Syracuse Orangemen Basketball 1961-1962

1961-1962 Syracuse Orangemen

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Coach: Marc Guley

Player	Cl	Pos	G	GS	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	Reb	Fls	DQ	Pts	Ppg	Rpg
Carl Vernick	So	G	24	22	137	350	39.1%	122	158	77.2%	129	59	---	396	16.5	5.4
Steve Dodge	Sr	G	19	8	40	121	33.1%	17	27	63.0%	38	20	---	97	5.1	2.0
Fred Machemer	Sr	F	24	23	90	279	32.3%	60	88	68.2%	157	70	---	240	10.0	6.5
Herb Foster	Jr	F	24	22	53	151	35.1%	19	42	45.2%	128	75	---	125	5.2	5.3
Manny Klutschkowski	Jr	C	24	22	51	138	37.0%	61	87	70.1%	164	84	---	163	6.8	6.8
Bob Murray	So	C	23	---	47	108	43.5%	50	67	74.6%	81	48	---	144	6.3	3.5
Jim Seaman	So	G	19	---	26	75	34.7%	17	27	63.0%	11	19	---	69	3.6	0.6
Dick Taylor	Jr	G	16	---	18	43	41.9%	22	31	71.0%	23	31	---	58	3.6	1.4
Dick Finley	Jr	F	8	---	23	63	36.5%	3	9	33.3%	32	21	---	49	6.1	4.0
Bill Tydeman	So	F	19	---	17	61	27.9%	6	10	60.0%	39	19	---	40	2.1	2.1
Russ Beisswanger	Sr	G	14	---	13	37	35.1%	11	19	57.9%	22	13	---	37	2.6	1.6
Don King	Jr	G	7	---	15	51	29.4%	5	11	45.5%	27	22	---	35	5.0	3.9
Jim Bennett	Sr		6	---	7	25	28.0%	3	7	42.9%	9	12	---	17	2.8	1.5
Ken Wellman	So	F	10	---	1	17	5.9%	6	6	100%	9	10	---	8	0.8	0.9
Ed Macner	Jr		7	---	2	5	40.0%	0	0	---	1	2	---	4	0.6	0.1
Mert Raner	So	G	5	---	1	9	11.1%	1	2	50.0%	5	5	---	3	0.6	1.0
Bill Sanford	Jr	F	+1	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	0	0.0	0.0
Phil Warshaw	So		+1	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	0	0.0	0.0

The season went poorly, even before it began. Three probable starters (Loren James, Ernie Lotano, and Billy Connors) were declared ineligible to play for the season having played in a YMCA league the previous spring. From there it went all down hill. Captain Fred Machemer was the leading returning scorer with only 65 points, as none of the top eight leading scorers returned.

In what would go down as the worst season in Syracuse basketball history, the Orangemen went 2-22. Finishing off a losing streak that had begun the previous season, they would go on to lose 27 consecutive games, what would then be an NCAA record (since broken by Rice University).

After the team started 0-16, coach Marc Guley resigned effective the end of the season. Leading scorer Carl Vernick put up a solid effort each night, but it wasn't enough as the team was routinely out manned on the boards, a margin of 11+ rebounds per game, and was outscored on average 79 - 62.

The team would beat Boston College on March 3rd when Bob Murray made a layup with 11 seconds remaining, giving Syracuse the one point win and snapping their losing streak. They would follow that win with another road win, beating UConn 72-67.