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1959-60 West Virginia Mountaineers Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 26-5 (9-2, 2nd in Southern MBB)

Rank: 5th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Fred Schaus

PS/G: 89.5 (3rd of 181)

PA/G: 75.8 (140th of 181)

SRS: 13.13 (8th of 175)

SOS: -0.55 (85th of 175)

NCAA Tournament:
Won East First Round (94-86) versus Navy
Lost East Regional Semifinal (82-81) versus New York University
Won East Regional Third Place (106-100) versus Saint Joseph's

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Jerry West	SR	G	6-3	29.3 Pts, 16.5 Reb, 4.3 Ast
Lee Patrone	JR	G	5-11	14.2 Pts, 5.5 Reb
Jim Warren	SR	G	6-2	10.5 Pts, 3.5 Reb
Willie Akers	SR	C	6-5	8.0 Pts, 6.1 Reb
James Ritchie	JR	F	6-4	7.6 Pts, 6.2 Reb
Paul Miller	SO	F	6-6	4.7 Pts, 2.3 Reb
Joe Posch	JR	C	6-7	4.1 Pts, 3.3 Reb
Paul Popovich	SO	G	6-0	3.3 Pts, 1.3 Reb
Paul Butch Goode	SR	G	6-2	2.9 Pts, 1.3 Reb
Kenneth Ward	SO	C	6-4	2.5 Pts, 2.6 Reb
Edwin Bode	SO	F	6-3	2.3 Pts, 1.7 Reb
Nick Visnic	JR	G	6-1	2.7 Pts, 0.9 Reb
Dick Dubois	SO	G	5-11	1.7 Pts, 0.9 Reb
Nick Serdich	SO	F	6-5	0.4 Pts, 0.7 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		33.5	72.5	.463	22.4	31.4	.714	57.3					22.3	89.5
Opponent	31		27.5	73.8	.372	20.9	31.6	.663	47.6					21.3	75.8

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	11														94.7
Opponent	11														75.3

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	31		1040	2248	.463	695	973	.714	1775					691	2775
Opponent	31		851	2287	.372	649	979	.663	1477					659	2351

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	11														1042
Opponent	11														828

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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Jerry West	G	31	36.4	10.5	20.8	.504	10.5	20.8	8.3	10.9	.766	16.5	4.3	2.5	29.3	AA-1
2	Lee Patrone	G	31		5.5	11.8	.466	5.5	11.8	3.3	4.5	.716	5.5		2.2	14.2
3	Jim Warren	G	31		4.6	9.4	.497	4.6	9.4	1.2	1.4	.864	3.5		2.1	10.5
4	Willie Akers	C	31		3.0	7.5	.397	3.0	7.5	2.0	2.9	.692	6.1		3.4	8.0
5	James Ritchie	F	31		2.6	6.2	.427	2.6	6.2	2.3	3.5	.651	6.2		3.0	7.6
6	Paul Miller	F	31		1.8	3.8	.479	1.8	3.8	1.1	2.0	.541	2.3		2.1	4.7
7	Joe Posch	C	31		1.5	3.4	.452	1.5	3.4	1.1	1.5	.733	3.3		2.5	4.1
8	Paul Popovich	G	26		1.3	3.0	.455	1.3	3.0	0.7	0.9	.708	1.3		1.2	3.3
9	Paul Butch Goode	G	28		1.1	2.9	.390	1.1	2.9	0.6	1.0	.607	1.3		1.4	2.9
10	Nick Visnic	G	15		1.1	2.5	.459	1.1	2.5	0.4	0.8	.500	0.9		0.9	2.7
11	Kenneth Ward	C	26		0.5	1.6	.341	0.5	1.6	1.4	2.0	.712	2.6		0.9	2.5
12	Edwin Bode	F	19		1.0	2.0	.500	1.0	2.0	0.3	0.5	.667	1.7		1.1	2.3
13	Dick Dubois	G	13		0.3	1.3	.235	0.3	1.3	1.1	1.4	.778	0.9		0.8	1.7
14	Nick Serdich	F	7		0.1	1.0	.143	0.1	1.0	0.1	0.3	.500	0.7		0.1	0.4
	Team Totals		31		33.5	72.5	.463	33.5	72.5	22.4	31.4	.714	57.3		22.3	89.5

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Jerry West	31	1129	325	645	.504	258	337	.766	510	134	77	908
2	Lee Patrone	31		170	365	.466	101	141	.716	170		68	441
3	Jim Warren	31		144	290	.497	38	44	.864	108		66	326
4	Willie Akers	31		93	234	.397	63	91	.692	188		105	249
5	James Ritchie	31		82	192	.427	71	109	.651	192		92	235
6	Paul Miller	31		57	119	.479	33	61	.541	71		66	147
7	Joe Posch	31		47	104	.452	33	45	.733	103		79	127
8	Paul Popovich	26		35	77	.455	17	24	.708	33		30	87
9	Paul Butch Goode	28		32	82	.390	17	28	.607	35		39	81
10	Kenneth Ward	26		14	41	.341	37	52	.712	68		24	65
11	Edwin Bode	19		19	38	.500	6	9	.667	33		21	44
12	Nick Visnic	15		17	37	.459	6	12	.500	14		13	40
13	Dick Dubois	13		4	17	.235	14	18	.778	12		10	22
14	Nick Serdich	7		1	7	.143	1	2	.500	5		1	3
	School Totals	31		1040	2248	.463	695	973	.714	1775		691	2775