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Round 1 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Chicago Packers Walt Bellamy Indiana University 1043 38940 20941 14241 2544 .516 .632 37.3 20.1 13.7 2.4
2 New York Knickerbockers Tom Stith St. Bonaventure University 25 209 77 39 18 .336 .300 8.4 3.1 1.6 0.7
3 Cincinnati Royals Larry Siegfried Ohio State University 550 13632 5960 1567 1950 .409 .854 24.8 10.8 2.8 3.5
4 Detroit Pistons Ray Scott University of Portland 684 21339 10184 7154 1618 .405 .720 31.2 14.9 10.5 2.4
5 Los Angeles Lakers Wayne Yates University of Memphis 37 263 72 94 16 .295 .455 7.1 1.9 2.5 0.4
6 Syracuse Nationals Ben Warley Tennessee State University 289 4656 1767 1524 204 .413 .724 16.1 6.1 5.3 0.7
7 Philadelphia Warriors Tom Meschery Saint Mary's College of California 778 23459 9904 6698 1331 .441 .745 30.2 12.7 8.6 1.7
8 St. Louis Hawks Cleo Hill Winston-Salem State University 58 1050 320 178 114 .346 .774 18.1 5.5 3.1 2.0
9 Boston Celtics Gary Phillips University of Houston 348 6912 2319 903 665 .370 .629 19.9 6.7 2.6 1.9
Round 2 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
10 New York Knickerbockers Whitey Martin St. Bonaventure University 66 1018 227 158 115 .325 .673 15.4 3.4 2.4 1.7
11 Cincinnati Royals Bob Wiesenhahn University of Cincinnati 60 326 119 112 23 .317 .567 5.4 2.0 1.9 0.4
12 Detroit Pistons Johnny Egan Providence College 712 14447 5521 1284 2102 .429 .805 20.3 7.8 1.8 3.0
13 Los Angeles Lakers Fred Sawyer University of Louisville
14 Syracuse Nationals Chris Smith Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
15 Philadelphia Warriors Ted Luckenbill University of Houston 87 597 196 166 35 .367 .604 6.9 2.3 1.9 0.4
16 St. Louis Hawks Ron Horn Indiana University 31 314 77 77 11 .298 .677 10.1 2.5 2.5 0.4
17 Boston Celtics Al Butler Niagara University 234 5055 2282 696 530 .439 .739 21.6 9.8 3.0 2.3
18 Chicago Packers Jack Turner University of Louisville 42 567 200 85 44 .380 .762 13.5 4.8 2.0 1.0
19 Chicago Packers Jerry Graves Mississippi State University
20 Chicago Packers York Larese University of North Carolina 59 703 302 77 94 .373 .806 11.9 5.1 1.3 1.6
21 Chicago Packers Don Kojis Marquette University 814 19241 9948 4555 1112 .446 .720 23.6 12.2 5.6 1.4
22 Chicago Packers Douglas Moe University of North Carolina
23 Chicago Packers Jeff Cohen College of William & Mary
Round 3 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
24 New York Knickerbockers Tony Jackson St. John's University
25 Cincinnati Royals Bevo Nordmann Saint Louis University 133 1628 571 517 73 .459 .490 12.2 4.3 3.9 0.5
26 Detroit Pistons Doug Kistler Duke University 5 13 8 1 0 .500 .500 2.6 1.6 0.2 0.0
27 Los Angeles Lakers Frank Burgess Gonzaga University
28 Syracuse Nationals Chuck Osborne Western Kentucky University 4 21 5 9 1 .125 .750 5.3 1.3 2.3 0.3
29 Philadelphia Warriors Jack Egan Saint Joseph's University
30 St. Louis Hawks Tom Chilton East Tennessee State University
31 Boston Celtics Bill Depp Vanderbilt University
32 Chicago Packers Bill Bridges University of Kansas 926 30878 11012 11054 2553 .442 .693 33.3 11.9 11.9 2.8
Round 4 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
33 New York Knickerbockers George Blaney College of the Holy Cross 36 363 117 36 45 .380 .529 10.1 3.3 1.0 1.3
34 Cincinnati Royals Lowery Kirk University of Memphis
35 Detroit Pistons George Finley Tennessee State University
36 Los Angeles Lakers Charles Henke University of Missouri
37 Syracuse Nationals Hank Whitney Iowa State University
38 Philadelphia Warriors John Tidwell University of Michigan
39 St. Louis Hawks Gus Guydon Drake University
40 Boston Celtics Carl Cole Eastern Kentucky University
41 Chicago Packers Roger Kaiser Georgia Institute of Technology
Round 5 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
42 New York Knickerbockers Bill Smith Saint Peter's College 9 83 23 16 7 .242 .875 9.2 2.6 1.8 0.8
43 Cincinnati Royals Rossie Johnson Tennessee State University
44 Detroit Pistons Danny Doyle Belmont Abbey College 4 25 16 8 3 .500 .800 6.3 4.0 2.0 0.8
45 Los Angeles Lakers Bill Lickert University of Kentucky
46 Syracuse Nationals Don Jacobson South Dakota State University
47 Philadelphia Warriors Bruce Spraggins Virginia Union University
48 St. Louis Hawks John Berberich University of California, Los Angeles
49 Boston Celtics Bob DiStefano North Carolina State University
