In Kansas dressing room, a sweet savor of success
By Ron Hanson
"How sweet it is," remarked Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe, last night making his way, cigar in mouth, to the KU dressing room to congratulate his school's representatives on a job well done.
UPI rates KU 4th
Kansas, the Big Eight Conference champion, finished fourth in the final United Press International major college basketball ratings for the 1965-66 season.
Team
Points
1. Kentucky (24) (23-1) ... 336
2. Duke (7) (23-3) ... 228
3. Tex. Western (3) (23-1) 222
4. KANSAS (21-3) ... 206
5. Loyola (Ill.) (21-2) ... 201
6. St. Jos. (Pa.) (1) (22-4) ... 160
7. Michigan (17-6) ... 112
8. Vanderbilt (22-4) ... 72
9. Cincinnati (22-5) ... 61
10. Providence (22-4) ... 60
This comment seemed to sum up as eloquently as possible the en masse feeling of KU's citizenry, from the top brass to the inconspicuous student, on an achievement the Jayhawks have not made since 1960, the Big Eight basketball championship.
THE JAYHAWKS' 85-65 victory over an improved Colorado team last night was another example of KU's superiority in a sport as traditional here as textbooks and examinations.
Coach Sox Walseth of defeated Colorado gave the KU team a fine appraisal when he said he hopes KU goes all the way and he could find no weaknesses in this year's team.
COACH TED OWENS' comments on the team's performance were delayed until after the team
had ceremoniously thrown him fully clothed into the dressing room showers. Stripping out of his dripping wet clothes the victorious coach said, "It seems as if they (the team) knew what they wanted to get accomplished, and they got it done."
He continued, "The boys didn't take Colorado lightly, but they had the confidence to get the job done and although this wasn't one of our best games, it was the most important."
Amid the tired players, notable personalities, and autograph seekers in the Jayhawk dressing room last night, there was a sense of satisfaction that comes only to a championship team.
The feeling of bliss and fatigue was quickly snapped as the players finished their showers and began to dress and an unidentifiable voice reminded one and all that it isn't over yet.
Jayhawks win-season game, and also their last in Allen Field House, for Kansas. A standing ovation was awarded each departer as he left the court.
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Lewis and Jo Jo White—and everybody else for that matter—stole passes, knocked the ball loose, and made scoring an almost impossibility for the Buffs.
On offense it was again a team effort. The entire starting five hit in double figures. Lopes led with 20. Wesley, with 16, beat Missouriian Ron Coleman's season total of 282 league points, but was edged out of the conference scoring title by Colorado's Chuck Gardner, who with 39 points for the game high, brought his league total to 284. Franz and White both had 14, Lewis shot through 13 and super-sub Rodger Bohnensihehl hit eight.
THE PROOF OF the victory lies in its makings, and the statistics show that KU hit 43 per cent from the field to CU's 38 per cent and forced the Buffs to commit 19 errors while holding its own to five. KU also out-rebounded the Buffs 40-38, with Walt Wesley grabbing the game high of 13.
With 2:29 left in the game, Coach Ted Owens filled the line-up with his five departing seniors —Wesley, Lewis, Lopes, Fred Chana and Riney Lochman, who were playing their last regular
ON THEIR FEET again at the final horn were 15.500 persons to give a cheery congratulations to their championship team. Meanwhile, the Kansas players were busy mobbing themselves in their excitement and then getting down to the task of collecting those prized trophies—the goal nets.
In another short ceremony after the game, KU's Walt Wesley was awarded a plaque signifying his having been chosen by Look magazine to its 10-man All-America team. The team, picked by the United States Basketball Writers Association's nine-man awards committee representing the eight NCAA districts, were announced yesterday in Look.
Last night's triumph sends Kansas into the NCAA Midwest Regional at Lubbock, Texas, Friday, where it meets Southern Methodist University.
A pep rally will be held Thursday morning at 10:20 during class break in front of Strong Hall before the Jayhawks leave for Lubbock.
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Tickets for the NCAA Midwest Regional Tournament at Lubbock, Tex., this weekend, will go on sale at Allen Field House tomorrow, according to Monte Johnson, assistant athletic director.
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The tickets are priced at $3 for each night or $6 for both Friday and Saturday nights.
Johnson said the athletic department has a couple hundred
tickets at the field house to sell over the counter. When these are sold, another two to three hundred seats will be available for KU students to reserve and pick up when they arrive at the tournament.
Johnson said the athletic department cannot arrange any kind of transportation because it lacks the facilities to handle a large number of students.
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"He's the tall one," they finally decided.
AS THE AUDIENCE became aware that KU was indeed going to be the Big Eight champ, field house excitement reached its highest level of the evening.
Every basket prompted a thunderous reaction from KU fans. When the clock was stopped with eight seconds left in the game, a deafening chorus of boos filled the field house.
At last the game was over, the Jayhawks had won, and pandemonium broke loose.
The team tore down the two nets, the band played, pom-pon girls danced, the audience was one mass "waving of wheat," and fans cheered for their championship team.
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