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University Daily Kansan
Friday, March 7, 1958
4 Of 5 Starters Sick Or Injured
The KU Jayhawkers go into their final game of the 1958 season with four of their starting five players sick or injured This in itself would be bad enough, but the Jayhawkers' finale is with Kansas State, the nations' No. 1 team.
Checking the KU basketball roster would be similar to reading a progress report at a hospital. Six of coach Dick Harp's ten men were ailing Thursday evening.
At present, it is doubtful whether starting forward Ron Loneski will be able to begin or even play in the game. Loneski sprained his ankle in practice Tuesday and has been having trouble since. Loneski said Thursday it was painful to even walk on the ankle and he wasn't sure he would be able to do much running.
If Loneski doesn't make the lineup, it will mean the loss of KU's No. 2 scorer.
Coach Harp said the team is in probably the worst all-around physical condition they have been in this season.
Junior guard Bob Billings was practicing with the squad for the third straight night after being out for two weeks because of a back injury. Although he is expected to be a big help to the team, Billings will still be way below par, according to Harp. Billings' main trouble, Harp said, is that he is out of physical condition because of the two week layoff.
Chamberlain Has Back Trouble
Wilt Chamberlain, recently chosen All-America center for the second straight year, has been bothered with a sore back.
Sophomore guard Bob Hickman has been bothered by intestinal flu. He has been working out but has been slowed by the illness.
Reserve guard and forward Jim Hoffman has a sprained index finger on his right hand.
Lynn Kindred, junior guard, has also been hampered with back trouble this week.
The game with the Wildcats will not, as had been predicted earlier in the season, pick the Big Eight champion. Kansas State took the conference crown 10 days ago in their victory over Oklahoma.
The Wildcats will be trying to continue a 9-game winning streak they have on their home court.
The Saturday night battle between the intra-state rivals is the 136th game in a series that started in 1907. Since that time the Jayhawkers have won 90 of the contests, just twice the number K-State has won. However, in the last 10 years the Wildcats have increased their percentage on the Jayhawkers, winning 13 of 27 meetings.
Record Even This Year
This year the record stands 1-1. KU beat the Wildcats 79-65 in the final game of the Big Eight pre-season tournament. Kansas State had its revenge Feb. 3 when it defeated Kansas 79-75 in a 2-overtime game.
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College Basketball Results
EAST
Manhattan 89, Wagner 71
St. John's (NY) 71, New York U. 58
Rider College 52, Albany (NY) 42
National Aggies 87, Jersey City
Indiana (Pa) Tchrs. 93, Geneva 89,
(double overtime)
SOUTH
(1st Round)
Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament at Raleigh, NC
North Carolina 62, Clemson 51
North Carolina St. 66, South Carolina 61
Duke 51, Wake Forest 44
Maryland 70, Virginia 66
Southern Conference Tournament at
Richmond 63. Citadel 59
West Virginia 91. Davidson 61
George Washington 73. Furman 59
William & Mary 79. Virginia Tech 61
NCAA Small College Regional Playoffs at Evansville, Ind.
Akron 76, Austin Peay 61
Evansville 70, Wabash 68
KU-K-State Game On AFRS Network
A. KU basketball game, for the second time this season, will be broadcast around the world by way of the Armed Forces Radio Network.
Monte Moore, director-announcer for the KU sports network, said Thursday that the network had contracted to join the KU system for the broadcast of the KU-K-State game at Manhattan Saturday night.
The game will be broadcast around the world by AFRS to United States servicemen.
The game will also be broadcast locally over KANU-FM and KCMG as well as other KU network stations around the state.
The game will also be televised by four Kansas TV stations.
North Carolina College 74. Lincoln Memorial 72
Tennessee St. 101 Morgan St. 63
Loyala (Ill.) 56, Detroit 51
Hastings 68, Peru 66
SOUTHWEST
St. Louis U. 84, Tulsa 66
Austin College 64, Wayland 54
WEST
Montana 51, Colorado St. U. 44
Utah 57, Wyoming 74
Utah 81, Wyoming 74
Unless Bob Boozer can score 53 points while his Kansas States mates hutout Wilt Chamberlain Saturday night in Manhattan, the Kansas 7-0ooter will claim his second straight Big Eight individual scoring title.
