Classic tourney shapes up
Jim McDaniels
By BRUCE CARNAHAN Kansas Sports Writer
Two contrasting styles of basketball will be exhibited Friday in Allen Field House when Western Kentucky pits its tail, rapid-scoring Hilltoppers against a small and defensive-minded crew from Texas-El Paso (UTEP) in the opening game of the newly initiated Jayhawk Classic. Tip-off is 7:05.
Western Kentucky, 5-1, has averaged 93 points a game while rolling to easy victories over Eastern Michigan, Virginia Commonwealth, California Riverside, Butler and St. Francis. The Hilltopers' lone loss was an 87-65 setback to national powerhouse Duquesne.
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UTEP, sporting a light (in more ways than one) December schedule, smothered Oklahoma Christian, 61-45, and bombarded Quincy College, 87-55, in its only two starts.
Friday night's encounter will feature two of the nation's top players in Jim McDaniels, West- tern Kentucky's giant 7-foot pivot man, and UTEP's spunky guard Nate Archibald.
McDaniels, a Helms Foundation all-America choice as a sophomore last year, tops the Hilltoppers in scoring with a 28.4 mark. McDaniels, one of the country's most publicized players
Games narrowly lost
Since Pepper Rodgers became head coach for KU football, every loss for a KU team except one has been by four points or less. The one exception was the KU-Ohio U. game in 1967, which KU lost 30-15.
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while in high school, connected on over 50 per cent of his shots from the field last year and his fine outside touch is causing pro scouts to consider him as possible future pro forward.
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Last year McDaniels nabbed the Ohio Valley Conference scoring title with a 24.3 mark and finished third in the league's rebounding race with a 12.5 average. He turned in a 32 point performance against Virginia Commonwealth for his best production this year.
Archibald's feathery-soft left handers have scorched the nets for 40 points in the Miner's two triumphs. Nate "The Roller Triumph" got off to a slow start by scoring only 12 against Oklahoma Christian, but the senior guard countered by ramming home 28 against Quincy. Archibald finished last season's campaign with a 22.4 average, best in the Western Athletic Conference.
Eddie Mullins, UTEP sports information director, claims that Archibald "owns more shots than a hospital and more moves than a chess tournament."
Defense a byword
The Miners, national champs in 1965, have long been known for their stingy defense. Operating without a big man this year, head coach Don Haskins is more concerned than ever with the defense and is insistent that his defense will not inflate to the 71-4 average of last year's 16-9 squad. The Miners have risen to the challenge by limiting their first two toes to an average of only 50 points a game but they haven't handled the likes of McDaniels and a chore looms in store for them Friday.
Providing the inside punch for the Miners are Mike Switzer, a 6-5 senior forward who has played with Archibald since jun-
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By JAY THOMAS
Kalaisi Sports Editor
Now that Kansas" "youth must be served" basketball team has returned from Chicago's still toddler' town, one can only ask, "what next?" The Hawks were not supposed to be capable of playing poised and disciplined basketball until the conference race—if then.
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Seriously, Kansas' basketball express has arrived well ahead of schedule bringing hope that the winter ahead can be more pleasant than the fall.
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With three sophomores (and no seniors) starting, and coming off mediocre outings against Kentucky (85-115) and Wisconsin (76-60), it was inconceivable that the Jayhawks could recover enough to trip highly-regarded Loyola (72-71) and Notre Dame (75-63)) on the road. But the fact that they did . . . well, Kentucky, how about the best two out of three?
Still the Mustangs, like the Hawks, have been gaining momentum and could give Kansas a test if Coach Bob Prewitt's recent personnel changes continue to pan out.
Of more immediate interest, this sudden surge should carry KU to Saturday night's finals of the Jayhawk Classic. On form alone, Ted Owens' cagers should brush aside SMU, a 1-3 club with defensive (86.8 opponents points per game) and rebounding (52.5 opponents per game to SMU's 44.5) deficiencies.
The big man for the Ponies is stringenbark forward Gene Phillips who could be the finest player to come out of the Southwest Conference since Jim Krebs, an SMU alumnus of a decade and a half ago. Phillips, a 6-4, 174 pound junior, was a unanimous all-league and sophomore of the year choice and brings a 28.2 average into the
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Phillips' supporting cast is comprised of one sophomore and three seniors (more than any other tourney school). The sophomore, 6-8 center David Miller, has been a pleasant surprise. An improving defender, Miller tops SMU's rebounding charts (9.3 per game) and trails only Phillips in scoring (11.3). Donnie Berg (eight points, six rebounds per game), a 6-5 forward and guards Bobby Harrison, 6-3, 10.5 ppg, and Gary Hawkins, 6-1, 5.0 ppg, round out the starting lineup.
Those personnel changes mentioned earlier pulled out SMU's only win, a 77-66 conquest of Georgia Tech in their last game. With the Mustangs trailing 20-6, Prewitt inserted sophs Larry
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