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Lovellette Lands In Top Five On Two All-American Squads
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Clyde Lovellette, KU's great hook-shot artist, is featured in Collier's All-American basketball first team
The All-America listings, selected by the National Association of Basketball Coaches, is in the Feb. 15 issue of Collier's.
Other players listed on Collier's first five include Dick Groat, Duke university who is the shortest player listed at six feet, Chuck Darling, Iowa university, Cliff Hagan, Kentucky university, and Glen Smith, Utah.
In the article, Lovellette is quoted as giving Phog Allen all the credit for his All-America development. Lovellette says "Phog taught me how to crouch." "This was the secret to taking quick steps and getting around the court gracefully," Lovellette said.
"The first thing Allen did wen I got here as a freshman was to show me a movie of a mongoose killing a cobra." Lovellette said. The coach pointed out how the mongoose crouched and used his bent legs to move quickly. Lovellette reported that Allen showed him the picture "every time he caught me standing up straight in practice.
"I think I saw that mongoose epic 12 times as a freshman, eight times as a sophomore and four times in my junior year, but this last season Coach only had to show it to me once." Lovellette added.
In naming Lovellette the only first-team holder over from its 1951 All-America squad, Collier's credits Lovellette with "using his ponderous skills to advantage in under-the-baskets" and well-developed hook shot him
scooring at the 23-point-per-game ship he's maintained since 1950, according to the magazine.
"According to Phog Allen," the magazine says, "opposing guards simply couldn't get close enough to Lovellette to block his hooks."
The article quotes Phog Allen as saying: "He *hooks* with his right arm fully extended as he moves away from the basket. So that right arm is protected by his cubs. What's more, he conceals the shot until the last second.
"He's got such a great eye for the rim, he doesn't have to look until a fraction of a second before he lets go."
Allen's prediction that "This young man has the making of another Kurland," which was uttered when Big Clyde first entered KU seemed brash to his listeners, the article says.
But the article reports "as things turned out, Allen underestimated Lovelette's scoring potential." Over the last three years he has thrown 107 pitches enough baskets to eclipse Kurland's record by an average of 9.3 points.
The article reminds readers that Loveletta was a pretty fair high school basketball player in Terre Haute, Indiana, even before he learned to crouch. When "Allen lured him to Kansas," the article states, "it is reported that 51 other colleges and universities were seeking his basketball services."
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UP Selections Hit 24.5 Per Game ..
Clyde Lovellette, 6 foot, 9 inch Jayhawker center, was named to the United Press 1951-52 All-American basketball team along with Dick Groat of Duke, Chuck Darling of Iowa, Cliff Hagan of Kentucky and Mark Workman of West Virginia.
A nationwide poll of more than 200 sports writers and radio broadcasters selected this coaches' "dream team" which averages six feet, six inches per man in height and has a combined scoring average of 24.5 points per-man per-game this season.
Lovellette, who leads the nation's major college scorers with an average of 26.4 points for 22 games, was the outstanding choice on the team. He was a first or second队 selection of 81 percent of the voters. Lovellette, a native of Terre Haute, Ind., is the only repeater from the 1950-51 United Press All-America first team.
Groat, the six-foot Duke dynamo,
was the second most popular choice
on the team, being named on 70
percent of the ballots. Darling was
a first or a second team selection of
66 percent of the voters, Hagan of
63, and Workman of 57.
Lovellette was placed at center and Groat at guard—the positions they play regularly. However, Darling, Hagan and Workman, who normally play center, were shifted to other posts. Because identification by position has assumed less importance in modern, speeded-up basketball, balloters were permitted to vote for centers for other positions. As a result, Darling and Workman were placed at forward and Hagan at guard.
The mythical team thus was made up of two players from the South, one from the Midlands, and another from the border state of West Virginia. Lovellette, Groat, Darling and Workman are seniors; Hagan is a junior.
Here are thumb-nail sketches of the five All-America selections:
Lovellette was surprisingly agile despite his 230 pounds. Possessor of a deadly hook-shot, he has a remarkable 46 percent field goal shooting average and never really has been "stopped" all season.
Groat, the smallest man on the team, is a rare combination of a prolific scorer and a great team player. In addition to ranking second to Lovellette among the major college point-makers with a 26-point average, the Swissvale, Pa., star leads the nation in assists with an average of eight per game.
Darling, a six-foot-eight center from Dearborn, Mich., was the most improved player in the Big Ten conference this season. His 25.1-point average for 21 games is third best among major college scorers. Darling's best shot is a left-handed hook from the pivot, but he also has an accurate set shot.
Hagan, at six-foot-four, was one of the nation's "smallest" yet most effective centers. Hagan was a brilliant defensive player and one of the top 10 rebounders in the major college ranks. The Owensboro, Ky., youth has a scoring average of 21.6 points for 30 games.
Workman, a six-foot-nine center from Charleston, W. Va., was an exceptionally fine shooter and rebounder. Workman maintained a 23.1-point scoring average for 23 games and a field goal shooting percentage around 48.
SECOND TEAM
C. Chuck Darling, Iowa, Sr.
F. Mark Workman, West. Va., Sr
G Dick Great Duke Sr
C. Clyde Lovellette, Kansas, Sr.
G. Cliff Hagan, Kentucky, Jr
Johnny O'Brien, Seattle Frank Ramsey, Kentucky Bob Pettit, Louisiana State Rod Fletcher, Illinois Bob Zawoluk, St. John's
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F Bob Houbregs, Washington
F Don Meineke, Dayton
C Walter Dukes, Seton Hall
G Ray Steiner, St. Louis
G Jim Tucker, Durgese
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Included as honorable mention on the 1951-52 UP team are Bob Kenney of Kansas, Jimmy Iverson, Dick Knostman and Bob Rousey of Kansas State, Bill Stauffer of Missouri and Don Johnson of Oklahoma A&M.
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Boston College 64, Holy Cross 61
Duquene 94, Baldwin-Wallace 51
LaSalle 92, Muhlenberg 77
Memphis State 52, Tenn. State 39
John Hopkins 74, Wash. (Md.) 62
Drake 82, Houston 58
Missouri 68, Nebraska 53
Colorado 59, Wyoming 44
Indiana 70, Michigan State 67
Michigan 68, Purdue 60
Illinois 95, Northwestern 74
Wisconsin 78, Iowa 75
Kansas State 88, Iowa State 66
Creighton 67, Gustavus Adolphus 52
Texas Tech 89, W. Texas State 85
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