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Page 8 University Daily Kansan Friday, Feb. 17, 1961
Gilmore Returns To Face Kansas In Boulder Tilt
Kansas, now a full game ahead of Kansas State in the Big Eight race, faces one of its biggest challenges of the season as it moves to Boulder to face the upsurging Colorado Buffaloes tomorrow night.
According to Coach Dick Harp Kansas must be "at its very best in every phase of effort and technique" in order to beat Sox Walseth's Bufs who are tied for third place in the league standings.
COLORADO, who upset sixth ranked K-State 81-80 last Monday, has a 12-7 season mark and is 4-4 in conference play. This record ties them with Missouri.
One of the big factors in the game will be the presence of Wilky Gilmore. The 6-5 forward was injured and did not play in the 88-65 KU win here over Colorado 12 days ago.
GILMORE is expected to be at almost full strength for the game and his 18.6 point per game average may be enough to make the Buffers equal to Kansas. He scored 12 points, seeing some action against K-State.
One of the big weaknesses which Colorado has had all season has been its defense. Allowing opponents 69.4 points a game thus far Colorado ranks next to last in the conference.
BUT THE CU DEFENSE was greatly responsible for the Kansas State victory. The Buffs employed
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half and full court presses in an attempt to hamper the Wildcat offense. Harp says he is expecting the same tactics again tomorrow.
Harp also thinks Colorado will use the sagging man-to-man defense which they tried here. By doing this Colorado wanted to stop the outstanding inside duo of Wayne Hightower and Bill Bridges. The Kansas
COLORADO ACE—Willy Gilmore, the Buff's leading scorer, should be ready for full action tomorrow against Kansas after missing two and one-half games.
guards, especially Jerry Gardner who scored 19 points, made a shambles of the strategy.
ANOTHER THING which has bothered Colorado has been the inconsistent play of its backcourt men. Joe Beckner (5-9), Ozzie Carlson (6-1) and Eric Lee (5-10) got a total of only seven points against the Jayhawkers here.
Beckner came back with 18 points in the Kansas State game to lead the Colorado scoring. So, the question may be, will the CU guards be "on" or "off" tomorrow?
ALONG WITH GILMORE on the front line Colorado has 6-8 Roger Voss who had 18 points here, 6-8 Ken Charlton, and 6-4 Wayne Millies in reserve. Charlton and Millies had 16 and 12 points in the game here.
As for the problem which playing at Colorado poses the Jayhawkers, Harp said, "It is the hardest place for us to play. The crowd is very enthusiastic and it seems to help CU players more than any place else in the conference. Playing the game there will certainly be somewhat of a factor."
Big Eight Standings
Won Los
KANSAS 7 1
Kansas State 6 2
Colorado 4 4
Missouri 4 4
Iowa State 4 5
Oklahoma State 4 5
Oklahoma 2 0
Nebraska 2 0
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CU Trip Worries Hawkers
"WE KNOW KANSAS STATE was tough when we played them, here so we know Colorado must be good in order to beat them. Also, with Wilky Gilmore back, it will be even harder but I think we should win because we have the better team," concluded Bridges.
PITTSFIELD, MASS.
NOLEN ELLISON, sophomore standout who has never played at Colorado, showed some worry over invading the Buff court.
"I feel confident, because I think we have the better ball club and with the championship at stake I'm sure we'll win. I'm not one to say a crowd can win or lose a game. I'd rather not say too much because I've been trying not to think about it or let it worry me," said Ellison, with a worried expression.
It is a popular belief among the players in the Big Eight Conference that one of the hardest places to play is the Colorado Field House. Thus far this season the Golden Eufflaees have proven this idea to be true, losing only one of the eight home encounters.
THE EDIFICE, which holds 6,000 fans and was built in 1937, has long been a tough place for the Kansas Javhawkers to win.
Since Colorado joined the Big Seven in 1948 there have been 13 KU-CU games played at Boulder. The Jayhawkers have been able to win only four times. These victories came in 1951, 1952, 1957 and 1958. These were the years when Kansas had the great All Americas, Clyde Lovellette and Wilt Chamberlain.
Only 60 free throws were yielded for the 1930 season by the Jayhawker basketball team which is a Big Eight record.
But, how does this year's team feel about meeting the third place Buffs on their home court, especially after their surprise win over Kansas State?
KANSAS CENTER Bill Bridges,
who has played in Boulder twice,
said, "I've been thinking about
playing out there all season. It's
not something which worries me
though. I'm really looking forward
to winning."
"Colorado seems to be a tough place to play, but maybe this is just because I have never won out there. To play a game at Colorado takes more mental preparation than playing most places."
BRIDGES SAID HE couldn't name anything in particular which made playing in Boulder any harder than some of the other places in the conference such as Missouri and Kansas State. He said the Colorado players just seem to get better when they play at home, possibly more than any other team in the conference.
"The crowd makes a lot of noise and they are fairly close to the court, but on the whole they are good crowds; they appreciate good basketball," said the rugged KU pivot.
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