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Friday, March 22, 1974
University Daily Kansan
'Hawks An Underdog That Keeps Scratching
By JIM SHELDON
Keman Sports Writer
The University of Kansas opened its basketball season last December against the Oregon State Beavers four months later, at 12:10 p.m. tomorrow in the 16,000-seat seattle.NC.Coliseum KU will play Marquette in the semi-finals of the NCAA Basketball Championship
Although KU looked impressive in that opening win over Murray Slate, few people could have foreseen that the Hawks would be able to outlast the Spurs wins away from a national championship.
KU entered the season trying to rebound from an 8-18 season last year. The 'Hawks are presently 23,4, are Big Eight champions and the sixth-ranked team in the country.
"It has been a long season," KU coach Ted Owens said Wednesday after practice, "but I wouldn't have wanted it to be any shorter."
KU advanced to the NCAA semi-finals when it defeated Oral Roberks University in the semifinals.
the championship of the Midwest Regional.
"We are delighted to be going to Greensboro," Owens said. "I know that a lot of people feel our chances at Greenbsorro will be slim. But we feel we are going to bring a very good chance with great spirit. We have a chance to win every time we take the floor."
Marquette, KU's first opponent, won the Midwest Regional by defeating Michigan 72-64.
"I thought we were very fortunate to catch a Michigan team in the regional when I arrived," he said. "Al McKinsey and Wednesday, 'I don't think that our clubs (Marquette and KU) could truly.' I'm talking on paper now—rate with them or UCLA or I would long be."
"I did think that three years ago when Ohio State beat us we had the best team in the nation. I didn't think that we would get this here."
The Marquette Warriors are 25-4 and ranked third in the nation. They are a four-time champion.
| | G | FG-FGA | Pct | FT | FT | Pct | Pct | Reb. | Avc. | TP | Ave. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Knight | 28 | 152 | 317 | 479 | 56 | 92 | 609 | 143 | 7.3 | 162.9 | 12.9 |
| Morningstar | 26 | 146 | 319 | 458 | 39 | 50 | 780 | 143 | 5.5 | 331 | 12.7 |
| Cook | 26 | 146 | 319 | 458 | 39 | 50 | 780 | 143 | 5.5 | 331 | 12.7 |
| Greenlee | 27 | 140 | 283 | 495 | 40 | 45 | 889 | 117 | 4.3 | 320 | 11.9 |
| Suttle | 28 | 132 | 283 | 502 | 50 | 45 | 789 | 117 | 4.3 | 320 | 11.9 |
| Kivisto | 28 | 88 | 198 | 444 | 38 | 52 | 731 | 87 | 3.1 | 214 | 7.6 |
| Smith | 28 | 83 | 198 | 406 | 38 | 52 | 731 | 87 | 3.1 | 214 | 7.6 |
| Totals | 29 | 90 | 198 | 406 | 38 | 52 | 731 | 1056 | 31.7 | 761 | 17.6 |
| Opponents | 28 | 709 | 1774 | 433 | 353 | 508 | 695 | 889 | 31.8 | 1889 | 67.5 |
KU Season Averages
Assists: Kivisto 157, Greenlee 66, Morningstar 31, Knight 27, Cook 23, Suttle 16, Smith 13.
Bruins Slim Favorites But 'Pack Not Scared
GREENSBORO, N.C.(AP)—UCLA had the favorite role and North Carolina State the confidence Thursday as the basketball team has been showing up in the NCAA seminal playoffs.
Unawed by UCLA, cockey North Carolina State players predicted there wouldn't be a replay of last December's 84-66 thrashing by the Bruins in St. Louis.
"We're 85 per cent better now than we were then. . . We were a little bit aved the first time we played UCLA," said Moe Rivers, one of the North Carolina State catalysts in Saturday's seminal struggle with UCLA at the Greensboro Coliseum.
North Carolina State, which will face UCLA in the nightcap of a semifinal doubleheader after Kansas meets Marquette, has won 28 games in a row since the UCLA disaster. On the other hand, the Bruins, winners of seven straight NCAA tournaments in the last 10 years, have lost three games to the victory over North Carolina State.
Escaping with a cliff-hanging victory over Dayton in the West regional quarterfinals, Manning won a championship
round, which has laughingly been referred to in the past as "UCLA Invitation."
The Bruins have been made slight favorites despite their status in the polls. They're ranked 0.2 behind North Carolina State. But the point spread will fluctuate on holding on an important element—the condition of Wolfpack forward David Thompson.
Victim of a concussion and 15-stitch head wound in last week's Eastern regional finals against Pitt, Thompson's health has been the most dramatic story leading up to the summit meeting with UCLA. The All-American has been simultaneously described as hot and cold at practice sessions.
"His biggest problem right now is that he's 'very tired,' said North Carolina State coach Norm Slom. "He has had so many games, he'd seen to him he hasn't been able to rest."
Wearing a bandage on the back of his head, Thompson went through a practice session before a tremendous turnout of 2,500 cheering North Carolina State fans.
"They've understated all its year," KU center Danty Knight said. "It doesn't make sense."
"We're looking at this as just another game," Knight said. "Marquette is ranked fifth. We just don't know."
Both offensively and defensively, Marquette plays much the same type of basketball as KU, with the exception of the Warriors' occasional use of a zone trap
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when we played them and Indiana was third. We were not all that outclassed in any of those games (KU lost to Notre Dame, 76-74, and Indiana, 72-59). If we are up for this game we can beat them and not just by a win. If we are not up we will be in trouble."
Even though the two squads do match well, KU will make one defensive switch. The 'Hawks will have freshman forward Norm Cook covering Marquette centsize Isaac Lucas, while right wing will go against the Warriors own freshman forward Bo Elliott.
"Offensively they will break some," Owens said, "but they don't force the break. They are a very patterned team if they don't rebound. They are also a fine rebounding team."
"Defensively they are a pressing team and they use a variety of presses, both a man-4man and a zone trap. Otherwise, the are pretty much a man-10man team."
KU was the underdog in several games this season, such as against Oral Roberts, and the 'Hawks performed well in that situation.
"Ellis plays more underneath as a low post and we wanted to keep Danny under
For the players on both teams, this will be their first appearance in the national tournament. It will be the fifth KU team to play in the NCAA finals, the last one being the 1970-71 squad. KU won the national championship in 1952 with an 80-43 triumph over St. John's.
"It really puts the pressure on them," captain Tom Kivisto said. "We are the underdog and really have nothing to lose." The team's defense quartet quattet has a style of play similar to KU's.
"The greatest award an athlete can have is to achieve his dreams and goals," said the former women's basketball coach.
"Size-wise we match up pretty evenly and we also match up well in quickness, but it is really hard to compare, though, because we've never played them," said Kiviston.
Forest University for their final workout before going to Greensboro. This afternoon KK will workout in the Greenboro arena for the tournament.
Probable Starting Line-up:
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The game will be televised nationally by NBC. The winner will advance to the finals Monday night against the winner of the U.C.L.A.-North Carolina State game. The two losers will meet in the third place game prior to the championship.
can and to give our best shot at winning the national championship."
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