RECORD BOOK FOR NINTH ANNUAL BIG SEVEN BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT December 27-30, 1954 -- Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri Prepared for press, radio and television Harry G, Burrell, Director Sports Publicity Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa RECORDS FOR NINTH ANNUAL BIG SEVEN BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT Tournament Winners - 1946 - Soutiern Methodist University 1950 - Kansas State College 1947 - Kansas State College 1951 - University of Kansas 1943 = University of Oklahoma 1952 - Kansas State College 1949 - University of Missouri 1953 - University of Kansas Top 1953 Scorers: Games FG FIA FT PF TP Lester Lane (0), g 3 23 = 26 i” it Gt Dean Parson (W), c 3 a 16 oS 62 Jesse Prisock (KS), f 3 m6 OUT i ee Gl Charles Duncan (IS), c 3 18 $83! 7 i. Ss Beb Jeangerard (C), f 3 i; say 21 . ss Don Weber (N), f 3 6 oa im it 32 Bob Reiter (M), c 3 ee s i 3 Burdette Haldorson (C), c 3 7s lU ke. «648 SO Bill Johnson (N), c 3 14 30 20 8 48 Bob Waller (0), c 3 a. i. 6 All-Time Top Scorers Games FG FTA FT PF TP Year Clyde Lovellette (K), c 3 a S i: & 50 Clyde Lovellette (K), c 3 a. Ode m= 2 % i965) Maynard Johnson (Minn), c 3 28 8624 19 S Fe 1980 Dick Knostman (KS), c 3 230Cté«é@#SS 6 CAG 7sC«ASD Jim Buchanan (N), g 3 2 6S 11 8 67 1951 Jim Ramstead (Stanford), c 3 a:.6UM 17 > G7 ¥9si Sherman Norton (0), f 3 22 3 21 s 8 1951 Gerald Tucker (0), c 3 26 SoS 12 5S 64 1946 Clyde Lovellette (K), c 3 250 20 i“4.6—C C10 CC Gsi“‘ié‘a Delmar Diercks (IS), c 3 igs 36 anp6C CUA CRSA Lester Lane (0), g 3 zo. lO is il 64 1953 Most Total Points All Tournaments Games ro. OU PTA OFT re. OU Clyde Lovellette (K), c 9s Sf so 63300CO322 Jesse Prisock (KS), f 49 33 a; 2f. 61S Jim Buchanan (N), g 58 28 ee eee | Dick Knostman (KS), c 46 54 7 2: it Jira Stange (IS), c 40 50 oo 628~—séd1L:YAG Del Diercks (IS), c so. «62 os 3 =i Bili Stauffer (M), c 39 = 45 s.6 6 680 C18 Piil Johnson (N), ¢ oa. 6 a-)hoUg? G1 Burdette Haldorson (C), c 38 45 oe.)6COUSCt Lester Lane (0), g 39 8648 2 6 682.CtiéCA‘C wonrvowowowoww wo vo TOURNAMENT RECORDS Most points 1 team 1 game - 103 by Stanford vs Iowa State, 1951 (overtime) — 98 by Kansas State vs Iowa State, 1953 (regulation time) Most points 1 team 3 games = 265 by Kansas State, 1952 Most points 2 teams 1 game - 205 by Stanford (103) vs lowa State (102), 1951 (overtime) 180 by Kansas State (93) vs Kansas (87), 1952 (regulation) (more) : #2 Fewest points 1 team 1 game ~—33 by Iowa State vs Oklahoma A&M, 1947 Fewest points 1 team 3 games - 122 by Iowa State, 1947 Fewest points 2 teams 1 game - 77 by Iowa State (33), Oklahoma A&M (44), 1947 Most field goals 1 team 1 game - 38 by Iowa State vs Stanford, 1951 (overtime) 38 by Stanford vs Iowa State, 1951 (overtime) -—38 by Kansas State vs Iowa State, 1953 Most field goals 1 team 3 games -98 by Kansas State, 1953 Most field goals 2 teams 1 game -76 by Iowa State (38), Stanford (38), 1951, overtime Fewest field goals 1 team 1 game - 11 by Iowa State vs Kansas, 1946 1l by Iowa State vs Oklahoma A&M, 1947 — 11 by Oklahoma vs Missouri, 1949 Fewest field goals 1 team 3 games~- 40 by Iowa State, 1947 Fewest field goals 2 teams 1 game - 23 by Oklahoma (11), Missouri (12), 1949 Most free throws 1 team 1 game ~-36 by Kansas vs Oklahoma, 1953 Most free throws 1 team 3 games - 90 by Kansas, 1953 Most free throws 2 teams 1 game - 69 by Kansas (36), Oklahoma (33), 1953 Fewest free throws 1 team 1 game - 3 by Kansas vs Iowa State, 1950 ~ 3 by Kansas vs Minnesota, 1950 Fewest free throws 1 team 3 games= 11 by Kansas, 1950 Fewest free throws 2 teams 1 game - 15 by SMU (6), Missouri (9), 1946 Most missed free throws 1 team 1 game ~-23 by Colorado vs Kansas, 1953 Most missed free throws 1 team 3 games - 52 by Kansas, 1952 Most missed free throws 2 teams 1 game - 42 by Colorado (23), Kansas (19), 1953 Fewest missed free throws 1 team 1 game - 0 by Colorado vs Oklahoma, 1947 —0 by Kansas vs Michigan, 1949 Fewest missed free throws 1 team 3 games -8 by Kansas, 1950 Fewest missed free throws 2 teams 1 game - 5 by Oklahoma (2), Colorado (3), 1948 S by Kansas (2), Oklahoma (3), 1948 3S by Kansas (0), Michigan (5), 1949 Best free throw percentage 1 team 1 game - 1.000 (14-0), Cylorado vs Oklahoma, 1947 Best free throw percentage 1 team 3 games- ,811 (43-10), Oklahoma, 1948 Best free throw percentage 2 teams 1 game - .839, Kansas (9-0), Michigan (17-4), 1949 Worst free throw percentage 1 team 1 game - ,368, Kansas State (7-12) vs Oklahoma, °50 Worst free throw percentage 1 team 3 games - 491, Missouri (26-27), 1946 Worst free throw percentage 2 teams 1 game - .488, KSC (7-12), Oklahoma (13-9), 1950 Most personal fouls 1 team 1 game - 38 by Oklahoma vs Kansas, 1953 Most personal fouls 1 team 3 games - 87 by Kansas, 1953 Most personal fouls 2 teams 1 game - 70 by Oklahoma (38), Kansas (32), 1953 Fewest personal fouls 1 team 1 game ~-9 by Michigan vs Kansas, 1949 Fewest personal fouls 1 team 3 games - 30 by Michigan, 1949 Fewest personal fouls 2 teams 1 game - 25 by Missouri (10), Oklahoma (15), 1946 (more) #3 Most points by winning team - 103 by Stanford, vs Iowa State, 1951 (overtime) 98 by Kansas State vs Iowa State, 1953 (regulation) Most points by losing team - 102 by lowa State ve Stanford, 1951 (overtim e) 87 by Kansas vs Kansas State, 1952 (regulation) Fewest points by winning team - 44 by Oklahoma A&M vs Iowa State, 1947 — 44 by Missouri vs Oklahoma, 1949 Fewest points by losing team - 33 by Iowa State vs Oklahoma A&M, 1947 Widest winning margin --33 points by Colorado (81) vs Harvard (48), 1948 Most points in overtime -19 by Nebraska vs Iowa State, 1949 Fastest fouling out - 43 seconds playing time by Jack Froistad (C) vs Iowa State, 1950 Most points 1 player 1 game = 39 by Sherman Norton (0) vs Stanford, 1951 Most points 1 player 3 games --82 by Clyde Lovellette (K), 1950 Most points 1 player all meets - 222 by Clyde Lovellette (K) Most field goals 1 player 1 game = 15 by Maynard Johnson (Minn) vs Colorado, 1950 Most field goals 1 player 3 games --37 by Clyde Lovellette (K), 1950 Most field goals 1 player all meets - 93 by Clyde Lovellette (K) Most free throws 1 player 1 game - 14 by Dick Knostman (KS) vs Kansas, 1952 — 14 by Bill Brainard (K) vs Oklahoma, 1953 Most free throws 1 player 3 games- 28 by Delmar Diercks (1S), 1952 Most free throws 1 player all meets - 47 by Bill Johnson (N) Most free throws missed 1 player 1 game - 8 by Clarence Brannum (KS) vs Oklahoma, '49 -8 by Sam Morrison (C) vs Kansas, 1953 Most free throws missed 1 player 3 games - 12 by Leo Vanderkuy (Mich), 1949 12 by Dean Parson (Wash), 1953 ~12 by Charles Duncan (IS), 1953 Most free throws missed 1 player all meets - 27 by Bill Johnson (N) Most personal fouls 1 player 3 games --15 by Delmar Diercks (IS), 1950 Most personal fouls 1 player all meets - 37 by Delmar Diercks (IS). FORWARDS _ _ Most points 1 game ~-39 by Sherman Norton (0) vs Stanford, 1951 Most points 3 games -—65 by Sherman Norton (0), 1951 Most points all meets - 135 by Jesse Prisock (KS) Most field goals 1 game - 13 by George Hess (IS) vs Stanford, 1951 —13 by Sherman Norton (0) vs Stanford, 1951 Most field goals 3 games -25 by Jesse Prisock (KS), 1953 Most field goals all meets - 49 by Jesse Prisock (KS) Most free throws 1 game ~13 by Sherman Norton (0) vs Stanford, 1951 Most free throws 3 games - 21 by Sherman Norton (0), 1951 —21 by Bob Jeangerard (C), 1953 Most free throws all meets - 37 by Jesse Prisock (KS) (more) #4 Most free throws missed 1 game - 7 by Willard Fagler (N) vs Iowa State, 1952 -7 by Charles Duncan (IS) vs Nebraska, 1952 Most missed free throws 3 games - 10 by Spencer Schnaiter (Yale), 1952 10 by Harold Patterson (K), 1952 10 by Gary Bergren (KS), 1952 -10 by Don Weber (N), 1953 Most missed free throws all meets - 16 by Jesse Prisock (KS) Most personal fouls 3 games - 14 by John Gibson (KS), 1950 14 by Spencer Schnaiter (Yale), 1952 Most personal fouls all meets -32 by Jesse Prisock (KS) CENTERS ee ern eee Most points 1 game - 38 by Maynard johnson (Minn), 1950 -—38 by Dick Knostman (KS), 1952 Most points 3 games -—82 by Clyde Lovellette (K), 1950 Most points all meets - 222 by Clyde Lovellette (K) Most field goals 1 game ~i5 by Maynard Johnson (Minn.) vs Colorado, 1950 Most field goals 