WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1950
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE. KANSAS
PAGE SEVEN
Big Seven Schools Look Ahead To Pre-Season Tournament
BY RAY SOLDAN and BOB NELSON
With most of the non-conference warring out-of-the-way, Big Seven schools are looking ahead to the rugged four-day, pre-season tournament which opens in Kansas City's Municipal auditorium Dec. 27.
If past history can be used as a measuring-stick, the tournament won't decide much, but it will provide plenty of great basketball action. In the four previous years that the December extravaganza has been held, only one tournament champion went on to win an undisputed Big Seven conference championship.
This season Kansas and Kansas State are the seeded teams, but Missouri, Oklahoma, and Minnesota, the guest team, are expected to cause trouble. Minnesota is a highly-rated Big Ten school and was invited to round out the eight-team bracket.
Three teams which didn't even reach the finals of the pre-season tournament—Kansas, Kansas State, and Nebraska—tied for the conference championship last year. Missouri, champion of the December tourney, finished sixth in regular season play. Tournament runnerup Oklahoma fared a little better—
winding up in a tie for fourth.
This about-face procedure wasn't anything new to the tournament. In 1946, the first year of the tourney, S.M.U. downed Kansas in the finals. Things were quite different when they got into conference play—S.M.U. placed second in the Southwest conference, and K.U. third in the Big Seven, Oklahoma, a poor fifth in the tourney, won the Big Seven crown.
Kansas State walked off with both titles in the 1947-48 season. The next year Oklahoma topped Kansas in the Kansas City meet finals. The Sooners went on to tie Nebraska for first place in the conference while the Jayhawkers tied for last.
BIG SEVEN STANDINGS
Big Seven teams take impressive records into the meet. Two of the teams are below the .500 mark so far, but the rest have more than made up for them. Four of the conference teams are currently among
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Kansas 5 1 .833
Missouri 4 1 .800
Oklahoma 3 1 .750
Iowa State 3 1 .750
Kansas, State 5 2 .714
Nebraska 3 4 .429
Colorado 2 6 .250
Missouri, the highest ranked is in ninth spot, Kansas in 10th, Oklahoma 16th, and Kansas State 20th. The Big Seven conference holds a 4-0 edge over Southwest conference opponents, 5-2 over Big Ten teams, and a 4-2 margin over major Eastern teams this season. The Big Seven's overall record against outside teams is 25 victories and 16 losses. The big five—K.U., Kansas State, Oklahoma, Missouri and Iowa State—have compiled 20 victories in 26 starts.
the top 20 teams in the nation in Associated Press and United Press rankings. No other conference has more than two of its members represented in the top 20.
Colorado, who has had a disappointing early season, is the only conference school which goes into
Here Are The Records Of Big Seven
KANSAS (5-1) 5
Creighton 35 H 6
Utah State 38 H
St. Joseph's 41 V 4
St. John's 51 V 4
Kentucky 68 V 4
Springfield 52 H 6
MISSOURI (4-1)
(St. Louis) 45 V
C. C. N. Y. 37 H
Ohio State 37 H
Texas Christian U. 45 H
Arkansas 32 H
NEBRASKA (3-4)
Minnesota 55 V
Maryville Teachers 39 H
Wash. (Seattle) 54 V
Wash. (Seattle) 71 V
California 62 N
53 Santa Clara 38 N
63 Iowa St. Teachers 55 H
OKLAHOMA (3-1)
47 Southern Meth. U. 39 H
49 Texas 35 H
66 Minnesota 45 H
60 Holy Cross 53 V
Dec. 21—C. C. N. Y. at New York City.
Dec. 23—Minnesota at Minneapolis.
KANSAS STATE (5-2)
59 Long Island U. 60 V
68 Ohio State 51 V
60 Purdue 44 V
66 Utah State 56 H
73 Wichita 42 H
72 Indiana 58 H
75 Wisconsin 58 H
Dec. 21—Springfield (Mass.) College at Manhattan.
Leading Big Seven Scorers
(All games through Dec. 18 included) Top Ten
Player Games FG FT PF TP Avg.
