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University Daily Kansan Friday, March 13, 1959
NCAA Playoffs to Begin Tonight
By Ted Dielman
Four teams will go into the first round of NCAA regional playoffs tonight at Allen Field House, and by Saturday night, one will emerge victorious to move on to the national championship games at Louisville next week.
Kansas State, chosen the top team in the nation by both the United Press and the Associated Press, will run up against DePaul in the second game at 9:30. Cincinnati and Texas Christian open the tournament at 7:30.
K-State, with an all time high in season's records, has won 24 and lost only one. DePaul has
a 13-9 record. Although the oddsmakers have naturally chosen K-State as a big favorite, the Wildcat coaches are not taking tonight's game too lightly.
"We'll have to play our best to beat them," K-State assistant coach Howie Shannon said of the DePaul team. "They are a seasoned, court-smart team."
K-State coach Tex Winter seems to be taking a very optimistic view of the coming tournament, as he well may in the light of his team's outstanding season's record.
"Psychologically we are in far better shape than we were a year ago." Coach Winter said. "Last year we had just come
from two straight losses to Nebraska and Kansas and we weren't certain we would be able to bounce back. We approached the regionals hesitantly."
The Wildcat team did bounce back last year, however, and swept the regionals to go on to the national play-offs at Louisville, only to be beaten out in the first round of play by Kentucky and later by Temple.
"This year is a different story," Winter said. "We ended the season on a high note and we played good basketball in the late games. Our offense reached a peak last Saturday when we scored 108 points against Missouri.
In the other preliminary round of the playoffs tonight, fourth-ranked Cincinnati tangles with twelfth-ranked Texas Christian.
Both Coach Buster Brannon of TCU and George Smith of Cincinnati were enthusiastic about the forthcoming tournament.
"We're ready," Coach Brannon said of his Southwest Conference champions, "as ready can be."
Tennis Players Scrap for Berths
Cincinnati coach George Smith said, "We are going out there to win. And I think we can do it because in this racket any team on one day can be as good as any other team if it puts out."
By Tom Clark
Smith said that the Cincinnati team has been better than last year's team, but the loss of Mike Mendenhall through NCAA post-season ineligibility will leave the Bearcats on about the same level as a year ago.
If all goes as the experts predict, K-State and Cincinnati will be facing each other Saturday night in the regional play-offs. With each fighting for a trip to Louisville, this game could be a rematch of the exciting game in the same tournament last year when the Wildcats barely edged over Cincinnati 83-80.
Defying Kansas rain and wind, fifteen KU tennis hopefuls have begun a series of challenge matches that will determine the eight members of Coach Denzell Gibbens' sound.
Athletic director A. C. (Dutch) Lonborg said about 12 thousand fans were expected for the games tonight. He predicted a sellout for tomorrow.
The Jayhawkers will be aiming for a higher conference finish than their fifth place berth of last year. The showdown week begins April 2. Then the Jayhawkers begin a three-day visit to Wichita, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State. The outcome may predetermine the Jayhawkers' bid for a high finish.
TCU coach Brannon said: "Our biggest problem outside of trying to stop All America Oscar Robertson will be trying to stop Cincinnati's fast-break. We can't use a zone against them because Arkansas tried that last year and Oscar still scored. And you can't double team him because that guard, Ralph Davis, will beat you."
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"Kansas State has more than All America Bob Boozer and a well - balanced fast - breaking team going for it," Winter added.
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will return to his No. 1 rating of last year. He is presently being challenged by two junior lettermen, Dave Coupe and Jerry Williams. From there, the other berths are up for grabs with Salvit Lekagul, Thailand import and runnerup in the fall intramural tournament, given a good edge. Pete Block, Stan Allen, Bill Sheldon, Charles Studt, Bill Gochis, George Hollingberry, Bob Krisko, Phil Trotter, Jim Hodge, Jim Brownfield and Aural Swenson have also set their sights on the remaining berths.
Lynn Sieverling, Burdett senior
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"This team set as its goal a return to the NCAA playoffs with high hopes of returning to Louisville to redeem themselves for the poor showing we made last year in the finals," Winter said.
MR. & MRS. GENE SWEENEY
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Winners Advance In IM Volleyball
Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Beta Theta Pi, Phi Gamma Delta, Alpha Tau Omega, and the Psych Grads all chalked up victories in intramural volleyball yesterday.
Independent A: Psych Grads over Stephenson by forfeit.
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The scores of the games were:
Fraternity A: Beta Theta Pi 2,
Phi Delta Theta 0; Alpha Tau Omega 2. Delta Upsilon 0; Sigma Chi forfeited to Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Fourteen games are slated for Monday:
Independent A: Stephenson vs. Chicken Pickers.
Independent B: Foster II vs. Rochdale,vs. J.R Pearson.
Fraternity B; Delta Upsilon vs Sigma Nu; Alpha Tau Omega vs. Phi Gamma Delta, Alpha Kappa Lambda vs. Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Alpha Epsilon vs. Delta Tau Delta, Tau Kappa Epsilon vs. The Chi,
Gibbens tabs Oklahoma and defending champion, Oklahoma State, as tough obstacles, but the KU coach added, "I think we'll progress a little faster this year." He pointed out Williams was sidelined last year by a hand operation, but he is expected to go at full strength this year.
Fraternity C: Sigma Chi I vs. Beta
Theta Pi IV, Tau Kappa Epsilon vs.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon I, Phi Gamma
Delta II vs. Alpha Tau Omega I, Phi
Delta Theta vs. Beta Theta Pi II,
Sigma Alpha Epsilon II vs. Sigma
Chi IV, Alpha Kappa Lambda vs.
Beta Theta Pi I.
The Schedule
April 2—Wichita ... at Wichita
3—Oklahoma ... at Norman
4—Oklahoma State
        at Stillwater
7—Kansas State at Manhattan
11—Nebraska ... at Lawrence
15—Wichita ... at Lawrence
21—Washburn ... at Lawrence
24—Nebraska ... at Lincoln
25—Iowa State ... at Ames
28—Kansas State at Lawrence
May 1—Missouri ... at Lawrence
2—Washburn ... at Topeka
9—Missouri ... at Columbia
15-16—Conference Meet
        Norman
If all of Coach Winter's expectations are fulfilled and the oddsmakers are right, the next two weeks may well prove to be redeeming ones for the Wild-cat squad.
at Norman
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Waugh to Meet With Golfers Monday
Golf Coach Jerry Waugh will meet with all players interested in playing on the varsity golf team at 4:30 Monday in Room 4 of Allen Field House.
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