Wilson Sets NCAA Championship Goal
By Rich Sambol
When the Jayhawk line-up is introduced against New Mexico State at 8 p.m. tonight in Allen Field House, Bob Wilson won't be among the starting five, but he'll probably enter the game before long.
Although Wilson, a rangy 6-6 transfer student from St. Louis, Mo., hasn't started either of KU's two basketball games, the 207 pound junior forward has averaged 11.5 points and 5.5 rebounds per game.
LIKE THREE of his uncles who were "pretty good" high school basketball players, Wilson loves competition and he loves to win. He has set for himself and his team the ultimate goal — the NCAA Championship.
In KU's season opener against Arkansas, Wilson, a red shirt last season, came off the bench to hit seven of ten attempts from the field and three of three from the free throw line for 17 points while grabbing eight rebounds. Against Texas Tech Saturday night, Wilson dropped three of seven field attempts while snatching three rebounds.
"WE BELIEVE that Wilson will be a fine offensive player. I think he played well enough to earn playing time. All three of our
forwards have logged about the same amount of playing time," Coach Ted Owens said.
Wilson, who graduated from Hadley Tech High School in St. Louis in January of 1963, immediately moved to Western Michigan University where he averaged 23 points and 12 rebounds in nine freshman games during the spring semester.
HOWEVER THE FOLLOW-
HOWEVER, THE FOLLOWING year, Wilson transferred to St. Louis Baptist Junior College. Although the school did have an active basketball program, Wilson, choosing to concentrate on his studies, did not play.
When newly hired assistant coach Sam Miranda heard that Wilson was not playing college basketball, he asked Wilson to consider attending KU.
MIRANDA, WHO HELD an assistant coaching job at New Mexico until the end of the 1963-64 season, accepted an assistant post at Kansas when Owens replaced Dick Hart as head coach.
Wilson, who was a center his sophomore and junior years in high school before switching to
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still were a championship basketball team.
DESPITE THIS HANDICAP, Wilson says he definitely feels he made a sound decision by choosing to attend KU.
"We're working hard. The only thing is, our opponents are working that much harder because they want to knock off the champs. We're working that much harder!"
a forward position as a senior, said his biggest problem was getting acquainted with KU's slowdown offense.
When he isn't playing basketball, Wilson likes to listen to the sounds of Cannonball Addlerley and Miles Davis. He will occasionally engage a friend in a game of pool.
Wilson also said being picked second in the nation by a national sports magazine and eighth by two major newspaper polls has not placed undue pressure on the Jayhawks.
"In high school all we did was run and shoot. That's why I went to Western. They play the same type of offense that I played in high school. Playing basketball up here is quite a bit different up here. I have a tendency to shoot more than I should," he said.
"IT ALL GOES BACK to last year. We felt that even if we wouldn't have been rated we
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