KU Basketball: 1956-57

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Kansas Basketball: 1956-57
Head Coach: Dick Harp

Record:
Overall Big 7 Home Away Neutral Post-Season NCAA Tourn
24-3 11-1, First 10-0 8-2 6-1 3-1 3-1, National runner-up

Overall	Big 7	Home	Away	Neutral	Post-Season	NCAA Tourn
24-3	11-1, First	10-0	8-2	6-1	3-1	3-1, National runner-up

Statistics

	G	Pts - Avg		Reb - Avg		FGs - Att - Pct			FTs - Att - Pct			PF
Chamberlain	27	800 -	29.6	510 -	18.9	275 -	588	46.8	250 -	399	62.7	63
Elstun	26	293 -	11.3	189 -	7.3	110 -	259	42.5	73 -	112	65.2	57
King	27	263 -	9.7	122 -	4.5	101 -	278	36.3	61 -	88	69.3	69
Loneski	17	163 -	9.6	115 -	6.8	51 -	155	32.9	61 -	87	70.1	34
Parker	27	148 -	5.5	53 -	2.0	60 -	132	45.5	28 -	39	71.8	45
L. Johnson	26	77 -	3.0	101 -	3.9	31 -	102	30.4	15 -	29	51.7	47
Johnston	12	51 -	4.3	41 -	3.4	17 -	50	34.0	17 -	25	68.0	19
Billings	22	48 -	2.2	19 -	0.9	10 -	34	29.4	28 -	35	80.0	11
Dater	15	24 -	1.6	10 -	0.7	11 -	29	37.9	2 -	2	100.0	9
Hollinger	18	21 -	1.2	14 -	0.8	8 -	26	30.8	5 -	12	41.7	5
Cleland	6	12 -	2.0	4 -	0.7	4 -	5	80.0	4 -	5	80.0	3
M. Johnson	11	12 -	1.1	16 -	1.5	4 -	19	21.1	4 -	5	80.0	8
Jett	8	10 -	1.3	4 -	0.5	3 -	10	30.0	4 -	4	100.0	3
Green	10	10 -	1.0	14 -	1.4	5 -	12	41.7	0 -	2	0.0	7
Thompson	7	7 -	1.0	10 -	1.4	3 -	5	60.0	1 -	4	25.0	2
Kindred	16	4 -	0.3	14 -	0.9	1 -	14	7.1	2 -	5	40.0	14
Kelley	1	2 -	2.0	2 -	2.0	1 -	2	50.0	0 -	0		0
Ensley	1	0 -	0.0	2 -	2.0	0 -	0		0 -	0		1
Team	59 -				2.2
Jayhawks	27	1945 -	72.0	1299 -	48.1	695 -	1720	40.4	555 -	853	65.1	397
Opponents	27	1583 -	58.6	949 -	35.1	586 -	1688	34.7	411 -	648	63.4	531
	G	Pts - Avg		Reb - Avg		FGs - Att - Pct			FTs - Att - Pct			PF

Roster

No.	Player	Pos.	Ht.	Wt.	Cl.
32	Bob Billings	G	6'0	173	So
13	Wilt Chamberlain	C	7'0	214	So
27	John Cleland *	G	6'3	170	Jr
21	Eddie Dater *	G	6'3	195	Sr
12	Gene Elstun ** Cpt.	F	6'3	175	Sr
7	Joe Ensley %	G	6'1	167	So
29	Lee Green **	F	6'5	190	Sr
24	Blaine Hollinger **	G	5'10	159	Sr
31	Harry Jett *	F	6'3	166	Sr
25	Lewis Johnson **	C-F	6'6	198	Sr
35	Monte Johnson	F	6'5	168	So
18	Ronald Johnston **	F	6'1	180	Sr
4	Larry Kelley %	G	5'11	155	So
34	Lynn Kindred	G	6'2	156	So
8	Maurice King **	F	6'2	190	Sr
33	Ron Loneski	F	6'5	210	So
22	John Parker ** Cpt.	G	6'0	173	Sr
42	Gary Thompson	F	6'4	207	Jr
*	Varsity letters
Cpt	Captain
%	Non letterman

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