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Roster
| No. | Player | Pos | Height | Weight | Birthdate | Age* | College / Origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Steve Hawes | C | 6’9″ | 220 lbs | May 26, 1950 | 24 | Washington |
| 11 | Dave Wohl | G | 6’2″ | 185 lbs | Nov 2, 1949 | 25 | Penn |
| 14 | Mike Newlin | G | 6’4″ | 200 lbs | Jan 2, 1949 | 26 | Utah |
| 20 | Kevin Kunnert | C | 7’0″ | 230 lbs | Nov 11, 1951 | 23 | Iowa |
| 22 | Gus Bailey | G | 6’5″ | 185 lbs | Feb 18, 1951 | 24 | Texas-El Paso |
| 23 | Calvin Murphy | G | 5’9″ | 165 lbs | May 9, 1948 | 26 | Niagara |
| 24 | Ed Ratleff | G/F | 6’6″ | 195 lbs | Mar 29, 1950 | 25 | Long Beach State |
| 25 | Cliff Meely | F | 6’8″ | 215 lbs | Jul 10, 1947 | 27 | Colorado |
| 31 | Ron Riley | F | 6’8″ | 215 lbs | Nov 11, 1950 | 24 | USC |
| 35 | Zaid Abdul-Aziz | C | 6’9″ | 235 lbs | Apr 7, 1946 | 28 | Iowa State |
| 44 | Rudy Tomjanovich | F | 6’8″ | 218 lbs | Nov 24, 1948 | 26 | Michigan |
| 50 | Owen Wells | F | 6’7″ | 220 lbs | Apr 9, 1950 | 24 | Alcorn State |
*Age calculated as of October 1, 1974.
Regular Season Per Game
| Player Name | Pos | Age | G | GS | MPG | PPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TOV | FGA | FG% | 3PA | 3P% | FTA | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudy Tomjanovich | PF | 26 | 81 | — | 38.7 | 20.7 | 7.6 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 0.3 | — | 16.3 | .525 | — | — | 4.5 | .790 |
| Mike Newlin | SG | 26 | 79 | — | 34.3 | 14.4 | 3.3 | 5.1 | 1.4 | 0.1 | — | 11.5 | .482 | — | — | 3.9 | .869 |
| Calvin Murphy | PG | 26 | 78 | — | 32.2 | 18.7 | 2.2 | 4.9 | 1.6 | 0.1 | — | 14.8 | .484 | — | — | 4.9 | .883 |
| Ed Ratleff | SF | 24 | 80 | — | 32.0 | 11.8 | 5.7 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 0.6 | — | 10.6 | .461 | — | — | 2.4 | .826 |
| Kevin Kunnert | C | 23 | 75 | — | 24.0 | 10.8 | 8.4 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 1.1 | — | 9.0 | .512 | — | — | 2.3 | .686 |
| Dave Wohl | PG | 25 | 75 | — | 23.0 | 6.5 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 0.1 | — | 6.2 | .439 | — | — | 1.4 | .745 |
| Zaid Abdul-Aziz | C | 28 | 65 | — | 22.3 | 9.7 | 7.5 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 1.1 | — | 8.3 | .437 | — | — | 3.1 | .783 |
| Ron Riley | PF | 24 | 77 | — | 20.5 | 6.0 | 4.9 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | — | 6.1 | .417 | — | — | 1.3 | .732 |
| Steve Hawes | C | 24 | 55 | — | 16.3 | 5.9 | 5.0 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | — | 5.1 | .502 | — | — | 1.0 | .818 |
| Cliff Meely | PF | 27 | 48 | — | 15.7 | 7.9 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.4 | — | 7.3 | .447 | — | — | 2.0 | .723 |
| Gus Bailey | SG | 23 | 47 | — | 9.5 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | — | 2.7 | .405 | — | — | 0.9 | .488 |
| Owen Wells | SF | 24 | 33 | — | 6.5 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | — | 3.0 | .420 | — | — | 0.7 | .682 |
| Team Totals | — | — | 82 | 82 | 241.2 | 103.9 | 44.8 | 26.3 | 9.1 | 4.3 | — | 88.2 | .477 | — | — | 24.8 | .799 |
Playoffs Per Game
| Player | Pos | Age | G | GS | MPG | PPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | FGA | FG% | 3PA | 3P% | FTA | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calvin Murphy | PG | 26 | 8 | 8 | 38.1 | 24.4 | 2.4 | 5.6 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 4.5 | 19.5 | .462 | – | – | 7.1 | .895 |
| Rudy Tomjanovich | PF | 26 | 8 | 8 | 38.0 | 23.0 | 8.0 | 2.9 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 16.0 | .563 | – | – | 6.0 | .833 |
