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1959-60 Ohio State Buckeyes Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 25-3 (13-1, 1st in Big Ten MBB)

Rank: 3rd in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Fred Taylor

PS/G: 90.4 (1st of 181)

PA/G: 69.8 (85th of 181)

SRS: 25.88 (2nd of 175)

SOS: 5.21 (23rd of 175)

NCAA Tournament:
Won Mideast Regional Semifinal (98-79) versus Western Kentucky
Won Mideast Regional Final (86-69) versus Georgia Tech
Won National Semifinal (76-54) versus New York University
Won National Final (75-55) versus California

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Jerry Lucas	SO	C	6-8	26.3 Pts, 16.4 Reb
Larry Siegfried	JR	G	6-4	13.3 Pts, 3.8 Reb
Mel Nowell	SO	G	6-2	13.1 Pts, 2.6 Reb
John Havlicek	SO	F	6-5	12.2 Pts, 7.3 Reb
Joe Roberts	SR	F	6-6	11.0 Pts, 6.9 Reb
Dick Furry	SR	F	6-7	5.1 Pts, 3.3 Reb
Bob Knight	SO		6-4	3.7 Pts, 2.0 Reb
Richie Hoyt	JR	F	6-4	2.5 Pts, 0.8 Reb
Howard Nourse	SR	C	6-7	3.1 Pts, 2.7 Reb
Gary Gearhart	SO	G	6-2	2.6 Pts, 1.2 Reb
Dave Barker	SR	G	6-2	1.4 Pts, 0.8 Reb
John Cedargren	SR	C	6-5	1.2 Pts, 1.1 Reb
James Allen	JR	G	5-9	1.0 Pts, 0.3 Reb
Nelson Miller	SO	F	6-3	0.8 Pts, 0.7 Reb
J.T. Landes	SO	G	5-11	0.7 Pts, 0.2 Reb
Gary Milliken	JR	G	5-11	0.0 Pts, 0.5 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		37.3	75.0	.497	15.9	22.1	.717	50.5					17.3	90.4
Opponent	28		26.9	69.3	.388	16.0	23.0	.693	36.9					16.9	69.8

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														90.8
Opponent	14														71.8

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	28		1044	2101	.497	444	619	.717	1415					484	2532
Opponent	28		753	1941	.388	447	645	.693	1032					472	1953

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														1271
Opponent	14														1005

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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Jerry Lucas	C	27	10.5	16.4	.637	10.5	16.4	5.3	6.9	.770	16.4	2.6	26.3	AA-1
2	Larry Siegfried	G	28	5.2	11.1	.466	5.2	11.1	2.9	3.9	.750	3.8	2.7	13.3
3	Mel Nowell	G	28	5.6	11.8	.473	5.6	11.8	2.0	2.6	.767	2.6	2.4	13.1
4	John Havlicek	F	28	5.1	11.1	.462	5.1	11.1	1.9	2.6	.716	7.3	2.2	12.2
5	Joe Roberts	F	28	4.8	10.0	.480	4.8	10.0	1.4	2.0	.679	6.9	2.0	11.0
6	Dick Furry	F	28	2.2	4.8	.455	2.2	4.8	0.7	1.2	.606	3.3	1.3	5.1
7	Bob Knight		21	1.4	3.5	.405	1.4	3.5	0.8	1.3	.630	2.0	1.2	3.7
8	Howard Nourse	C	17	1.4	2.8	.511	1.4	2.8	0.3	0.3	1.000	2.7	1.6	3.1
9	Gary Gearhart	G	19	1.1	2.7	.404	1.1	2.7	0.4	0.8	.438	1.2	1.4	2.6
10	Richie Hoyt	F	23	1.0	2.3	.423	1.0	2.3	0.6	0.8	.778	0.8	0.9	2.5
11	Dave Barker	G	16	0.7	1.7	.407	0.7	1.7	0.1	0.4	.167	0.8	0.4	1.4
12	John Cedargren	C	13	0.5	0.9	.583	0.5	0.9	0.2	0.4	.400	1.1	0.5	1.2
13	James Allen	G	7	0.1	1.3	.111	0.1	1.3	0.7	0.9	.833	0.3	0.4	1.0
14	Nelson Miller	F	6	0.3	0.8	.400	0.3	0.8	0.2	0.5	.333	0.7	0.2	0.8
15	J.T. Landes	G	6	0.3	1.3	.250	0.3	1.3	0.0	0.3	.000	0.2	0.2	0.7
16	Gary Milliken	G	2	0.0	1.5	.000	0.0	1.5	0.0	0.0		0.5	0.0	0.0
	Team Totals		28	37.3	75.0	.497	37.3	75.0	15.9	22.1	.717	50.5	17.3	90.4

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Jerry Lucas	27	283	444	.637	144	187	.770	442	71	710
2	Larry Siegfried	28	145	311	.466	81	108	.750	107	76	371
3	Mel Nowell	28	156	330	.473	56	73	.767	72	67	368
4	John Havlicek	28	144	312	.462	53	74	.716	205	61	341
5	Joe Roberts	28	135	281	.480	38	56	.679	194	57	308
6	Dick Furry	28	61	134	.455	20	33	.606	92	35	142
7	Bob Knight	21	30	74	.405	17	27	.630	42	25	77
8	Richie Hoyt	23	22	52	.423	14	18	.778	19	21	58
9	Howard Nourse	17	24	47	.511	5	5	1.000	46	28	53
10	Gary Gearhart	19	21	52	.404	7	16	.438	22	26	49
11	Dave Barker	16	11	27	.407	1	6	.167	13	6	23
12	John Cedargren	13	7	12	.583	2	5	.400	14	6	16
13	James Allen	7	1	9	.111	5	6	.833	2	3	7
14	Nelson Miller	6	2	5	.400	1	3	.333	4	1	5
15	J.T. Landes	6	2	8	.250	0	2	.000	1	1	4
16	Gary Milliken	2	0	3	.000	0	0		1	0	0
	School Totals	28	1044	2101	.497	444	619	.717	1415	484	2532