Wednesday, December 11, 1968
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
11
During Orange Bowl fever
Basketball still more important to Sloan
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By DICK DEAN Kansan Sports Writer
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An athletic-looking, male student puts KU's Orange Bowl-bound football team second on his list of priorities in sports. Is he a traiter? No, more likely he is a KU basketball player.
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Although Bruce Sloan will be rooting just as hard as any other KU student for victory in Miami New Year's day, he has one "must" goal that he wants to complete before graduating this June. He wants to win the Big Eight basketball championship back from Kansas State.
Last year on a team that practiced balanced scoring, as a doctor does medicine, Sloan averaged 7.6 points a game and scoring a total of 227 points during KU's 22-8 season. He was runnerup in field goal scoring to Rodger Bohnenstiehl, now a KU coach. Bohnenstiehl shot at a 52 per cent clip while 6-5 Sloan was connecting on a little over half of his shots.
In wins over St. Louis, Loyola of Chicago and Xavier and the loss to Wisconsin Sloan has attempted 25 field goals and connected on 12 of them. He has hit two of six free throws for a total of 35 points for better than a six point per game average. Sloan also grabbed 24 rebounds.
Sloan proved to be a valuable rebounder as he led the 'Hawks in seven games, his highest total coming against Colorado when he grabbed eight caroms. He averaged five a game and placed third behind 6-10 David Nash and the 6-6 Bohnenstiehl. In the St. Louis game he improved his average, getting nine rebounds.
Sloan was one of the most consistent starters of last year's team, but calls this insignificant. "We had about seven or eight players that could start any given night," he said. "This made it real tough in practice day after day. You really had to work if you had any hope of getting the starting nod."
Sloan, who received all-state and all-American cage honors his senior year at Kansas City (Mo.) Center High School, thinks it will be more difficult to gain a starting berth this year.
"Coach (Ted Owens) has installed a new offense called a 'double low post' which is designed to utilize only two big men and add more speed to the lineup." he said.
"The offense is directed by a
point man who brings the ball down and sets up the plays," said Sloan. "Two wingmen operate on both sides of the free throw line while the big men work in close to the basket."
When asked to make a comparison between last year's squad and the present one, Sloan said, "Last year we had a lot of experience and Rodger (Bohnenstieh) was a good man to have under the basket."
"All of last year's players were juniors and sophomores except Bohnensthl and we have some good sophs coming up. We will be a lot bigger this year," Sloan added.
KU is big! The average height of the team is 6-5¼. The average of the entire conference is pegged at 6-4¼. If KU fielded its
five tallest men the composite average would be 6-9. The conference median is $6 - 7\frac{1}{4}$. "This should help us improve our rebounding which we have to do if we are to win the conference." concluded Sloan.
He has not been informed of this year's toughest opponent. "I don't know how many everybody has returning. Also several teams have brought in juco transfers with whom I am not familiar," Sloan said. "We'll just have to concentrate on trying to win them one at a time."
It would be a surprise to none that Sloan was "courted" by many colleges after his successful high school career. Sloan considered two Big Ten schools, Wisconsin and Northwestern, before deciding in favor of KU.
"I was impressed with the facilities of the University, Allen Field House (a great place to play, he says) and the coaching staff," said Sloan.
Sloan feels because of this years depth KU won't have to worry so much about foul trouble as in previous seasons. "Of
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On New Year's day when the football Jayhawks are playing Penn State in sunny Florida, Bruce Sloan will be resting from the annual Big Eight pre-season basketball tourney and preparing for a game with Nebraska on Jan. 4. He hopes to see KU carry off all the oranges, but his mind will still be on regaining the Big Eight title from the farmers to the west.
Ernie Nevers holds the NFL record for most points scored in one game, 40 in 1929 with the Chicago Cardinals.
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