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1954-55 Vanderbilt Commodores Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 16-6 (9-5, 3rd in SEC MBB)

Rank: 17th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Robert Polk

PS/G: 77.7 (54th of 175)

PA/G: 66.2 (33rd of 175)

SRS: 6.92 (34th of 162)

SOS: -2.33 (97th of 162)

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Al Rochelle	SO	G	6-0	16.1 Pts, 6.8 Reb
Bobby Thym	SO	F	6-2	16.0 Pts, 10.3 Reb
Babe Taylor	JR	G	6-1	17.1 Pts, 3.6 Reb
George Nordhaus	SR	F	6-4	12.7 Pts, 9.0 Reb
Charley Harrison	JR	C	6-7	10.1 Pts, 12.9 Reb
Joe Riley	JR	F	6-3	3.6 Pts, 4.4 Reb
Jerry Fridrich	SR	G	6-1	2.3 Pts, 0.4 Reb
Bill Keller	SO	C	6-7	1.9 Pts, 2.3 Reb
Charley Buechlein	JR	F	6-3	1.1 Pts, 1.2 Reb
Jo Gibbs	SO	F	6-7	0.6 Pts, 2.2 Reb
Bill Gee		G	6-3	0.5 Pts, 0.3 Reb
Jerry Caldwell		F	6-4	0.7 Pts, 0.7 Reb
Bob Surman		G	5-11	0.4 Pts, 0.2 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		26.6	80.0	.333	24.4	35.7	.684	53.4					18.4	77.7
Opponent	22		22.7	65.1	.348	20.9	31.9	.654	46.9					20.6	66.2

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	22		586	1760	.333	537	785	.684	1174					405	1709
Opponent	22		499	1433	.348	459	702	.654	1032					454	1457

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

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Babe Taylor	20	6.9	19.7	.348	3.4	4.7	.720	3.6	2.9	17.1
2	Al Rochelle	22	5.4	14.0	.385	5.3	7.1	.745	6.8	2.5	16.1
3	Bobby Thym	22	5.1	16.2	.315	5.8	8.0	.723	10.3	2.6	16.0
4	George Nordhaus	20	3.9	10.6	.368	4.9	6.8	.719	9.0	3.3	12.7
5	Charley Harrison	22	3.4	11.0	.307	3.4	5.9	.577	12.9	3.5	10.1
6	Joe Riley	22	1.4	6.0	.227	0.9	1.4	.613	4.4	1.3	3.6
7	Jerry Fridrich	20	0.8	2.4	.319	0.8	1.3	.615	0.4	0.9	2.3
8	Bill Keller	13	0.6	2.7	.229	0.7	1.0	.692	2.3	1.2	1.9
9	Charley Buechlein	14	0.4	1.3	.333	0.3	0.8	.364	1.2	0.4	1.1
10	Jerry Caldwell	6	0.3	0.5	.667	0.0	0.2	.000	0.7	0.2	0.7
11	Jo Gibbs	13	0.2	0.8	.273	0.2	0.2	1.000	2.2	1.1	0.6
12	Bill Gee	10	0.2	1.0	.200	0.1	0.2	.500	0.3	0.5	0.5
13	Bob Surman	5	0.0	0.4	.000	0.4	1.2	.333	0.2	0.4	0.4

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Al Rochelle	22	119	309	.385	117	157	.745	149	56	355
2	Bobby Thym	22	112	356	.315	128	177	.723	226	58	352
3	Babe Taylor	20	137	394	.348	67	93	.720	71	58	341
4	George Nordhaus	20	78	212	.368	97	135	.719	180	66	253
5	Charley Harrison	22	74	241	.307	75	130	.577	284	77	223
6	Joe Riley	22	30	132	.227	19	31	.613	97	29	79
7	Jerry Fridrich	20	15	47	.319	16	26	.615	7	18	46
8	Bill Keller	13	8	35	.229	9	13	.692	30	16	25
9	Charley Buechlein	14	6	18	.333	4	11	.364	17	5	16
10	Jo Gibbs	13	3	11	.273	2	2	1.000	28	14	8
11	Bill Gee	10	2	10	.200	1	2	.500	3	5	5
12	Jerry Caldwell	6	2	3	.667	0	1	.000	4	1	4
13	Bob Surman	5	0	2	.000	2	6	.333	1	2	2
	School Totals	22	586	1760	.333	537	785	.684	1174	405	1709