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University Daily Kansan
Friday, Jan. 4, 1963
Colorado head basketball coach Sox Walseth poses here with the two top Buffalo scorers, 6-8 center Jim Davis (center), who currently owns a 17-8
point - per - game average, and 6-6 forward Ken Charlton (right), averaging 19.8. Davis, in addition, was the leading rebounder in the Big Eight preseason basketball tournament with 44.
Cinderella Hawks Must Face Tough Colorado Tomorrow
Can the amazing Kansas Jayhawkers keep it up?
Just last week coach Dick Harp's charges swept by three conference rivals to the championship of the Big Eight pre-season basketball tournament in Kansas City. And in winning its fifth crown, KU tripped both pre-season league favorites, Colorado, 70-64, in the opening round, and Kansas State, 90-88, in the quadruple overtime final.
But can the Hawkers get past Colorado's defending Big Eight champions for the second time in 10 days?
THIS QUESTION will be answered tomorrow night when the fired-up Jayhawkers take on Sox Walseth's Golden Buffaloes in Allen Field House. Tinoff time will be 7:35.
By defeating Kansas State in the tourney championship game, KU is currently riding its longest winning streak in two years, five in a row. Since losing to Cincinnati 64-49 the last night of the Sunflower doubleheader, the Jayhawkers have whipped Denver (68-43), Northwestern (62-57), Colorado, Iowa State (69-51), and Kansas State.
Colorado opened this season with five straight wins in Boulder before their first road trip. But the Buffs found it was tougher playing away from home, as they have won only two while losing three.
But CU will come into tomorrow's contest
with the most fearsome front line in the Big Eight—one which could scuttle the Hawkers as it did last year. The Buffs' 6-8 junior center, Jim Davis, was top rebounder in the Big Eight tournament with 44. He combines with two 6-6 forwards. Ken Charlton, who was second-best scorer in the conference last season, and Milt Mueller.
CU's tournament team shooting percentage was only two points back of the Jayhawkers', at 43 per cent. And their team defense, which was instrumental in whipping Nebraska and Missouri to win fifth place in the tourney, was 56.3, second only to Oklahoma State's 46.0.
One thing is certain:
Kansas must shoot as well as it did in the tournament (hitting 45 per cent of its shots in the three games) in order to stay within striking range of the Buffs tomorrow night. CU definitely has the edge under the backboards.
The Hawker front line of Harry Gibson (6-3), Jim Dumas (6-1), and George Unseld (6-7), gives away three inches per man to the CU forward line.
The leading KU scorers through 11 games are Unseld, who currently owns a 17.5 average, and guard Nolen Ellison, who is shooting at a 16.3 clip.
Charlton and Davis are the leading Colorado scorers with 19.8 and 17.8 averages, respectively.
Students Should Come Early for CU Tilt
The KU-Colorado game, which will kick off the Jayhawkers' Big Eight competition tomorrow night, is expected to draw the largest crowd of the season to date.
Monte Johnson, KU public relations director, said that the present rate of ticket sales and a normal student turnout indicate that the attendance figure for the game will be near 10,000.
In view of the expected large turnout, Johnson urges students planning to attend the game to come earlier than usual to avoid a
"If we have the large turnout we expect, and all the students show up when they usually do, between 7:15 and 7:30, there is no guarantee that we can get them all into the game before the tip-off regardless of how many doors we open to them," he said.
long wait in the student ticket lines and to be assured of a seat by the 7:35 tipoff time.
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Nine Kansas radio stations will carry the Kansas University Sports Network broadcast of the KU-Colorado basketball game tomorrow night at 7:30. They are:
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AGAIN, WHAT HAPPENED?
Few of the area sports writers had picked Dick Harp's scrapy crew to finish higher than sixth place in the tourney, and nobody figured the Crimson and Blue would be playing the last night of the tourney (Saturday, when the teams which had won their first-round games met to decide the winners of first, second, third, and fourth places).
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A solid team effort and a "neversay-die" attitude were the primary factors responsible for the first-place Hawker finish. KU was a totally different team during the four-night competition, scrapping on defense and handling the ball with a finesse that turned Coach Hank Iba of Oklahoma State, whose teams have traditionally relied on a ball-control offense, green with envy.
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Many people are asking themselves this question in regard to the first-place honors the Cinderella Kansas Jayhawkers captured in the Big Eight pre-season basketball tournament which was held last week in Kansas City.
By Ben Marshall What happened?
More specifically, there were three major contributing factors to the Jayhawker championship.
First, of course, was the play of senior guard and floor leader Nolen Ellison. The Kansas City dandy walked off with the most valuable player award of the tourney, scoring 32 points the last night of the tournament when KU upset Kansas State 90-88 in the quadruple-overtime championship game. He also wound up tied with sophomore center George Unseld for tourney scoring honors.
And when Unseld fouled out with more than seven minutes to go during regulation play, Matt appeared on the scene to capably fill his shoes. He hit for nine points, two of them free throws that threw the game into the fourth overtime period.
PLAY ON THE Jayhawker pivot was the second obvious contributing factor. Spearheaded by Unseld, who got strong reserve support from junior John Matt, the Hawks were deadly from the inside. During the championship game, Unseld gunned in 21 points in the first half, one of the few bright spots in the initial KU offensive against K-State.
Thirdly, the Crimson and Blue shot the eye out of the basket, both from the field and the free throw line. Kansas hit 45 per cent of their shots from the field in their three tournament games, better than any other Big Eight rival. And, in the championship game, the free throws made the difference. KU hit 30 of 35 against K-State, while the Purple connected on only 23 of 37 - KU hit 19 of 21 during the first half.
Kansas State managed to send seven cheerleaders to the championship game, while KU could muster only three.
ANOTHER ASPECT of KU's Cinderella finish in the tourney was not so impressive — student support in that game, especially on the part of the Jayhawker cheerleading squad.
Maybe the cheerleading squad would have a valid case for its poor support in Saturday night's championship game if none of its members had been from Kansas City. But this, unfortunately, was not the case.
SEVERAL OF THE KU players queried after the game, "Where was all the KU support? Kansas City is supposed to be a strong KU alumni town, and yet it sounded as though K-State fans had ours out-numbered about three-to-one."
At least four of the KU cheerleaders are from Kansas City, but the only one who could find time to come to the big game was Ron Tucker. Kathy Riedel from Wakeeney and Bob Lightstone from Coffeville were the only other Jayhawker cheerleaders in attendance.
In spite of the inspired Jayhawker play in the Big Eight tourney, nobody expects Dick Harp's crew to stay at this peak much longer.
By looking at the stands, however, the observer could have seen that this was not the case. In fact, KU fans outnumbered K-State fans about three-to-one. The Wildcat fans were just three times as loud as we.
But a little team support from the students and cheerleaders at tomorrow night's game might help.
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