OWENS WARY-
K-State to be 'tough'
One misstep could throw Kansas out of the Big Eight Basketball race, and arch-rival Kansas State will be out to trip the Jayhawks up tomorrow night at Manhattan.
Coach Ted Owens sends his team against the Wildecats for the third time this season in a game he calls "now, the most crucial of the season."
THE JAYHAWKERS, 11-1 in Big Eight play and 20-3 overall, have already defeated K-State twice. KU recorded a 69-63 victory at the pre-season tourney in Kansas City and posted a 69-61 decision at Lawrence. The third time could be a charm for the Jayhawks who need the win to stay in the race for the Conference title.
Kansas and Nebraska are deadlocked for the top spot with each team having two remaining games. KU whipped the Huskers last Saturday, 110-73, to grab a half game lead over them, but Ne-
brasla came right back with a 79-69 victory over K-State. Tuesday night, to tie things all up.
KANSAS has not won against K-State at Manhattan since 1960. Still the Hawks defeated a strong St. John's team in Ahearn Field House in December. Also, KU has now won seven in a row including road victories at Missouri, Oklahoma State, and Oklahoma.
He believes this will be the toughest game the Jayhawks have faced in a long time.
"K-State's improved, but so have we. There's going to be a terrific struggle over at Manhattan Saturday night."
Says Owens, "We have placed ourselves into position to at least tie for the championship. Now, it's up to us to win it."
OWENS DESCRIBED his starting line-up as the "same", meaning Ron Franz and Al Lopes at forwards, Walt Wesley at center.
and Jo Jo White and Del Lewis at guards.
K-State's defeat at the hands of Nebraska eliminated them from the Big Eight title picture. The Wildeats, assured of third place, are currently standing 8-4 in the league and 13-10 for the year.
K-State and Kansas have met on the hardwoods on 156 occasions since 1907. The Jayhawks have nabbed 99 victories, with the Wildcats picking up 57.
Tip-off before a sellout crowd and a seven-station television audience is set for 7:40 p.m. Saturday.
The Jayhawks next and final regular season game will be played Monday night at Lawrence against the University of Colorado.
Daily Kansan
Friday, March 4, 1966
Intramural volleyball will begin next week
KU's intramural sports program continues with the beginning of the volleyball season next Tuesday. The 1966 schedule of games was released yesterday by the intramurals office.
Play may become redundant in some of the leagues because of the small number of teams in competition.
There are only three teams in the Independent A league, which means they will have to play a double round robin instead of the customary one.
Independent B now has 23
BOB LOCKWOOD, director of intramurals, said that most independent teams probably entered the B league to escape the stronger opposition in the A league. The reigning Hill champion team, the Thunderballs, is one of the teams still in the A league, and the Independent B league also retains its champion, Navv.
teams, but it is not the largest league. Fraternity C holds this distinction with 32 teams, including the 1965 winner, Phi Delta Theta.
The Fraternity A league has its last year's winner, Beta Theta Pi, among its 11 members, and the 14 teams in Fraternity B league include former champions Sigma Chi, among their ranks.
FEWER TEAMS have entered than last year, Lockwood said. There are 83, a drop of seven from the 1965 season. Even so, about 950 players will see action in the five leagues.
Two hundred and twenty games are scheduled to be played in the next 23 days. League play will cease March 25, and the top two teams in each division will go forward into the single elimination play offs starting March 28. The Hill championship bout will be staged March 31.
Milers to head meet
KU's distance duo will be the center of attraction in the Kansas State Federation Track and Field Championships in Allen Field House tomorrow.
John Lawson and Jim Ryun will be running against each other in the mile run, the featured event of the evening.
Lawson ran a 4:03 mile in Allen Field House two weeks ago and was a double winner at the recent Big Eight title meet at Kansas City, winning the mile in 4:04.8 and the two mile in 9:08.5. Ryan won the Big Eight freshman mile run with a blistering time of 3:59.6, his first sub-four-minute mile of the year.
CONRAD NIGHTINGALE, K-State, is expected to challenge the Jayhawkers in the long range run which is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. Nightingale recorded a 4:02.8 mile two weeks ago at KU.
The meet will get under way with preliminaries at 1.30 p.m. The finals are scheduled to start at 6 p.m.
A total of 220 athletes representing seven in-state schools will take part in the meet. Those seven schools are: Kansas, K-State, Wichita State; Kansas State College at Pittsburg, Fort Hays State College, Kansas State Teachers College of Emporia, and Haskell.
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