Clyde Lovellette, c, KU. 5 46 12 21 104 20.8
Bob Pierce, c, Neb. 6 32 26 17 90 15.0
Jim Buchanan, g, Neb. 5 31 12 9 74 14.8
Marcus Freiberger, c, Okla. 3 11 19 10 41 13.7
Jim Stange, g, I-St. 4 15 17 15 47 11.8
Ted Owens, f, Okla. 3 15 5 7 35 11.7
Bill Stauffer, c, Mo. 5 21 16 22 58 11.6
Bud Heineman, f, Mo. 5 22 12 12 56 11.2
Dick Knostman, c, K-St. 7 28 22 20 78 11.1
Eldon Clement, f, I-St. 4 11 20 9 42 10.5
Second Ten
Wayne Tucker, f, Colo. ... 7 30 12 12 72 10.3
Jim Iverson, g, K-St. ... 7 27 17 10 71 10.1
Sherm Norton, f, Okla. ... 3 11 4 1 26 8.7
Ernie Barrett, g, K-St. ... 7 24 10 19 58 8.3
Dan Witt, f, Mo. ... 5 16 9 16 41 8.2
Roger Stokes, f, Colo. ... 7 21 14 24 56 8.0
Sonny Wilhelmi, c, I-St. ... 4 10 9 11 29 7.3
Don Branby, g, Colo. ... 5 12 11 21 35 7.0
Gene Landolt, g, Mo. ... 5 15 5 11 35 7.0
George Lafferty, g, Mo. ... 5 8 18 17 34 6.8
Tournament Teams
IOWA STATE (3-1)
62 South Dakota 59 H
77 Simpson College 44 H
47 Drake 65 V
52 Utah State 41 H
COLORADO (2-6)
Dec 22—Drake at Ames.
COLORADO (2-6)
43 Utah State 46 V
60 Utah 63 H
51 Colorado A.M. 41 V
51 Colorado A.M. 48 H
51 Wyoming 64 H
51 Wyoming 63 V
60 Stanford 62 V
52 Santa Clara 50 N
Dec. 21—Colo.at San Jose State.
MINNESOTA (3-1)
55 Nebraska 41 H
66 Loyola (Chicago) 51 H
45 Oklahoma 66 V
72 Pittsburgh 43 H
Choice Tournament Tickets Available
Students who intend to see this year's tourney are urged to purchase tickets before leaving for their Christmas vacation in order that they may sit in the Jayhawker rooting sections and help the cheerleaders with organized cheering.
Choice tickets to the annual Big Seven basketball tournament are still available at the K.U. athletic business office, 103 Robinson gym, Earl Falkenstien, athletic business manager, said today.
Dec. 23—Oklahoma at Minneapolis.
Tickets are priced at $1, $2, and $3 for each of the four nights of cage action.
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the tournament with a new coach. He is H.B. "Bebe" Lee, who replaces Frosty Cox, a former K.U. cage great. Ossie Cowles of the guest Minnesota gophers will also be making his first appearance in the tournament. With him to try to make it a successful one, he has all-American Whitey Skoog.
Only two of the ten players named to last year's all-tournament teams will perform this year. Clyde Lovellette, who tied the tournament scoring record as a sophomore, was a first-team selection last year. The Freiburger; Colorado's clutch player, Wayne Tucker; and Nebraska's twin towers, Bob Pierce and Jim Euchanan.
only other all-tournament player returning is Kansas State's Ernie Barrett, a second-team selection.
However the tourney won't be without individual stars. Not with
Tuesday's College Basketball Results
BIG SEVEN
EAST
Kansas 78, Springfield 52
Nebraska 63, Iowa S. Teachers 55
Colorado 52, Santa Clara 50
Holy Cross 53, Oklahoma 50
St. John's 67, Utah 66
Boston College 76, Harvard 48
St. Joseph's 56, Catholic Univ. 52
Duquesne 63, Wake Forest 59
George Washington 70, Washington-
ton & Lee 52 New York Univ.82, Yale 64
William & Mary 56, Marshall 38
Maryland 51, Rutgers 45
Columbia 63, Tulane 51
Alabama 70, Auburn 46
Miami 80, Florida State 61
SOUTHWEST
Bradley 79, UCLA 74
St. Louis 53, Wisconsin 48
Hamline 70, Emporia State 49
Rockhurst 82, William Jewell 73
Ottawa 83, Missouri Valley 57
Dayton 72, John Carroll 45
Baldwin Wallace 67, Colo. S. 59
Michigan State 74, Marquette 62
Houston 52, Texas A&M 45
Southern Methodist 73, Mississippi 60
Houston 52 Texas A&M 45
WEST
all-Americans Lovelette and Skog around, and such players as Missouri' little-scooter, Bud Heineman; Oklahoma's 6 feet 11 inches Marcus
Brigham Young 75. Indiana 72
Wyoming 58. New Mexico 37
Washington 54. Pittsburgh 44
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