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1960-61 Utah Utes Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 23-8 (12-2, 1st in MSAC MBB)

Coach: Jack Gardner

PS/G: 81.9 (12th of 179)

PA/G: 70.3 (93rd of 179)

SRS: 10.48 (16th of 173)

SOS: 0.96 (67th of 173)

NCAA Tournament:
Won West Regional Semifinal (91-75) versus Loyola Marymount
Won West Regional Final (88-80) versus Arizona State
Lost National Semifinal (82-67) versus Cincinnati
Lost National Third Place (127-120) versus Saint Joseph's

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Billy McGill	JR	C	6-9	27.8 Pts, 13.9 Reb
Jim Rhead	SR		6-4	13.5 Pts, 10.4 Reb
Rich Ruffell	SR		6-3	12.0 Pts, 5.9 Reb
Joe Morton	SR		6-0	10.6 Pts, 2.8 Reb
Ed Rowe	JR		6-2	4.5 Pts, 2.4 Reb
Joe Aufderheide	JR		6-5	4.4 Pts, 3.6 Reb
Bo Crain	SO		6-2	4.4 Pts, 3.6 Reb
Jim Thomas	SR		6-5	3.3 Pts, 2.7 Reb
Bob Cozby	SO		6-1	1.3 Pts, 1.2 Reb
Barry Epstein			6-0	1.3 Pts, 0.9 Reb
Neil Jenson	SO			0.9 Pts, 0.3 Reb
Mel Yergersen			6-1	0.9 Pts, 0.6 Reb
Jerry Peterson				0.6 Pts, 0.8 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		32.5	66.7	.487	16.8	24.9	.677	51.4					18.2	81.9
Opponent	31		27.1	70.5	.384	16.1	25.1	.639	43.4					17.6	70.3

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	31		1007	2068	.487	522	771	.677	1592					564	2538
Opponent	31		840	2187	.384	498	779	.639	1346					546	2178

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	Awards
1	Billy McGill	C	31	11.0	20.9	.527	11.0	20.9	5.7	8.0	.715	13.9	3.5	27.8	AA-1
2	Jim Rhead		31	5.3	10.7	.495	5.3	10.7	3.0	4.5	.667	10.4	2.7	13.5
3	Rich Ruffell		31	5.1	10.1	.502	5.1	10.1	1.8	2.8	.663	5.9	2.1	12.0
4	Joe Morton		31	4.2	8.7	.483	4.2	8.7	2.3	3.5	.636	2.8	2.9	10.6
5	Ed Rowe		31	2.0	4.4	.449	2.0	4.4	0.5	0.7	.773	2.4	1.7	4.5
6	Bo Crain		31	1.8	3.6	.487	1.8	3.6	0.8	1.3	.641	3.6	1.6	4.4
7	Joe Aufderheide		31	1.7	3.6	.464	1.7	3.6	1.0	1.5	.711	3.6	1.8	4.4
8	Jim Thomas		23	1.0	3.6	.293	1.0	3.6	1.2	1.7	.737	2.7	0.9	3.3
9	Barry Epstein		12	0.4	1.6	.263	0.4	1.6	0.5	1.4	.353	0.9	0.8	1.3
10	Bob Cozby		18	0.3	0.6	.545	0.3	0.6	0.7	1.0	.667	1.2	0.5	1.3
11	Mel Yergersen		9	0.4	1.0	.444	0.4	1.0	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	1.0	0.9
12	Neil Jenson		15	0.4	1.1	.375	0.4	1.1	0.1	0.2	.667	0.3	0.3	0.9
13	Jerry Peterson		9	0.1	0.9	.125	0.1	0.9	0.3	0.6	.600	0.8	0.7	0.6
	Team Totals		31	32.5	66.7	.487	32.5	66.7	16.8	24.9	.677	51.4	18.2	81.9

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Billy McGill	31	342	649	.527	178	249	.715	430	108	862
2	Jim Rhead	31	164	331	.495	92	138	.667	321	85	420
3	Rich Ruffell	31	157	313	.502	57	86	.663	182	65	371
4	Joe Morton	31	130	269	.483	70	110	.636	88	90	330
5	Ed Rowe	31	61	136	.449	17	22	.773	73	53	139
6	Joe Aufderheide	31	52	112	.464	32	45	.711	113	55	136
7	Bo Crain	31	55	113	.487	25	39	.641	111	49	135
8	Jim Thomas	23	24	82	.293	28	38	.737	62	20	76
9	Bob Cozby	18	6	11	.545	12	18	.667	21	9	24
10	Barry Epstein	12	5	19	.263	6	17	.353	11	10	16
11	Neil Jenson	15	6	16	.375	2	3	.667	5	5	14
12	Mel Yergersen	9	4	9	.444	0	1	.000	5	9	8
13	Jerry Peterson	9	1	8	.125	3	5	.600	7	6	5
	School Totals	31	1007	2068	.487	522	771	.677	1592	564	2538