3 games --57 by Clyde Lovellette (K), 1951 Most field goals all meets - 93 by Clyde Lovellette (K) Most free throws 1 game - 14 by Dick Knostman (KS) vs Kansas, 1952 ~—14 by Bill Brainard (K) vs Oklahoma, 1953 Most free throws 3 games -—28 by Del Diercks (IS), 1952 Most free throws all meets - 47 by Bill Johnson (N) Most free throws missed 1 game ~-8 by Clarence Brannum (KS), 1949 Most free throws missed 3 games - 12 by Leo Vanderkuy (Mich), 1949 12 by Dean Parson (Wash), 1953 —12 by Charles Duncan (IS), 1953 Most free throws missed all meets - 27 by Bill Johnson (N) Most personal fouls 3 games ---15 by Del Diercks, (IS), 1950 Most personal fouls all meets - 37 by Del Diercks (IS) GUARDS Most points 1 game ~-28 by Lester Lane (0) vs Washington, 19535 Most points 3 games --67 by Jim Buchanan (N), 1951 Most points ali games - 134 by Jim Buchanan (N) Most field goals 1 game ~12 by Lester Lane (0) vs Washington, 1953 Most field goals 3 games - 28 by Jim Buchanan (N), 1951 Most field goals all meets - 58 by Jim Buchanan (N) (more) Most free throws 1 game - 10 by Medford Park (M) vs Kansas State, 1952 — 10 by Medford Park (M) vs Iowa State, 1953 Most free throws 3 games - 18 by Medford Park (M), 1952 18 by Lester Lane (0), 1953 Most free throws all meets - 29 by Lester Lane (0) \ Most free throws missed 1 game =~ 8 by Sam Morrison (C) vs Kansas, 1933 Most free throws missed 3 games - 9 by Bob Cerv (N), 1947 9 by Dan Witt (M), 1950 -9 by Carl Van Cleave (IS), 1953 Most free throws missed all meets - 25 by Bob Cerv (N) Most personal fouls 3 games - 14 by Roger Stokes (C), 1950 14 by Dallas Dobbs (K), 1953 -14 by Doyle Perkins (Wash), 1953 Most personal fouls all meets - 36 by Bob Cerv (N) Best free throw mark 1 player 1 game ~13 of 13 by Sherman Norton (0) vs Stanford, 1951 Best free throw mark 1 player 3 games --16 of 16 by Bob Petersen (IS), 1948 Best free throw mark 1 player all meets - 19 of 20 by Kendall Hills (C) Most consecutive free throws made 1 player - 20 by Sherman Norton (0), 1951, ALL-TIME COMPOSITE ON CONFERENCE TEAMS ONLY Offense Defense Wb ee fe ee Pr oP OorG FTA FT ope ore Kansas State 18 7 750 591 643 417 501 1599 5i7 617 390 330 1424 Kansas 17 7 .708 570 569 385 512 1525 487 648 409 490 1383 Oklehoma 14 10 .583 519 657 449 531 1487 514 635 408 524 1446 Missouri 14 10 ,583 473 582 372 483 1326 460 591 385 492 i305 Iowa State 7 #17 ,292 491 654 416 542 1398 568 627 419 522 1555 Nebraska 7 17 292 512 624 384 487 1408 587 577 375 506 1549 Colorado 6® 15 ,286 442 558 357 487 1241 453 565 370 436 1276 All-TIME COMPOSITE ON GUEST TEAMS * W L Pe. FG FTA FT PF TP FG FTA FT PF TP 1946 SMU (1) 20 1oe Ss 6 64il«C6O856 C65) «6S C46 CS8)COS8 «C5 1946 Arkansas (4) 7+) 2 os 6 6 6ftlhCUS hUS0 688 88 O87~CisS8 «(155 1947 Oklahoma A&M (2) >. 67 4 63 «66606 «656 «(134 «248 «69 C438 G4 129 1948 Harvard (8) 2 <0 oo GF 46 #466 156 69 79 +55 62 193 1949 Michigan (5) 2) 6 3 76 «50 «680 (162 «667 «360=«(025©)~=6«660 «(159 1950 Minnesota (2) 2 1 4.667 76 63 46 59 198 76 54 37 464 189 1951 Stanford (5) 2: 2 9 & 85 26 «689 «Wl C70) «C83 «(238 1952 Yale (4) | 2 © 6) 9o 39 65 181 68 958 64 61 190 1953 Washington (8) 0 3 .000 81 82 50 67 212 89 105 34 52 249 *Final ranking in parenthesis, (more) HISTORY OF RIVALRIES IN FIRST 8 TOURNAMENTS Kansas State-Oklahoma 1946 - KS 59, OU 55 1947 - KS 55, GU 48 1949 = OU 55, KS 50 1950 - KS 55, OU 53 1951 = KS 84, OU 69 1952 - KS 93, OU 69 Kansas State-SMU 1946 - SMU 46, KS 36 Kanses State-Arkansas 1946- KS 56, Ark, 41 Kansas. State-Kansas 1947 - KS 56, KU 42 1948 = KU 60, KS 46 1949 = KS 58, KU 48 1951 = KU 90, KS 88 (0)~ 1952 - KS 93, KU 87 | Kansas- State-Okla A&M 1947 - KS, 50 A&M 43 Kansas State-Nebraska 1948 - KS 48, NU 34 1950 - KS 72, NU 53 1951 = KS 87, NU 67 1953 - NU 78, KS 74 Kansas State-Iowa State 1946 — IS 56, KS 52 1953 - KS 98, IS 77 Kansas State-Colorado 1949 - & 59, CU 46 Kansas State-Minnesota i950 - KS 70, Minn 62 Kansas State-Yale 1952 - KS 79, Yaie 70 Keusas- State-Washington 1953 - KS 81, Wash 75 Kansas-Iowa State 1946 - KU 55, IS 37 1949 = KU 64, IS 43 1950 - KU 75, IS 51 Kansas-Arkansas 1946 - KU 53, Ark 52 Kansas-S MU 1946 - SMU 