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Tuesday, March 28, 1978
University Daily Kansan
Givens leads Kentucky to crown
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Explosive Jack Givens, continually finding seams in the Duke zone, fired in a near-record 41 points last night, and Kentucky's pressure-pressure Wildicks under the Blue Devils in the championship game of the 40th NCAA basketball tournament.
The Wildcats, playing under what coach Joe Hall called the most intense pressure of his six-year career at Kentucky, clinched a victory with a brilliant one-man show by their 6-4 senior.
The left-handed Givens scored 23 of his points in the first half to lead the nation's No.1 team to a 45-38 lead at intermission. He then drove on the ball again, assault on the second in the second half.
GIVENS SANK three baskets during a 11-2 burst as the Wildcats moved into a 64-40 lead with 12:42 left in the game. That mountaineous 16-point lead was enough for Kentucky to withstand a flurry by the Atlantic Coast Conference playoff champions, who fought back valiantly but could get no closer than four points.
In fact, with a late lead of seven points,
Hall began to substitute. Then, findie bis
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team's lead slowly eroding, he had to let his registers return to the game.
Givens' performance was just three points shy of the record for an NCAA championship final set by Bill Walton, who scored 44 points for UCLA in this same building against Memphis State in 1973. Then, the building was known as the St. Louis Arena. It is now called the Checkerdome.
A CROWM 18.721 gave Givens a standing ovation, roaring his nickname of "Goose" as the brilliant Kirkman. He returned to the halls remaining. He later returned with the rest of the starters.
The Blue Devils made a frantic rally near the end of the game and cut Kentucky's formidable lead to 92-88 after injuries from the lineup in the midfall-minute.
last minute.
Then, with 10 seconds left and Kentucky's regulars back on the floor, Mike Gminski hit a 15-foot jump to trim it to 92-88. But
AFTER KENTUCKY broke Duke's full-court press, James Lee, considered by many the best sixth man in college basketball, put the finishing touches on the triumph with a dazzling slam dunk in the closing seconds.
Givens, Ricky Robey and company held to clutch the Wildcats' victory.
The victory was especially sweet for Hall, who had insisted in his pre-game press conference yesterday that his senior captain had given pressure during the season because of its top national ranking for all but two weeks of the season. He also talked about pressure from the Kentucky fans, who wanted to win a championship from the start of the season.
They were pinned with the label "the Fold-up Five" by some of their hard-line fans, even though they lost just two games in 32 all year.
Hall, however, was greeted by the song, "My Old Kentucky Home," as he stepped to center court to receive the NCAZ thank you. The team has been in the year having been lifted from his shoulders.
Gymnasts finish last in Big Eight meet
The KU gymnastics team learn this weekend just how much they must improve in order to escape from the basement of the Big Eight Conference.
The Jayhawks, who set several school records this season, scored more than 300 points for the first time and still finished fifth and last. The Jayhawks score of 391.9 was more than 40 points behind the winning team. Oklahoma.
KU gymnastics coach Bock Lockwood had hoped that this was the year that his vastly improved Jayhawks could break out of the league, which they have finished fifth the last six years.
Oklahoma and Iowa state, as expected, battled to the last event for the title. The defending champion Sooners eventually won by a point of a point, 434.9-434.65.
Nebraska finished third, scoring 415.38 and Colorado placed fourth with 398.6 at the top.
KU's individual bright spot was freshman Mark Folger's fourth place finish in the parallel bars. Folder was the only freshman in the finals in any event.
Two other Jayhawks barely missed the finals. Sean Williams finished ninth, one step away from the finals, in the vault, as did Mike Hynes in the high bar.
KU's nemesis, the pommel horse, gave Jayhawks trouble again in Lincoln, Lockwood said. A sub-par performance on the still rings during the compulsory session also hurt KU's score, he said, and offset generally good scores in the other events.
didn't hit our compulsory rings sets, but we had our best performances in floor exercise and good scores particularly on the high bar and parallel bars."
The KU women's tennis team lost twice this weekend, dropping a 5-4 decision to league favorite. University of Nebraska, and 7-2 to the University of Minnesota.
Women lose twice
Bad weather forced both matches to be moved into Alvmar Racquet and Swim Club, and it wasn't long before the game ended.
"Except for the pommel horse, we had our best meet ever." Lockwood said. "We
Because of the expense of indoor facilities and the length of tennis matches, no deuces were allowed. The first side to get four points won the game.
Bridgeget Guifolil, the No. 6 angles player, and the first doubles pair consisting of Carrie Fetopoulos and Mary Staffer were players to record victories against Minnesota.
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But against Nebraska, Fotopotouls scored a first singles victory and also teamed up with Stauffer to win again in doubles. Furthermore the second doubles team won on Wednesday, Guilfoll, as well as Shari Schrifer and Lissa Leonard at third doubles, registered wins.
Kansas coach Tom Kivisto thinks that had a lot to do with the outcome.
"There were a lot of one point situations, the matches were awfully close. It could have been more."
But despite the two team losses, Kivisto was extremely pleased with the doubles
"SOMETIMES YOU'RE lucky, sometimes you re-rains. You're said, sad."
"Sometimes you're not our day."
play, after the changes that were made in the pairings over spring break.
Two fall in prelims
Graves failed to advance in both of the events he was entered in. The Wichita freshman swam the 200-yard and 400-yard individual medleys.
Against Nebraska, three of the Jahaykw's four wins came in doubles as did one KU's seven. The first was by Brandon Hines.
Estes, Bartvillele, Okla., junior did not make it to the final for the second straight season.
David Estes and Steve Graves, the only representatives from the University of Kansas in the 1978 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships, were both invited to compete in the premiums of the meet held in Long Beach, Calif., last weekend.
The meet was won by the University of Tennessee.
The University of Kansas men's golf team again found the goough rough, finishing last in the Morris Williams Invitational Tournament this weekend at Austin, Texas.
The Jayhawks were hampered somewhat when Bill Schwartz was forced to withdraw after his first round because of the flu. Schwartz shot an 81 the first day.
Golfers finish last
Oklahoma State, which fired an even par
the final day, took first place—13 strokes in the tournament. In all, 24 teams participated in the tournament.
CRAIG PALMER led the Jawharays for the second tournament in a row. He was 10th after the first day, forcing a one-over-32 rate. He finished with a strong 75 for a 242 total.
Palmer was the only KU golfer to shoot in the Ibs. Jimmie Doley and Doug Platt each entered the World Cup.
Westerday's baseball doubleheader between KU and Nebraska-Omaha was canceled. Doubleheaders also were wiped out Friday and Saturday for the Jayhawks. A team action Wednesday at home against Benedict in a doubleheader starting at 1:30 p.m.
"The team has only played for two weeks and is a little slow in getting started," said Jerry Waugh, who was subbing for coach Bob Gillis. "We understandable that their scores were high."
Weather halts games
The KU baseball and softball teams had games postponed this weekend because of
The softball team also has not had a game since their spring trip through Texas. But, the Jayhawks are slated to play Emory State this afternoon at 2 p.m. Depending on whether the game, the game will be hold either at Holcom Sports Complex or be broken Arrow Park.
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