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Monday, March 8, 1976
University Daily Kansan
4. 20
11.0
KU closes book on strange year
By ALLEN QUAKENBUSH
Sports Editor
A strange Kansas basketball season came
fittingly strong conclusion Saturday
prior to the NCAA tournament.
The Jayhawks, who had lost four games in a row including three close ones at home, seemed to have little chance against the Packers, playing as well as anyone in the conference.
The oddsmakers should have known better. KU has been far from predictable all season. And they proved that fact again Saturday night in Norman, defeating the Sooners, 55-50 before 5,322 in Lloyd Noble Arena.
About the only predictable thing about the game was that the Jayhawks had their patented scoring drought at the end to keep the game close. KU held a 16 point lead, 50-34, with 7:50 to go but didn't hit from the field on the way.
OKLAHOMA CUT THE LEAD to four with 1:06 to go, and past disasters must have run through the minds of Jawhayk fans. But Cris Barnhouse and Herb Nobles each canned two free throws down the stretch to give KU the win.
"I thought we played darn well until about 10 minutes to go," KU coach Ted Owens said. "If we had洗头 at all, we would have a whale of a lead. We really had good shots."
Milt Gibson
The Jayhawks only lift 23 of 58 shots at
37 per cent. But Oklahoma managed only
16 of 50.
KU had a whopping 44-22 edge in
the opening, turning turnovers against
the long, pressing KUB.
"WE DIDN'T HANDLE their press well and we didn't convert some free throws," Owens said, "but I was really proud. We were alive and really jumping on the floor."
The win enabled the Jayhawks to finish
recording at the 590 mark with a 134.3
reaction rate.
Cris Barnthouse
division in the Big Eight. KU's 6-8 league record was good for a fourth place tie with the Sooners.
Koen Keniens led a balanced KU scoring attack with 10 points. Paul Mokeski chipped in nine and Brad Sanders, Clint Johnson and Norm Cook had eight apiece. John McCullough had 14 points and Billy Graham scored 13 for the Sooners.
While the KU players are getting some much-needed rest, the Jayhawk coaching
staff is busier than ever. It's recruiting time again.
ASSISTANT COACHES Sam Miranda and Duncan Pebb both missed the Oklahoma game because they were scouting potential prospects.
Now that the season has ended, a big question for KU fans is whether All-Big Eight forward Norm Cook will return for his senior year next season. Cook was on track to win the MVP at Utah State last year, and it's very likely that he will be picked again this season.
Owens isn't mentioning any potential prospects, but there's little question that the Jahywha are very interested in Brian McCarthy. They're likely one of the top guard prospects in the nation
"Right now, I plan to be here another year," Cook said. "I don't know what will happen." I have no chance. Whatever happens I will just have to wait and deal with it when it comes up.
--at the Carousel Moonlight Sale
Dantley tops all-star team
KANSAS CITY (AP) - Notre Dame's three-year stand-up, Adrian Dantley, and two members of top-ranked Indiana head the 10-man-American basketball team selected by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association.
Joining Dantley on the team are:
Scott May, 6-1 senior, and Kent Benson, 6-11 junior, Indiana; Richard Washington, 6-11 junior, UCLA; John Lucas, 6-4 senior, Maryland; Bernard King, 6-8 sophomore, Tennessee; Earl Tatum, 6-3 senior, Missouri; Phil Sellers, 6-4 senior, Rutgers, and Mitch Kupach, 6-9 senior, North Carolina.
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