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Thig is the Cinderella gang tit leaped all
the way from a last slace finish in 1953 to a co#title in *54, the school 2
fiyat sinee joining the old Big Six in 1948. *vxabvevdexthex ‘his was &
double bootestrap act since GU alse dropped its first seven games last
geasm , 8 sorry beginning fa@ a team that wes to vault ell the way inte
the NCA Regionals at Stillwater at the seamn's end e
Burdetriax “alderson, Moakxwnk Jeangerard ,and

“arroid are the The Herd tx ms designs on something better
: : Guard Tom ‘orward Bob J eangerard
this winter. “eldersm, ‘rrold ani are kimvivmyx playing their

‘fourths seasonse There are four other seniors on this — tt mast shoot
the works for its losses will be terrific a. the season 8 ende ‘The todeniment
in which CU never tas finsihed higher than f-urth, would be a good place to
start down the &k glory roade
Nictitecaeingiine leaped from obscurity to the league
point crow last season on & 21.3 avevagevarix in coiference play and a 46-
percent accuracy pace from the fidld overall e In so dc-ing io aiged out
more established aces such as Missouri's Bob “elter, BsHe B’m of Sansas
ani Bill Johnson of Nebraskae He is averag ing kRx8& 18.6 tmu CU's six
pre=tourney ganese | | |
Behind him is “eorge | anmah, 6-7 lettered junior,
who scered 82 points in 20 games last seamn as a s phomore ams is rated
highly —aeeny improved this terms ‘his mir may be as good a pivot punch
as Sansas Stabe. s Yery Jung ami Roger Crafte
| The frontline quartet includes Neiinaiiiiiells Juniors
Mel Coffman and JimRanglos, aml Bob *ardley, 6-3 flavy returnees, who is
Listed as & a seniore Jeangerard was the Buffa' second-high scorer last
season at 12.8 and is one of the finest defenders in the conference « Lg
averaged lle 7 thm the early going this seasone Coffman arm Kenglos

‘both ere vet areas of established worthe Yardley has ccte along swiftly