1958-59
OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL CONFERENCE PLACE CONF. TOURNEY POST-SEASON
11-14  5-5 5-5 1-4 8-6 3rd T   NONE

ROSTER:

NO. POS. NAME CLASS HGT. WGT. Hometown (Previous School)
    RETURNEES:        
22 G Bob Billings ** Sr. 5'11 172

Russell, KS (Russell HS)
44 F Al Donaghue * Jr. 6'5 227 Kansas City, KS (Wyandotte HS)
20 G Bob Hickman * Jr. 6'2 185 Terre Haute, IN
14 F Jim Hoffman * Jr. 6'4 192 Kansas City, MO
35 F/C Monte Johnson ** Sr. 6'5 190 Kansas City, KS
30 G Lynn Kindred ** Sr. 6'2 162 Emporia, KS
33 F Ron Loneski ** Sr. 6'5 217 Hammond, IN (Hammond HS)
42 C/F Gary Thompson ** Sr. 6'4 185 Wellington, KS
    NEW FACES:        
32 C Bill Bridges So. 6'6 219 Hobbs, New Mexico (Hobbs HS)
23 G Dick Gisel % So. 6'0 177 Hutchison, KS, Transfer from Hutchison (KS) Juco
3 G Dee Ketchum So. 6'0 165 Bartlesville, OK
24 G Russ Marcinek % So. 6'0 153 East Chicago, IL
50 G Doyle Schick % So. 6'0 185 Lawrence, KS (Lawrence HS)

          * Varsity letter     Cpt. = Captain    # = Walk-on     % = Nonletterman

COACHES:

 

  

LOSSES FROM LAST YEAR (' stats):

PLAYER LOSSES Class Hgt. POS. G/GS PTS PPG RBS RPG PPts STATUS
Wilt Chamberlain Jr. 7'0 C 21/ 633 30.1 367 17.5   To Globe-trotters
John Cleland Sr. 6'3 G 15/ 17 1.1 10 0.7   Graduated
Larry Kelley Jr. 6'0 G 4/ 2 0.5 0 0.0    
Gary Mowry Jr. 6'7 C 4/ 3 0.8 6 1.5    
Art Muegler So. 5'9 G 2/ 0 0.0 0 0.0    
Jerry Johnson       8/ 13 1.6 4 0.5    
TOTALS         688 29.0 387 16.8    

 

PRESEASON OUTLOOK:
 

 

 

 

 

SEASON SUMMARY:
 

 

1959  FINAL TEAM STATISTICS (Team highs in bold):

CATEGORY

KU

OPP

DIFF

 Loneski, Ron Bridges, Bill Donaghue, Al Billings, Bob Hickman, Bob Ketchum, Dee

Games Played/Started

 25 25   23/ 25/ 25/ 23/ 24/ 25/

Points

 1614  1582   436 308 266 138 131 128

    Per Game

 64.6 63.3   19.0 12.3 10.6 6.0 5.5 5.1

Rebounds

 1234 1082   238 343 125 57 104 18

    Per Game

 49.4 43.3   10.3 13.7 5.0 2.5 4.3 0.7

FG -Attempts

 1663 1635   480 307 242 135 177 126

       Made

 582 595   160 117 102 46 41 44

       Percent

 35.0 36.4   33.3 38.1 42.1 34.1 23.2 34.9

FT-Attempts

 743 630   195 129 110 60 78 50

     Made

 450 392   116 74 62 46 49 40

     Percent

 60.6 62.2   59.5 57.4 56.4 76.7 62.8 80.0

Production Points/Game

                  
Production Points/Minute                  

Statistics, Cont'd

CATEGORY Johnson, Monte Hoffman, Jim Thompson, Gary Kindred, Lynn Marcinek, Russ Gisel, Dick Schick, Doyle Team
Games Played/ Started 25 20 10 15 5 9 1  
Points 101 54 21 12 9 8 0  
   Per Game 4.0 2.7 2.1 0.8 1.8 0.9 0.0  
Rebounds 109 48 41 9 12 1 1 128
   Per Game 4.4 2.4 4.1 0.6 2.4 0.1 1.0 5.1
FG - Attempts 80 64 15 13 11 13 0  
         Made 33 22 4 5 3 4 0  
         Percent 41.3 34.4 26.7 38.5 27.3 30.8 0.0  
FT - Attempts 58 23 27 4 8 1 0  
        Made 35 10 13 2 3 0 0  
        Percent 60.3 43.5 48.1 50.0 37.5 0.0 0.0  
Production Points/Game                
Production Points/Minute                

Source:   KU Basketball Media Guide

GAME-BY-GAME

Rice W 65-49   Dec. 1 at Lawrence
Canisius W 75-54   Dec. 6 at Buffalo, N.Y.
Denver L 60-73   Dec. 8 at Lawrence
UCLA L 61-72   Dec. 12 at Los Angeles, Calif.
Southern Calif. L 55-68   Dec. 13 at Los Angeles, Calif.
St. Joseph’s L 65-67 * Dec. 19 at Manhattan, Kan.
N. Carolina State L 63-66   Dec. 20 at Lawrence
Colorado L 52-63   Dec. 27 at Kansas City, Mo.
Oklahoma State L 48-59   Dec. 29 at Kansas City, Mo.
Missouri W 84-73   Dec. 30 at Kansas City, Mo.
Oklahoma State W 58-49   Jan. 5 at Lawrence
Missouri W 69-62   Jan. 10 at Columbia, Mo.
Iowa State W 69-48   Jan. 12 at Ames, Iowa
Oklahoma L 38-45   Jan. 17 at Norman, Okla.
Colorado L 64-66   Jan. 31 at Lawrence
Oklahoma W 71-44   Feb. 4 at Lawrence
Louisville L 74-82   Feb. 7 at Louisville, Ky.
Kansas State L 72-82   Feb. 11 at Manhattan, Kan.
Nebraska W 63-55   Feb. 14 at Lincoln, Neb.
Colorado L 53-65   Feb. 16 at Boulder, Colo.
Nebraska W 66-50   Feb. 21 at Lawrence
Missouri W 85-81   Feb. 23 at Lawrence
Kansas State L 77-87   Feb. 27 at Lawrence
Iowa State L 62-67   Mar. 3 at Lawrence
Oklahoma State W 63-55   Mar. 10 at Stillwater, Okla.
 

LINK TO 1959 NATIONAL STATISTICS

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Fans bribed for first hoops telecast, Bill Mayer, KUSports.com, February 28, 2005