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University Daily Kansan Thursday. Dec. 19, 1957
Nation's Top Teams Here For 2 Games Friday
The University of Washington Huskies and the University of California Golden Bears will bring their basketball teams to Kansas Friday and Saturday to challenge the second and third ranked teams in the country.
Robinson Is Main Threat
Friday night at 7:35. Kansas State, ranked No. 3, will meet the Huskies, and KU, ranked No. 2, will play the Golden Bears at 9:30 p.m. Both games will be played in Allen Field House. Saturday KU and K-State will exchange starting times and opponents and play in Ahern Fieldhouse in Manhattan.
California appears to be the biggest threat of the two West Coast teams, having only lost one of their three games. That loss was to undefeated San Francisco University, 54-66.
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Robinson Is Main Threat
The Golden Bears will be led by Earl Robinson, a 6 foot 1-inch guard who is being talked about for all-America honors by many sports writers and coaches. KU coach Dick Harp showed respect for Robinson's ability Wednesday when he said that 'Robinson on the backline is always
The tallest man on the California starting lineup is 6-foot 6-inch center Don McIntosh. Others are forwards George Sterling, 6 feet 4-inches and Jack Grout, 6-feet 5-inches and guard Al Buch, 6-feet 2-inches.
thems. The Huskies have won only one
of their four games played this season. Brigham Young University, 63 to 52. This victory and a close game played against Oklahoma State are largely due to Doug Smart a 6-foot 7-inch, 225 pound center. Smart scored 49 points in two games against KU last year as a forward. He was moved to center this year
to replace 6-foot 8-inch Bruno Boin who is saving his eligibility for next season when the Huskies will again be eligible for NCAA participation.
Tigers Stun Texas Longhorns, 82-61
The only Big Eight basketball game Wednesday night saw the University of Missouri Tigers hold back a second half surge by Texas to stop the previously unbeaten Longhorns 82-61.
The Big Eight tonight continues a round of single games with Nebraska the only team competing. The Cornhuskers meet Ohio University at Lincoln, Neb.
With Smart, Washington has 6-foot 4-inch forwards Earle Irvine and Al Murphy and guards Dick Crews, 5-feet 11-inches and John Tuft, 6-feet 2-inches.
Missouri came out on top at the half. 38-25.
Missouri held a 26-point lead halfway through the second period last night, but Texas turned loose a fast break to pull within 14 points, 69-55 with three minutes and 50 seconds to go.
Sonny Siebert, who started slowly, paced Missouri with 20 points. John Shaffer scored 13 for the Longhorns. The Tigers now have a 5-1 record. Early season dopesters didn't give them much chance to defeat anybody.
The loss was the first in five starts for Texas.
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Friends For a Night
These games will mark the first time in history that KU and K-State have played in an on-campus double header. It also will be the only time this season that the two teams will play under the same roof on the same night.
Both California and Washington are expected to return to the coast having lost two games, KU's combination of Wilt Chamberlain and Ron Loneski and K-State's Bob Boozer and Jack Parr are expected to be too much for either.
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