Four of these players have
occupied regular roles all sea-
son while Frahm, hampered by
an ankle injury, got off to a
slow start.

“Lyle played real well de-
fensively against Vander-
bilt, and offensively, as: far
as that goes,” said Stran-
nigan. “He started hitting
his stride on our road trip
to Colorado.”

Kansas State is expected to
start two rookies—6-9 Jack
Parr and 6-4 Larry Fischer. It
has a.3-3 record With one of
the losses being es Drake,
70-64.

. One of the ftiles of the
game should be Thompson vs,
Pachin Vicens, the Wildcats
5-9 ballhandling star built

along the same slick, quick
lines as Gary.

Inch Taller.

Parr, an inch taller than the
highest Iowa Stater, has aver-
_aged 16.2 points.

\_ A year ago both teams won
their openers, advanced in the
winners bracket and Kansas
State won the semifinal game,
70-60. Then it added two more
victories during the ree
season.

Colorado, victor over ‘the
State University of Iowa,
meets Oklahoma in to-
night’s opener.

| The Buffs won the Big Seven
regular season race a year ago,
but have only one starter back.