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1955-56 Tennessee Volunteers Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 10-14 (6-8, 6th in SEC MBB)

Coach: Emmett Lowery

PS/G: 74.6 (81st of 175)

PA/G: 78.9 (136th of 175)

SRS: -10.27 (138th of 166)

SOS: -4.03 (125th of 166)

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Carl Widseth	SR	C	6-4	21.8 Pts, 12.2 Reb
Herman Thompson	JR	F	5-11	18.0 Pts, 5.0 Reb
Leon Ammerman	SO	F	5-11	12.7 Pts, 5.3 Reb
Lewis Neyland	SR	F	6-3	7.8 Pts, 6.5 Reb
Bob Gipe	JR	F	6-5	5.3 Pts, 5.7 Reb
Bill Cate	SR	F	6-3	4.5 Pts, 3.4 Reb
Bobby Hatcher		F	6-6	4.3 Pts, 4.4 Reb
Bob Gentry		F	6-3	2.0 Pts, 2.8 Reb
Gene Simpson		G	6-0	2.8 Pts, 1.8 Reb
Doug Heinz		C	6-4	1.0 Pts, 0.5 Reb
Jim Otte		G	6-1	1.0 Pts, 0.3 Reb

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	24		25.9	71.5	.362	22.8	35.4	.644	44.7					19.0	74.6
Opponent	24		29.5	78.3	.376	20.0	31.7	.629	46.9					21.3	78.9

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	24		622	1716	.362	547	849	.644	1072					457	1791
Opponent	24		707	1879	.376	479	761	.629	1125					512	1893

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	Carl Widseth	C	24	6.3	14.7	.425	6.3	14.7	9.3	12.0	.771	12.2	2.4	21.8
2	Herman Thompson	F	24	6.6	17.3	.384	6.6	17.3	4.8	7.3	.657	5.0	2.6	18.0
3	Leon Ammerman	F	20	5.1	13.5	.375	5.1	13.5	2.6	4.4	.586	5.3	3.1	12.7
4	Lewis Neyland	F	24	3.1	9.7	.323	3.1	9.7	1.6	3.1	.507	6.5	3.4	7.8
5	Bob Gipe	F	24	2.0	6.0	.324	2.0	6.0	1.4	2.3	.600	5.7	3.0	5.3
6	Bill Cate	F	22	1.4	4.1	.330	1.4	4.1	1.7	2.8	.623	3.4	2.0	4.5
7	Bobby Hatcher	F	10	1.6	5.1	.314	1.6	5.1	1.1	2.4	.458	4.4	0.9	4.3
8	Gene Simpson	G	14	0.9	2.1	.400	0.9	2.1	1.1	2.0	.536	1.8	1.0	2.8
9	Bob Gentry	F	21	0.7	3.0	.219	0.7	3.0	0.6	1.4	.433	2.8	1.4	2.0
10	Doug Heinz	C	4	0.5	0.8	.667	0.5	0.8	0.0	0.3	.000	0.5	0.3	1.0
11	Jim Otte	G	3	0.0	1.3	.000	0.0	1.3	1.0	1.3	.750	0.3	0.3	1.0
	Team Totals		24	25.9	71.5	.362	25.9	71.5	22.8	35.4	.644	44.7	19.0	74.6

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Carl Widseth	24	150	353	.425	222	288	.771	292	57	522
2	Herman Thompson	24	159	414	.384	115	175	.657	120	62	433
3	Leon Ammerman	20	101	269	.375	51	87	.586	105	61	253
4	Lewis Neyland	24	75	232	.323	38	75	.507	157	81	188
5	Bob Gipe	24	47	145	.324	33	55	.600	136	71	127
6	Bill Cate	22	30	91	.330	38	61	.623	74	44	98
7	Bobby Hatcher	10	16	51	.314	11	24	.458	44	9	43
8	Bob Gentry	21	14	64	.219	13	30	.433	59	29	41
9	Gene Simpson	14	12	30	.400	15	28	.536	25	14	39
10	Doug Heinz	4	2	3	.667	0	1	.000	2	1	4
11	Jim Otte	3	0	4	.000	3	4	.750	1	1	3
	School Totals	24	622	1716	.362	547	849	.644	1072	457	1791