8	0.3	0.4	0.3
12	Billy Bane	G	11	4.5	0.1	0.8	.111	0.0	0.3	.000	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.2
	Team Totals		33	21.1	41.0	85.1	.481	15.8	25.8	.614	62.8	2.4	16.3	97.8

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Elvin Hayes	C	33	1270	*519*	945	.549	519	945	176	285	.618	*624*	59	90	*1214*	AP POY-1,AA-1
2	Ken Spain	C	33	1188	191	406	.470	191	406	92	157	.586	422	87	88	469
3	Theodis Lee	F	33	1020	203	466	.436	203	466	54	99	.545	260	125	87	460
4	Don Chaney	G	33	1010	189	431	.439	189	431	50	84	.595	191	125	97	428
5	George Reynolds	G	28	807	106	197	.538	106	197	68	93	.731	136	157	71	280
6	Tom Gribben	G	30	315	38	116	.328	38	116	22	33	.667	70	34	44	98
7	Vern Lewis	G	33	477	35	91	.385	35	91	23	38	.605	34	95	28	93
8	Niemer Hamood	G	25	181	31	65	.477	31	65	17	22	.773	17	27	16	79
9	Carlos Bell	F	23	122	27	53	.509	27	53	17	24	.708	50	11	18	71
10	Larry Cooper	F	18	55	11	22	.500	11	22	3	10	.300	20	2	7	25
11	Billy Bane	G	11	50	1	9	.111	1	9	0	3	.000	9	8	7	2
12	Kent Taylor	F	8	17	1	8	.125	1	8	0	2	.000	6	2	3	2
	Team Totals		33	6512	1352	2809	.481	1352	2809	522	850	.614	1839	732	556	3221