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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
MONDAY, MARCH 12, 1951
Kentucky Rated Tops On Javhawkers' All-Opponent Selections
By BOB NELSON
By BOB NELSON
Daily Kansan Sports Editor
University of Kentucky rated top honors on the Jayhawkers' all-opponent basketball selections by placing Bill Spivey and Frank Ramsey on the first team.
Coach Adolph Rupp's Wildcats, rated as the nation's No. 1 team, also were selected as the best team Kansas played this year with Kansas State taking runner-up honors.
Oklahoma A. and M., upset by "Phog" Allen's fired-up Jayhawkers 37 to 27 at Stillwater Saturday night, rated a poor third in balloting. Points were based on a 3-2-1 basis for first, second, and third place respectively with a maximum of 30 first place points possible. Kentucky rated 29 points followed by Kansas State with 19 and Oklahoma A. and M. with seven points.
On this basis, Kansas State rates a solid choice with the Kansas players to defeat the Oklahoma Aggies should these two teams collide in the Western N.C.A.B. playoffs in Kansas City starting March 21.
Spivey, Kentucky's 7-foot All-American choice this year, received a maximum 20 points on K.U.'s all-opponent team. His teammate Ramsey gained 18 points. Voting was on a 2-1 point basis for first and second team selections.
Kansas State's Ernie Barrett, Colorado's sparkplug, Wayne Tucker, and Meyer "Whitey" Skoog of Minnesota rounded out the first all-opponent team with 15, 18, and 19 points respectively.
Sooner Marcus Freiberger's 14 points barely missed placing him on the first team.
Barrett, Freiberger, and Tucker were unanimous 22-point selections on the Jayhawker's all-Big Seven opponent team on a 2-1 point basis for first and second team voting respectively.
Nebraska's Jim Buchanan gained 19 points and Ed Head of Kansas State followed with 17 to round out the first team.
Lew Hitch, Kansas State; Ted Owens, Oklahoma, and Missouri's Bill Stauffer took top second team
Kansas High School Teams To Compete For State Titles
Topeka (U.P.)—Forty-eight high schools will compete for three Kansas championships in tournaments opening Wednesday at Emporia, Salina, and Hutchinson.
Salina's Maroons, playing in the Big-School AA meet at Emporia, will be the only defending champions. Five other former Kansas champions—Newton, Emporia, Winfield, Topeka and Ward of Kansas City, Kan., also will compete at Emporia. Newton, which has won 10 state titles and has a 19-3 season record, and Wichita East, with 21-3 in a stern schedule, are co-favorites. Both are members of the always powerful Ark Valley loop.
In the class A tournament at Russell, four former winners will be among the contenders, Russell, Anthony, Hays and Augusta. In addition to 13 regional winners, three invited teams will participate. They are Hays, Kingman and Eureka.
Pairings, announced yesterday by commissioner E. A. Thomas of the Kansas State high school activities association, were:
The 16-team slate in the Little-School tourney at Hutchinson includes no ex-champ. Stockton and Formoso are heavily backed but the field is well balanced.
CLASS AA (at Emporia) (upper bracket)
noon Ottawa (17-3) vs. Garden
City (18-3)
1:15 PM Ottawa (21-2) vs. Al
Lake Erie
1:15 Wichita East (21-3) vs. Alamont (17-1)
2:30 Parsons (17-5) vs. El Dorado (14-10).
3:45 Argentine (9-12) vs. Emporia (13-7)
(lower bracket)
6:30 Newton (19-3) vs. Pittsburg (17-13)
7:45 McPherson (16-6) vs. Topeka (10-10)
9:00 Salina (15-8) vs. Ward of Kansas City (9-13)
10:15 Coffeyville (15-4) vs. Winfield (11-7)
CLASS A
(at Salina)
(upper bracket)
Turner vs. Augusta
Russell vs. Hiwatha
Kingman* vs. Norton
Nickerson vs. Eureka*
(lower bracket)
2:30 Abilene vs. Galena
9:00 Hayden vs. Iola
3:45 Anthony vs. Osborne
10:15 Hays* vs. Hugoton
invited teams
CLASS B
(at Hutchinson)
(upper bracket)
noon Arma vs. Cedarvale
1:15 Stockton vs. Spring Hill
2:30 Clyde vs. Carbondale
3:45 Sylvia vs. Durham
(lower bracket)
6:30 Ashland vs. Formosa
7:45 Oxford vs. Leoti
9:00 Menlo vs. Overbrook
10:15 Sedgwick vs. Horton
WAYNE TUCKER Colorado Forward
honors with 11 points each. Bob Pierce of Nebraska and Gene Lantolt of Missouri each received seven points for the remaining two spots.
Tucker, the one bright spot in Colorado's 4-20 season record, nosed out Freiberger 22 to 21 in the race to determine the outstanding individual performance turned in against Kansas by a conference player. Barrett took third place honors with 14 points on a 3-2-1 point basis with a possible maximum of 33 points.
Here is the break-down in the voting for the various opponent selections:
ALL-OPPONENT TEAM
(Maximum 20 points)
First Team
BIG SEVEN TEAM (Maximum 22 points)
F—Frank Ramsey, Kentucky...(18)
F—Wayne Tucker, Colorado...(10)
C—Bill Spivey, Kentucky...(20)
G—Ernie Barrett, K-State...(15)
G—Meyer Skoog, Minnesota...(19)
3—Frank Ramsey, Ky. ... (6)
4—Wayne Tucker, Colo. ... (5)
4—Ernie Barrett, K-State ... (5)
4—Marcus Freiberger, Okla. ... (4)
7-Bob Zawoluk, St. John's ... (2)
8-Gale McArthur, Okla. A&M ... (1)
Second Team
F—Bob Zawoluk, St. John's...(6)
F—Ed Head, K-State...(8)
C—Marcus Freiberger, Okla...(14)
G—Jim Buchanan, Nebr...(8)
G—Norman Pilgrim, Okla, A&M(6)
First Team
BEST TEAM FACED
(Maximum 30 points)
(Maximum 50 points)
1—Kentucky ... (29)
2—Kansas State ... (19)
3—Oklahoma A. & M ... (7)
4—Minnesota ... (3)
5—Oklahoma ... (2)
BEST PLAYER FACED
(Maximum 30 points)
1—Bill Spivey, Ky. ... (25)
2—Meyer Skoog, Minn. ... (12)
F—Wayne Tucker, Colo. ... (22)
F—Ed Head, K-State ... (17)
C—Marcus Freiberger, Okla. ... (22)
G—Ernie Barrett, K-State ... (22)
J—Gim Buchanan, Nebr. ... (19)
Second Team
F—Bill Stauffer, Mo. (17)
F—Bob Pierce, Nebr. (7)
C—Lew Hitch, K-State (11)
G—Gene Landolt, Mo. (7)
G—Ted Owens, Okla. (17)
BEST BIG 7 PLAYER FACED
1—Wayne Bicker, Colo. (22)
2—Marcos Freiberger, Okla. (21)
3—Ernie Barrett, K-State (14)
4—Jim Buchanan, Nebr. (6)
5—Ed Head, K-State (2)
6—Sy Wilhelm, I-State (1)
Note: Eleven players took part in Big Seven opponent balloting and 10 in the non-conference—all games —selections).
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