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1951-52 Illinois Fighting Illini Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 22-4 (12-2, 1st in Big Ten MBB)

Rank: 2nd in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Harry Combes

PS/G: 71.7 (36th of 170)

PA/G: 61.5 (74th of 170)

SRS: 15.13 (6th of 156)

SOS: 4.90 (23rd of 156)

NCAA Tournament:
Won East Regional Semifinal (80-61) versus Dayton
Won East Regional Final (74-68) versus Duquesne
Lost National Semifinal (61-59) versus St. John's (NY)
Won National Third Place (67-64) versus Santa Clara

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Red Kerr	SO	C	6-9	13.7 Pts
Rod Fletcher	SR	G	6-4	11.2 Pts
Irv Bemoras	JR		6-3	11.0 Pts
Jim Bredar	JR		5-11	10.0 Pts
Bob Peterson	JR		6-7	9.7 Pts
Clive Follmer	JR		6-4	11.9 Pts
Max Hooper	SO		6-5	3.5 Pts
Herb Gerecke	SR	F	6-1	3.0 Pts
Jim Wright	SO		6-0	1.0 Pts
Dick Christiansen	SR		6-3	1.1 Pts
Ed Makovsky	FR		6-5	0.8 Pts
Max Baumgardner			6-6	0.9 Pts
Jim Dutcher	FR		6-3	1.2 Pts
Jim Schuldt			6-1	0.9 Pts
Walt Moore			6-2	1.3 Pts
Mack Follmer	SR	C	6-4	0.4 Pts

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	26		26.5	78.7	.337	18.7	30.0	.625						23.6	71.7
Opponent	26		22.5	73.7	.306	16.4	25.4	.646						26.2	61.5

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														72.3
Opponent	14														60.8

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	26		689	2045	.337	487	779	.625						614	1865
Opponent	26		586	1916	.306	427	661	.646						681	1599

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														1012
Opponent	14														851

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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	FT	FTA	FT%	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Red Kerr	C	26	5.5	14.0	.392	5.5	14.0	2.7	4.8	.573	2.8	13.7
2	Clive Follmer		20	3.7	10.5	.348	3.7	10.5	4.6	6.0	.765	3.4	11.9
3	Rod Fletcher	G	26	4.0	14.1	.287	4.0	14.1	3.1	5.5	.563	3.6	11.2	AA-1
4	Irv Bemoras		26	4.2	12.1	.344	4.2	12.1	2.7	4.0	.657	3.5	11.0
5	Jim Bredar		26	4.0	10.8	.370	4.0	10.8	2.0	2.7	.732	2.9	10.0
6	Bob Peterson		26	3.3	9.2	.363	3.3	9.2	3.0	5.2	.566	2.8	9.7
7	Max Hooper		20	1.5	6.1	.238	1.5	6.1	0.6	0.9	.611	1.2	3.5
8	Herb Gerecke	F	20	1.1	3.1	.344	1.1	3.1	0.9	1.4	.630	2.1	3.0
9	Walt Moore		4	0.5	1.8	.286	0.5	1.8	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.3	1.3
10	Jim Dutcher		5	0.4	2.0	.200	0.4	2.0	0.4	1.4	.286	0.2	1.2
11	Dick Christiansen		10	0.5	1.6	.313	0.5	1.6	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.5	1.1
12	Jim Wright		12	0.4	1.3	.333	0.4	1.3	0.2	0.5	.333	1.2	1.0
13	Jim Schuldt		7	0.1	1.4	.100	0.1	1.4	0.6	0.7	.800	1.1	0.9
14	Max Baumgardner		7	0.4	1.3	.333	0.4	1.3	0.0	0.3	.000	0.4	0.9
15	Ed Makovsky		9	0.1	1.3	.083	0.1	1.3	0.6	0.7	.833	1.0	0.8
16	Mack Follmer	C	9	0.0	0.8	.000	0.0	0.8	0.4	1.0	.444	0.2	0.4
	Team Totals		26	26.5	78.7	.337	26.5	78.7	18.7	30.0	.625	23.6	71.7

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	PF	PTS
1	Red Kerr	26	143	365	.392	71	124	.573	72	357
2	Rod Fletcher	26	105	366	.287	80	142	.563	93	290
3	Irv Bemoras	26	108	314	.344	69	105	.657	92	285
4	Jim Bredar	26	104	281	.370	52	71	.732	76	260
5	Bob Peterson	26	87	240	.363	77	136	.566	72	251
6	Clive Follmer	20	73	210	.348	91	119	.765	67	237
7	Max Hooper	20	29	122	.238	11	18	.611	24	69
8	Herb Gerecke	20	21	61	.344	17	27	.630	41	59
9	Jim Wright	12	5	15	.333	2	6	.333	14	12
10	Dick Christiansen	10	5	16	.313	1	1	1.000	5	11
11	Ed Makovsky	9	1	12	.083	5	6	.833	9	7
12	Max Baumgardner	7	3	9	.333	0	2	.000	3	6
13	Jim Dutcher	5	2	10	.200	2	7	.286	1	6
14	Jim Schuldt	7	1	10	.100	4	5	.800	8	6
15	Walt Moore	4	2	7	.286	1	1	1.000	1	5
16	Mack Follmer	9	0	7	.000	4	9	.444	2	4
	School Totals	26	689	2045	.337	487	779	.625	614	1865