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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE. KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1950
Jayhawkers Rout K-State,79-68 Lead Wildcats Throughout Game
By RICHARD DILSAVER
Only the Oklahoma Sooners stand between the Kansas Jayhawkers and no less than a tie for the Big Seven basketball championship. The Jayhawkers moved into position for the title shot by whipping mighty Kansas State 79 to 68 in a turbulent contest at Hoch auditorium Tuesday night.
The Oklahoma-Kansas meeting is Saturday night, March 11, at Norman. At the same time, Kansas State will be facing Nebraska at Manhattan. Wins for both Kansas and Kansas State would mean a Jayhawker championship—undisputed.
On the darker side, a K.U. loss to Oklahoma would put the Jayhawkers out of the championship race altogether. Then Nebraska could take the league crown by topping K-State or still be tied for the title even if it lost.
Should Kansas and Nebraska be the winners of the two contests—the season's final games—they would be, as they are now, tied for the first place spot. Nebraska would have a clear title if it beat K-State and Kansas lost to Oklahoma.
Big Seven Conference Standings
| | w | l | pt | opp |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| KANSAS | 8 | 3 | 654 | 556 |
| Nebraska | 8 | 3 | 606 | 597 |
| Kansas State | 7 | 4 | 746 | 628 |
| Colorado | 6 | 5 | 576 | 618 |
| Oklahoma | 5 | 6 | 596 | 680 |
| Missouri | 3 | 8 | 540 | 557 |
| Iowa State* | 2<sup>1</sup> | 10 | 628 | 80<sup>1}$
*Schedule completed.
At least two records fell and a third was tied in the stirring Jayhawkier-Wildcat battle. The Jayhawkers' 19 points are a new high for a Kansas team in a conference game. They also equaled the greatest number of points scored in a single game by a Kansas team. The combined score of the two teams—147 points—is a record in the series between them.
Coach F. C. Allen's formula for outscoring the Wildcats was simple: Control the ball, make Kansas State come after it, draw fouls, cash in on the free throws, then get the ball again.
The fact that Kansas State actually outscored the Jayhawkers from the field, 26 goals to 25—bears that out. Kansas made 29 of 36 free throws, Kansas State 16 of 25.
Sensational Clyde Lovellel, hitting for 32 points, led the Jayhawkers to victory. But he had plenty of scoring help from teammates Claude Houchin and Bill Hougland. Houchin, captain of the squad, scored 21. Hougland, sophomore rebounding ace, collected 13.
That trio was extremely proficient at the free throw line. Lovelle made 8 of 9 charity tosses, Houchin 9 of 11, and Hougland 5 of 5.
Hougland scored first for the Kansas, who were never behind, on a
Tuesday's College Basketball Results
East
City College of New York 64, New York University 61
New York State Tech 64, Bloomfield College 60
Washington and Jefferson 58, Geneva 54
Trinity (Conn.) 85. Coast Guard
66
Ithaca College 90, Wilkes College 69
Princeton 63, Georgetown 49 Midwest
Kehsaas State 68
Lawrence Tech 86, Assumption 45
Southwest Tech
Kansas 79, Kansas State 68
New Mexico A. and M. 56, Highlands University 54
Phoenix 64, Santa Monica 68 Arizona State 70, Hardin-Simmons 56 West
Wyoming 50, Colorado A. and M.
41
Montana State 91, Butte All-Stars 83
Gonzaga 56, Eastern Washington
49
N. A.I.B. tournament at Terre Haute Ind.
Evansville 90, Indiana Central 81
Indiana State 55, Hanover 61
jump shot after Lovellette had drawn away the defense and passed off. Veteran Wildcat Lloyd Krone quickly made it 2 to 1 with a free throw, but Mr. Lovellette came up with five fast points and the Jayhawkers were under way.
With the first half 11 minutes gone, K.U. was in front 22 to 7, and Coach Jack Gardner put his Wildcats into a pressing defense, rushing the Jayhawkers over the entire court. Momentarily it looked like the move that would turn the tide.
Within three minutes the Wildcats had closed the gap to 24 to 17, largely by the scoring efforts of reserve Ed Head who hit for three quick field goals. Then the Jayhawkers gradually regained their poise and had moved to a 38 to 26 lead at half-time.
Kansas opened the second half with a flurry although Aggie Ernie Barrett started the period with a goal from the side. First, Lovelette scored with a lay-in, Bill Lienhard jumped for another two points, then Lovellette again with a tip-in, and the count was 44 to 29.
Kansas State called time out, but the Kansas crowd gave the Wildcats the "sound treatment"—a solid minute of whooping, whistling, stomping, and anything else to make noise. Worse yet for the Aggies, K.U. didn't slow up a bit with time back in. Lovellette scored quickly on a follow up, and Lienhard tossed in a free throw for a 47 to 29 score, widest margin of the night.
From there the two teams did little than trade goals until, with three minutes remaining, the Wildcats had drawn as close as 72 to 62. Again it was Head who had led the Manhattan squad, scoring 16 points.
Final minutes of the game were spent mainly in trips from one free throw line to the other.
