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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, December 5, 1967
KU goes with JoJo
Jojo White, KU's basketball All-American candidate at guard, expects the 1967-68 season to be the best since he began varsity play at KU two years ago.
In those two years, Coach Ted Owens' squads have won Two Big Eight Conference crowns and finished the seasons ranked fourth and third in the nation respectively.
This is White's last full season with the Jayhawks. Although he is only a junior he will have used all but one semester of his eligibility by the end of this year. He hopes to be an All-American. In order to do this White feels he will have to score more. At the same time he doesn't want to appear to be hogging the ball.
White, a St. Louis, Mo., junior, showed himself to be one of the nation's best college players when he led the United States team to a Gold medal in the Pan-American games in Winnipeg, Canada, this summer. This team was selected from teams representing the best in AAU, NAIA, NCAA and Armed Forces basketball.
Besides All-American credentials, White has another goal for
himself. He hopes to make the U.S. Olympic basketball team which will compete in Mexico City next October. If he is able to do this he plans to sit out of school next fall and return to play for the Jayhawks in the second half of the season, thus using his final semester of eligibility.
White considered several other schools, including UCLA, Kentucky, Ohio State and Cincinnati, before finally choosing KU. "I visited the KU campus and was impressed by the friendliness of the students. I really liked the coaching staff." he said.
Basketball practice keeps White from studying as much as he would like.
"Practice itself takes about three hours a day and then you have to spend time thinking about what you did and what you learned in each practice," he said.
Out of town games can hurt studying too if the trip comes during a test, he said. "A lot of people think being a physical education major is easy but it's not. There is a science requirement that is pretty tough," White said.
He said the team was beginning to take shape in practice. They have tremendous depth this year at every position.
"We can build a team to handle any team we face," White said. "We can use a big strong team to overpower some team or finesse a team with speed and quickness. I think you'll see us fast-break more this season."
Right now the Jayhawks are working with White and Rich Bradshaw, Chicago, Ill., sophomore, as the guards; Bruce Sloan, Kansas City, Mo., junior, and Rodger Bohnenstiehl, Collinsville, ill, senior, as the forwards; and Dave Nash, St. Louis, Mo., sophomore, at center.
"There could be a lot of changes in that line-up before we play a game. After all Vernon Vanoy, Kansas City, Mo., junior, isn't even out yet," White said.
"I don't really know what will be our toughest game this year or who will be our stiffest competition in the Big Eight," he said. "All I know is what I saw last year. That can change a lot in a year."
Basketball's here;
Football's over—and now?
One of the most surprising football teams in the Big Eight has ended its season, and the Jayhawk basketball team is off to fight for a national crown.
Threag other KU varsity sports —the "forgotten three"—also have begun.
Swimming, fencing and gymnastics are beginning their seasons in intercollegiate competition. Swimming coach Dick Reamon said that although last year's team, with an 8-3 record and second place in the Big Eight, had All-American Don Pennington—who graduated—this year's team may be even stronger because of the ability of several men.
Reamon said that juniors Jim Kent, 200-yard butterfly ace, and Roy O'Connor, middle distance
freestyleler, along with one-meter diving champion Jim Askins, are key men in the attack.
The Jayhawks will get a taste of their chances for the Big Eight title when they compete in the Big Eight Invitational Swimming Relays at Ames, Iowa, Dec. 8 and 9. The first home action for the team will be Dec. 16, when Arkansas invades KU.
Last year's team, which compiled a 5-4 record and finished 29th in the NCAA tournament.
This year's fencing team will compete in 13 intercollegiate meets starting with the Third Intercollegiate Invitational at Champaign, Ill., Dec. 16. Coach Steve Keeler said a varsity-alumni meet will be held Dec. 2 as a warm-up for the first meet.
returns headed by Tom Fenton, and a strong epee squad. The foil competition is in a re-building stage.
The gymnastics team, coached by Bob Lockwood, is expected to improve over last year's 6-3 record. Key men in this year's attack, according to Lockwood, will be Wayne Dixon on the horizontal bar; Jim Worcester on the rings and high bar; Jim Gillispie, side horse; Richard Hemphill, parallel bar; Steve Pyle, rings; Gerry Denk, trampoline; and Robert Pierson, all events.
The Jayhawks recently competed as individuals in the KU Invitational and will have a similar meet Dec. 2 at the Midwest Open in Chicago. First team action will be Dec. 8 here in a dual with Western Illinois.
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