“Drake will floor t
team in the tournament. Tallest
man on the roster is LeRoy
Bacher, 6-5 sophomore center,
who will not be eligible. until
the second semester. Fred Mul-
ler, 6-3 converted forward, and
Fad Abbey, 6-4 sophomore, will
handle» most of the post play
here.

One happy: item in this lack of
size is that tall pivot play is “not
essential in the shuffle since
O. U.’s centers often operate
from high in the keyhole. But|
it‘is a wicked. handicap on the}
beards.

a this team owned firebrand|

eed—which it doesn’t—it would|

Josely resemble the famed Boy|
Seats of the late thirties, finest]
‘fast-break squad the — ‘league|
ever has harbored. |

Last Year’s Scoring Leader...

-It will mount one dangerous
sharp-shooter, though, in Lester
Lane, the prolific little guard
from Purcell, Ok. This 5-10 senior
won the tourney individual scor-
ing championship last December
on 64 points, snapping seven
straight years of dominance: by
towering centers. Thru his first
three games, Lane was centinu-
ing the same tatoo. He leads all
tournament personnel with a
23:0 average. ze

In his junior season Lane set
three new Sooner records, 18.8
points a: game; 7.3 free throws
_a game, and thirteen consecutive
free throws in a single. game.
He’s’ the only: returning regular
‘from a five good enough to go
all the way to the finals last
year against Kansas. Lost were
forwards Ron Blue, and Sterling)
Jones; center Bob Waller, the}
league’s_ sixth-ranked | scorer, |
and guard Dink McEachern. |

“Pairing with Lane in the Red-
shirt backline is Jimmy Peck,|
5-9, 145-pound sophomore. ,This