University Daily Kansan
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Hightower And Frank Are All Big-8 Choices
KANSAS CITY—(UPI)—Kansas Wayne Hightower and Kansas State's Wally Frank are the only unanimous choices on the 1900 United Press International all Big Eight conference basketball team.
Hightower, a 6-foot 9-inch sophomore from Philadelphia, is the conference's leading scorer. The lanky forward, who hails from the same school which produced Wilt (The Stilt) Chamberlain, also was named the outstanding player in the Big Eight.
Joining Hightower and Frank on the mythical first team are Wilky Gilmore, 6-foot 5-inch sophomore from Colorado; Charles Henke, a 6-foot 7-inch junior center from Missouri; and Herschell Turner, the all-time Nebraska scoring ace.
The second team is composed of forwards Vinnie Brewer, Iowa State, and Del Heidebrecht. Oklahoma; center Bill Bridges, Kansas; and
Frank, a 6-foot 8-inch forward, was Kansas State's leading scorer for the season. He was a regular on the 1959 team which was named the best in the nation by the United Press International panel of college coaches.
guards Dennis Price, Oklahoma, and Joe Scott, Missouri.
First Team
Kansas Dick Harp edged Tex Winter of Kansas State and Sox Walseth of Colorado for "Coach-of-the-Year" honors.
Player School Pos. Ht. Class
Hightower, Kansas F 6-9 Soph.
Frank, Kan. State F 6-8 Senior
Henke, Missouri C 6-7 Junior
Gilmore, Colorado G 6-5 Soph.
Turner, Nebraska G 6-2 Senior
Second Team
Player School Pos. Ht. Class
Brewer, Ia. State F 6-2 Soph.
Heidebrecht, Okla. F 6-6 Senior
Bridges, Kansas C 6-6 Junior
Price, Okla. G 6-1 Senior
Scott, Missouri G 6-4 Junior
Honorable Mention
Ross Lind, Colorado; Raymond Lewis, Oklahoma; Gary Wheeler, Iowa State; Steve Douglas, Kansas State; Cedric Price, Kansas State; Moe Iba, Oklahoma State; Mike Wroblewski, Kansas State; Cecil Epperly, Oklahoma State.
California and West Virginia See Clash in NCAA Finals
United Press International
California and West Virginia, who finished only a point apart in last year's final, will be separated by 3.000 miles tonight when they start off on that long journey toward a possible rematch in the NCAA basketball tournament.
California nipped the Mountaineers, 71-70, in the 1959 championship game and both coaches—Pete Newell of the Bears and West Virginia's Fred Schaus—are confident their paths will cross again in this year's final at San Francisco, March 19.
Correll May Miss Game
KU suffered a blow to its hopes to gain a berth in the regional NCAA playoffs, which it hoped to achieve by knocking off K-State tomorrow night.
Allen Correll may be forced to miss the game because of a mild cerebral concussion which he received in last night's game against Nebraska. Last night's victory moved KU into the first league playoff since 1949.
Dr. Kollbjorn Jensen, of the KU health service, said that Correll would be released from the hospital today. But he said he did not think that Correll would be able to see any action against K-State.
The loss of Correll could hurt KU a lot as Correll was one of the sparks who led the Jayhawkers to their victory over the Wildcats earlier in the season.
Kentucky Derby May Start May 7
Correll is described as being the best sixth man in the league.
NEW YORK —(UPI) — A rose by any other name might smell as sweet but one can't sell some fans that jazz when it comes to everybody's horse race.
In rapid substantiation, let it be said that some never knew a heavyweight champion, or even a fly-weight champion, named Oscar. It works out the same in the derby, where the winners have been such classy-handled chargers as Assault. Bold Venture, Count Fleet, Jet Pilot, War Adiniral, Whirlaway and so on into the night.
That would be, of course, the Kentucky Derby. And what brings it to mind as usual is announcement of the hayburners who will possibly parade to the post on May 7.
The theory here is that only a horse with a great name can win this one.
Long Road
Ahead of them, though, lay other strong teams with the same dreams, plus a good deal of traveling that frequently drains the stamina of these college kids in short pants.
De Paul and Utah also bounced into the second round of their respective regional eliminations. De Paul earned the unenviable honor of meeting powerful Cincinnati in the second round of the midwest regionals by downing the Air Force Academy, 69-63, at Chicago and Utah eliminated Southern California, 80-73, 'at Provo, Utah, in the far west playoffs.
Plavoff Tomorrow
In the Big Eight, Kansas finished in a tie with Kansas State for the conference title by turning back Nebraska, 79-74, and will meet the Wildcats in a playoff game tomorrow night at Manhattan. The winner will gain a berth opposite Texas in the second round of the NCAA midwest regionals.
Tuesday, March 8, 1960
Cincinnati completed its regular season by whipping Xavier University, 86-68, for its 25th victory in 26 games. All-American Oscar Robertson scored 25 points but teammate Ralph Davis took game scoring honors by converting 11 of 17 field goal attempts for 27 points.
Both divisions of the Fraternity "A" league had full schedules as did both Independent "A" divisions. All three divisions of the Fraternity "B" league opened with full slates while the Independent "B" league begins play Wednesday.
The intramural volleyball season was kicked off this afternoon, when both "A" leagues and the Fraternity "B" league began first round play.
Fraternity A: Phi Gamma Delta vs. Delta Chi; Sigma Nu vi. Alpha Tau Omega; Sigma Chi vs. Phi Kappa Psi; Sigma Alpha Epsilon vs. Phi Delta Theta; Lambda Chi Alpha vs. Sigma Phi Epsilon; Delta Upsilon vs. Delta Tau Delta
IM Volleyball Starts Today
There is one game in Fraternity "C" league today with the rest of the teams starting Wednesday.
Today's schedule;
Independent A: Carruth vs. Joseph R. Pearson I; Battenfeld vs. Pearson; Hawks vs. Templin; Phi Beta Pi vs. Joseph R. Pearson II.
Fraternity B: Alpha Tau Omega vs. Phi Kappa Theta; Acacia vs. Alpha Phi Alpha; Triangle vs. Phi Kappa Psi; Delta Upsilon vs. Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Sigma Nu vs. Alpha Kappa Lambda; Sigma Chi vs. Sigma Phi Epsilon; Phi Delta Theta vs. Delta Tau Delta.
Fraternity C: Phi Gamma Delta IV vs. Beta Theta PII III.
California Picked as Top Basketball Team
NEW YORK —(UPI)— California's Golden Bears today were acclaimed National College Basketball Champions for the 1959-60 regular season by the United Press International board of coaches.
or by a margin of 10 points in the final ratings by the 35 outstanding coaches who comprise the UPI rating board.
Coach-of-the-Year Peter Newell's
meat beat Cincinnati for the hon-
This was a fitting tribute to 44- year-old Newell, who retires as coach after this season and steps up to Athletic Director at California.
Before that, however, the Bears make a defense of their NCAA championship, starting tonight against Idaho State.
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