49, KU 46 Kansas-Colorado 1947 = KU 49, CU 39 1951 — KU 76, GU 56 1953 - KU 79, CU 62 Kansas-Nebraska 1947 » KU 64, NU 60 (0) 1950 = KU 63, NU 47 1952 - KU 73, NU 66 Kansas- Missouri 1948 = KU 62, MU 50 1951 ~- KU 75, MU 65 1952 - KU 66, MU 62 1953 - KU 69, MU 67 Kansas-Oklahoma 1948 = OU 52, KU 49 1953 - KU 82, OU 73 Kanses- Michigan 1949 - Mich 49, KU 47 Oklahoma -~-Missouri 1946 - OU 61, MU 53 1947 = OU 54, MU 44 1949 - MU 44, OU 42 1950 = OU 51, MU 41 1951 - MU 61, OU 49 Oklakoma-Nebraska 1946 - OU 63, NU 52 1953 - OU 86, NU 70 (more) #6 Oklahoma -Colorado 1947 = OU 61, CU 56 1948 - OU 56, CU 45 1952 - CU 76, OU 61 Oklahoma-lIowa State 1948 =~ OU 55, IS 45 1949 - OU 66, IS 57 1950 = OU 68, IS 50 1952 - IS 79, OU 76 Oklahoma-Stanford 195i - OU 77, Sten 71 Oklahoma-Washington 1953 - OU 87, Wash 77 Missovri-S MU 1946 - SMU 56, MU 53 Missouri-Iowa State 1946 = MU 56, IS 55 1947 =MU 48, IS 40 1951 - MU 49, IS 42 1952 - MU 63, IS 61 1953 - MU 74, IS 65 Missouri-Nebras!-a 1947 = NU 46, MU 44 1948 =MU 52, NU 50 1950 ~- NU 54, MU 52 1953 - MU 72, NU 57 Misscuri-Colorado 1948 = MU 48, CU 44 1949 -MU 62, CU 51 1950 - MU 62, CU 54 Missouri~Michigan 1949 - MU 47, Mich 46 iissouri- Yale 1953 - MU 57, Yale 55 Towa State-Nebraska i246 = NU 54, IS 51 1549 = NU 85, IS 67 (0) 1951 = IS 75, NU 66 1952 - NU 83, IS 79 Iowa State-Oklehoma A&M 1947 - A&M 44, IS 33 Iowa State-Colorado 1947 +IS 49, CU 40 1950 - IS 58, CU 54 (0) 1953 - 1§ 70, CU 63 Iowa State-Harvard 1948 - IS 56, Harvard 54 . Iowa State-Stanford 1951 - S 103, IS 102 (0) Nebraska -Arkansas 1946 - Ark 57, NU 46 Nebraska-Oklahoma A&M 1947 - A&M 47, NU 46 Nebraska -Harvard 1948 - NU 56, Harvard 54 Nebraska -Colorado 1949 = CU 67, NU 57 1950 = CU 68, NU 63 19352 - CU 67, NU 53 Colorado-Harvard 1948 -CU 81, Harvard 48 Colorado-Minnesota 1950 - Minn 74, CU 68 Colorado-Stanford imi - 5 75, CU 69 Colorado-Yale 1952 - Yale 56, CU 54 Coloredo- Washington 1953 - CU 81, Wash 60 “KU #7 Series Standings MU KU , 25 0 » MU 0 » 16 0 , WU » CU MU 3, CU IS ; CO CU 3, NU OU 2, NU SMU 1, KS KS 1, Ark 0 KS i, A&M 0 es 3, CU. 90 KS 1, Minn 0 KS 1, Yale 0 KS 1, Wash 0 RU i; Ark O SMU 1, KU 0 KU 1, Mich 0 OU 1, Stan 0 OU 1, Wash 0 SMU 1, NU 0O MU 1, Mich 0 MU 1, Yale 0 A&M 1, IS’ O IS 1, Hanvard 0 Stan 1, IS 0 Ark 1, NU 0 A&M 1, NU 0 NU 1, Harvard 0 CU 1, Wash 0 CU 1, Harvard 0 Yale 1, CU: 0 sren 1, CU 0 Minn 1, CU 0 ke 5, OU 1 KS 3, OU 3 NU 3 OU 2, 3 a 2 KU KU COW © Ww Ww HM ooo oo oe © KS QU mi, OU 1 OU, Buffs Open Meet (Continued From Page 8, Col. 2) has won four in-a row, all at | home, and:Cal has a 7-1 record, Col dicta o m AlRKfou ight’s partici- pants Worked out in Municipal Auditorium here Sunday after- noon and evening. Kansas, K-State, California and Iowa State will move into the Auditorium this morning and this afternoon for their one-and-a-half hour drills. (ALL NON-CONFERENCE GAMES) Team WL Pet. Pits HO Co te bo Kansas ..ecsocsss 4 0 1.000 Jowa State ..... - 1 .800 WMissouri- cutee. -667 Kansas. State ... 3 -600 Colorado seeceeee -500 Nebraska ..cée0e 2 -400 Oklahoma ...... 0 -000 293 TOURNAMENT PAIRINGS ; Monday: & p. m.—Colorado. VS. Oklahoma. 9:45 p. m.—Nebraska vs, eee _ Tuesday i m.—Kansas State vs. Cali- RESULTS LAST WEEK Alabama 8&8, Nebraska 76; Kansas State 91, Indiana 74; UCLA ‘65, Colo- vado 62: Iowa State 42, Drake 53; Memphis State 8&6, Nebraska 79; Houston 84, Missouri 76. K, U. BOWS OUT pews, 83-81, in Big Seven Tourney Thriller. THE ’CATS COME THROUGH Sunflower State Gains Even Split as K-State Whips Highly-Re- : garded Cal, 88 to 75. Cyclones Bounce Back From a 7-Point Halftime Deficit to Pull the Upset. _By Ep GarIcH, cL Member of The Star’s Sports Staff. ) ‘The Sunflower state split even last night as the Big Seven pre - sea- son basketball tourna- ment completed first- round activity in Munici- pal Auditorium. A firebrand Iowa State crew edged Kansas, 82 to 81, in a stunning upset, but Kansas State trounced a highly-regarded Cali- - fornia team, 88-75. A crowd of 10, 500 attended the second night program. Jung Tough On De = K-State’s Jerry Jung, 6 foot,|* iinch reserve center, again furnished the defensive power which got the