Another four-year
sas State’ s forward

accounted for 32 of this total.
During this span he has gone to
the line 44 times. This is an aver-
age chance of slightly more than
11 times per game. Since Smith
is travelling at a 75-per cent
accuracy pace, it is not difficult
to see that he will vie seriously
with Lane in shooting at Diercks’
record, Even Johnson’s — career
standard is within reach even tho
Smith has netted only 21 tosses
during his previous nine games
ot tournament action.

Too, Smith has. notched 13
throws to date, in a single game,
against Wyoming and Washing-
ton, thus brushing the present
one-game tourney mark of 14
held jointly by Kansas State’s
Dick Knotsman (1952), and Kan-|
sas’ Bill Brainard (1953). ne

The team free throw mark for
one game already has been bet-
tered twice. Kansas nailed 38 in
its 100-72 win over Rice Decém-
ber 18. Oklahoma hit 37 in a|
79-86 loss to Baylor peroereb er
14,

Under team records even Stan-|
ford’s single-game high of 103
points, scored in a rules experi-;
ment game against Iowa State in
1951, is not safe. Kansas and'
Jowa State both have been at)
the century mark in pre-meet |
games,

 

Only three performers, two. |
of them four-year men, are
conceded a chance of cracking
the tourney’s 100-point career
scoring elite. And elite is the |
correct word, for only 12 men
have achieved that bracket to |
date. Roughly this is only one |
per cent of the conference |
players who have taken part |
in eight previous meets. Guest
team personnel is not included |
since their one-year stands |
eliminate a career chance of |
three or four tourneys,