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University Daily Kansan Thursday, March 12, 1959
Robertson, Boozer Lead Tourney Teams
Two of the nation's finest basketball teams featuring the nation's two most talked about players will come to Allen Field House tomorrow night for the first round of the NCAA regional tournament.
Kansas State, with Boo Boozer,
and Cincinnati with Oscar Robertson
will meet DePaul and Texas
Christian respectively to determine
the two finalists for Saturday night's
championship bracket.
The winner of the tournament will move on to Louisville next week to meet with three other regional winners to determine the national champion.
Kansas State, ranked number one in both the United Press and Associated Press polls, is scheduled in Friday's second game at 9:30 against the Demons, the at-large entry. Cincinnati meets TCU at 7:30.
The Wildcats have lost only one game while winning 24. The loss was to Brigham Young University early in the season. K-State is the first
team in 13 years to go through its Big Eight schedule without a loss.
Boozer has ranked among the nation's top 10 scorers all season, and is currently ranked eighth with a 25.2 average. He scored 32 and 29 points respectively in his last two games against Missouri and Nebraska.
Robertson and his Cincinnati teammates bring a 22-3 record to the regionals. The Bearcats won the berth by beating St. Louis Monday, 66-59, after losing to Bradley, 66-84, Saturday.
Robertson is the nation's leading scorer with a 33.2 point average. He was the top scorer in the country last year as a sophomore. In the regionals last year, he set a new Allen Field House record of 56 points in a single game and a new Midwest Regional scoring record of 96 points in two games.
DePaul earned its way to the tournament with a one-point vice-
tory over Portland. DePaul has a 14-8 record and has split with Notre Dame, Louisville and Marquette.
TCU has a 19-5 record and lost only two of 14 Southwest conference games. H. E. Kirchner, a 6-10 center, who led the conference in scoring and rebounding leads the team.
The Horned Frogs won one and lost one to highly-regarded Oklahoma City University and are known as a fine rebounding team.
Cincinnati lost close games to North Carolina and North Carolina State early in the year before losing to Bradley. The Bearcats will be without regular guard, 6-4 Mike Mendenhall, who is ineligible for the tournament.
The championship game may be televised in this area, except for Kansas City, if the game is a sell-out. Kansas City will not be included in the telecast because the NAIA tournament is in progress there.
Easton Needs High Jumpers
The track team is now well into its first week of practice for the outdoor season and settling down to earnest preparation for its first meet at Texas Christian University March 26.
Coach Bill Easton said the team is at present working easy on the distance runs and doing pace work on the track. Much time is also being devoted to heavy calisthenics and upper-body work.
The only high jumper the team has at present is Bob Cannon, Topeka senior. Coach Faston said, "There are no other prospects on the team so we could really use some high jumpers."
"We are still short on high jumpers," Coach Easton said. "We will welcome anyone with an experience in high jumping who wishes to try out."
KCA's Take Rest From Spring Drills
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- (UPI) — The Kansas City Athletics today had another day off from their exhibition baseball wars with more practice drills on tap.
Yesterday, the A's went through a four-hour practice session and manager Harry Craft said to date the spring practice has produced me pleasant surprises. The A'skipper lauded rookie first baseman Kent Hadley, pitcher Bud Daley and second baseman Wayne Terwillerig for their fine work. The club has come a long way Craft said.
Tomorrow, the A's meet the Pittsburgh Pirates at Ft. Myers.
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Tournament Starters
CINCINNATI (23-3)
Oscar Robertson (6-5) F
Dave Tenwick (6-6) F
Mel Landfried (6-7) C
Carl Bouldin (6-1) G
Ralph Davis (6-1) G
TCU (19-5)
KANSAS STATE (24-1)
Derrill Nippert (6-4)
Ron Stevenson (6-5)
H. E. Kirchner (6-10)
Ken King (6-2)
Ken Brunson (6-3)
Wally Frank (6-8) F
Bob Boozer (6-8) F
Ced Price (6-6) C
Don Matuszak (6-0) G
Steve Douglas (6-4) G
DEPAUL (14-8)
Paul Ruddy (6-5)
McKinley Cowson (6-4)
Jim Fleming (6-6)
Bill Haig (6-0)
Howie Carl (5-10)
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NAIA Teams Advance
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — (UPI) Eight survivors of a field of 32, including defending champion Tennessee State and West Virginia Wesleyan, enter the NAIA tournament quarterfinals today.
Top-seeded Tennessee State yesterday beat Youngstown of Ohio 89-80 and goes against Illinois Normal at 8:30 p.m.
The seven-ranked Illinois team last night clubbed upstart Fairleigh-Dickinson of New Jersey 68-64.
In other second-round games yesterday and last night, second-seeded West Virginia Wesleyan stopped Duluth Branch of the University of Minnesota 90-75; Southwest Texas defeated Westminster of Pennsylvania 61-58, and Georgia Teachers upset sixth-ranked Indiana State 73-70.
Pacific Lutheran downed Central Oklahoma State 68-57; Lenoir Rhyne of North Carolina unset four-seeded Gramblin 88-78, and Fort Hays State of Kansas beat Arkansas Teachers 59-48.
Today's schedule begins at 5:30 p.m. with Southwest Texas going against 16th ranked Lenoir Rhye. West Virginia Wesleyan and Fort Hays State collide at 7 o'clock and Georgia Teachers takes on third-seeded Pacific Lutheran at 10 o'clock.
Georgia Teachers led all the wav
over Indiana State and held a 41-34 halftime lead last night. Whitey Verstraete with 25 points and Chester Curry with 24, paced the winner's attack.
Tennessee State, for the second straight night, broke a halftime deadlock to win. The Tigers from Nashville built up an 11-point lead in the second half, but saw Youngstown chop it to five points with five minutes to go. Tennessee then went into a brief stall and came out of it to win going away. The score was tied 47-47 at the half.
Ace Dick Barnett had 29 points for the Tigers, repeating his 29-point spree the night before against Nebraska Wesleyan.
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