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Thursday, March 7, 1974
University Daily Kansan
KU Wins Big 8 Championship-On to Tulsa
Bv JIM SHELDON
Kansas Sports Writer
Last year the University of Kansas basketball team was 8-18. This year KU is the Big Eight champion. The reversal was completed when KU beat Kansas State University, 60-55, last night in Allen Field House.
"We never had the confidence or the attitude that we have this year," co-captain Tom Kivio said after the game. "Look at him, he was the best player. That is something we didn't do last year."
was KU's confidence and that handle that led to the loss. The soldier evoked of 17,000. After a trailing 16-4 with 14-9 remaining in the first half, KU suddenly its shooting touch and RU accidentally hit him.
There may have been a few factors beside
bastle, however, that were responsible
for the attack.
Behind 12-4, Owens went to his bench and brought in back-up center Rick Suttle and forward Tommie Smith. Within three minutes Smith hit a follow shot and converted a lay-up. Score scored on a 10-footer by Owens, but the kick went to bring KU within four points at 16-12.
"The ball just had some good bounces and I got them down," Smith said of his offence.
KU pulled ahead and K-State never fully recovered. The closest the Wildcats could come was within four points twice in the second half.
The second time came when Gene McVey sank a 16-footer with 12 (21) left to make it 39-20. The game was a close one.
Dale Greenlee leap an 18-footer after McVey's shot and, after KState's pass inbounds, Kivisto stole the ball from Danny Beard and said it in. Secondly, Lon Krüger attempted a layup, but Suttle threw in a dribble and threw an outpass to start a fast break
The break ended with Greenlee sinking a
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| Grennes | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Grenesie | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sainte-Idéa | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sainte-Idéa | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sainte-Idéa | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sainte-Idéa | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sainte-Idéa | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sainte-Idéa | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sainte-Idéa | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sainte-Idéa | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sainte-Idéa | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sainte-Idéa | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sainte-Idéa | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sainte-Idéa | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sainte-Idéa | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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| Sainte-Idéa | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sainte-Idéa | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
15-foot shut from the corner, which brought a K-state out time with 11:24 left in the corner.
KU corrections many of the mistakes it had committed in its loss last month in Manhattan, 74-71. In particular, KU did a better job attacking KState's 2-12 zone defense, which had effectively cut off much violence inside play in the game at Manhattan.
"We needed to get the ball in the middle and then down on the baseline." Owens said. "We really didn't do that good of a job doing that, but when we did it worked."
Suttle. The junior center scored 17 points, mostly on his patented turn-around jump between the two shots.
Perhaps the main reason it did work was
"Rick had really been playing well in practice and I thought he would play a lot better," she said.
KU, meanwhile, played its own defenses well. Switching from a man-to-man to a 2-3 zone defense, KU managed to force K-State outside outsides shots and several key turnovers.
"We were in foul trouble and we thought it would take them a little longer to attack the zone," Owens said. "Really it didn't work that well. I hesitated to use the zone, because they have such good outside shooters."
to it when the 'Hawks began to get in foul trouble.
the mantonman. He held Kruger, K-State's leading scorer, to 10 points for the game and was named the All-Academic Team captain.
KU's man-to-man defense took up the slack, however.
Although KU did get in some fault trouble, none of its players played out and KState shot only nine free throws for the game, compared with 24 at Manhattan.
"I took my chances. I played him tough and tried to keep him to the outside,"
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Neither team was as sharp in its field goal shooting as it had been at K-State. However, KU made up for its relatively poor shooting with a wide advantage in rebounds. KU
KU started in its normal man-to-man defense, but switched to the zone early. KU moved to a forward position.
"The only really big adjustment was when they were running their cuts we switched off and left our big men underneath." Owens said.
outbounded the Wildcats 45-35 for the game and 27-12 in the first half.
We tried to concentrate on boxing out. It was a team effort," Suttle said. Greenlee, a 6-2 guard, matched Suttle's total of 10 rebounds.
| | T | W | L | O | P |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| L. Williams | 9.21 | 5.3 | 10 | B | 21 |
| Harris | 7.1 | 1.5 | 10 | F | 31 |
| McVey | 8.17 | 0.3 | 9 | I | 18 |
| Kiserer | 6.17 | 1.0 | 9 | 1 | 16 |
| Board | 7.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Beard | 3.7 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerlach | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| C. Williams | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Kiserer | 26.43 | 0.0 | 31 | 11 | 0 |
KU is now 20-24 for the season, marking the start of Owen's 10 years at KU that he had been a starter.