| Mike Newlin | SG | 26 | 8 | 8 | 37.4 | 16.3 | 4.1 | 5.6 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 13.4 | .486 | – | – | 3.6 | .897 |
| Ed Ratleff | SF | 24 | 8 | 8 | 36.4 | 11.1 | 6.6 | 4.4 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 3.9 | 10.9 | .414 | – | – | 2.5 | .850 |
| Kevin Kunnert | C | 23 | 8 | 8 | 30.5 | 10.9 | 7.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 4.6 | 10.1 | .432 | – | – | 3.3 | .654 |
| Ron Riley | PF | 24 | 8 | 8 | 19.0 | 7.0 | 4.5 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 5.3 | .595 | – | – | 2.0 | .375 |
| Steve Hawes | C | 24 | 8 | 8 | 16.0 | 5.5 | 3.6 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 4.8 | .474 | – | – | 1.1 | .889 |
| Gus Bailey | SG | 23 | 8 | 8 | 14.5 | 5.6 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 4.5 | .500 | – | – | 1.3 | .900 |
| Zaid Abdul-Aziz | C | 28 | 6 | 6 | 11.3 | 4.3 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 5.2 | .387 | – | – | 0.8 | .400 |
| Dave Wohl | PG | 25 | 4 | 0 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.000 | – | – | 0.0 | – |
| Owen Wells | SF | 24 | 4 | 0 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 | .600 | – | – | 0.0 | – |
| Team Totals | – | – | 8 | – | 240.0 | 108.5 | 41.5 | 26.3 | 8.1 | 3.6 | 24.4 | 89.3 | .485 | – | – | 27.5 | .800 |
Regular Season Totals
| Player | Pos | Age | GP | GS | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | FGA | FG | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudy Tomjanovich | PF | 26 | 81 | 81 | 3134 | 1677 | 613 | 236 | 76 | 24 | 230 | 1323 | 694 | – | – | 366 | 289 |
| Mike Newlin | SG | 26 | 79 | 79 | 2709 | 1137 | 260 | 403 | 111 | 7 | 288 | 905 | 436 | – | – | 305 | 265 |
| Ed Ratleff | SF | 24 | 80 | 80 | 2563 | 941 | 459 | 259 | 146 | 51 | 231 | 851 | 392 | – | – | 190 | 157 |
| Calvin Murphy | PG | 26 | 78 | 78 | 2513 | 1455 | 173 | 381 | 128 | 4 | 281 | 1152 | 557 | – | – | 386 | 341 |
| Kevin Kunnert | C | 23 | 75 | 75 | 1801 | 808 | 631 | 108 | 34 | 84 | 223 | 676 | 346 | – | – | 169 | 116 |
| Dave Wohl | PG | 25 | 75 | 75 | 1722 | 485 | 112 | 340 | 75 | 9 | 184 | 462 | 203 | – | – | 106 | 79 |
| Ron Riley | PF | 24 | 77 | 77 | 1578 | 463 | 380 | 130 | 56 | 22 | 197 | 470 | 196 | – | – | 97 | 71 |
| Zaid Abdul-Aziz | C | 28 | 65 | 65 | 1450 | 629 | 488 | 84 | 37 | 74 | 128 | 538 | 235 | – | – | 203 | 159 |
| Steve Hawes | C | 24 | 55 | 55 | 897 | 325 | 275 | 88 | 36 | 36 | 99 | 279 | 140 | – | – | 55 | 45 |
| Cliff Meely | SF | 27 | 48 | 48 | 753 | 380 | 164 | 45 | 21 | 21 | 117 | 349 | 156 | – | – | 94 | 68 |
| Gus Bailey | SG | 23 | 47 | 47 | 446 | 122 | 82 | 59 | 17 | 16 | 52 | 126 | 51 | – | – | 41 | 20 |
| Owen Wells | SF | 24 | 33 | 33 | 214 | 99 | 35 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 38 | 100 | 42 | – | – | 22 | 15 |
| Team Totals | – | – | 82 | – | 19780 | 8521 | 3672 | 2155 | 746 | 351 | 2068 | 7231 | 3448 | – | – | 2034 | 1625 |
Playoff Totals
| Player | Pos | Age | GP | GS | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | FGA | FG | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calvin Murphy | PG | 26 | 8 | 8 | 305 | 195 | 19 | 45 | 14 | 1 | 36 | 156 | 72 | – | – | 57 | 51 |
| Rudy Tomjanovich | PF | 26 | 8 | 8 | 304 | 184 | 64 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 128 | 72 | – | – | 48 | 40 |
| Mike Newlin | SG | 26 | 8 | 8 | 299 | 130 | 33 | 45 | 12 | 0 | 25 | 107 | 52 | – | – | 29 | 26 |
