University Daily Kansan Friday, March 8, 1974 5 Scoring Aside, Kivisto Does It All By PHIL BRADY Kansan Sports Writer Tom Kivisto provides inspirational leadership for the University of Kansas basketball team in traditional ways: maturity and a gritty determination to win. The 6 feet 2 guard has done almost everything a co-captain is expected to do: direct the offense, settle down jettisoning, and give the team a sense of security. Tom Kivisto He is not, however, a high-accoring player, but that player is a part of Kivio's play. This makes the game even more exciting. Kivisto is a field general, tactician and fourth coach. At East High School in Aurora, Ill., Kivisto, coached by his father, averaged 27 points a game but siad it was mainly because of the team's style of play. "We had kind of a race horse offense with a lot of fastbreaks," Kivi says. "The ones we did were pretty hard." โ˜… โ˜… โ˜… Kivisto on All-Big 8 Team; Suttle. Knight on 2nd Team "Since this game has no bearing on whether we go to Tulsa, we should be able to play loose and free," Owens said. "There are plenty of opportunities as a post-season activity is concerned." Senior Tom Kivisto wonNBraksa's Jerry Fotr and his teammate, Rick Suttle, by the narrowest of margins in the voting system. He was on the 1974 All-Big Eight basketball league. By the Associated Press Suttle and Danny Knight each gained a berth on the second team, and Roger Morningstar and Norm Cook were named honorable mention. Since winning the Big Eight Pressure equipment, Missouri has won only four conferences. Lon Kruger, Kansas State's star player, was named Big Eight Conference player of the year. KU Faces Missouri Before Tourney Play Wednesday night the University of Kansas clinched the Big Eight basketball championship and a berth to the NCAA Midwest regional. After all that excitement, KU's last regular season game, against Iowa State in Allen Field House seems anticlimactic. Even though the game has no meaning in the standings, KU coach Ted Owens said it would be important for the "Hawks to be mentally ready to play. lost nine consecutive games, including an 80-76 victory to KU at Columbia. "I have confidence in our players that they will be ready for Missouri, "Owens said. "This team has taken each game one at a time, and I don't anticipate this being a problem." "Despite the problems Missouri has had, it is still a dangerous team." Owens said. A Eberhard is perhaps the finest overall player in Missouri and he has had good performances from others." No preliminary game is scheduled for tomorrow night. The KU Jayvees finished the game with a score of 5-3. KU will play its first game in the NCAA regional at 9:10 p.m. Thursday against the Creighton-Texas winner. Creighton and Texas play tomorrow night in Denton, Texas. Others named to the All-Big Eight team were Alvan Adams of Oklahoma, Scott Wedman of Colorado and Al Eberhard of Missouri. Kruger, who runs the Wildcats on the court both offensively and defensively, has "a great feel for the game," according to K-State Coach Jack Hartman. Douglas, one tight tiger player of the year last season, leads the league in scoring with a 21.1-point average and is almost certain to top when the season ends Saturday night. All are seniors except Adams, who is a sophomore. Wedman led the Buffaloes with a 20-point average. He missed Colorado's final three games because he was on crutches after spraining an ankle. The aggressive Eberhard has contributed an average of 19.4 points a game, even though Missouri's campaign has been a big one. Wideman and Wedeman are all outstanding rebounds. Although he hasn't made nearly as many points as the other players on the team, Kivisto tops the conference in assists with 134. The Big Eight conference All-Stars First Team Lou Kruger, Kansas State Scott Walton, Colorado Steward Woodman, Missouri Al Earlhardt, Missouri Second Team Jerry Fort, North Carolina David Huebner, Hawaii Dave Laugen, Colorado Danielle Righy, Kentucky Brian Kelly, Kansas State Roger Morgangee and Nathan Cumm, Baseline, Jyde Morgangee and Alison Wainwright, Todd Wilson, Michael Morgangee and Amy Holmes, Stephen O'Connor, Michael Morgangee and Tom Woods, and Yonah Woods. KU Golfers to Start Season in Texas Kansan Sports Writer Rv KEN STEPHENS "We're just going to play golf until we drop." he said. The University of Kansas golf team will leave today for Jasper, Tex., to compete in its first meet of the season, the Noel W. Bird Memorial Golf Classic. The meet won't start until March 14, but coach Chuck O'Neal said the team was leaving early so it could in four days of practice. O'Neal said the trip was scheduled to make sure that the team would have good weather to prepare for the upcoming season. S six players, including two returns from last year's squad, Mike Fidelke and Tom Peterson will make the trip. O'Neal said both played well enough last year and this fall to be exempt from having to qualify for the team. "The weather (in Lawrence) has always kept the players from practicing in the spring time," he said. "This year it hasn't been as cold as it was, and have been out practicing quite a bit." A