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as , a least half the teams in the tourney fieli. Kensas was pressed all
the wey before subduing th Hurricane, 73-66. -h.s is th furth tighest
fit in tle entire 33egane winning s treake

For the first tim in six years , the
MGe Orealens will not mum mount a towerhouse terror at the pivote BoHe
Born has f ollowed Clyde Lovell! ette into post- graduate play. ® stween the
pair thy earned three varsity all-American acc Olades samk five ail-canferen e
uza conference posts, and four league scoring championshipse

Also tle Jayhawks" defense , altho following
the seme half court pEax switching press of th past three seasons, is a
few cuts below those of recent years in ef ficiencye Rice ripped the
ke teats badly for closeerange goals in tl» first of their two -game set,
before losing, 67-77e

This means, then, that KU is virtually minus
the two major weapons which it ms parlayed into ne NCA‘ title, one NCAA
runner-uppancy, sak GIdE oolibistne, axk two co-chaxpionships, end two
tour ament titles, over tle past five seasonse .

Until Lew Johnson, the hard-battling 66}
sophomore pivot, c anes along as a genuine threat, and the team defense
Lenina: then Kansas must do it with starp firing from the field, mnabkek
unabated hustle, and capable bench strengthe This is not likely to be
enough against Missouri, Colorado, California, or resurgent Kansas State,
which the Hawkers figure to fight for third place in th upcoming conference
derby e

tix Personnel-wise, KUgs most dangsrous man
is Yan as Dobbs, tke nifty 5-11 returning all-conference guard from
Bartlesville, Okla. 4s aso’ howore last winter, Dobbs scored 270 points,

most ever unwound by a Crimson ani Blue g sentinel in a single-seasme