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1959-60 Kansas Jayhawks Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 19-9 (10-4, 1st in Big 8 MBB)

Coach: Dick Harp

PS/G: 69.6 (103rd of 181)

PA/G: 65.0 (46th of 181)

SRS: 10.87 (13th of 175)

SOS: 6.23 (13th of 175)

NCAA Tournament:
Won Midwest Regional Semifinal (90-81) versus Texas
Lost Midwest Regional Final (82-71) versus Cincinnati

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Wayne Hightower	SO	F	6-8	21.8 Pts, 10.1 Reb
Bill Bridges	JR	F	6-6	11.4 Pts, 13.8 Reb
Jerry Gardner	SO	G	5-11	8.9 Pts, 2.7 Reb
Al Donaghue	SR	F	6-5	10.9 Pts, 4.9 Reb
Bob Hickman	SR	G	6-2	6.4 Pts, 3.9 Reb
Dee Ketchum	JR	G	5-11	5.9 Pts, 1.7 Reb
Butch Myers	JR	F	6-1	4.2 Pts, 1.4 Reb
Al Correll	FR	G	6-3	6.3 Pts, 3.5 Reb
Jim Hoffman	SR	F	6-3	2.7 Pts, 2.2 Reb
Dick Gisel	SR	F	5-11	3.1 Pts, 1.7 Reb
Bill Goetze		F	6-3	1.3 Pts, 0.7 Reb
Bill Elstun		F	6-2	0.8 Pts, 0.5 Reb
Larry Sterlin		C	6-5	2.0 Pts, 1.0 Reb
Ken Hensley		G	6-2	0.0 Pts, 0.0 Reb
Howard Parker		G	5-11	0.0 Pts, 0.0 Reb
Pete Woodward	SO	G	6-2	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		25.0	64.3	.388	19.7	28.3	.695	46.9					16.3	69.6
Opponent	28		25.0	65.1	.384	15.0	21.9	.685	44.1					20.0	65.0

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		699	1800	.388	551	793	.695	1313					457	1949
Opponent	28		700	1824	.384	419	612	.685	1235					560	1819

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
1	Wayne Hightower	F	28	7.5	18.3	.408	7.5	18.3	6.9	10.2	.677	10.1	3.1	21.8
2	Bill Bridges	F	28	4.0	10.5	.382	4.0	10.5	3.4	5.1	.662	13.8	3.6	11.4
3	Al Donaghue	F	17	4.8	12.2	.389	4.8	12.2	1.4	2.1	.657	4.9	2.8	10.9
4	Jerry Gardner	G	28	3.5	7.9	.448	3.5	7.9	1.9	2.6	.712	2.7	2.4	8.9
5	Bob Hickman	G	28	2.0	6.2	.329	2.0	6.2	2.4	2.9	.825	3.9	2.1	6.4
6	Al Correll	G	11	1.7	4.5	.388	1.7	4.5	2.8	3.7	.756	3.5	1.3	6.3
7	Dee Ketchum	G	17	2.1	6.0	.343	2.1	6.0	1.8	2.2	.838	1.7	1.5	5.9
8	Butch Myers	F	21	1.7	4.0	.412	1.7	4.0	0.9	1.6	.576	1.4	1.1	4.2
9	Dick Gisel	F	21	1.2	3.9	.317	1.2	3.9	0.6	0.8	.765	1.7	1.0	3.1
10	Jim Hoffman	F	25	0.8	2.4	.350	0.8	2.4	1.0	1.7	.595	2.2	0.4	2.7
11	Larry Sterlin	C	1	1.0	1.0	1.000	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0		1.0	0.0	2.0
12	Bill Goetze	F	7	0.4	1.1	.375	0.4	1.1	0.4	0.7	.600	0.7	0.3	1.3
13	Bill Elstun	F	4	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	.500	0.5	0.0	0.8
14	Howard Parker	G	2	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0
15	Ken Hensley	G	2	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
16	Pete Woodward	G	2	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0
	Team Totals		28	25.0	64.3	.388	25.0	64.3	19.7	28.3	.695	46.9	16.3	69.6

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Wayne Hightower	28	209	512	.408	193	285	.677	282	87	611
2	Bill Bridges	28	112	293	.382	94	142	.662	385	102	318
3	Jerry Gardner	28	99	221	.448	52	73	.712	76	66	250
4	Al Donaghue	17	81	208	.389	23	35	.657	84	47	185
5	Bob Hickman	28	57	173	.329	66	80	.825	108	59	180
6	Dee Ketchum	17	35	102	.343	31	37	.838	29	25	101
7	Butch Myers	21	35	85	.412	19	33	.576	29	24	89
8	Al Correll	11	19	49	.388	31	41	.756	38	14	69
9	Jim Hoffman	25	21	60	.350	25	42	.595	56	11	67
10	Dick Gisel	21	26	82	.317	13	17	.765	36	20	65
11	Bill Goetze	7	3	8	.375	3	5	.600	5	2	9
12	Bill Elstun	4	1	1	1.000	1	2	.500	2	0	3
13	Larry Sterlin	1	1	1	1.000	0	0		1	0	2
14	Ken Hensley	2	0	4	.000	0	1	.000	0	0	0
15	Howard Parker	2	0	1	.000	0	0		0	0	0
16	Pete Woodward	2	0	0		0	0		0	0	0
	School Totals	28	699	1800	.388	551	793	.695	1313	457	1949