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BALLET OF BASKETBALL—Kansas' Lew Johnson pulls down a rebound in the semi-final game of the Big Seven tourney in which Kansas defeated Missouri 73-56. Other players trying for the rebound are (left to right) Norman Stewart (MU), Lee Green (KU 29), Charles Denny (MU 31), Johnson, and Lionel Smith (MU 25).
—(Daily Kansan Photo by Bill Jackson)
Kansas Faces A&M Tonight At Stillwater
Probable Starting Lineup
KANSAS
Elstun (6-3) F Carter (6-5)
Green (6-5) F Hale (6-4)
Johnson (6-1½) C Peiper (6-7)
Dobbs (5-11) G Wright (6-0)
King (6-2) G Barnhouse (6-2)
Two of the "winning-est" coaches in collegiate basketball collide night at Gallagher hall in Stillwater, Okla.
The Oklahoma A&M Aggies of Henry Iba play host to Forrest C. "Phog" Allen's Kansas Jayhawkers. In the Iba-Allen duel, the Iron Duke holds a 16-15 advantage.
In 48 years of coaching, Dr. Allen has won more games than any other college coach in the country. Hank Iba ranks third, behind Ed Diddle of Western Kentucky.
Aggies Have 9-2 Record
Both teams rank high in their leagues this season. A&M has a 9-2 record going into tonight's game. They lost their first game of the season to Texas by a three-point margin and bowed to powerful Oklahoma City last week.
Kansas raced to three straight victories before being slowed by SMU and Rice on their disastrous Southwestern swing. The 20-point defeat administered by SMU was avenged only four days later as the Jayhawks edged the Mustangs by four points in the Allen Field House.
Christmas vacation before becoming the third straight upset victim of the Iowa State Cyclones in the finals.
Dr. Allen's charges then won over opposition in the Big Seven tournament at Kansas City over the
The Aggies will probably start the same players that have comprised the starting five in all their games this season, Jerry Hale and Mack Carter will be at the forwards, 6-7 Dale Peiper at center, and V. R. Barnhouse and Mel Wright in the back court. The scoring for the Aggies has been well divided in the first 11 outings.
For the Jayhawks it will be Gene Elstun and Lee Green at the forwards, Lew Johnson at center, and Maurice King and Captain Dallas Dobbs at the guards.
After tonight's game the Jayhawks will swing into their tough Big Seven schedule with the Oklahoma Sooners providing the opposition in the field house Saturday night.
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After Rice and KU stayed on even terms for the first 10 minutes, the Owls jumped into the lead and were ahead 41-31 at halftime. They increased the lead to 19 points once in the second half, but Kansas rallied to come within six points with two minutes left in the game.
In basketball games played prior to the Big Seven Tournament, Kansas defeated Southern Methodist, 62-58, at Allen Field House, and lost to Rice, 75-66, in Houston.
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At this point, Rice's 6-foot 10-inch center, Temple Tucker, iced the game with five quick points.
The loss to Rice Dec. 19 came on the last half of a disastrous road trip into Texas which saw SMU humble the Jayhawkers, 81-61, two nights earlier.
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Paced by another 20-point scoring splurge by King, Kansas avenged its loss to Southern Methodist by dumping the Mustangs, 62-58, in a home thriller Dec, 21.
KU Avenges Loss To SMU
A strong zone defense by the Jayhawkers held SMU's Jim Krebs to five field goals. Behind King, Dobbs scored 13 points, Johnson 12 and Elstun 11.
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The score was tied 10 times and the lead changed hands 10 more times. Score at halftime was 28-28. KU went ahead, 34 to 42, with 10 $\frac{1}{2}$ minutes left in the game and held on for the victory.
Tatum Considering Leaving Maryland
MIAMI, Fla. (U.P.)—Football coach Jim Tatum planned to leave today for Chapel Hill, N.C., to discuss the vacant coaching job at North Carolina, but Maryland may offer him a fabulous lifetime contract to stay with the Terrapins.
Tatum, who built Maryland into one of the nation's greatest gridiron powers, was given permission by Maryland officials yesterday to negotiate with officials of North Carolina, his alma mater.
PITTSBURG (U.P.)—Pittsburg State Teacher's College romped to its 11th straight basketball victory of the season last night, downing Northwest Missouri State of Marysville. 77-64, in a non-conference game.
Pittsburg Still Unbeaten
By HARRY ELLIOTT (Daily Kansan Sports Editor)
Iowa State was up for the game.
They are also quite good.
They deserved it after kicking Kansas State out in their first round and then standing off a game Colorado team in the semifinals.
These factors, combined with Gary Thompson, who would make any team look good, were all that it took for Iowa State to get their first tourney title.
Before Jan. 2, there was considerable talk that the position of Oklahoma as the nation's top team was not an earned position since they played only second rate teams and therefore couldn't possibly be the best.
One of the tourney's jinxes held true again this year. Missouri has yet to win a game from Kansas in the tournament. In times when Missouri got to the finals in the tournament and then won, they bypassed Kansas somewhere along the way.
They went on to conclude that the impressive scores that OU scored over its opponents was a further indication that this was the case.
Well, a 20-6 score is rather impressive and Maryland wasn't exactly a second-rate team.
If these skeptics are still talking, then it's probably discussing the weather or something where there is less chance of looking like fools when the outcome proves them wrong.
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