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Zksx For one-thing the Cyclones will be better than you think, with Bin Stranmnigen, late of Colorado A & M,at the ax coaching controlse For another, “ansas, starting four sophomores who never have played on the auditorium boards, tasn 't shot a geet outside its own friendly bailiwick , Hoch auditorium, in four starts. The “ay hawkers BvEX wmdeite cbadx will come in as defending champions and the only unkextenx tournamait team unbeata in pre-meet gamese But they'l! be the first to be exposed to Strannigan's single-post, a more deliberate style than Cyclone clubs of the kas past few seasons have employede Strannigan, who led A & M to the Skylige Eight thampionship ami into the NCAA last winter, will unleash one of the + ~ ~ ‘si . eague s better sophomores in Gary Thompson, the Koland, ta. Rockete = P Jats ST FlauKer Desy 2220 bala Thompson was an allestate choice three years at Roland, ami certainly hash justified that billing thru the narigvntiting vx Iowans' first five games this monthe His average is 16.8 , fourth best on the all»etournan@mt personnel scoring liste Three of his 2 a tarting ua tes all are veteranse tan Frain, 6=5 senior, and Chuck Vogt, 5-5 sophomore, are the forwards « “arry Wetter, 5-11 senior, aviv&nawkviunesuny brawayx 6x6x semionyx plays the opposite guard, and Chuck Duncan, brawny 6-5 senior, the pivote Strannigan does have a big man in 6-8, 255-pound — Jim Sinning, Marshalltown, “ha, sophomore, but he hes been used sparingly and doubtless is not ready for suxha tempo as the tournament always proe Gucese Duncan probably is the conference's best mediumesized center. He finished fourth among 1953 tournament pointsmiths with 55 points and ninth in th conference scoring chase on a 13e7 averagee Overall, however, this is not a tall squad, nob- is it deep, It will run into considerable trouble if either Doncan or Thompson Lemks over-fpulse For behind Duncan is the inexperienced Sinning and Bill “ale, a 685 junior, who did not play enough last seasm as a ‘g0 phomore to let ter e The Noe 5 guard is orala Sandbuite, pudgy 185-— pounder, who once played at “ebraskae Senior Don DeKoster, 6-3, is the ‘' first frontline replacane nte Yet by playing a slow possession gane, Strannigan doubtless can guide his thin club thru the rigors of excessive fouling and fatigue , to cuase considerable trouble on given nights. » et tering that sixth place finish afxtastvwimtarx in last year's tournament is withing reac he are Ge. AG PES: a 47 bass be) Sears Ug" TAGE canna ce twtr aor by Fipss 7 3333 Se Lone State loss was to Bradley, a team which has Wonxwix only twice in six starts, 6779, at fooria. Lhaveemeinx The four victories have bem acheived in hendy fashione “arlton, was thrashed , 735-60, in the opmere Yenver fell, 80259; Creighton, 100-65, and Drake, 72-556 Creighton played Wyoming a 72-76 loss earlierc in the seasone And Drake beat #umktmeyx always tough “amline, 80=79, in evertimee These then, are the most significant “ardinal ani Gold xmtumpisvx -eonquestse The lashing of Creighton produced a new official Cyclone scoring record. State once reached 102 agak in losing to Stanford in the 1951 tournament, put that game was played under rules experimentatione : TOURNAMENT TEAM DEFENSIVE RECORDS Fewest vpoints yielded game = 35 by “klahoma A & M vse Iowa State, 1947 | hi Fewest points yielded tournament = 129 by Oklahoma A & Mi, 1947 ; Kouextx Lowest tournament career defensive average - 129 by Oklahoma A & Me : , : Fewest field golas yielded game = 11 # by Sansas vse Lowe State » 19463 by Oklahoma A & M vse Iowa State, 1947, and by Missouri, vse Sklahoma, 1949 | | Fewest field goals yielded tournament = 43 , by Oklahoma A & M, 1947 kone xtxde fans two fs vk ixgpakvaxv Lowest tournament career average = 45 by Oklahoma A & M Fewest Sim free hhrows yielded game - 3 by Iowa State VSe Kansas, 1950, and by Minnesota vse Kansas, 19506 Fowest free throws yielded tournament = 25 by Michigan, 1949 Lowest fweextvihvx tournament career free throw average e 25 by Michigan an sia rp feb ot Cs tae &. v4 ’ SO 4 Be3 ets AORESE He ren MY goo oat OF FASS cs CAE EEE ferabou (one 8 Te AEE 2 TT GEL MEE! ve jp=> {7 (ass Buds ke y-7 ~Off ud ST IN ——Pay all CO. vs Daakew bene oo Eyee pli ly =KB ¢ Key) 4444 Fewest fouls game - 9 by Michigan vse Colorado, 1949 “ewest fouls tournament = 30 by Michigan, 1949 ~ Lowest kwaynemex career foul average - 30 , Michigan ~ 3 Fi x ‘| 2 Bo 4 & A 4 36 Go Pass VAR. } > big seven roundup for ke star TOL 8. kensas state WILDCA T SCO REB OARD Record to date: 9W 3, L 2; 57 UCLA 86; 81 Arizona 86; oe Wicoine 563: 61 Washington 743 91 Indiana 74 ; 2 Return ing letteme:( 7) = Roger Craft, c; Jenny JUNE c3 Set Poore, g3; Jim Smith, f; JeRe Snyder, es Dick Stone, f; Gene Wilson, -g-f | | 1954 Big “even finish: 4th(T) , 5-7 ; all games + 11-10. Previous towramat finishes: 1946 = 3rd; 1947= 1st; 1948 - 4ths_ 1949 + 3rd; 1950- Ist; 1951- 3rd; 1952 - Ist; 1953 - 5th( W 18, 1-6, +750) - . | : a Reminins mk pre-tourmament games - none First round oppponat - California , 9:45 DeMe Tuesd ay a 4% ‘Two old-timrs Ie ve jerked Kensas State so joltingly out of m early slump tlt tle Wiideats will command a prominent beam in—- the Big °even tournama t seca 1 ht when they wheel against Galifornia in the final. first -round test of the Se oe derby coe Tuesday night e The annual dots on maou Ganecane opens Mord ay | in Munici pal auditorium with “alifornia supplemen tine this year's field as the guest team. | : The veteran Wildcat one-two punch bears two familiar names, Jerry Jung, the 6-11 center from “utehinson , ard Jim Smith, the ruged 6=3 forward out of Brainerd, Minne Both played as freshmen in 1952 when yearlings were eligible under Korean: War rulese Both have followed a ratler frustrating patt ern, Sammy several tines lingering on tle threshold of stardom without quite gett ing a foot thru the doore . Off the basis of rece nt starts, tas they both have arr ive a. (79) pet at - ‘oncee Smith is travelling at a 13.4 necndind pace, 12th on the lastest all -tour nam ent pers nre 1 scoring lists for pre-meet action. — ee is only part of the storye Since being handed a starting role pypTex Winter in tle last three gan oo jhe has a vereged 206 6 o Femnieniaas Me made the most of his sem vars it y debut An) 70-50 flogging of Wyoming with 23 points. He Washington followed with 27 in the 81-74 win over bat and 12 in Weteaianes Ten ey 's 91-74 Slattering of Indiana's proud Big + en @mxcheampionse Not only that, but he has averaged 12 rebounds over that ‘three game stretche Smith is remindful of Rick “armon, Semeewett Purple All- American of ‘SE. +e is sbsewbemgiet roms » in no sense nifty, but drives fa the goal like a tomado, ar is except ionally rugged around the boer ds # as a jumper ad tipper. Jung has joined Smith in pres sing Wildcat ska upward in the last two gms. 4e belted into prominen ca a gainst Waditiaton. coming off th beach to ignite a fire midway in the Pat hel f when the Wildcats teats, by 14 in cebes ‘le scored wick of his 2fpoints in the final 10 minutedot that stanza to pull the Furple clos e, 39n44, at ses eee State pul 6d even at. 4nd dfono, minutes into the second period ' when Smith drove for two layups an _—. was off to an pio: ant victory o The on Giraffe reached his oe a few nichts lat & against Indiana!’ opal All -American , Don Schlundt. Again coming of f ‘the beach in the second half, Jung shutout Schlundy from the field in a 14eminute pidet job that swung the decis ifn to State. Five times he blocked his rivals' deadly hock , limiting tle towering Hoosier to paltry free throwse And he found time to score’ 135 points himself. ‘This is the Bork of im pe tus fl foe ~ ats ae widden - ee three consecutive vict ories after ——— a faltering beginn ing which saw then bow to UCLA, 57-86, and Arizona, 81-86, in their opening two road es This is the length of fire Am on which they seared” Wyoming int its worst defeat of the seamn and trounced Ind ‘ena 14 points a worse than did Missowig the tourmmm|t favorite, earlier in the seamne Note please, that ‘State acc ompl ished suc h feats without the betas of their swifte st’ floor men ani best jumper, Gene ~ ( The Jet ) Wikson » lately returned from. services Wilson Heed uP a Broken bone his left i aa is expected to eiwa the toumenente With Smith ard. Jung off to their best seasons, along with dos Bowell, 6-7 unlet @red junior, # ho a1 80 ras been 66 st Bae a starting f egret berth , Kansas Sta te once again ap pear s ronnid@bs. : NS e creditable Jung a foger Cref - 6-7 senior, a nifty three -man backline and, replacement renee at f orward ee In, Podefr) ara Kn Bavaak ; Winter er aRares the best long-range bombers in the circuite Both can swishfrom as far out as 35 feet off long tec Snyder is a old-fmshioned tw o-hard 6 AOS es 4 amd nico: cut inst. de for goals tod. Seay snegare. fine ball -hawks on the front line | of the defer nse ard ‘jen handl ers in bringing the leather into attack range o Both stered time with the dacpart ai G — Stauffer in the backline last | Pachin Puerto \Co" re year as s ophonorese¢ Vic ens; S the Noe 3 mies cut to the game Brel yx small ( 5-9), quick, dextrous molds This trio will carry a 2626 mame come bined averag e agains t Selifornias - ; | a PLO duties 6-3 Winfield junior, epee mma the pe Noe 3 weaned. is motier good set shooter o When Wilson Peas aor Sols Winter will haw e a forward s table -f four Bens 44.44 Such is reminescent of Jack Ger dner's ola" ten=man " teams whic h: ran the enemy into submis sion in th secand half. with equal ability and scoring paver from all. cylinders. : Sia t isn t quite to. that stage yet, but miei new found 0 a . mstle md spirit stage breaking out of tmtdismal start will shot into the toumamat with more momentum than any other contendere Don't : i ee witde wy o be surprised if they shay up in thefinals even with Cal ami Sansas blocking a | : | the waye BIG SEVEN ZR TOURNAMENT INDIVIDUAL RECORDS Most points gane - 39 Sherman Norton, Oklahoma, vse Stanford, 1951. _Most points toumamamt - 82 Clyde Loveliette, Kansas, 1950 Most points ome er - 222, Glyde “ovellette, Kansas, 1949-50- 51 | | : | Most field gosls game - 15 Maynard Johnson, Winnesota v4¢ Colorado, 1950 ) ce | | | | , Most field a ee eont : 37 Clyde Lovell atte, Fane, 1950 : Most field goals are « 93 Clyde Lpvellette, “ansas, 1949, 1950, 1951. : : oat free throws game + 14 Dick Snostman, Kansas State vse Sansas, 1952; ami Bill Brainard, Kansas vs, Oklahoma, 1953 | | Most free i aeows. tourname nt 28 Delmar Diercks, Iowa ae : State px, 1952 Most free throws career = 47 Bill Johnson, Nebraska, 1951~ - 52-55 ~ ‘Most fouls tournament + 15 Delmar Diercks, Iowa State, 1950. : Most fouls career ~ 37 Delmar Diercks, Iowa State, 1950-51-52 « aoe