1961-1962 Kentucky Basketball Statistics
Record: 23-3 (13-1, 1st in SEC)
Rank: 3rd in the Final AP Poll
Coach: Adolph Rupp
NCAA Tournament:
Won Mideast Regional Semifinal (81-60) versus Butler
Lost Mideast Regional Final (74-64) versus Ohio State
Team – Per Game
G | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | FT | FTA | FT% | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | |
Team | 26 | 31.6 | 72.9 | 0.434 | 19.1 | 25.6 | 0.746 | 53.8 | 13.2 | 18.6 | 82.3 | ||||
Opponent | 26 | 24.5 | 66.7 | 0.368 | 16.5 | 24 | 0.69 | 41.9 | 6.5 | 18.3 | 65.5 |
Team – Totals
G | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | FT | FTA | FT% | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | |
Team | 26 | 822 | 1895 | 0.434 | 497 | 666 | 0.746 | 1399 | 343 | 483 | 2141 | ||||
Opponent | 26 | 637 | 1733 | 0.368 | 430 | 623 | 0.69 | 1090 | 168 | 476 | 1704 |
Individual – Per Game
Rk | Player | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | FT | FTA | FT% | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
1 | Cotton Nash | 26 | 8.5 | 18.8 | 0.452 | 6.4 | 8.4 | 0.761 | 13.3 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 23.4 | |||||
2 | Larry Pursiful | 26 | 7.8 | 15.4 | 0.51 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 0.817 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 3 | 19.1 | |||||
3 | Carroll Burchett | 25 | 3.9 | 9.8 | 0.4 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 0.783 | 8.2 | 1 | 3.4 | 11.2 | |||||
4 | Scotty Baesler | 26 | 4.3 | 11.8 | 0.364 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 0.797 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 2.8 | 10.9 | |||||
5 | Roy Roberts | 26 | 2.5 | 5.7 | 0.449 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 0.742 | 8.3 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 7 | |||||
6 | Allen Feldhaus | 26 | 2.7 | 6.1 | 0.447 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 6.1 | 1 | 1.8 | 6.3 | |||||
7 | Jim McDonald | 21 | 1 | 2.5 | 0.385 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.45 | 2 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 2.3 | |||||
8 | Ted Deeken | 14 | 0.9 | 2 | 0.429 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.714 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.1 | |||||
9 | Charles Ishmael | 8 | 1 | 2.5 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 0 | 0.3 | 2 | ||||||
10 | Tom Harper | 4 | 0.5 | 2 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.5 | |||||
11 | Harry Hurd | 3 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 0.25 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | |||||
12 | Doug Pendygraft | 9 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 0.231 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.571 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.1 | |||||
13 | George Critz | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | |||||
14 | _ Atkins | 7 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 0.182 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.7 | |||||
15 | Herky Rupp | 9 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.143 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1 | 1.3 | 0 | 0.6 | 0.7 | |||||
16 | Pat Doyle | 6 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
Individual – Totals
Rk | Player | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | FT | FTA | FT% | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
1 | Cotton Nash | 26 | 221 | 489 | 0.452 | 166 | 218 | 0.761 | 345 | 71 | 74 | 608 | |||||
2 | Larry Pursiful | 26 | 204 | 400 | 0.51 | 89 | 109 | 0.817 | 90 | 70 | 78 | 497 | |||||
3 | Scotty Baesler | 26 | 112 | 308 | 0.364 | 59 | 74 | 0.797 | 133 | 112 | 73 | 283 | |||||
4 | Carroll Burchett | 25 | 98 | 245 | 0.4 | 83 | 106 | 0.783 | 205 | 24 | 84 | 279 | |||||
5 | Roy Roberts | 26 | 66 | 147 | 0.449 | 49 | 66 | 0.742 | 215 | 23 | 67 | 181 | |||||
6 | Allen Feldhaus | 26 | 71 | 159 | 0.447 | 22 | 44 | 0.5 | 159 | 26 | 48 | 164 | |||||
7 | Jim McDonald | 21 | 20 | 52 | 0.385 | 9 | 20 | 0.45 | 42 | 9 | 32 | 49 | |||||
8 | Ted Deeken | 14 | 12 | 28 | 0.429 | 5 | 7 | 0.714 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 29 | |||||
