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1972-73 Kansas State Wildcats Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 23-5 (12-2, 1st in Big 8 MBB)

Rank: 9th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Jack Hartman

PS/G: 76.2 (113th of 230)

PA/G: 68.6 (37th of 230)

SRS: 10.19 (23rd of 215)

SOS: 2.51 (57th of 215)

NCAA Tournament:
Won Midwest Regional Semifinal (66-63) versus Louisiana
Lost Midwest Regional Final (92-72) versus Memphis

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Steve Mitchell	SR	C	6-10	15.2 Pts, 8.9 Reb
Ernie Kusnyer	SR	F	6-5	14.5 Pts, 8.1 Reb
Lon Kruger	JR	G	5-11	12.5 Pts, 1.9 Reb
Larry Williams	JR	F	6-9	9.4 Pts, 5.4 Reb
Bob Chipman	SR	G	6-2	7.8 Pts, 2.8 Reb
Danny Beard	JR	G	6-3	6.6 Pts, 3.5 Reb
Gene McVey	JR	C	6-8	5.5 Pts, 3.5 Reb
Doug Snider	SO	F	6-4	4.8 Pts, 1.7 Reb
Jerry Thruston	FR	F	6-7	3.2 Pts, 2.2 Reb
Bernard Robinson	SO	G	6-4	2.2 Pts, 0.6 Reb
Carl Gerlach	FR	F	6-10	1.0 Pts, 1.2 Reb
Bobby Noland	FR	F	6-6	0.0 Pts, 0.0 Reb
Chuckie Williams		G	6-3	0.0 Pts, 0.0 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		31.3	65.4	.478	13.8	19.5	.705	43.4					16.3	76.3
Opponent	28		29.5	66.7	.442	9.6	14.1	.684	38.3					19.6	68.6

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		875	1832	.478	385	546	.705	1214					455	2135
Opponent	28		825	1868	.442	270	395	.684	1072					549	1920

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

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Steve Mitchell	28	6.5	11.6	.560	2.2	3.1	.693	8.9	3.6	15.2
2	Ernie Kusnyer	28	6.2	13.2	.468	2.2	3.3	.670	8.1	2.4	14.5
3	Lon Kruger	25	4.4	8.8	.505	3.6	4.2	.857	1.9	2.0	12.5
4	Larry Williams	25	3.9	9.6	.402	1.6	2.0	.800	5.4	2.0	9.4
5	Bob Chipman	28	3.1	6.1	.512	1.6	2.1	.750	2.8	1.7	7.8
6	Danny Beard	24	3.1	7.6	.410	0.4	0.8	.500	3.5	1.3	6.6
7	Gene McVey	28	2.0	3.9	.500	1.6	2.6	.611	3.5	1.7	5.5
8	Doug Snider	21	2.0	3.8	.544	0.7	0.9	.737	1.7	0.9	4.8
9	Jerry Thruston	25	1.4	3.6	.389	0.4	1.1	.407	2.2	1.2	3.2
10	Bernard Robinson	14	0.9	2.0	.429	0.5	0.6	.778	0.6	0.3	2.2
11	Carl Gerlach	13	0.4	0.9	.417	0.2	0.5	.429	1.2	0.6	1.0
12	Bobby Noland	1	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0
13	Chuckie Williams	1	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Steve Mitchell	28	182	325	.560	61	88	.693	250	102	425
2	Ernie Kusnyer	28	173	370	.468	61	91	.670	227	67	407
3	Lon Kruger	25	111	220	.505	90	105	.857	47	51	312
4	Larry Williams	25	97	241	.402	40	50	.800	136	50	234
5	Bob Chipman	28	87	170	.512	45	60	.750	78	47	219
6	Danny Beard	24	75	183	.410	9	18	.500	85	30	159
7	Gene McVey	28	55	110	.500	44	72	.611	98	48	154
8	Doug Snider	21	43	79	.544	14	19	.737	36	19	100
9	Jerry Thruston	25	35	90	.389	11	27	.407	55	29	81
10	Bernard Robinson	14	12	28	.429	7	9	.778	9	4	31
11	Carl Gerlach	13	5	12	.417	3	7	.429	16	8	13
12	Bobby Noland	1	0	1	.000	0	0		0	0	0
13	Chuckie Williams	1	0	2	.000	0	0		0	0	0
	School Totals	28	875	1832	.478	385	546	.705	1214	455	2135

1972-73 Kansas State (Men's) Season