Coach Gardner employed every strategy to get his Wildcats to functioning smoothly. Aggie reserves streamed into the contest throughout with the Wildcat starting five spending a surprising amount of time on the bench. But the Kansas defense, which had K-State doing most of its shooting from long range, plus continued Kansas State fouling and hot Kansas free throw shooting stifled all of Gardner's efforts.
Lovellevie was more than a mere scoring instrument for the Kansans. His rebounds was consistently good, and he didn't shoot until on top of the basket. Particularly was he outstanding at tip-ins. Five of his 12 goals were by that method. With the Kansas State rushing defense giving the Jayhawkers trouble in getting the ball downcourt, he did
his share in bringing it across the 10-second line.
During the second half, Kansas State was obviously trying to get the big man to foul out of the game. The Wildcats finally succeeded with four minutes left, but it was too late then to slow down the Jayhawkers.
Captain Houchin was the driving force of the Kansas squad. Repeatedly he set up scoring plays, made off with many rebounds, and never let up for a minute.
The rest of the Kansans squad did its part well, each man fitting into the effective teamwork that produced victory.
Hougland also was prominent in rebounding and playmaking. His defensive efforts were superb.
Kansas State seemed always confused and never confident, Head's scoring, 24 points in all, kept the Aggies in the game. However, Ernie Barrett was just getting his basket eye adjusted when he fouled out with eight minutes to go. "Grandad" Clarence Brannum simply had more than his match in Lovellette although a recent foot injury may have been hampering the ancient Aggie.
The contest was the final home game of the season for KU., and four seniors were on the Hoch court for the last time. Houchin, Gene Petersen, Harold England, and Guy Mabry are the four. Mabry was the only one not to see action.
What seemed to hurt the Wildcats most was that they could never get their fast break underway and if the Jayhawkers weren't scoring they were taking the rebounds.
The victory also enabled the Jayhawkers to fiinish the home season without defeat.
The box score:
KANSAS 79
| | g | ft | l |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Hougland, f | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| England, f | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Kenney, f | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Leinhard, f | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Linville, f | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lovellette, c | 12 | 8 | 5 |
| Petersen, c | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Houchin, g | 5 | 9 | 2 |
Waugh, g | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Wells, g | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Smith, g | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals ...25 29
KANSAS STATE 68
g ft
Harmon, f 4 1
Gibson, f 1 3
Stone, f 0 1
Head, f 10 4
Peck, f 0 1
Brannum, c 2 1
Hitch, c 1 0
Barrett, g 5 1
Upson, g 0 1
Krone, g 2 3
Iverton, g 1 0
Langton, g 0 0
Totals 26 16 32
Carter's Stationery
Halftime score—Kansas 38, Kansas State 26.
Bradley Given Top Odds In National Invitation Tourney
By JOHN GRIFFIN
New York, March 8—(U.P.)—Well, you can't say that Bradley and Kentucky weren't warned.
Bradley's Braves from Peoria, Ill., were installed today as the redhot favorite to win the National Invitation Basketball tournament starting Saturday, March 11, and the Wildcats of Kentucky were listed as a close second choice. You know what that means.
It means that the Braves and the Wildcats haven't got a prayer, if the tourney's past history means anything.
Remember '49? Four straight up-sets in the quarter-final round, then two more in the semi-final, and finally San Francisco upending Loyola of Chicago in the all-dark horse finale?
It could happen again, for this year's 12-team field has been generally hailed as one of the most brilliant arrays of talent assembled. If history repeats, it will be salt in Kentucky's wound, for the Wildcats were the biggest upset victim last year when, as tourney favorites, they bowed to Loyola in the quarter-finals.
If Bradley is upset, it will be a case of fate finally turning on the Braves. For they were the lads who engineered one of the quarter-final upsets, downing Western Kentucky, before going under themselves.
The men who make the odds, defying history, quoted Braday at 3 to 1 for the title and Kentucky at 4 to 1.
For the third choice, the odds-men and the seedings disagreed. Duquesne was seeded third, but the odds-men listed unseeded Western Kentucky as the third choice at 5 to 1. Duquesne and fourth-seeded St. John's each were quoted at 6 to 1
The two long shots in the Tourney are Niagara, the only team appearing in the N.I.T. for the first time, and Arizona, which was bounced by Kentucky in one game in its only appearance back in '46.
So you know what will happen Bradley and Kentucky will get the bums' rush and Niagara and Arizona will meet in the final round.
Meanwhile the N.C.A.B. tournament, which starts March 23, still is faced with three empty berths—districts 2, 5, and 8.
Five and Eight are no problem. Five will be settled in a playoff game between Bradley and the Big Seven champion, when the latter is determined. Eight will be decided when Washington State, champion of the northern division of the Pacific Coast conference, meets U.C.L.A., the southern division winner.
But, oh, that district two. Whom can the committee pick?
So, the committee, headed by Bill Anderson of Lafayette, was reported considering five teams already in N.I.T.—St. John's, LaSalle, Duquesne, C.C.N.Y., and Syracuse. If they wait to find out which of these teams does the best in the N.I.T., they may wait for another week and a half.
Dr. Kollmorgen To Address International Club Thursday
Walter Kollmorgen, professor of geography, will address the International Relations club at 7 p. m., Thursday, March 9 in the Kansas room of the Union.
Dr. Kollmorgen will talk on the subject "How We Are Losing the War to Japan."
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