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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, December 5, 1967
Bradshaw aims at Cards
By Ted Bell Kansan Staff Reporter
Rich Bradshaw has a lot to live up to.
Sports Illustrated listed him as one of the top eight sophomores in the nation. It may also be said, "he can do everything Jo Jo White does, only a shade less well."
KU basketball coach Ted Owens described him as "a fine man with fine potential, and the ability to reach this potential."
Jo Jo White said that he's a fine player, and in due time should be even better.
With this kind of pre-season billing, the 6-3 Bradshawk began against Utah State what Jayhawk fans hope is a great career.
Opener was important
Against the Aggies he scored six points and shared rebounding honors with Roger Bohnenstiehl with 10. As a freshman he lead the team with 122 rebounds in eight games, while averaging 16 points per contest.
"The Utah State game was important because it meant getting used to the large crowds and the pressure. Basketball seems much more important to me now. That first game makes the next that much easier."
Bradshaw has one of the best tutors in the country to prepare him for that next game. Both the teacher, White, and the game, Louisville, mean quite a bit to the sophomore.
Jayhawks drop; UL number two in UPI b-ball poll
Kansas dropped a spot in this week's UPI major college basketball ratings to fourth place.
The Jayhawks' opponent in Wednesday night's game, Louisville, jumped from fourth place to second place after swamping Georgetown of Kentucky last weekend.
The UPI ratings, with first place votes and records in parentheses:
The Boilermakers of Purdue, who were not even mentioned in the top 20 in pre-season ratings, moved into the eighth position on the strength of an "almost win." Purdue lost to UCLA, the number one team. T3-71.
Team Points
1. UCLA (34) (1-0) 349
2. Louisville (1) (1-0) 280
3. Houston (1-0) 274
4. Kansas (1-0) 232
5. North Carolina (1-0) 176
6. Dayton (1-0) 103
7. Princeton (1-0) 80
8. Purdue (0-1) 75
9. Boston College (0-0) 69
10. Tennessee (1-0) 55
Second ten—11. Vanderbilt 49;
12. Davidson 30; 13. Kentucky 26;
14. Cincinnati 21; 15. St. John's
20; 16. Indiana 15; 17. Syracuse
13; 18. Utah 11; 19. tie, Brigham Young, Wyoming and Loyola of Chicago, 8 each.
KU super-soph Rich Bradshaw
Of White, he says: "Everybody knows he's one of the best guards in the country. You can learn a great deal playing with and against him. Even watching him can do a lot for you."
"Louisville for us will be an important game. We need it to determine just how good we are, and how good we can become."
He is convinced the team will improve, and is hopeful that he will improve with it.
"The Sports Illustrated selection was a surprise to me." Bradshaw said, "I didn't know anything about it until the magazine came out, but I’m very grateful. I just hope I can live up to what they said in the next three years.”
Intramural B-ball begins
Intramural basketball started Monday with more than 20 games played in Robinson Gymnasium.
Fraternity "A" action saw Beta Theta Pi ri dip Delta Chi 63-27 behind Rudy Belton's 16 points.
Sigma Chi trounced Tau Kappa Epsilon 88-22. Tim Bloomfield and Steve Vincent each matched the TKE output by pumping in 22 points apiece for Sigma Chi.
Bob Tyus for Kappa Alpha Psi and Skip James for Phi Delta Theta both grabbed scoring honors in their game with 20 points apiece. Kappa Alpha Psi edged the Phi Delts 43-30 in the closely contested game.
This year's intramural basketball will follow the same rules as those set down by the National Collegiate Athletic Association Rules Committee, according to a spokesman from the intramural office. This includes the new five-second rule and the no dunking rule.
In other Fraternity "A" action, Alpha Tau Omega slipped by Phi Gamma Delta by the score of 36-29, while Delta Tau Delta beat Sigma Nu 49-34.
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Bradshaw was a two-year allstate forward at Marshall High School in Chicago. After he graduated, there was the inevitable bombardment of scholarship offers from basketball schools across the nation — Michigan, Michigan State, Iowa, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Bradley, Loyola, NYU, Southern Illinois—and Kansas.
"I decided on Kansas for a number of reasons. KU wasn't too far from home in case of emergencies, they had a good team, and I liked the attitude and personality of the squad. KU seemed to care for their players, and combined sports and academic work in a good way. I'm pretty pleased with my decision."
Gale Sayers, the former KU all-American, and presently the Chicago Bears' brightest star, also helped him with the decision to come to Lawrence.
"I visited with Gale several times," Bradshaw said. He expressed a real good opinion of KU, and he knew about the life of a KU athlete, so even though he didn't play basketball here, what he had to say was very important to me."
Bradshaw was pleased with his decision to come to Kansas, and so was Coach Ted Owens:
Owens sings praise
"I think Richard is a fine all-around basketball player, in time he could be outstanding. The best thing about him is the fact that he's an all-rounder. He plays fine defense, is a good shooter, and an excellent rebounder."
So Richard Bradshaw has a lot to live up to.
If last Saturday was any indication, he'll have ample opportunity. If he does reach his potential this year, K-State's coach Tex Winters may follow his friend Vince Gibson's rating as a predictor. Winter said his junior guard Steve Honeycutt "is doing things now Jo Jo can't do." Well, that in itself is debatable, but Tex, KU just might have two Jo Jo's—and that just might cut the honey.
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