1955-56 Temple Owls Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 27-4 (Independent)

Rank: 15th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Harry Litwack

PS/G: 78.5 (49th of 175)

PA/G: 65.6 (25th of 175)

SRS: 9.41 (28th of 166)

SOS: -1.34 (99th of 166)

NCAA Tournament:
Won East First Round (74-72) versus Holy Cross
Won East Regional Semifinal (65-59) versus Connecticut
Won East Regional Final (60-58) versus Canisius
Lost National Semifinal (83-76) versus Iowa
Won National Third Place (90-81) versus Southern Methodist

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Hal Lear	SR	G	5-11	24.0 Pts, 3.5 Reb
Guy Rodgers	SO	G	6-0	18.5 Pts, 6.0 Reb
Fred Cohen	SR		6-6	8.2 Pts, 9.9 Reb
Hal Reinfeld	SR		6-2	7.9 Pts, 7.0 Reb
Jay Norman	SO		6-3	7.0 Pts, 9.6 Reb
Tink Van Patton	SO		6-8	4.1 Pts, 7.4 Reb
Barry Goldstein			6-0	3.1 Pts, 1.0 Reb
Dan Fleming	SO		6-6	3.7 Pts, 5.2 Reb
Bill Smith	JR		6-4	2.3 Pts, 2.6 Reb
Leon Smith	SR		6-2	3.4 Pts, 2.3 Reb
Bernie Osherow			6-0	2.7 Pts, 0.6 Reb
Mel Brodsky	SO		6-2	1.8 Pts, 1.2 Reb
John Granozio			6-2	0.5 Pts, 0.6 Reb

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	31		30.5	74.0	.412	17.5	26.9	.651	50.1						78.5
Opponent	31		23.0	67.4	.341	19.7	29.7	.662	43.6						65.6

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	31		946	2294	.412	543	834	.651	1552						2435
Opponent	31		712	2090	.341	610	921	.662	1353						2034

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PTS
1	Hal Lear	G	31	9.0	18.4	.488	9.0	18.4	6.1	7.8	.784	3.5	24.0
2	Guy Rodgers Jr	G	31	7.8	17.8	.440	7.8	17.8	2.8	5.0	.561	6.0	18.5
3	Fred Cohen		31	3.1	7.2	.433	3.1	7.2	1.9	2.9	.659	9.9	8.2
4	Hal Reinfeld		31	3.1	8.9	.347	3.1	8.9	1.7	2.5	.701	7.0	7.9
5	Jay Norman		31	2.4	7.2	.332	2.4	7.2	2.2	3.8	.580	9.6	7.0
6	Tink Van Patton		28	1.7	4.9	.350	1.7	4.9	0.7	1.4	.487	7.4	4.1
7	Dan Fleming		18	1.6	4.8	.326	1.6	4.8	0.6	0.9	.625	5.2	3.7
8	Leon Smith		10	1.3	2.6	.500	1.3	2.6	0.8	2.1	.381	2.3	3.4
9	Barry Goldstein		22	1.1	2.8	.403	1.1	2.8	0.9	1.5	.594	1.0	3.1
10	Bernie Osherow		11	0.6	2.0	.318	0.6	2.0	1.5	1.8	.800	0.6	2.7
11	Bill Smith		21	1.0	3.5	.288	1.0	3.5	0.3	0.6	.583	2.6	2.3
12	Mel Brodsky		16	0.8	1.6	.462	0.8	1.6	0.3	0.6	.556	1.2	1.8
13	John Granozio		15	0.3	1.1	.250	0.3	1.1	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	0.5
	Team Totals		31	30.5	74.0	.412	30.5	74.0	17.5	26.9	.651	50.1	78.5

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PTS
1	Hal Lear	G	31	278	570	.488	278	570	189	241	.784	109	745
2	Guy Rodgers Jr	G	31	243	552	.440	243	552	87	155	.561	186	573
3	Fred Cohen		31	97	224	.433	97	224	60	91	.659	308	254
4	Hal Reinfeld		31	96	277	.347	96	277	54	77	.701	217	246
5	Jay Norman		31	74	223	.332	74	223	69	119	.580	299	217
6	Tink Van Patton		28	48	137	.350	48	137	19	39	.487	206	115
7	Barry Goldstein		22	25	62	.403	25	62	19	32	.594	21	69
8	Dan Fleming		18	28	86	.326	28	86	10	16	.625	94	66
9	Bill Smith		21	21	73	.288	21	73	7	12	.583	54	49
10	Leon Smith		10	13	26	.500	13	26	8	21	.381	23	34
11	Bernie Osherow		11	7	22	.318	7	22	16	20	.800	7	30
12	Mel Brodsky		16	12	26	.462	12	26	5	9	.556	19	29
13	John Granozio		15	4	16	.250	4	16	0	2	.000	9	8
	Team Totals		31	946	2294	.412	946	2294	543	834	.651	1552	2435