Wilt Nearing Big Eight Title
By BOB MACY (Assistant Sports Editor of the Daily Kansan)
With only this game, Nebraska at Colorado and Iowa State at Missouri, remaining here's the way the conference's Top Ten scorers line-up:
In a little more than 24 hours, Kansas will write the last chapter of basketball 1958 at KU. For some students, the season was over earlier in the year when KU lost its chance to go to the NCAA playoffs.
These individuals saw little chance of ever facing friends and relatives again and trying to explain why KU, the school with Wilt Chamberlain, will not be represented in NCAA play this year.
One who has taken the brunt of the mistaken belief that KU would be unbeatable is Jayhawker coach Dick Harp. The young coach has been criticized in many places for everything from not knowing how to hold the team together to not teaching them the right kind of ball control.
If Chamberlain applies the clincher Saturday it will be despite the handicap of missing one league game, the opener against Oklahoma. Conference scoring crowns always have been awarded for total points, not average. Chamberlain has set a new single-game league record of 46 points against Nebraska here February 8.
Typical of the comments about Harp is one expressed by a "fan" of KU after the Jayhawker's loss to Nebraska. This irate follower said it was Harp's fault the team lost because "he didn't have them stall the ball at the last of the game and try for a last shot."
This sort of argument seemed sort of funny. It happened that KU got its shot that tied the game with a little over a minute to go. Nebraska then took control of the ball and held it until the Cornhuskers took their winning shot with about four seconds to go. It just pointed up an old but logical rule that you don't control the ball unless you have it. This is just one of the examples of criticisms that have made the rounds this year—criticism with nothing to back it up.
Mit Chambertain, Kansas FG CT GT TP
boo Bozer, K-State 81 74 236
sonny Siebert, Missouri 71 32 174
loh Crawford, I-State 71 79 163
ton Loneski, Kansas 30 36 161
jack Parr, K-State 53 45 152
shiff Schroeder, Colorado 47 47 141
jershel Turner, Nebraska 47 47 141
dershel Turner, Nebraska 47 47 132
Another example of unjust criticism crept up over the Nebraska game. Some students were telling some extreme tales about why KU lost the game. Trying to get to the bottom of these rumors (tales would still be a better word) we checked out one source of the story. He refused comment on the matter because he "had no evidence." You would think this would close the matter, but it seems people believe what they want to believe.
Those who feel KU has had a bad season should remember that the Jayhawkers were supposed to have
Duke, W. Virginia Working Overtime
Duke and West Virginia, working overtime for berths in the NCAA college basketball championship, are favored to reach the final round tonight in their respective conference tournaments.
The Blue Devils run into Maryland and North Carolina plays North Carolina State in the semi-finals of the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament, while West Virginia plays Richmond and George Washington meets William and Mary in the Southern Conference semi-finals.
Duke, the regular season conference champion, opened the ACC jamboree Thursday night at Raleigh with a come-from-behind 51-44 victory over Wake Forest. The three other opening round games also followed form as Maryland edged Virginia, 70-66; North Carolina downed Clemson, 62-51, and NC State eliminated South Carolina, 66-61.
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The most interesting pairing in the two Dixie tournaments tonight is Duke vs. Maryland. They split two regular-season games, with the Blue Devils winning a 68-59 decision last month after suffering a shocking 74-49 upset in their first meeting.
In the Southern Conference Tournament at Richmond, Va., West Virginia mauled Davidson, 91-61; George Washington rolled to a 73-59 triumph over Furman; Richmond defeated the Citadel, 63-59, and William and Mary rallied to defeat Virginia, 79-61.
Maryland coach Bud Millikan labelled the ACC tournament a "farce" earlier this week because the regular season champion has to survive three "sudden death" games
a pretty poor season by comparison. The only trouble was that they started off big, then faltered. If they had faltered at the first, to sort of live up to expectations, then KU followers probably wouldn't have made near the fuss about it.
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