Wildcats started. Jung came in halfway through the first half to put the lid onli Fri Cal’s Bob McKeen, holding him to two field goals the rest of the period, and Jung himself threw in four straight buckets with his sweeping hook. With that dive the Cat’s went on to build an 8-point lead late inthe first half, and closed the period with a 45-41 lead, They never trailed and never were threatened in the second stanza. McKeen, who played almost the entire game, thirty-two points to lead all made both for.a score of 80-79 count, Iowa State still on top. But Thompson put it on ice with two more calmly shot free -|throws, and Kansas scored its last goal just as the buzzer Isounded, Ron Johnston getting Wie Only End Result Counts, Kansas held the upper hand most of the game, but never by much, A concerted burst of, points late in the first half saw the Jayhawks hitting ten points: while the Cyclones were held scoreless. That made a 44-3: score, the only time the Jay- hawks had a comfortable bulge. The gap shrank to seven points, 50-43, at the half. Kansas’s last healthy. lead was a 61-54 count with four minutes played in the second half. From then on it got tight. Gene Elstun had eighteen and Dallas Dobbs sixteen for Kansas, tops in the Jayhawk production. Thompson had fourteen for the Cyclones. It was the first loss of the sea- son, for Kansas after four yic- tories. Iowa State now i The shot percentages w most identical. Kans per cent and Iowa Duncan’s i KANSAS—81. PHORHONOWNIA eae ere it 1 lwunovwaHaoves — bulte, Wetter. eanede-< Davenport, 2, Johnson, Brainard. Dobbs, Parker, linge ao Fraser peers and r 3. fficiais: Pryor (Oklahom collected | scorers. Against him Jung got) 13, playing about half the game and Roger Cratt, K-State’s starting center, got eight. Kent Poore, little guard, led the well scoring for the Wildcats with 17, but six players scored in double figures for the Cats as. they gave another well balanced, performance, California hung © in through most of the first half. The score was tied nine times and the lead changed hands six- teen times before the Wildcats emerged on top to stay. Wildcat| spread| | tightly | : Cal in Mild Spurt, Cal picked up a little as the iy ee half started and got to a43-47 position, but then a 10- point K-State burst while the Bears were collecting. only two put the Manhattan crew well in) front, 57-45, and from that time) on the outcome was never in| doubt. os K-State’e biggest superiority ~ was a 17-point advantage which was whittled slightly as the| second half faded. The shooting percentages were admirable. K-State notched a 40.9 percentage on twenty-seven hits out of sixty-six throws. California had 35.2 with twenty- five out of seventy-one. Both hit well up in the 40s in the first half. A big assist to the ’Cat victory was offered by Jim Smith, who) snared seventeen rebounds, tops for both clubs. - The ‘Cats scraped fifty-nine off the glass to fifty-two for California. ~ Kansas’s Sophomores were up againsta supercharged Iowa State band which for the first time since 1948 won a first-round victory in the tournament. K-STATE—88. _| CALIFORNIA—T75. , F GFT CWNIAWOONSHHY HorwnwnoHout ona | Mayne ...sccaeee 0 PREIS. 5 4c vge conse 2 | omormummnodonoo | HoomHOH ROH mre At aoe Seaeds 0 Totals: ..rioes 27.3427] Totals 4.:..,.. 25.25 29 Half-time score: California 41, Kansas , State 45. ; Rs Soh Free throws missed: California—E. Mc- Keen, Friend 5, B. McKeen 8, Hagler, Diaz, Hess 2. Kansas State—Smith 4, ; Craft, Jung, Poore 2, Vincens 5. Snyder. Officials: Alex George, Notre Dame, and John Lloyd, Kansas City. The skin-tight thriller went down to the wire with the Cy- clones behind seven points early in the second quarter and six points back with seven minutes to go. With about four minutes left, the Cyclones went ahead for the first time since early in the first half when Chuck Duncan hit a goal from underneath the bucket to make it 76-75 for the Cyclones, Then Duncan took a long pass downcourt and laid in another for a 78-75 lead and Kansas never again caught up. Thompson Coo] in Clutch. Duncan was the big gun with thirty-four points, twenty-four