Dayton Meets LaSalle In NIT Final Cage Tilt
New York—(U,P)—It will be veteran Dayton, led by Don Meineke, against LaSalle's young but canny explorers tomorrow night in a surprise, all-unseeded windup to the National Invitation Basketball tournament.
For LaSalle, playing in its fourth NIT in five years, that will be the first time it will play for the top prize.
The Dayton Flyers will be appearing in the finale for the second straight season, seeking to atone for their 1851 defeat by Brigham Young.
Shunted aside by the seeding committee at the start of play, both classy teams proved to be rich and deep in talent and tomorrow's battle before an expected sellout throng of 18,500 at Madison Square Garden looms as strictly a pick 'em affair.
LaSalle, the crowd's favorite from the opening round with is dazzling shotmaking, showed in last night's surprising rout of top-seeded Duquesne, 59-46, that it is now playing at the very peak of its game and owns a real star in six-foot five-inch Norm Grekin.
And Dayton, posting an easier-than-it-sounds 69-62 win over third-seeded St. Bonaventure as the marvelous Meineke hooped 25 points, ran its awesome winning streak to 20 games.
LaSalle, with two freshmen and a soph in its starting five, displayed a rare ability to adapt its game to a situation in the Duquesne game, which settled down to a "battle of wits" between LaSalle Coach Ken Loeffler and Duquesne's Donald Moore.
“The only edge we had,” explained a jubilant Loeffer, “was that our third man was taller than their third man. So, each time we brought the ball down court we sounded out to see which of our players had the height edge. Then that man played the pivot. All five of my starters can play the pivot, and you saw what happened.”
With that "third man," first six-six Tom Gola and then six-five Grekin wheeling in shots from the pivot over the outstretched hands of Duquesne's six-two Jim Kennedy, LaSalle rolled to a 10-point halftime lead, 34-24. More of the same, plus a dash of deliberate style, tacked an extra three points to that margin in the second half.
All-around height gave Dayton the win over the Bonnies, 20th straight victory for the Flyers. Dayton, selected for the NCAA, thus is the only team in the nation with a chance for a "double slam" of the two big tournaments.
Friday, March 14, 1952
University Daily Kansan
FOOTBALL PLAYERS—Kansas grid men begin extensive ground drills as the second day of practice begins on the field east of the stadium—Kansan photo by Maurice Prather.
Jayhawkers Begin On Ground Plays
Head Coach Jules V. Sikes ran his 90-squad spring football force through a second straight afternoon of scrimmage yesterday.
Sikes said, "We have a long way to go this spring and we hope to accomplish most of it."
Four teams alternated between offense and defense in the hour-long melee. Concentration was on ground attack and defense, following an opening session with fundamentals. A passing attack was slated for practice session today. In two scrimmage sessions, the Jayhawkers haven't thrown a single pass.
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Commenting after practice, Sikes said he was "mighty happy over the way the boys have jumped into this hard work."
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