'Hawks run hot and cold in tourney play
A young, but oftentimes brilliant, KU basketball squad survived a sluggish opening round performance against a weak Southern Methodist team and returned the following night to blitz tall and powerful Western Kentucky, 104-81, to claim the championship of KU's own newly initiated Jayhawk Classic.
Photo by John Burke
The 'Hawks not only grabbed the tournament title but also completely dominated the individual play. Sophomore forward Bud Stallworth, 6-9 pivot man Dave Robisch and "Mr. Hustie" Pierre Russell all turned in outstanding performances and were awarded births on the all-tournament team. SMU's Gene Phillips, the Classic's top scorer with 67 points, and Jim McDaniels, Western Kentucky's slim 7-foot all-American, rounded out the select five.
Down bloody-nose lane
The Most Valuable Player award, originally assumed to be a battle among the clubs' four all-America candidates — Robisch, Phillips, McDaniels, and Nate Archibald of the University of Texas at El Paso—was awarded to Russell, who ironically nosed out Archibald for the last spot on the all-tourney team. Russell turned in a steady weekend's work by scoring 37 points and grabbing 26 rebounds, but it was his fine floor play, aggressive defense, and team leadership that gained him the top honor.
Kansas guard Aubrey Nash eyes the middle before driving the lane in the Hawks only Big Eight tourney win against Oklahoma State. Losses to Oklahoma and Nebraska shoved the Jayhawks into sixth place, their lowest tournament finish since 1958.
KU overcame a fantastic one man show by Gene Phillips to escape a near upset by SMU in the Jayhawks' opening encounter. Phillips, connecting from all angles, provided the punch as the Mustangs, supposedly the tourney's weakest team, surprised the sluggish 'Hawks and jumped to a 41-40 half time lead.
But the second half was a different story as Phillips, who left the game in the opening period because of foul trouble, once again ran into foul difficulty and sat on the bench with his fourth foul while the Jayhawks steadily pulled away to win 89-77.
Robisch tallied 24 points and 16 rebounds, Stallworth netted 23 points and grabbed 15 caroms, and Russell added 17 points and 13 rebounds to pace the Jayhawks. But the game was all Phillips as the string-bean forward connected on 14 of 24 fielders and finished with 35 points in only 30 minutes of action.
McDaniels, who lead the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers to a 78-59 victory over the University
6 KANSAN Jon. 6
1970
In the Big Eight tourney, Kansas was a different ball club. The same quintet which showed such poise and firepower the week before succubed in overtime to disciplined Oklahoma 68-64 in the first round. Coach Ted Owens cited their "tightness" before and during the contest as extreme and partly accountable for the loss.
With 4:23 left in that one, after Dave Robisch, Bud Stallworth and Pierre Russell had staked Kansas to an 11-point bulge, the Sooners erupted behind the scoring and rebounding of Garfield Heard, the tournament's outstanding player, to knot the score at 58 all at the end of regulation.
of Texas at El Paso with his inside power and 28 points, figured to give the 'Hawks plenty of trouble in the championship tilt. KU didn't give the 7-footer a chance to do any damage as they slapped on a press and raced to a commanding lead in the opening ten minutes of the game. The Hilltopppers never could overcome KU's pressing defense and the Jayhawks capitalized on numerous turnovers to waltz to a 47-22 half-time margin. The
Kansas broke even with the red clay state's schools with a second round yawner over slow-down Oklahoma State. Dave Robisch's 29 points (19 in the first half) paved the way for Kansas and after the Cowboy's hot-shooting Paul Mullins collected his fourth foul before intermission, O-State was never close. Mullins' 15 first-half points
The 'Hawks never led in overtime, even though the Sooners' rugged center 6-9 Clifford Ray left early on fouls. Ray and sophomore guard Scott Martin joined Heard in sparking Oklahoma to their second title in the tournament's 24 years.
Critical errors and missed free throws were cited by Owens as making the difference, particularly three straight musses by Awbrey Nash on 1 and 1 situations culminated by OU baskets.
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PET FOOD BOOM
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. (UPI)-Sales of pet foods in retail stores during 1968 reached $890 million, a gain of 10 per cent over 1967, reports Harold Neigh, extension consumer economies specialist at the Pennsylvania State University.
Neigh attributed the rise to an increasing number of pets and greater use of commercial pet foods. He also said more people are buying convenience foods for their pets, including easily opened packages and semi-moist foods which need no refrigeration.
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