of them in the first half. He and a cool sophomore named Gary Thompson held the key to the victory. Kansas held the lead from the mid-point of the first half until Duncan laid up the goal which ended the Jayhawk domination. Once Iowa State had that 78-75 lead the Cyclones played it cautieusly. Larry Davenport came off the bench t zoal one Sox tne Jayhawks shortly after-| wards, (ith 3:06 left), then} wa State took the ball out and brought it in to stall for more than a minute. With two minutes left, the Cyclones called a time out. Then Thompson, a fancy sophomore who three times was an all- state high schooler in Iowa, forced K, U.’s Dallas Dobbs in- to his second foul of the game. The cool Thompson threw both in for an 80-77 lead. Kansas came down court only to have Stan Frahm intercept a pass thrown by K. U.’s John Parker. But K. U. got it again on a sideline scramble. Gene Elstun shot and missed and Iowa State’s Chuck Vogt was called for charging after re- bounding the shot. Davenport Mizzou, Colorado Favored In Opening Games BY DICK SNIDER Daily Capital Sports Editor ANSAS CITY, MO, — Two games,. featuring two. of the conference’s most seasoned teams, kick off the ninth an- nual Big Seven pre-season bas- ketball tournament here to- night. Missouri and Colorado, both boasting a pack of quick, rangy veterans, are favored in the opening burst of action in the four-day classic. Colorado plays Oklahoma at 8 p. m., and Mis- - gouri meets Nebraska at 9:45, The two Sunflower entries, both occupying a dark horse role this time, don’t get into the milling until Tuesday night. Kansas plays Iowa State in the first game, and Kansas State plays guest team Califoptt a i the nightcap. r a ' The two. first-night ‘winn play the opening s@ game Wednesday night, anc two winners from Tuesday night play the Wednesday fi- nale. The finals will be played at 9:45 p.m. Thursday. Sellout crowds of around 10, 500 are expected each night in _ Municipal Auditorium. All tourney entries except . Kansas State and California were on the scene late Sunday. K-State is due in this morning, and California will fly in this afternoon. All the teams had workouts planned on the audi- torium planks prior to their first tourney game. Missouri remained the slight popular choice to win the title here for the first time since 1949, but practically every team was considered a good possi- bility. Colorado, California, Kansas and Kansas State were drawing the most notice bee hind the Tigers. Kansas is the defending champion, by virtue of its 82- 73 conquest of Oklahoma in last year’s finals, but the Jay- hawks will bring the grean- est outfit of all to the meet this time, with a starting lineup that includes four sophomores. pai neta ced in 947, 1950 and 1952. KU and K-State together have kept the title in the Sunflower state for four years, Kansas having fin- ished first in 1951. Both Missouri and Colorado will be trying to rebound in the tourney. The Tigers, after wine ning three of their first four against Big Ten opposition, jJast week dropped a double- overtime decision to Houston. Colorado, which opened the season with three straight vic- tories, just finished a disas- trous trip West in which it dropped three in a row—two to California and one to UCLA. California and Kansas pack the gaudiest records. Kansas (Continued on Page 9, Col. 1) Veer Dekoster _ + BIG 7 FOURNAMENT - KANSAS CITY, 12-29-64 280 Sxaqt-Finat Gane “STONE _ ADAaN? 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ATHLETIC NEWS BUREAU 104 ESHLEMAN HALL BERKELEY 4, CALIFORNIA | SS BOB RUBIN, Director AShberry 3-4800, Ext. | and 25 Lel Lely C-2 G-1,2,19, SP-3 N-2 R=2 M-1,2,h Release No. 353 (5h) BERKELEY, Dec. 20--A surprisingly successful Galifornia basketball team embarks on its second road trio of the still-young season Tuesday, when the Bears fly to | “Kansas City to participate in the Ninth Annual Big Seven tournament, which runs from Dec. 27 through Dec. 30. (The Bears had a five won, one lost record going into the Ohio State series this week. ) The Big Seven tournanent annually invites a guest team, and California was selected for this season's