Kansas State, meanwhile,
is striving to reel-in the
slack caused by Dick Knost-
man’s .0ss by employing
three underclassmen in each
start. Jerry Jung, 6-11
Hutchinson project, opened
at the pivot, but since has
given way to Roger Craft,
sinewy 6-7 Garden Cityan.
Both are splitting time with
Jim Frary, 6-7 sophomore.

Here is the picture of that
situation in the scoring col-
umn. This trio is averaging
14.4 points per game, exactly
seven fewer than Knostman |
notched last year,

Under the railbirds’ micro-
| scope more sharply than any |
other single player will be Bill ©
Johnson, 6-7 Nebraska center.
| The lean senior holds the most |
| Significant individual key to |
_ the entire conference race.
~With Johnson playing close
to his potential, the Cornhusk-
_-ers would be in a position to |
| bid for the title. For they are
| physically endowed and suf-
| fered only one damaging loss |
from last year’s club in guard |
Joe Good.
Missouri already has plugged |
one of its losses, forward Gene |
Landolt, with a sparkling soph- |
| omore, Norman Stewart, 6-4, |
| Shelbyville, Mo., native. How- |
ever, the Tigers certainly are
missing Win Wilfong, all-tour- |
| nament and all-league guard
| last year.
Oklahoma’s veterans still |
must fight without a genuine |
big man, the 6-6 Bob Waller |
being their tallest regular.
However, normal improvement,
designed along the usual Bruce |
Drake lines of nifty ball-han-
dling, passing and shooting,
can pitch the Sooners high in |
the race.