University Daily Kansan Monday. March 24. 1958
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Kansas State Collapse Top Tourney Topic
By GEORGE ANTHAN (Daily Kansas Sports, Editi
By CHRISTINA
(Daily Kansan Sports Editor)
But the Big Eight champions lost twice, to Seattle 73-51 Friday night and to Temple 67-57 in the consolation game.
LOUISVILLE, KY.—An NCAA tournament that will be remembered as one of the most surprising in the 20-year history of the event ended Saturday night as it has on three previous occasions—Adolph Rupp's Kentucky team won.
"I don't know when we have played worse," Tex Winter said. "I don't know how we could have played worse."
Rupp's truly surprising Wildcats, who failed to land one player on the Southeastern Conference allstar team, won its fourth NCAA title in 11 years. two more than any other school has won.
The big news of the tournament, of course, was the collapse of Kansas State, the pre-tournament favorite.
And truly the Wildcats were at their worse in the second half of both games. Jeers and laughs from the Kentucky-dominated crowd plagued K-State in both games as first Seattle, with Elgin Baylor, then Temple, with Guy Rodgers, played circles around them.
Fold In Second Half
Against Seattle K-State scored only 19 points in the second half and only 18 against Temple. In the latter game K-State left the floor at halftime with an 11 point lead.
The mysterious folding of the Wildeats came in the second half of both games.
Against Seattle, K-State had one scoreless streak of nine minutes and against Temple Saturday night the Wildcats opened the second half by scoring on six free throws and one field goal in the first 13 minutes and 27 seconds of play.
The poor second half performances by Kansas State were totally unexplainable. Tex Winter, who tried to shake his team fon its doldrums during halftime of the Seattle game said, "I got pretty rough with them in the dressing room. I jumped on them harder than I ever did but it didn't work. I wish I knew why."
Kentucky was like a well-oiled machine, executing Rupp originated plays faultlessly. The Wildcats from Lexington played the games cooly, making few mistakes.
For Rupp, accepting the championship trophy from A. C. Lonborg, KU's athletic director and NCAA tournament chairman, was sweet revenge. Rupp's team had been sidelined by the NCAA in the 1951-52 season after the basketball fixing scandals. At that time Rupp vowed he would see the NCAA hand him another championship trophy and his time came Saturday night before a record-breaking crowd of over 18,000 happy Kentuckians.
Kentucky had a 19-6 regular season but came up at tournament time (a Rupp tradition) and defeated Miami of Ohio and Notre Dame in the Mideast regional at Lexington. Their 61-60 victory over Temple Friday night was their closest scrape when, with 12 seconds left, Vernon Hatton scored on a driving layup. Kentucky had come from four points behind with 25 seconds left in the game
Seattle got off to an early lead Saturday night, leading Kentucky by as much as 11 points in the first half. The Wildcats closed the gap to 39-36 at halftime and in the second halt. Johnny Cox, junior forward, scored on eight of ten 30-foot, 1-handed push shots to put Kentucky in the lead for good.
Elgin Baylor was named the tournament's most valuable player
Baylor Most Valuable
He scored 47 points in the 2-game tournament and narrowly edged Cox and Hatton for the award. Cox and
Bowling at KU has reached the halfway mark for this semester. The men's and women's teams are still playing in their various tournaments. The matches will end approximately two weeks
KU Bowling Season At Halfway Mark
Others mentioned in the tournament balloting by 50 sportswriters and sportscasters were Bob Boozer and Don Matuszak of K-State, John Criger and Ed Beck of Kentucky, Jay Norman of Temple and Jerry Frizzell of Seattle.
Hatton were the two Kentucky players named to the all-tournament team. Guy Rodgers of Temple and Seattle's "Sweet Charlie" Brown were the others named to the first team.
before the beginning of final week.
Crowds set NCAA records everywhere this year. The 28-game playoffs drew 176,878, more than the old record by 44,000.
Freedom hall, where the finals were played, set an opening night record of 18,586 and broke its own record the next night with 18,803. The Lawrence regional crowd of over
The men's division is composed of 4-man teams. There are eight leagues in the division. Each league is made up of six teams. The schedule is set so that each league bowls at a specified time during the week.
After both night's games, it was a despondent Tex Winter who tried to analyze what happened to his top-ranked team.
17,500 was a record for regional play.
"Why, why, why," he kept repeating.
"We were flat, our spirit was flat Maybe the grind was too much, I don't know."
Winter explained K-State's second half sag in the Temple game by saying, "They stormed out center in the second half. It didn't matter who was in there. Wally (Frank) Bob (Boozer) or Jack (Parr). They kept taking the ball away from them. We didn't get protection for our pivot. We didn't get any protection under the boards or on the post."
Saturday Winter said, "That game last night was the most humiliating of my career."
The men will hold their annual campus tournament this spring, with each team rolling at its customary time. The team that has the highest 3-game total will win the tournament.
The men have organized three doubles leagues with six teams in each.
Each team that enters has an equal chance because the teams are given a handicap according to their team's average score.
In the men's all-events tournament the man who has the highest total, plus his handicap, in the men's singles, doubles and team competition wins the tournament.
The tournaments are arranged by committees. Wade Lambel is the chairman of the men's committee, David Stein is secretary and Jack Powell is treasurer.
There are two leagues for the women bowlers. Each league is made up of four teams. Charla Staples is chairman for the women's committee.
Mixed League Popular
There is also a mixed league composed of teams of two men and two women. There are at present six teams in this popular league.
Each year KU enters its bowling teams in the National Inter-Collegiate Bowling Tournaments. Six of KU's best bowlers are chosen. Each college team bowls on its own alleys and the scores are mailed to a central office where they are scored and the winners chosen. The games are bowled according to the American Bowling Congress rules. The women also enter the inter-collegiate competition. The women's physical education department at Pennsylvania State tabulates the scores that are mailed in.
"We hope someday to have a very active inter-collegiate bowling program," said Bascom Fearing, recreation manager of the Kansas Union. At the present plans are being formed for the expansion of the Union and it is anticipated that there will be an area for recreation. The Kansas Union now has six bowling alleys.
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