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1956-57 Kansas Jayhawks Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 24-3 (11-1, 1st in Big 7 MBB)

Rank: 2nd in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Dick Harp

PS/G: 72.0 (90th of 176)

PA/G: 58.6 (6th of 176)

SRS: 20.94 (1st of 167)

SOS: 7.53 (5th of 167)

NCAA Tournament:
Won Midwest Regional Semifinal (73-65) versus Southern Methodist
Won Midwest Regional Final (81-61) versus Oklahoma City
Won National Semifinal (80-56) versus San Francisco
Lost National Final (54-53) versus North Carolina

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Wilt Chamberlain	SO	C	7-1	29.6 Pts, 18.9 Reb
Gene Elstun	SR		6-3	11.3 Pts, 5.3 Reb
Maurice King	SR		6-2	9.7 Pts, 4.5 Reb
Ron Loneski	SO	F	6-4	9.6 Pts, 6.8 Reb
John Parker	SR		6-0	5.5 Pts, 2.0 Reb
Lew Johnson	SR		6-6	3.0 Pts, 3.9 Reb
Ron Johnston	SR		6-1	4.3 Pts, 3.4 Reb
Bob Billings	SO	G	5-11	2.2 Pts, 0.9 Reb
Eddie Dater	SR		6-2	1.6 Pts, 0.7 Reb
Blaine Hollinger	SR		5-10	1.2 Pts, 0.8 Reb
John Cleland	JR		6-3	2.0 Pts, 0.7 Reb
Monte Johnson	SO	F	6-5	1.1 Pts, 1.5 Reb
Lee Green	SR		6-5	1.0 Pts, 1.4 Reb
Harry Jett	SR		6-3	1.3 Pts, 0.5 Reb
Gary Thompson	SO	C	6-4	1.0 Pts, 1.4 Reb
Lyn Kindred	SO	G	6-2	0.3 Pts, 0.9 Reb
Larry Kelley			6-0	2.0 Pts, 2.0 Reb
Joe Ensley			6-1	0.0 Pts, 2.0 Reb

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	27		25.7	63.7	.404	20.6	31.6	.651	48.1					14.7	72.0
Opponent	27		21.7	61.8	.351	15.2	24.0	.634	35.1					19.7	58.6

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	27		695	1720	.404	555	853	.651	1299					396	1945
Opponent	27		586	1668	.351	411	648	.634	949					531	1583

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

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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Wilt Chamberlain	C	27	10.2	21.8	.468	10.2	21.8	9.3	14.8	.627	18.9	2.3	29.6	AA-1
2	Gene Elstun		26	4.2	10.0	.425	4.2	10.0	2.8	4.3	.652	5.3	2.2	11.3
3	Maurice King		27	3.7	10.0	.374	3.7	10.0	2.3	3.3	.693	4.5	2.6	9.7
4	Ron Loneski	F	17	3.0	9.1	.329	3.0	9.1	3.6	5.1	.701	6.8	2.0	9.6
5	John Parker		27	2.2	4.9	.455	2.2	4.9	1.0	1.4	.718	2.0	1.7	5.5
6	Ron Johnston		12	1.4	4.2	.340	1.4	4.2	1.4	2.1	.680	3.4	1.6	4.3
7	Lew Johnson		26	1.2	3.9	.304	1.2	3.9	0.6	1.1	.517	3.9	1.8	3.0
8	Bob Billings	G	22	0.5	1.5	.294	0.5	1.5	1.3	1.6	.800	0.9	0.5	2.2
9	John Cleland		6	0.7	0.8	.800	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.8	.800	0.7	0.5	2.0
10	Larry Kelley		1	1.0	2.0	.500	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0		2.0	0.0	2.0
11	Eddie Dater		15	0.7	1.9	.379	0.7	1.9	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.7	0.6	1.6
12	Harry Jett		8	0.4	1.3	.300	0.4	1.3	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.5	0.4	1.3
13	Blaine Hollinger		18	0.4	1.4	.308	0.4	1.4	0.3	0.7	.417	0.8	0.3	1.2
14	Monte Johnson	F	11	0.4	1.7	.211	0.4	1.7	0.4	0.5	.800	1.5	0.7	1.1
15	Lee Green		10	0.5	1.2	.417	0.5	1.2	0.0	0.2	.000	1.4	0.7	1.0
16	Gary Thompson	C	7	0.4	0.7	.600	0.4	0.7	0.1	0.6	.250	1.4	0.3	1.0
17	Lyn Kindred	G	16	0.1	0.9	.071	0.1	0.9	0.1	0.3	.400	0.9	0.9	0.3
18	Joe Ensley		1	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		2.0	1.0	0.0
	Team Totals		27	25.7	63.7	.404	25.7	63.7	20.6	31.6	.651	48.1	14.7	72.0

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Wilt Chamberlain	27	275	588	.468	250	399	.627	510	63	800
2	Gene Elstun	26	110	259	.425	73	112	.652	139	57	293
3	Maurice King	27	101	270	.374	61	88	.693	122	69	263
4	Ron Loneski	17	51	155	.329	61	87	.701	115	34	163
5	John Parker	27	60	132	.455	28	39	.718	53	45	148
6	Lew Johnson	26	31	102	.304	15	29	.517	101	47	77
7	Ron Johnston	12	17	50	.340	17	25	.680	41	19	51
8	Bob Billings	22	10	34	.294	28	35	.800	19	11	48
9	Eddie Dater	15	11	29	.379	2	2	1.000	10	9	24
10	Blaine Hollinger	18	8	26	.308	5	12	.417	14	5	21
11	John Cleland	6	4	5	.800	4	5	.800	4	3	12
12	Monte Johnson	11	4	19	.211	4	5	.800	16	8	12
13	Lee Green	10	5	12	.417	0	2	.000	14	7	10
14	Harry Jett	8	3	10	.300	4	4	1.000	4	3	10
15	Gary Thompson	7	3	5	.600	1	4	.250	10	2	7
16	Lyn Kindred	16	1	14	.071	2	5	.400	14	14	4
17	Larry Kelley	1	1	2	.500	0	0		2	0	2
18	Joe Ensley	1	0	0		0	0		2	1	0
	School Totals	27	695	1720	.404	555	853	.651	1299	396	1945