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University Daily Kansan, August 18, 1983
Carl Henry (left) and Calvin Thompson are two of the eight returning lettermen for Larry Brown's 1983-84 team. Henry was the Jayhawks leading scorer last season, while Thompson was one of three freshmen who started.
Brown brings change to squad
Recruits join team; White leaves
By JEFF CRAVENS Assistant Sports Editor
Larry Brown is in, Jo Jo White is out and the KU men's basketball team soon will get a chance to make news on the court.
Brown took over from Ted Owens after Owens' 1882-83 squad went 13-16. Brown was hired away from the New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association.
White, an assistant coach under Owens, was retained by Brown but was released in July over what Brown described as a difference in philosophy.
Caught in the middle of all of this were the Jayhawks, who did not lose a starting player from last year. In addition to eight returning players, some highly touted newcomers will play on the team.
CARL HENRY was the only Jayhawk to start all 29 games last year, he scored 50 points during the season and led the team both in total points and in scoring average. 17.3 points a game. Henry also had 187 rebounds and was second on the team in rebounding
second on the tenth row. Brown's biggest concern may turn
out to be point guard. In that position, Jeff Guilton and Tad Boyle return and will be joined by recruits Mark Cedric Hunter and Mike Marshall.
Turgeon is from Hayden High School in Topeka; he guided his team to a 41-1 record in his last two years. Hunter led Nebraska prep players in scoring but will move from center to guard for the next season. He was the most improved player last year on the team at Central Wyoming, a junior college.
ALONG THE FRONT LINE, KU is loaded with experience. Kelly Knight will probably move to forward; he started at center the past two years. Brian Martin, who started occasionally last season and played at center and forward, also will battle for playing time.
Calvin Thompson and Kerry Boagni both started at forward as freshmen and earned plenty of playing time. Thompson poured in 30 points in KU's upset of Oklahoma in the first round of the Big Eight tournament.
Boagni, who was selected to the all-tournament team at the National Sports Festival in July, received honorable mention All-Big Eight last
season. He averaged 14.1 points a game.
A big addition to the front line will be Greg Dreiling. Dreiling, 7-foot-1, sat out last season after transferring from Wichita State. Brown may have to bench a member of last year's starting front line to make room for Dreiling.
JIM LEEZ AND NATHAN THIEP are both 6-8 centers. Pelton signed with KU out of Palos Verdes, Calif., High School. Piper, who will probably be red-shirted this season, is from Lawrence.
The schedule for the season has undergone a few changes but is not complete. KU will face Wichita State in the Cotton Bowl, where it would make its debut in a nationally televised contest
A game in Lawrence with Colorado has been moved from Feb. 4 to Jan. 8. The change bumped Alabama State off the schedule. No replacement has been made yet, but the coaching staff is trying to add one more game.
The Jayhawks will be tested early in the season when they play the University of Houston in a Nov. 28 game at the Astrodrome. Houston lost in the National Collegiate Athletic Association championship game last year to North Carolina State.
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