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1968-69 Purdue Boilermakers Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 23-5 (13-1, 1st in Big Ten MBB)

Rank: 6th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: George King

PS/G: 93.0 (1st of 199)

PA/G: 79.1 (138th of 199)

SRS: 21.59 (2nd of 192)

SOS: 8.97 (5th of 192)

NCAA Tournament:
Won Mideast Regional Semifinal (91-71) versus Miami (OH)
Won Mideast Regional Final (75-73) versus Marquette
Won National Semifinal (92-65) versus North Carolina
Lost National Final (92-72) versus UCLA

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Rick Mount	JR	F	6-4	33.3 Pts, 3.2 Reb
Herman Gilliam	SR	F	6-3	15.8 Pts, 8.5 Reb
Bill Keller	SR	G	5-11	13.3 Pts, 4.6 Reb
George Faerber	SO	F	6-5	9.0 Pts, 7.0 Reb
Larry Weatherford	SO	G	6-3	6.6 Pts, 2.1 Reb
Chuck Bavis	JR	C	7-0	5.5 Pts, 4.5 Reb
Jerry Johnson	JR	C	6-10	4.8 Pts, 4.6 Reb
Tyrone Bedford	JR	F	6-5	3.7 Pts, 4.7 Reb
Frank Kaufman	SO	C	6-8	2.8 Pts, 2.0 Reb
Ralph Taylor	SR	F	6-2	2.0 Pts, 1.6 Reb
Ted Reasoner	SR	C	6-6	1.2 Pts, 1.6 Reb
Glenn Young	JR		6-3	1.7 Pts, 0.0 Reb
Steve Longfellow	SO	G	5-11	0.5 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		36.3	74.2	.489	20.4	26.1	.782	48.9					22.3	93.0
Opponent	28		29.1	70.3	.414	20.9	29.9	.700	44.8					19.6	79.1

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														97.1
Opponent	14														81.4

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	28		1017	2078	.489	571	730	.782	1369					624	2605
Opponent	28		815	1967	.414	586	837	.700	1254					548	2216

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														1359
Opponent	14														1139

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Rick Mount	28	13.1	25.4	.515	7.1	8.4	.847	3.2	2.1	33.3
2	Herman Gilliam	24	6.0	12.8	.471	3.8	4.4	.857	8.5	2.5	15.8
3	Bill Keller	27	5.0	10.7	.466	3.3	3.6	.898	4.6	2.1	13.3
4	George Faerber	28	3.6	5.8	.620	1.8	2.5	.718	7.0	3.2	9.0
5	Larry Weatherford	28	2.7	6.1	.439	1.3	1.6	.800	2.1	1.6	6.6
6	Chuck Bavis	24	2.3	4.9	.475	0.9	1.2	.750	4.5	3.5	5.5
7	Jerry Johnson	27	2.0	4.3	.457	0.9	1.8	.500	4.6	2.1	4.8
8	Tyrone Bedford	26	1.5	3.6	.426	0.6	1.0	.615	4.7	2.7	3.7
9	Frank Kaufman	24	1.0	1.7	.585	0.8	1.3	.633	2.0	2.2	2.8
10	Ralph Taylor	22	0.6	1.1	.560	0.7	0.9	.789	1.6	1.0	2.0
11	Glenn Young	6	0.0	0.7	.000	0.3	0.5	.667	0.0		1.7
12	Ted Reasoner	17	0.4	1.5	.269	0.4	0.9	.438	1.6	1.5	1.2
13	Steve Longfellow	11	0.2	1.3	.143	0.2	0.5	.400	0.5	0.5	0.5

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Rick Mount	28	366	710	.515	200	236	.847	90	60	932
2	Herman Gilliam	24	144	306	.471	90	105	.857	204	60	378
3	Bill Keller	27	135	290	.466	88	98	.898	123	58	358
4	George Faerber	28	101	163	.620	51	71	.718	196	90	253
5	Larry Weatherford	28	75	171	.439	36	45	.800	60	46	186
6	Chuck Bavis	24	56	118	.475	21	28	.750	108	84	133
7	Jerry Johnson	27	53	116	.457	24	48	.500	124	57	130
8	Tyrone Bedford	26	40	94	.426	16	26	.615	121	69	96
9	Frank Kaufman	24	24	41	.585	19	30	.633	49	53	67
10	Ralph Taylor	22	14	25	.560	15	19	.789	35	21	43
11	Ted Reasoner	17	7	26	.269	7	16	.438	27	25	21
12	Glenn Young	6	0	4	.000	2	3	.667	0		10
13	Steve Longfellow	11	2	14	.143	2	5	.400	5	5	6
	School Totals	28	1017	2078	.489	571	730	.782	1369	624	2605

1968-69 Purdue (Men's) Season