third returne, Bill Mosimann, has also been exempted from qualifying but he lost his glasses recently and won't amke this trip. O'Neal said the team would shoot another 36 qualification holes the week after spring break. This will determine the final five who qualify for the tournament, costing the postmortem for the remainder of the season. The other four players who were chosen for the Bird Class completed the last of three 18-hole qualifying rounds yesterday. The four who earned positions on the squad were Bill Hack, Bill Kipp, Marc Morozzo and Rich Johns. O'Neal said the team has better potential than it has had in recent years and the mental attitude of the players seems to have improved also. "I think the team is getting better under pressure." O'Neal said. Nine golfers will be competing for those five positions, according to O'Neal. "The guys on the team are taking golf a little bit more seriously," he said. "They're FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Welcomes you to our new schedule beginning March 10 10 a.m.-morning worship Members of the team play golf merely for the pleasure of the competition since there aren't any scholarships, according to O'Neal. practicing better, they've got a desire to any bunch I've had since I have been here. run. You have to gear your style of play to your personnel. O'Neal said he is not sure that he could recruit the real dedicated athlete if KU had full scholarships because you can't rely on good golf weather here until late April. "A person who is really intent upon using college golf as a step to the pro is going to go south where he can play year round," O'Neal said. O'Neal has hope that some scholarships will be budgeted for the golf team next year (10%), but it is not clear. 10th & Vermont "We do the same here. I act as a point man and initiate the offense. I believe what we have to do is make sure that potential you have. They may want me to shoot more and maybe I should. It's a situational point of view. There is a big hand up on the stands and what's really happening." contributions to the scholarship fund, he said. He is averaging only 7.2 points a game this season but he can look with pride at the assists statistics. He has lead KU the last two seasons in assists with 139 and 77 respectively and he still holds the Illinois high school record. Kivisto finished second to UCLA's Bill Walton in the Pizza Hut all-star batting last month. The balloting was conducted by the team, which was upon each competitor's performance. Kivisto says he got more pleasure competing with older brother Bob, who played on KU's 1971 Big Eight championship team, than winning awards. "I started playing basketball initially because it was a game to compete against me. It always was active and it was vital to find a player. When I wanted to compete with Bob I'd have to play basketball because that would be the different, different. I participated in different sport." With such a good attitude, it's easy to see how Kivisto can endure an entire game on the floor. "I run a five mile course in the summer," he says. "I really like to run and stay in shape and I plan to do it when I'm through with sports. "Of course it comes in handy. I never really think of being tired in a game. If the game is close you just don't have time to do anything. Our adrenaline keeps your mind and body, and works." Now through St. Patrick's Day enjoy a McDonald's Vanilla flavored 'Shamrock Shake' for just 20ยข when ordered with any McDonald's sandwich. Last season Kivisto was named to the All-Eight academy team and is presently a member of the JSTE. Tis the season of the wearing of the green ... and McDonald's makes it deliciously green, too! "I've always had an interest in medicine," Kivisto said. "I was going to help myself and my parents I knew I had to take care of." He also took school with more than 15 years tradition. "When you look for a school, you want to narrow it down to four or five basketball schools and then pick the one you'll benefit most from. Initially I never considered KU. I pictured it as the typical western Kansas town with nothing special in it, but I probably wouldn't have come. He told me the good points and generally advised me to give it a try." "It requires the passage of time to see what you've accomplished," Kivisto says. "It's hard to look at it objectively when you're still in the middle of it. It just fascinates me to think that I still have the same ambitions I had when I was younger." Recommended price Offer valid at all Heart of America McDonald's. Gymnasts Face Final Tune-Up Until Big 8 Meet The University of Kansas gymnastics team will compete in two dual meets this week, its final tune-up before the Big Ten championships March 22 and 23 at Oklahoma. Friday, the KU gymmasts will travel to Greeley to meet the University of Northern Colorado and Saturday the Hawks will travel Boulder to meet the University of Colorado. After last week's loss to Oklahoma, 133.00 were a record of 2-8 in dual meet competition. "We were a little sluggish in the Oklahoma dual," KU coach Bob Lockwood said. 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