9 | Charles Ishmael | 8 | 8 | 20 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 16 | ||||||
10 | Doug Pendygraft | 9 | 3 | 13 | 0.231 | 4 | 7 | 0.571 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 10 | |||||
11 | Tom Harper | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0.25 | 2 | 4 | 0.5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |||||
12 | Herky Rupp | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0.143 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 6 | |||||
13 | _ Atkins | 7 | 2 | 11 | 0.182 | 1 | 2 | 0.5 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 5 | |||||
14 | Harry Hurd | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.25 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||
15 | George Critz | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||
16 | Pat Doyle | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |||||
School Totals | 26 | 822 | 1895 | 0.434 | 497 | 666 | 0.746 | 1399 | 343 | 483 | 2141 |
Schedule and Results
G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | Arena | ||
1 | Sat, Dec 2, 1961 | REG | Miami (OH) | MAC | W | 93 | 61 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
2 | Mon, Dec 4, 1961 | REG | Southern California (4) | AAWU | L | 77 | 79 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
3 | Mon, Dec 11, 1961 | REG | Saint Louis | MVC | W | 86 | 77 | 2 | 1 | W 1 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
4 | Sat, Dec 16, 1961 | REG | Baylor | SWC | W | 94 | 60 | 3 | 1 | W 2 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
5 | Mon, Dec 18, 1961 | REG | Temple | Mid-Atl | W | 78 | 55 | 4 | 1 | W 3 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
6 | Fri, Dec 22, 1961 | REG | Tennessee | SEC | W | 96 | 69 | 5 | 1 | W 4 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
7 | Sat, Dec 23, 1961 | REG | Kansas State (4) | Big 8 | W | 80 | 67 | 6 | 1 | W 5 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
8 | Wed, Dec 27, 1961 | REG | Yale | Ivy | W | 79 | 58 | 7 | 1 | W 6 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
9 | Sat, Dec 30, 1961 | REG | N | Notre Dame | Ind | W | 100 | 53 | 8 | 1 | W 7 | Freedom Hall | |
10 | Tue, Jan 2, 1962 | REG | Virginia | ACC | W | 93 | 73 | 9 | 1 | W 8 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
11 | Sat, Jan 6, 1962 | REG | Georgia Tech | SEC | W | 89 | 70 | 10 | 1 | W 9 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
12 | Mon, Jan 8, 1962 | REG | @ | Vanderbilt | SEC | W | 77 | 68 | 11 | 1 | W 10 | Memorial Gymnasium | |
13 | Fri, Jan 12, 1962 | REG | Louisiana State | SEC | W | 84 | 63 | 12 | 1 | W 11 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
14 | Mon, Jan 15, 1962 | REG | @ | Tennessee | SEC | W | 95 | 82 | 13 | 1 | W 12 | Armory Fieldhouse | |
15 | Mon, Jan 29, 1962 | REG | @ | Georgia Tech | SEC | W | 71 | 62 | 14 | 1 | W 13 | Alexander Memorial Coliseum | |
16 | Wed, Jan 31, 1962 | REG | @ | Georgia | SEC | W | 86 | 59 | 15 | 1 | W 14 | Alexander Memorial Coliseum | |
17 | Fri, Feb 2, 1962 | REG | @ | Florida | SEC | W | 81 | 69 | 16 | 1 | W 15 | Florida Gymnasium | |
18 | Sat, Feb 10, 1962 | REG | Mississippi | SEC | W | 83 | 60 | 17 | 1 | W 16 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
19 | Mon, Feb 12, 1962 | REG | Mississippi State (8) | SEC | L | 44 | 49 | 17 | 2 | L 1 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
20 | Mon, Feb 19, 1962 | REG | Vanderbilt | SEC | W | 87 | 80 | 18 | 2 | W 1 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
21 | Sat, Feb 24, 1962 | REG | @ | Alabama | SEC | W | 73 | 65 | 19 | 2 | W 2 | Foster Auditorium | |
22 | Mon, Feb 26, 1962 | REG | @ | Auburn | SEC | W | 63 | 60 | 20 | 2 | W 3 | The Sports Arena | |
23 | Mon, Mar 5, 1962 | REG | Tulane | SEC | W | 97 | 72 | 21 | 2 | W 4 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
24 | Sat, Mar 10, 1962 | REG | Tennessee | SEC | W | 90 | 59 | 22 | 2 | W 5 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
25 | Fri, Mar 16, 1962 | NCAA | N | Butler | Ind | W | 81 | 60 | 23 | 2 | W 6 | Iowa Field House | |
26 | Sat, Mar 17, 1962 | NCAA | N | Ohio State (1) | Big Ten | L | 64 | 74 | 23 | 3 | L 1 | Iowa Field House |
