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Thursday, August 24,1972
University Daily Kansan
vwens Optimistic
Youth Key to Cage Hopes
By DAN GEORGE
Kansas Sports Editor
You wouldn't think a man who lost a Bod Stallworm from his basketball team could be too tired to play the season. But then you'd be wrong.
"I think we'll have very good talent but very young taten this year," *l*. University of Kansas coach Ted Owens said last week.
"We have no player coming up who can completely offset the loss of Lafortworth. But I think our scoring this year will be more evenly distributed. We'll depend on him, we help and some a freshman help."
"If they mature fast, we could in competition early. I look to the season with optimism, but a guarded optimism."
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THE 6-FOOT-9, 235-pound
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shots last season with 25. Klivato
(6,13) was second to Stallone
for the team's average and led the 'Hawks in
assists with 39 and steals with 55.
Owens, who with last year's 11-15 team suffered his first loss season in his eight years at KU, will count heavily on members of last year's star-studded freshman team. Owens' KU to the ranks of the winning.
Other experienced players returning from the 1971-72 squad are senior forwards Wilson Babbitt (6, 206), and junior guard Dave Taynor (6, 3-18). All started some games last season.
The young 'Hawks, led by coach Bob Frederick, posted a 12-10 season mark, the best overall for a major team in five games. More than 100 games in five games.
Owens said it was unusual for a freshman squad to win with such high scores.
"It was an explosive freshman team with pretty good quickness and good size." he said.
The leading sophomore candidates for starting berths this season are Marshal Hogan (6-1, 8-2) and Robert Hogg (7-0, 170). And Dale Greenlee (6-2, 170).
Rogers, an expert ball-handler guard, leech coach scorers with a 12.2 average and averaged 18.2 points per game and was a consistent threat from the outside at the other guard position. He led the 22.3 pace and led the squad in rebounding with a 12.5 average, a 10.6 big in the 17thhalf's future.
"Our biggest weakness last week was that we hadn't said, 'Suttle could help us out there, as well as in other places. I think he can be an excellent shot."
"Rebounding and inside scoring will be our areas of greatest improvement.
"We definitely need more inside scoring. I think we unobediently get it. It has been one strength in the past," he said.
"With the two sophomore guards coming up, we'll have better scoring at the guard positions, too."
With the new additions, Owens
figures the Jayhawks will also be a more imposing team physically.
"We'll be much stronger," he said. "We have more quickness and speed, and we just have athletes at every position."
Another change for the Jahywha this season will be the defensive change. The calls that calls for the team with possession of the ball to shoot within 30 seconds. As far as Owens is concerned, it is a good
"I like it. I've wanted it for some time. I think the fans will love it. They'll know they'll only have to work hard on defense for early games going to start early to combat them toersters to fight hard for 30 seconds."
Owens said the 30-second rule would force offenses to limit their set plays and react to certain situations more quickly.
"We'll have to play 'situation basketball,'" he said. "It's almost backyard basketball."
There'll be more opportunity for players to use their versatility."
He predicted that teams now averaging about 70 points per game might score 90 under the new rule.
One of Owens' fears is that some Big Eight teams might employ a zone defense to counteract the rule. Attacking the zone would mean that if many teams used it, any difference the 30-second rule might make in speeding up the pace of the game would be nullified. Since the Big Eight is a testing ground for the rule, he could not favor using the zone defense extensively in that situation.
Although several of KU's players played under the 30-second rule, Owens said, all of the Jayhawks' practice was centered on the wing and end.
"We have a tough early schedule," he said, "but the first seven games are at home and
In the Big Eight race, Owens named Kansas State and Missouri as the teams to beat.
we've been hard to beat at home."
"I'd say K-State has to be the only team that will play only two starters last year. And Missouri has an excellent front line. Those two have to be
Although there have been no practices this year, Owens has his slavers work out individually.
"Iask them to work out enough so that their wind and their feet are in shape," he said.
The first Jayhawk practice will be Oct. 15.
Two players share the University of Kansas record for most points scored in a single season. In 1950 Wade Stinson, now the KU athletic director, scored 14 touchdowns and 28 rushing yards, Riggins, one running back for the New York Jets, matched the feat in 1970.
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First of all, Army ROTC only takes up about three to five hours a week of your time while you're in college. No big thing.
Second, it gives you an edge on the other guys. In areas like management, organization and leadership No big thing.
Third, it pays $100 a month during your junior and senior years. No big thing.
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education, the background,
the experience.
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