| Ed Ratleff | SF | 24 | 8 | 8 | 291 | 89 | 53 | 35 | 14 | 1 | 31 | 87 | 36 | – | – | 20 | 17 |
| Kevin Kunnert | C | 23 | 8 | 8 | 244 | 87 | 60 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 37 | 81 | 35 | – | – | 26 | 17 |
| Ron Riley | PF | 24 | 8 | 8 | 152 | 56 | 36 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 42 | 25 | – | – | 16 | 6 |
| Steve Hawes | C | 24 | 8 | 8 | 128 | 44 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 38 | 18 | – | – | 9 | 8 |
| Gus Bailey | SG | 23 | 8 | 8 | 116 | 45 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 36 | 18 | – | – | 10 | 9 |
| Zaid Abdul-Aziz | C | 28 | 6 | 6 | 68 | 26 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 12 | – | – | 5 | 2 |
| Dave Wohl | PG | 25 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Wells | SF | 24 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | – | – | 8 | – | 1920 | 868 | 332 | 210 | 65 | 29 | 195 | 714 | 346 | – | – | 220 | 176 |
Team Impact Spotlight
| Player Name | Role Tier | MPG | Usage Tier | PPG | RPG | APG | STK (SPG+BPG) | Impact Index* | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudy Tomjanovich | Core Offensive Anchor | 38.7 | Primary Scoring | 20.7 | 7.6 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 16.2 | Team’s focal point. Carried mid-post creation; MVP-level efficiency (.525 FG%). |
| Calvin Murphy | Primary Creator / Closer | 32.2 | High Usage (Shot & Play) | 18.7 | 2.2 | 4.9 | 1.7 | 13.8 | Elite guard production. Balanced scoring with sharp facilitation; undersized but relentless. |
| Mike Newlin | Secondary Playmaker / Scorer | 34.3 | Mid-High Usage | 14.4 | 3.3 | 5.1 | 1.5 | 12.2 | Connective guard piece; excellent efficiency (.482 FG%, .869 FT%). Reliable secondary initiator. |
| Ed Ratleff | Versatile Wing Facilitator | 32.0 | Moderate Usage | 11.8 | 5.7 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 11.6 | Glue wing; defensive opportunist (1.8 SPG, 0.6 BPG). Boosted transition tempo. |
| Kevin Kunnert | Interior Anchor | 24.0 | Low-Mid Usage | 10.8 | 8.4 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 11.1 | Interior stability with rim deterrence. Reliable rebounding presence. |
| Zaid Abdul-Aziz | Frontcourt Rotational Defender | 22.3 | Low Usage | 9.7 | 7.5 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 10.1 | Strong secondary center; efficient free-throw shooter, good physical defender. |
| Ron Riley | Energy Forward | 20.5 | Low Usage | 6.0 | 4.9 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 6.8 | Hustle-oriented forward; improved rebounding activity from bench minutes. |
| Dave Wohl | Backup Floor Organizer | 23.0 | Playmaking Specialist | 6.5 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 1.1 | 6.8 | Pure guard facilitator; limited scoring, dependable control. |
| Steve Hawes | Bench Stretch Big | 16.3 | Support Usage | 5.9 | 5.0 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 6.9 | Sneaky two-way impact in short bursts; rebounding and blocking efficiency standout. |
| Cliff Meely | Reserve Forward / Microwave | 15.7 | Bench Scorer | 7.9 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 6.5 | Streaky scorer; contributed useful scoring depth with physical edge. |
| Gus Bailey | Depth Wing | 9.5 | Minimal Usage | 2.6 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 3.2 | Defensive energy plug-in; low offensive volume. |
| Owen Wells | End-of-Bench Wing | 6.5 | Minimal Usage | 3.0 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 2.6 | Limited role; flashed occasional scoring in open space. |