50 Chicago Packers Howie Carl DePaul University 31 382 170 39 57 .333 .706 12.3 5.5 1.3 1.8
Round 6 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
51 New York Knickerbockers Cleveland Buckner Jackson State University 68 723 411 240 44 .432 .620 10.6 6.0 3.5 0.6
52 Cincinnati Royals Bob Slobodnik Duquesne University
53 Detroit Pistons Lee Patrone West Virginia University
54 Los Angeles Lakers Bill McClintock University of California
55 Syracuse Nationals Billy Joe Price New Mexico State University
56 Philadelphia Warriors Dick Goldberg University of Southern Mississippi
57 St. Louis Hawks Bob McDonald University of Maryland
58 Boston Celtics Ned Twyman Duquesne University
59 Chicago Packers Dave Voss University of Tulsa
Round 7 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
60 New York Knickerbockers Donnie Butcher Pikeville College 279 5085 1696 821 585 .397 .629 18.2 6.1 2.9 2.1
61 Cincinnati Royals Dave Zeller Miami University 61 278 90 27 58 .353 .750 4.6 1.5 0.4 1.0
62 Detroit Pistons Burt Price Wittenberg University
63 Los Angeles Lakers Albert Alamanza University of Texas at Austin
64 Syracuse Nationals Roger Newman University of Kentucky
65 Philadelphia Warriors Charles McNeil University of Maryland
66 St. Louis Hawks Charles Riley Winston-Salem State University
67 Boston Celtics Mel Klein Northern State University
68 Chicago Packers Ron Heller Wichita State University
Round 8 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
69 New York Knickerbockers Cedrick Price Kansas State University
70 Cincinnati Royals Jerry Thelen Thomas More College
71 Detroit Pistons Walter Ward Hampton University
72 Los Angeles Lakers Bill Ellis University of California, Los Angeles
73 Syracuse Nationals Dave Mills Seattle University
74 Philadelphia Warriors Larry Swift Truman State University
75 St. Louis Hawks Gene Velloff Doane College
76 Chicago Packers John Wessels University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Round 9 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
77 New York Knickerbockers Charles Bowman Wabash College
78 Cincinnati Royals Larry Krueger Ohio University
79 Detroit Pistons Peter Baltic Pennsylvania State University
80 Los Angeles Lakers Carl Anderson Oregon State University
81 Syracuse Nationals Rex Tippitt Grambling State University
82 St. Louis Hawks Herbert Gray North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
83 Chicago Packers Steve Strange Southern Methodist University
Round 10 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
84 New York Knickerbockers Ron Debillous University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
85 Cincinnati Royals Jack Waters University of Mississippi
86 Detroit Pistons Wayne Monson Northern Michigan University
87 Los Angeles Lakers Robert Williams Allan Hancock College
88 Syracuse Nationals Pete Chudy Syracuse University
89 Philadelphia Warriors Leo Hill University of California, Los Angeles
90 St. Louis Hawks Tom Faszholz
91 Chicago Packers Larry Comley Kansas State University 12 89 25 19 12 .216 .563 7.4 2.1 1.6 1.0
Round 11 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
92 New York Knickerbockers Kevin Loughery St. John's University 755 22208 11575 2254 2803 .413 .803 29.4 15.3 3.0 3.7
93 Cincinnati Royals Carl Short Newberry College
94 Detroit Pistons Richard Kraft State University of New York at Brockport
95 Los Angeles Lakers Howard Hunt Duke University
96 Syracuse Nationals Dick Sammons LeMoyne College
97 Philadelphia Warriors Corky Whitrow Georgetown College
98 St. Louis Hawks Dick Kepley University of North Carolina
Round 12 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
99 New York Knickerbockers Earl Shultz University of California
100 Cincinnati Royals George Patterson University of Toledo 59 559 120 159 51 .331 .842 9.5 2.0 2.7 0.9
101 St. Louis Hawks Jackie Crawford Centenary College of Louisiana
Round 13 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
102 New York Knickerbockers Ned Jennings University of Kentucky
103 Cincinnati Royals Clair McRoberts Monmouth University
104 St. Louis Hawks Howard Stacy University of Louisville
Round 14 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
105 New York Knickerbockers Bill Engressor Louisiana State University
106 Cincinnati Royals Carl Bouldin University of Cincinnati
Round 15 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
107 New York Knickerbockers Vince Kempton Saint Joseph's University