classic. The host Big Seven teams are Kansas, Kansas State, Colorado, Iowa State, Oklahoma, Missouri and Nebraska. The Bears have drawn Kansas State as their first round opvonent on Dec. 28, and if they should win will olay the winner of the Kansas-lowa State clashe Win or lose, all particinating teams will play three tournament games. Coach Pete Newell of the Bears will name his 12-man traveling squad following the Ohio State series. In addition to the 12 olayers to be selected, the traveling squad will include Newell, Assistant Coach Art Gallon, Trainer Jack Williamson, Senior Manager Soiros Mellis, and Publicity Director Bob Rubin. The California party will leave from San Francisco Airport at 9:15 aem. Monday, Dec. 27, arriving at Kansas City at 5:10 o.m. that day. While in Kansas City, the Bears will stay at the Muehlebach Hotel. They will fly out of Kansas City at 12:05 asm. Dec. 31, arriving at San Francisco airport at 5:05 asm. that day. -br= California fields 42 teams in 22 sports in 497 contests yearly as the greatest intercollegiate athletic program in the United States 104 ESHLEMAN HALL BERKELEY 4, CALIFORNIA Sorts Hews ron rw: A.S.U.C. ATHLETIC NEWS BUREAU Seniesa BOB RUBIN, Director AShberry 3-4800, Ext. | and 25 BERKELEY, Dec. 2i1--Although Bob McKeen has taken a early lead in the California individual scoring honors race, he is being vressed closely by soohomore ace Larry Friend. Official statistics released today show McKeen with a total of 9h voints and Friend with 91. This adds uw to a 15.7 voint per game average for McKeen and 25.2 for Friend, for the initial six contests, Meanwhile, the same figures show that one of the vrimary reasons for California's early success is defensive stiffness rather than offensive punch, Defensively the Bears have allowed only 54.2 noints ver game, while last season the opposition aggregate was 59.5 ver outing, The offensive mark of 62,2 ver _ is just slightly under the 195). mark of 6.6. Couvled with defensive abilities is California's strength on the backboards, having snagged 277 of 51) available rebounds, while the onvosition has nailed but 237. This figure represents a 53.9 efficiency comared to 6,1 ner cents CALIFORNIA'S FIRST SIX GAMES (THROUGH DEC. 18) NAME GAMES FGA FG FGA FTA Fr FIZ REB, PF POINTS AVE/GAME Bob McKeen ® 2 £F tt © ee. Oe. hCU oh 1561 Larry Friend 6 oe % £02 6 2 @a: & 17 91 15.2 Bob Blake 6 mS f G22 7 2 SOO 13 61 10.2 Mike Diag 6 4% eh 13 a 63,2 2 1h 1 6.8 Frank Hess S 7 Bee itr tse Se. UG 3h oe Everett McKeen 6 17 ° 72 6 2 60 (lk 8 Lh on3 Al Winetrub 6 16 > 345 3 & 66,7 8 2 i? Cs0 Gabe Arrillaga 6 16 4 250 31 & Bah h 6 12 200 Clif Mayne © h h 2 50,50 & 2 40,0 3 2 6 1.5 Bert Mastrov h 8 - 155 5 & BO. 7 ; 6 1,5 Duane Asplund 2 3 [oi fF 6h 2 I i 0.5 Bob Brown 2 i © 0,0 28 | 3S 2 3 i 0.5 Joe Hagler 5 s CG 10.0 0 0 00,0 2 3 0 0.0 Floyd White & 0 Oo Th0 24 8. & 0 0 0 0.0 Jerry Raugust 1 1 0.03.0 0 © OC,.0 0 a 0 0,0 Rod Griffin 1 _ O €0,0 0 O 00,0 0 0 0 0.0 TEAM TOTALS "6 Qe a dia tee Fe OS UOT heOCOCUW buee OPPONENTS G Se 100 Fic? 100 10 59.0 «262357 «100 «COTS 5.2 RECORD TO DATE: 52 Oregon State 50 6h Oregon 52 77 COP 8h Compiled by: Ss«Dan Brodie 6 St. Mary's 51 57 Colorado Lh 5? Colorede 46 3(3 327 California fields 42 teams in 22 sports in 497 contests yearly — the greatest intercollegiate athletic program in the United States S. Wewed von we AS.U.C. ATHLETIC NEWS BUREAU 104 ESHLEMAN HALL BERKELEY 4, CALIFORNIA AShberry 3-4800, Ext. | and 25 OB RU etal Release No. 356 (5h) mts, Cn? G-19 SP-3 N BERKELEY, Dec. 21=-"Bob McKeen is one of the truly great centers, a throwback to the old=time pivotmen. I consider him a better all-around center than Don Schlundt of Indiana," That's the unreserved oninion of Pete Newell, California's new basketball coachy Newell is qualified to compare McKeen wd Schlundt, since he had been head mentor at Michigan State for the last three years and his Snartan fives met Schlundt and the Indiana juggernaut many times during that period, In oraising McKeen's all-court performances, Newell goes on to say that Calie .: fornia's 6-foot, 7-inch, 220-pound center and cantain is every bit as