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1955-56 Texas Longhorns Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 12-10 (5-7, 4th in SWC MBB)

Coach: Thurman Hull

PS/G: 76.3 (67th of 175)

PA/G: 74.8 (101st of 175)

SRS: 1.32 (68th of 166)

SOS: -0.18 (86th of 166)

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Raymond Downs	JR	F	6-4	26.4 Pts, 9.5 Reb
Norman Hooton	JR		6-2	13.7 Pts, 4.0 Reb
Ellis Olmstead	JR		6-10	9.9 Pts, 10.4 Reb
Kermit Decker	SO		6-0	9.7 Pts, 4.4 Reb
Bill Groogan	JR		6-3	5.3 Pts, 4.9 Reb
Kenneth Cleveland	SO		5-11	4.0 Pts, 1.5 Reb
Wayman Buchanan	SR		6-4	3.6 Pts, 2.6 Reb
John Shaffer	SO		6-5	1.8 Pts, 1.1 Reb
Barry Dowd	SO		6-0	1.8 Pts, 0.9 Reb
Charley Howard	SR		6-5	2.4 Pts, 1.4 Reb
Kenneth Horwitz			5-11	1.4 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	22		28.1	69.7	.404	20.0	27.9	.718	44.5					19.6	76.3
Opponent	22		26.6	67.0	.397	21.5	33.0	.653	41.8					16.5	74.8

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	12
Opponent	12

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	22		619	1533	.404	441	614	.718	979					431	1679
Opponent	22		586	1475	.397	474	726	.653	919					362	1646

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	12
Opponent	12

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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Raymond Downs	F	22	7.6	14.0	.540	7.6	14.0	11.2	13.6	.823	9.5	3.8	26.4
2	Norman Hooton		22	5.8	13.8	.418	5.8	13.8	2.2	3.0	.738	4.0	2.7	13.7
3	Ellis Olmstead		22	3.9	10.7	.364	3.9	10.7	2.1	3.9	.535	10.4	3.4	9.9
4	Kermit Decker		22	4.2	10.4	.404	4.2	10.4	1.4	2.2	.625	4.4	2.5	9.7
5	Bill Groogan		22	2.0	7.2	.278	2.0	7.2	1.3	2.4	.528	4.9	2.9	5.3
6	Kenneth Cleveland		17	1.7	3.8	.453	1.7	3.8	0.6	0.9	.667	1.5	1.3	4.0
7	Wayman Buchanan		16	1.4	4.6	.315	1.4	4.6	0.7	0.8	.917	2.6	1.2	3.6
8	Charley Howard		13	1.1	3.7	.292	1.1	3.7	0.2	0.4	.600	1.4	0.7	2.4
9	Barry Dowd		18	0.8	2.6	.298	0.8	2.6	0.3	0.4	.625	0.9	1.1	1.8
10	John Shaffer		19	0.7	1.9	.389	0.7	1.9	0.3	0.6	.500	1.1	0.9	1.8
11	Kenneth Horwitz		8	0.5	1.4	.364	0.5	1.4	0.4	0.4	1.000	0.3	0.5	1.4
	Team Totals		22	28.1	69.7	.404	28.1	69.7	20.0	27.9	.718	44.5	19.6	76.3

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Raymond Downs	22	167	309	.540	246	299	.823	208	83	580
2	Norman Hooton	22	127	304	.418	48	65	.738	88	59	302
3	Ellis Olmstead	22	86	236	.364	46	86	.535	229	75	218
4	Kermit Decker	22	92	228	.404	30	48	.625	96	54	214
5	Bill Groogan	22	44	158	.278	28	53	.528	107	64	116
6	Kenneth Cleveland	17	29	64	.453	10	15	.667	25	22	68
7	Wayman Buchanan	16	23	73	.315	11	12	.917	42	19	57
8	John Shaffer	19	14	36	.389	6	12	.500	21	18	34
9	Barry Dowd	18	14	47	.298	5	8	.625	16	20	33
10	Charley Howard	13	14	48	.292	3	5	.600	18	9	31
11	Kenneth Horwitz	8	4	11	.364	3	3	1.000	2	4	11
	School Totals	22	619	1533	.404	441	614	.718	979	431	1679