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Thursday, February 23, 1978
University Daily Kansan
Staff Photo by ELI REICHMAN
Senior shuffle
Chad Johnson, senior guard from Leavernthor, Kan., has been a durable performer for Kansas, not only this season, but throughout his career.
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By GARY BEDORE
Clint Johnson is hard to notice on the basketball court.
Record pleases durable Johnson
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you confidence. I'm concentrating more on hitting my shots this year."
It's the world's greatest game ... and it sure isn't Football.
Johnson rarely performs magic with the basketball as do freshman guards Darnell Valentine and Wilmore Fowler, but his statistics speak for themselves.
Being a senior, Johnson said he had been reminiscing, a lot laterly about playing basketball. He said the game was fun.
'OUR FANS give us such an advantage',
Johnson said. "Even when we played bad
in other years, we'd draw 10,000. It's fun to
plain in front of crowds like we have."
The 6-3 senior guard from Leavenworth, Kan., has averaged 8.2 points per conference game this year and has held players such as Kansas State's guard Mike Evans to sub par shooting performances. In the Jayhawks' past two meetings with K-State, Johnson held Evans to 10 points each outing, which is well below his 19 point average.
But he said he assumed a different role with the Jahhwaws.
"IT'S MORE a team game here," he said.
"in high school I could take a lot of aboas.
JONSON'S CONTRIBUTIONS don't show up in scoring or rebounding records, but he recently achieved a record all his own. He has played in 104 games in his four-year career, more games than any other player in KU basketball history.
When Johnson does shoot, he often shows pin-point accuracy. Johnson made eight of 10 shots against Oklahoma State, five of five against Colorado and five out of seven against Oklahoma in separate outings this year.
despite crowd recognition, Johnson has despite the newsmaker some of his teammates have
He said sinking his first shot in a game was a confidence builder.
Johnson said he is proud of his "iron man" role with the Jawhaws.
senior year in high school, has averaged
points a game in his college
career at KU
His durability can be traced to absence of serious injury as a Jayhawk.
"There's something to that," Johnson said. "When you hit the first one, it gives
"The record means a great deal to me, because I'm not leading scorer or rebounder." Johnson said recently. "It will always stick around in the record books."
"I've had pulled muscles and sore spots
nothing to keep me from playing,"jobber
"I think everybody who plays likes to see his name or picture in the paper," he said. "But you begin to realize that is not what makes a ballplayer.
"We all had to work a lot harder this year," he said. "I started in the spring to give it a starting spot to anybody."
Johnson's contributions begin in 1974, when he moved into the starting lineup of the national team.
JONSON SAID he had to work to obtain his starting job this year. He eventually earned the job and has started all 13 conference games for the Jayhawks.
"I'm a senior and if I was going to make the team I had to show I could contribute or they'd give it to a freshman and have him gain experience."
"You have to do it on the court. Then people recognize you by the way you play."
remained a starter until the beginning of this season, when he was an on again-off again starter.
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