1962-63
OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL CONFERENCE PLACE CONF. TOURNEY POST-SEASON
 12-13 5-6 4-6 3-1 5-9 6th T   NONE

ROSTER:

NO. POS. NAME CLASS HGT. WGT. Hometown (Previous School)
    RETURNEES:        
15 F/G Al Correll ** Sr. 6'4 180 Philadelphia, PA
14 F/G Jim Dumas ** Sr. 6'1 185 Topeka, KS  (Topeka HS)
25 G Nolen Ellison ** Cpt. Sr. 6'1 185 Kansas City, KS
42 F Harry Gibson * Jr. 6'3 190 Kansas City, KS (Wyandotte HS)
44 C John Matt ** Sr. 6'6 200 Minneapolis, MN
55 F Jay Roberts Jr. 6'4 206 Des Moines, IA  
24 F Loye Sparks * Sr. 6'4 195 Arkansas City, KS/ Arkansas City JUCO
20 C Buddy Vance * Jr. 6'6 185 Seminole, OK
    NEW FACES:        
5 G Kerry Bolton So. 6'3 175 Overland Park, KS (Shawnee Mission North HS)
33 F David Brill So. 6'5 190 Lewis, KS or Kansas City, KS
31 F Jim Gough % So. 6'8 192 Chanute, KS
3 G Richard Ruggles % So. 5'11 165 LaGrange, IL
22 G David Schichtle So. 6'2 170 Coffeyville, KS
23 F Pete Townsend % So. 6'5 176 Topeka, KS  (Topeka HS)
40 C George Unseld So. 6'7 210 Louisville, KY (Seneca HS)

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

COACHES:

 

  

LOSSES FROM LAST YEAR ('62 stats):

PLAYER LOSSES Class Hgt. POS. G/GS PTS PPG RBS RPG PPts STATUS
Carl Deane Jr. 5'10 G 3/ 2 0.7 0 0.0    
Lee Flachsbarth Sr. 6'5 C 19/ 64 3.4 72 3.8   Graduated
Jerry Gardner Sr. 6'0 G 25/ 517 20.7 97 3.9   Graduated
Derrill Gwinner So. 6'4 F 4/ 0 0.0 1 0.3    
Pete Woodward Sr. 6'2 G 3/ 0 0.0 1 0.3   Graduated
TOTALS         583 23.3 171 6.8    

 

PRESEASON OUTLOOK:
Al Correll returned from a redshirt year.

 

 

 

 

SEASON SUMMARY:
 

 

1963  FINAL TEAM STATISTICS (Team highs in bold):

CATEGORY

KU

OPP

DIFF

 Unseld, George Ellison, Nolen Gibson, Harry Dumas, Jim Schichtle, Dave Correll, Al

Games Played/Started

  25 25   25/ 25/ 25/ 25/ 23/ 9/

Points

 1563  1535   432 395 208 154 107 89

    Per Game

 62.5 61.4   17.3 15.8 8.3 6.2 4.7 9.9

Rebounds

 1063 1099   199 124 180 148 47 50

    Per Game

 42.5 44.0   8.0 5.0 7.2 5.9 2.0 5.6

FG -Attempts

  1536 1425   370 369 258 149 125 75

       Made

 599 572   166 155 91 56 35 31

       Percent

  39.0 40.1   44.9 42.0 35.3 37.6 28.0 41.3

FT-Attempts

 605 586   196 134 40 63 50 32

     Made

 365  391   100 85 26 42 37 27

     Percent

 60.3 66.7   51.0 63.4 65.0 66.7 74.0 84.4

Production Points/Game

                  
Production Points/Minute                  

Statistics, Cont'd

CATEGORY Matt, John Bolton, Kerry Brill, Dave Sparks, Loye Roberts, Jay Vance, Buddy Ruggles, Richard Gough, Jim Townsend, Pete Team
Games Played/ Started 19/ 22/ 16/ 11/ 14/ 8/ 7/ 6/ 2/  
Points 61 34 25 18 17 9 7 4 3  
   Per Game 3.2 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.7 1.5  
Rebounds 44 32 26 14 22 9 3 3 0 162
   Per Game 2.3 1.5 1.6 1.3 1.6 1.1 0.4 0.5 0.0 6.5
FG - Attempts 59 48 20 27 16 8 7 4 1  
         Made 24 15 6 7 6 3 2 1 1  
         Percent 40.7 31.3 30.0 25.9 37.5 37.5 28.6 25.0 100.0  
FT - Attempts 36 8 16 9 6 6 4 3 2  
        Made 13 4 13 4 5 3 3 2 1  
        Percent 36.1 50.0 81.3 44.4 83.3 50.0 75.0 66.7 50.0  
Production Points/Game                    
Production Points/Minute                    

Source:   KU Basketball Media Guide

GAME-BY-GAME

Montana W 68-56   Dec. 1 at Lawrence
Arkansas L 62-64 * Dec. 3 at Fayetteville, Ark.
Michigan State L 62-81   Dec. 8 at East Lansing, Mich.
Wyoming W 75-57   Dec. 10 at Lawrence
Arizona State L 62-71   Dec. 14 at Manhattan, Kan.
Cincinnati L 49-64   Dec. 15 at Lawrence
Denver W 68-43   Dec. 17 at Lawrence
Northwestern W 62-57   Dec. 22 at Evanston, Ill.
Colorado W 70-64   Dec. 26 at Kansas City, Mo.
Iowa State W 69-51   Dec. 28 at Kansas City, Mo.
Kansas State W 90-88 **** Dec. 29 at Kansas City, Mo.
Colorado L 57-73   Jan. 5 at Lawrence
Iowa State L 51-55   Jan. 12 at Ames, Iowa
Missouri L 56-62   Jan. 14 at Columbia, Mo.
Nebraska W 72-53   Jan. 19 at Lawrence
Iowa State L 57-69   Feb. 2 at Lawrence
Oklahoma W 86-55   Feb. 5 at Norman, Okla.
Colorado L 52-62   Feb. 9 at Boulder, Colo.
Oklahoma State L 53-54   Feb. 11 at Lawrence
Oklahoma L 62-64   Feb. 16 at Lawrence
Kansas State L 54-67   Feb. 19 at Lawrence
Nebraska W 45-39   Feb. 23 at Lincoln, Neb.
Kansas State L 60-74   Feb. 27 at Manhattan, Kan.
Missouri W 72-68   Mar. 1 at Lawrence
Oklahoma State W 49-48   Mar. 9 at Stillwater, Okla.
 

LINK TO 1963 NATIONAL STATISTICS

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