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Friday. November 20. 1959 University Daily Kansan
Page 3
Dee Ketchum
Al Donaghue
Bob Hickman
KU Ready For Season
Bill Bridges
KU's varsity basketball team indicates it may be a contender for the Big Eight championship this year if a talented group of sophomores and juniors continue to improve as they have in pre-season practice sessions.
Guard Dick Gisel, who has two years of eligibility remaining, is establishing himself as the fourth member of a potent double set of guards and Coach Harp describes him as "the best set shooter on the team." ___
"He is capable of playing good defense also, and has earned the right to play," Harp said.
Gisel will share with Dee Ketchum, Bob Hickman and Jerry Gardner the preseason label as the best back court combination in the league.
Hickman, according to Coach Harp, is "the team's floor leader and second to no one defensively." Gardner and Ketchum, on the other hand, represent the quickest, fastest outside tandem to perform for the Jayhawks in many years.
Both of the latter are classified by Harp as "instinct players," in that they seem to react quickly without thinking.
Sophomore Wayne Hightower, expected to share a good deal of the scoring burden, has proven his capability in pre-season play and should assume KU's offensive leadership.
All-Conference selection Bill Bridges returns at the post and carries with him an improved shooting eye. The Big Eight's leading rebounder last year, Bridges has already shown his ability to stand with the best post men in the league.
Filling out the sharpshooting base line trio is Al Donaghue, a veteran with two years experience. Big enough at 6'-5" to help out on the boards, Donaghue is also an adequate playmaker.
Replacements at forward include Jim Hoffman, Butch Myers, Larry Sterlin and Bill Goetze, all of whom have skill enough to crash the starting line-up. They will be joined at semester by Allan Correll, a Philadelphian who enrolled too late for first semester eligibility.
Wayne Hightower