KU's Kivisto did a particularly good job in
KU plays its final conference game Saturday night at home on Missouri. The 'Hawks will then go on to the NCAA Midwest regional in Tulsa. KU will play the winner of the Creighton-Southwest Conference champion game on March 14.
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Kansan Staff Photo by DAVE REGIER
Beard and McVey Seem Amazed by an Errant Pass
Suttle the Difference, Hartman Says
By DON PFANNENSTIEI Assistant Sports Editor
After a shaky start the University of Kansas outscored Kansas State, 24-8, in the final 14 minutes of the first half—but that didn't assure KU of a victory. The opponent, Indiana State Rick Sutphin—as Kansas State coach) Jack Hartman was the first to admit.
"The difference was Suttle," Hartman said. "Suttle's size hurt. We just didn't get any congestion around him like we did in the earlier game."
Besides being the leading KU scorer with 17 points, Bettine grabbed 14 rebounds.
KU's surge late in the first half was the result of numerous adjustments, KU guard
"Early in the game we were hurrying shots," he said. "We weren't getting the rebounds either. So, we decided to take the real good shot and move the ball better, at the same time taking their momentum away."
All-Big Eight guard Lonnie Kruger, who is KState's leading scoring, was held to 10 points. He took only four shots in the first half and connected on only one.
"Kruger was not as much a factor in this game as he was earlier," Hartman said. "In the first half he'dhit he'd that many shots, and he did't turn down any either. Our club is tired, but also sometimes defenses set to him." Weiss 1. Think KU concentrated on Lon."
"I tried to pick him up outside," KU guard Tom Kviisto said of Krueger. "He better from the outside than he is on the drive. If I could get him to miss his first shots and stay in front of him, I thought I could shake his confidence."
In the first half KU outbounded K-State, 27-12. In the second half the 'Cats varied their regular 2-1-2 zone defense to stop KU's rebounding.
blocked eight shots and constantly intimidated the Wildcats deep in the middle.
"We turned over the ball; we had no patience or poise," he said. "In the second half, we were outplayed."
"We had to contain their rebounding, so we moved to a 1-3 zone at time," Hartman said. "And we knew we might have to adjust to the double post, but we prepared for this before the game. At the end of the game the shots just didn't fall for us."
"We didn't do anything different than we did in Manhattan," Hartman said. "Again it was a tough situation, and it's big and playing the way he was, there is no way to stop him. He's as tough a big man as I can handle."
Except for the cold spell in the first half, Hartman said, the Wildcats had a good game.
According to Hartman, K-State did get good shots during the first half, but he said that Hartman's defense was a major factor.
"I'd like to say that I'm proud as hell of my players," he said. "They fought their off and off even through the bad spell in the first half they played good defense. Credit must go to KU because they played exceedingly well."
Hartman said he had not given any thought about KState's post-season tournaments, but he said that KU's chances at the NCAA Midwest Regional in Tulsa should be good.
Student Tickets to Regional To Be Decided by Drawing
Only 200 student tickets will be available to KU students for the NCAA Midwest regional basketball tournament March 14. Serve up a meal to Doug Messer, assistant athletic director.
Students who want to purchase tickets must sign an order card between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. tomorrow in the ticket office at Allen Field House. The cards will be placed in a box on the second floor of Beiniser, Salma junior and student body cards and law cards until the allotment of 200 is filled.
Faculty and staff who are season ticket holders, scholarship contributors or alumni may attend events.
over the counter at the ticket office
to get your business ID. Each group has been allotted 200 tickets
Big Eight Standings
Conf. Games | W L | All Games |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Kansas | 12 | 1 | W |
| Kansas State | 11 | 5 | 19 |
| Oklahoma | 3 | 6 | 19 |
| New York State | 7 | 6 | 14 |
| Nevada | 6 | 6 | 11 |
| Missouri | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| Colorado | 4 | 10 | 12 |
| Oklahoma State | 11 | 5 | 17 |
Last Night's Results
Kansas 60, Kansas State 55.
Oklahoma 88, Iowa State 70.
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