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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, January 10, 1968
Miranda enjoys being part of Jayhawk cage tradition
By Steve Morgan Kansan Staff Reporter
"KU has one of the finest basketball programs in the nation and I'm glad to be part of it," said Sam Miranda, varsity assistant basketball coach.
Miranda came to KU when Ted Owens became head coach four years ago. Before he came to KU, he had been an assistant at the University of New Mexico for two years and a high school coach for eight years in Illinois.
"I am not interested in leaving KU to take a head job somewhere else unless I get a very outstanding offer," he said. Miranda feels the assistant job at Kansas is better than being head coach at many other schools.
"Kansas has a tremendous basketball tradition. It is great to be with a winner and to coach a team that is able to compete with anybody in the country," he said.
Miranda does the majority of the work in KU's recruiting. His special area is the state of Illinois and the St. Louis area, which has netted starters Jo Jo White, Rich Bradshaw and Rodger Bohnen-stiehl, but the coach travels to
"During basketball season we may go somewhere to look at a prospect Friday night then return Saturday to play here," Miranda said.
many other parts of the country to look at prospects.
When asked what he thought of the chances of the Jayhawks taking an unprecedented third straight Big 8 Conference title, Miranda said he thought KU had an excellent chance. He said that everybody in the conference is improved, however, and KU is definitely not a shoo-in.
Miranda also pointed out that KU is now second in all-time number of basketball victories for a college team. At the beginning of the year KU was 12 victories behind the leader, Oregon State. There is a chance of moving into the top spot if Oregon State has a mediocre year.
The much discussed no-dunk rule which was put into effect this season is a bad rule in Miranda's opinion. He believes about 95 per cent of the nation's coaches agree with his point of view, but the coaches in power on the rules committee do not. He feels there
is little chance of getting it repealed.
"It has really hurt the big man. For example, Don Smith of Iowa State used to get the ball near the basket and then just stuff it. This year he has had to take a shot and often been blocked or fouled," Miranda said.
He feels the crowd is a big factor in a basketball game. "You can't hear specific comments from the crowd when you're concentrating on the game, but when 15,000 people yell when you make a basket you can't help but play better," Miranda said.
Sidle leads Sooners past O-State Cowboys, 61-58
"You hear that playing on your home court is an advantage because the team is used to the baskets and the floor, but this isn't true. They're all pretty much the same. It's the crowd that really makes the difference," he said.
Jack Herron hit seven field goals and three free throws to claim high point honors for the game with 17 points. Joe Smith hit 15 for the Cowboys and Mike Tate and Charles Savel added 12 apiece.
Sidle's 15-foot bank shot with 11:22 minutes remaining in the game put the Sooners ahead to stay in the "bedlam" series match between the two universities.
Willie Rodgers and Garfield Heard each had 14 points for the Sooners and Heard snagged six rebounds.
NORMAN, OKLA. — (UPI) Oklahoma's Don Sidle snagged 10 rebounds and scored 16 points Tuesday night in leading the Sooners to a hectic 61-58 victory over arch-rival Oklahoma State and an unblemished record in Big Eight Conference competition.
OU's biggest lead was seven points.
"We had a spell there where we hurt ourselves," said Cowboy Coach Henry Iba. "Oklahoma played a fine ball game. They got a good game out of Heard. We got a little excited and didn't do so well."
Harriers honored
KU head track coach Bob Timmons has announced cross country awards for 11 Jayhawk distance men. Five members of the varsity squad and six members of the freshman team have been honored.
VARSITY LETTERS — Glenn Cunningham, Leon sophomore; Curt Grindal, Carbondale senior; Roger Kathol, Wichita junior; Jim Olson, Kirkwood, Mo., Junior; Mike Petterson, Wichita junior.
FRESHMAN NUMERALS — Thorn Bigley, San Diego, Calif.; Jay Mason, Hobbs, N.M.; Jim Nehouse, Salina; Dennis Pettitt, Wichita; Mike Solomon, Westminster, Calif.; Ralph Stewart, Rockford, Ill.
Cats rebound to shuck Nebraska
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Kansas State broke open a close first half Tuesday night to hand Big Eight Tournament champion Nebraska its second consecutive conference defeat, 78-62.
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So Hurry!!
The Cornhuskers defeated the Wildcats 66-62 in the championship game of the Big Eight tourney in Kansas City one and one-half weeks ago.
Led by junior guard Steve Honeycutt, five players scored in double figures for the Wildcats. Honeycutt tallied 17 points followed by Wheeler Hughes with 15, Fred Arnold and Nick Pino 14 each and Louis Small 12.
Nebraska's All-Big Eight selection Stuart Lantz led all scorers in the contest with 19 points. The slender Lantz also pulled in 11 rebounds, high for the game.
Big 8 standings
（conference games only）
W L
**Kansas** ... 2 0
Kansas State ... 2 0
Oklahoma ... 2 0
Iowa State ... 1 1
Missouri ... 1 1
Oklahoma State ... 0 2
Colorado ... 0 2
Nebraska ... 0 2
Grid awards announced
KU football coach Pepper Rodgers has recommended 42 members of his first Jayhawk football squad for "K" letter awards.
JUNIORS — Tommy Anderson, Toopeka; Tommy Ball, Manhattan; Thermus Butler, Columbus, Ga.; Keith Christensen, Concordia; Bobby Dougley, Deke Coyle, Deke Kansas City; Dlek Fortite, Deke Bill Greene, Ottawa; Bill Hunt, Hackensack, N. J.; John Jackson, Memphis, Tenn.; Dave Morgan, Wauwaun, Wis.; Junior Riggs, Centralia; Doa Waunawaa, Centralia; ville Turgeon, Valentine, Neb., Vernon Vanoy, Kansas City; Ken Wertzberg, Lawrence; John Zook, Larned.
SENIORS — Gary Ard, Modesto, Calif.; Dave Bouda, Orma, Neb.; Ward Coleman, Frankfort; Larry Dercher, Kansas City; Charles Elmer, Kenyon; Gwendolyn Gunan, Okla.; J. C. Hixon, St. Francis Jennings, Kansas City; Bob Kreutzer, Garden City; Bill Lynch, Hutchinson; Jack Medford, Oklahoma City; Harold Morgenty, Wichita; John Munkres, Kaisersfield, California; Jack Perkins, Marsh Mo.; Roger Rawlings, Marshall Mo.; Mike Sweetman, Kansas City
Eckert elected
SOPHOMORES — Bill Bell, Falls Church, Va.; Dale Evans, Russell; McIntosh, Bob; Paul Hutchens, Swartz Creek, Mich.; Willie Kissell, Bartlesville, Oka.; Willie Holm, Haines City, Fla.; John Mosier, Wichita; Mite Reeves, Concordia.
NEW YORK —(UPI)— Baseball Commissioner William D. Eckert was elected to honorary membership in the American Association of College Baseball Coaches Tuesday.
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