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Tuesday, March 12, 1957 University Daily Kansan
Page 3
(Dally Kansan photo by Karen Hancock)
(Daily Kansan photo by Karen Hancock) ITS BEEN A LONG DAY-Bob Billings, KU sophomore guard, "takes ten" after a rough practice as the Jayhawkers prepare for their battle with SMU Friday night. Billings' fine play was one of the big factors in KU's drive to the Big Seven title.
By GEORGE ANTHAN
It's a rocky road the Kansas basketball team must travel before gaining the finals of the NCAA tournament in Kansas City March 22 and 23.
Probably the biggest boulder in that road is the fine Southern Methodist University team which scored on 44 per cent of its field goals this season, on 73 per cent of its free throws and which committed the lowest number of fouls of any team in the nation.
By GEORGE ANTHAN (Assistant Sports Editor of The Daily Kansan)
The Mustangs, coached by Doc Hayes, have won 21 games and lost only 3 and they have the equipment to go along with their record. Six men do most of the playing for SMU and have proved they can handle almost anything that comes their way and keep their fouls down to an average of 12.3 per game, too.
Jim Krebs, going into the tournament with a 23.9 average is called the finest player in Southwest Conference history. His teammates are Bobby Mills, Larry Showalter, Rick Herrscher and Ned Duncan. Bob McGregor is sixth on the list.
But the 6-8 Krebs will probably find out the hard way how Wilt Chamberlain was able to block a record number of shots this season and how hard it can be to shoot over or around the 7-0 Kansas player.
Oklahoma City University and Loyola of New Orleans play in a preliminary game in Oklahoma City tonight and the winner of that game will play St. Louis, Missouri Valley champs, in Dallas Friday night.
SMU is only one of the top notch teams standing between Kansas and the Western division title.
SMU One Of Many
But KU's height will be a factor Friday night. Krebs, at 6-8, is the tallest man on the Mustang squad. Showalter and Herrscher are both 6-3 and opposite them Kansas has either Gene Elstun, 6-3, Ron Loneski, 6-5 or Lew Johnson 6-7. Mills and Duncan are both six feet while John Parker is 5-11 and Maurice King is 6-2.
Oklahoma City, St. Louis or Loyola will meet the winner of the SMU-KU game in the regional finals Saturday night and the victor will travel to the finals at Kansas City.
It does not take especially sharp eyes to see Kansas in that final game in Kansas City one week from Saturday. Dick Harp said if Kansas plays as well as it is able and if each of the Jayhawkers' opponents plays as well as it is able then KU will have a good chance to win every game.
KU Readys For SMU Test
SMU Dedicated To Task
SMU is a team which is dedicated to defeating Kansas and winning the national title.
With its 30th conference basketball crown safely stowed in the trophy case, the Kansas Jayhawkers are readying themselves for their NCAA Regional playoff game with SMU Friday night at Dallas.
The Jayhawkers clinched their 21st undisputed title—nine others have been shared—in the combined history of Missouri Valley, Big Six, and Big Seven competition by beating Kansas State, 64-57, on the Wildcats' home court last Wednesday.
Kansas will have precedent on its side when it tackles SMU on its home floor in the opening round of the regional tournament. Since 1953, when this part of the overall competition was switched to the college campuses, no host school has ever survived it's regional play.
It will, of course, require considerable more than tradition to defeat Doc Hayes' gang, which easily won its third consecutive Southwest Conference championship this year.
success against the Jayhawkers this year.
SMU has three returning veterans in forward Larry Showalter, center Jim Krebs, and guard Bobby Mills, from the club which placed fourth in last year's finals at Northwestern. This was the highest finish for a Southwest Conference team since Texas won third place in 1947.
Krebs is No. 19 on the list of the nation's scoring leaders with an average of 23.9 points per game. He is a hook shooter who belongs in a class with Washington's Bruno Boin and Northwestern's Dick Ruchlich, both of whom enjoyed
Impressive Credentials
Impressive Credentials SMU carries other assets, of course. It has committed fewer fouls than any other team in the country, an average of only 12.3 per game. It is running eight in field goal percentage with 437, and tenth in free throw percentage with 735.
The 1940 and 1953 teams were runners-up to Indiana. The 1942 team lost a first round game to Colorado, then a Skyline Conference member.
Like Kansas, the Mustangs ended up with an 11-1 mark in conference play, but stand 21-3 overall, having played one more regular season game than Kansas.
The 1946 and 1950 teams lost decisions to Oklahoma A&M and Bradley respectively in the old fifth district playoff system, which frequently matched the Big Six champion against the Missouri Valley champion.
It will be KU's fifth journey into the tournament proper of NCAA play. The 1952 Jayhawkers won the national title at Seattle and went on to place seven men on the world champion United States Olympic team at Helsinki.
In sporadic competition since 1939, Kansas stands 9-2 against SMU. The latest meetings were last year when the Ponies downed the Jayhawkers, 81-61, at Dallas, but suffered one of only four defeats in the return match at Lawrence, 62-58, as Kansas used a surprise zone defense.
Kansas offers impressive credentials, too. Only 2 goals and 2 seconds separate the Jayhawkers from a perfect 23-0 season. Don Medsker's 18-foot jump at the gun beat the Jayhawkers, 39-37, at Iowa State on January 14.
Oklahoma Aggie guard Mel Wright fired a 19-footer 2 seconds before the finish, which beat the Jayhawkers, 56-54, at Stillwater on February 21. The average winning spread of the Kansas team is 13.5.
Team shooting percentage is .397, with three regulars, Wilt Chamberlain (.460), Gene Elstun (.426), and John Parker (.422) beyond the 40 per cent mark. Team defense is the nation's fifth best at 58.5 points per game.
McGuire To Head East
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — (UP) — Frank McGuire, who was named "Coach of the Year" by the United Press after his University of North Carolina basketball team won 27 straight games, has been named to lead the East all-star team against the West in the Sixth annual Shrine Game here on March 25. Iowa State coach Bill Strennigan will coach the West team.
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