Page 4 University Daily Kansan Wednesday, Dec. 3, 1952
Kansas Rated 19th Illinois 1st By UP
New York—(U.P.)—Illinois, the defending Big Ten champion, today was given the No. 1 spot in the United Press 1952-53 pre-season basketball ratings.
Fourteen of the 35 outstanding coaches who make up the rating board selected Coach Harry Combes' quintet to win the mythical collegiate title in the season and gave the Midwesterners a total of 282 points. In the final ratings for the 1951-52 season, Illinois was in the No. 2 spot behind Kentucky, which has been barred from play this season because of NCAA rule violations.
Kansas State, rate, rudely sixth last season, beat out LaSalle of Philadelphia by six points for the runner-up spot in the pre-season balloting. The Kansas State team was given five first place votes and a total of 228 points; LaSalle had 11 first place votes and 222 points.
Points are scored on the basis of 10 for a first place vote, nine for a second and so on down to one for a 10th.
Washington, North Carolina State,
Oklahoma A&M, UCLA, Indiana,
Seton Hall, and St. Louis rounded
out the select 10 in that order. In
all, eight teams received first place
votes—Washington, North Carolina
State, Oklahoma A&M, Indiana and
St. Louis each getting one, with
the others going to Illinois, Kansas
State and LaSalle.
Only Washington, beside Illinois and Kansas State, finished in the top 10 in the final 1951-52 ratings. The Huskies were rated fifth.
Kansas, which finished third in the final ratings last season, won the NCAA championship and represented the U.S. as the college team in the successful defense of the Olympic basketball championship,
received only 13 points, which put them in a tie with St. Bonaventure for 19th place.
In all, 39 teams were given points with Holy Cross rated 11th followed by Santa Clara, Notre Dame, Duquesne, Wyoming, and St. John's in that order. Brigham Young and Minnesota tied for 17th place.
If the coaches are correct in their pre-season ratings, the 1952-53 conference champions will be:
Big Ten—Illinois
2015 Big Seven—Kansas State Pacific Coast—Washington Southern—North Carolina State Missouri Valley—Oklahoma A&M Wyoming Line Southwest—Arkansas Ivy—Princeton Border—Texas Tech Leading—Lake State or Vanderbilt Leading Press—LaSalle The United Press pre-season basketball ratings (first place votes in parent
Team Point
1-Illinois (14) 282
2-Kansas State (5) 282
3-LaSalle (11) 222
4-Washington (1) 166
5-Nevada Caroli State (1) 159
6-Oklahoma A&M (1) 140
7-UCLA 129
8-Indiana (1) 91
9-Seton Hall 77
10-St. Louis (1) 58
Second Ten-11. Holy Cross, 50; 12. Second Ten-11. Holy Cross, 50; 12.
Duquesne, 26; 15. Wyoming, 23; 16. St. John's, 17; 17 (tie) Brigham Young and
St. Bonaventure, 13 each.
Dr. Forrest C. "Phog" Allen, KU basketball coach, said today the recent basketball rules committee ruling on free throws "will result in a funeral dirge to the free throw line."
'Phog Allen Hits Committee Rule On Free Throws
Others—Western Kentucky, 10; Missouri, 9; DePaul, 8; Arkansas and Idaho, 6; Michigan State, 5; State and Oklahoma, 5 each; Louisiana State, New York University, Tulane, Andreabert, Ilmona and Utah, 4 each; Pauley, 3; Tech, Tulsa and West Virginia, 1 each.
"The ruling whereby a player has another chance for the point if he misses his first opportunity is an endorsement of mediocrity on the basketball court," said the 67-year-old dean of basketball coaches.
City, Mo., and Jess Priscock, Emporia, at forwards; Dick Knostman, Wamgego, center; Bob Rousey, Anderson, Ind., and Peck Mills, Tulsa, Okla., guards.
"The result will be a 15-minute increase of inaction to the game," he said. "The rules committee has shown a lack of imagination and loss of a sense of balance."
Under the ruling, a player who has been fouled must take his free throws.
"Possession of the ball is often more valuable than the point," said Allen.
"That makes basketball the only sport in the world where you can't refuse a penalty. It is as illogical as taking the ball away from a football team every time it commits a foul."
Allen suggested that the team be given the shot plus possession of the ball so coaches "will be forced to start teaching the boys to stop fouling."
Mills is the only sophomore. The game will be 60 minutes long instead of the normal 40 minutes.
By CHUCK MORELOCK
Kansan Assistant Sports Editor
West coast football supporters are crying that "this is the year" for the Pacific Coast conference representative to end the six year drought suffered in Rose Bowl competition with Big Ten squads, but we look for a Wisconsin victory over USC and win number seven in the series.
The Trojans are rated one of the strongest Pacific Coast teams since the war. They posted the top defensive record in the nation for major college teams and swept to nine straight victories before falling to Notre Dame 9-0 Saturday.
Wisconsin has a modest 6-2-1 record and tied Purdue for the Big Ten title. They were whipped on their home field by UCLA, 20-7, the same team that lost to Southern Cal at Los Angeles two weeks ago.
However, we'll string along with the Badgers, members of what is generally considered to be the toughest league in the nation. Any team that can break even with Big Ten opponents is tops in our book. Winning the Pacific Coast conference is no simple task either, but for consistent top-flight competition the Big Ten is number one.
Stanford and Illinois were rated even before the 1952 contest, but the Illini, having the advantage of playing a stiffer schedule, wrecked the Indians 40-7. We don't think Wisconsin will come close to posting such a one-sided score, but they should have enough to hand the Trojans a defeat.
Southern California will be playing in the Rose Bowl for the first time since Jan. 1, 1948. On that day, the Trojans were swamped by Michigan, 49-0. Wisconsin's 1952 league championship was their first in 40 years. They should score another first on Jan. 1, 1953, a Rose Bowl victory.
Playing six home games, instead of the usual five, Kansas established a new home attendance record of 172,000 during the past football season. This topped by 19,000 the previous high of 153,000 who paid to see the Kansans play five games at Lawrence in 1950. A low road attendance, however, kept the 1952 edition 30,700 short of its all-time seasonal figure of 279,700 erected in 1949.
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