valuable to his team as Tom Gola is to LaSalle. Gola, of course, is generally regarded as one of the finest college players in the history of basketball. Another cage expert who has joined the McKeen bandwagon is Howard Dallmar, the ex=Pennsylvania mentor now coaching at Stanford. After seeing McKeen perform twice this year Dallmar told San Francisco basketball writers, "McKeen is better in all denartments than Wake Forest's Dickie Hemric, who is also bidding for All-America center.honors," Johnny Wooden, the UCLA cagemaster, is also lavish in his praise of the Bear vivotman, After McKeen almost single-handedly wrecked the Bruins while leading the Bears to two stunning victories over UCLA in the Westwood gym two years ago, Wooden had the following to say: "McKeen, though only a sophomore, is a tremendous all-around center. I would take him over Washington's famed Bob Houbregs." In that series McKeen, then a beardless youngster of 19, scored 20 and 2) voints on successive nights and owned both backboards,. McKeen is now a senior, aid although he is about to re-write every scoring record in California basketball history, it's his all-around post play that is admired most by his legion of fans, (more) California fields 42 teams in 22 sports in 497 contests yearly — the greatest intercollegiate athletic program in the United States 2e 22k 22 2202 2222222222209 Release No. 355 (5h) Besides being a constant scoring threat, he is a superb feeder, an excellent defensive player, and a rugged rebounder, Additionally, it has been his insnired leadershin as captain of this season's inexperienced California quintet that has led the Bears to their impressive 5-1 early Séason records An indication of the esteem in which McKeen is held by his teammates is tynvified by Larry Friend, a sonhomore forward at California and a bright young scoring prospect in his own right. After Califomia's 6-52 victory over Oregon early this season in a game where McKeen scored only seven points but set up teammates with easy baskets and controlled both backboards, Friend rushed un to him in the locker room and shouted, "Mac, youlre the greatest}" Friend sums un the current Bear five's feeling for their cantain in the following manner: "Mac wouldn't have to score a point to be the most valuable player we've got," But McKeen does score lots of points, and most of them come in the clutch. As a matter of fact, going into the seventh game of the current season McKeen was one point away from becoming the greatest scorer in California history. Over 89 games in a little over three seasons, he had tallied 1273 points for an excellent 1.3 points ver game average. ‘The record of 127 points is held by Billy Hagler, another Bear center who graduated in 1951. McKeen owns every other Bear scoring standard, They are as follows: 1. Most voints single game--l0 vs, Utah, Jan. 30, 195). 2e Most noints, single season--57 in 26 games, 1953 (tie with Andy Wolfe, who scoved .457 voints in 3) games in 196.) 3e Most points, single Southern Division season-~23) points in 12 games, 1953. 4. Highest average, single season--17.6 ner game in 26 games, 1953, 5« Most field goals, single Southern Division season--91 in 1953.6 6. Highest average, varsity careef=~1),3, 1273 points in 89 games, 7+ Most voints, Southern Division vlay--53, on 135 points in 1952, 23) points in 1953, and 174 voints in 195h, Those 234 noints in 12 league games in 1953 are also the most points ever scored by a sonhomore in the history of the Southern Division end the third highest in the league's annals. /lso, McKeen needs only 70 noints in 12 Southern Division games this (more ) 3333 3353333395393933 Release No. 235 (5h) season to crack the 612 career mark set by the fabled Hank Luisetti of Stanford in 1938, By any standard you wish to name, California's Bob McKeen has achieved basket~ ball greatness, He's a scorer; he's a rebounder: he's a defensive stars he's a great feeders and, finally, he's an inspiring tem leader, On the advice of those exoerts who have seen him nluy, Bob McKeen of Calif. ornia is richly deserving of All-/merican honors in this, his senior yeare «= DT