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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Friday, March 8, 1968
Kansas closes Big 8 season
The Jayhawks close their regular schedule at Allen Field House Saturday afternoon in a nationally-televised basketball spectacular with Iowa State. Kansas has its third successive post-season tournament bid tucked away and a chance for a tie for the Big Eight title riding on the game.
The match tips off at 1:05 p.m. and will be telecast on a network of 170 stations in 45 states. All of the continental states except California, Oregon and Washington will be represented on the TV hookup.
KU accepted a bid to play in the National Invitational Tourney (NIT) March 14-23 at New York's Madison Square Garden. The Jayhawks begin play at 6 p.m. (CST) March 15 against Temple University.
It will be KU's first NIT appearance. The Jayhawks have played in eight NCAA post-season tournaments compiling a 16-7 record. They won the NCAA title in 1952 and finished second in 1940, 1953 and 1957.
Kansas is still hopeful of grabbing a share of a third straight Big Eight crown, although it will take some help from Oklahoma State to achieve this feat.
The Jayhawks go into the conference finale with a 9-4 record, one game behind Kansas State (10-3) which clinched the NCAA berth Monday night with a last-second 63-61 victory over Iowa State at Ames.
A Kansas triumph, coupled with an Oklahoma State upset of Kansas State at Manhattan Saturday night would give the Jayhawks a share of the title, K-State received the NCAA berth because it won both ends of the series with Kansas this season.
KU is just back from a double-victory sweep through Oklahoma last weekend. Those triumphs pushed Kansas' string of successes on Oklahoma courts to seven, the last loss being a four-overtime setback at Stillwater, the only time ex-Oklahoma Ted Owens ever lost in his home state since taking the Jayhawk coaching post.
Another Oklahoman, junior guard Phil Harmon of Tulsa, played a major role in the 85-83 overtime decision at Oklahoma by pumping in 30 points with a dazzling long range shooting display hitting on 12 of 17 shots from the field.
He became the first Jayhawk in 66 games to score 30 points and is only the fourth Jayhawk guard in history to reach that mark.
Iowa State could tie the Jayhawks for second place by winning this farewell collegiate game for Big Eight scoring and rebounding leader Don Smith.
In seven games against Kansas,
Smith has scored 156 points for a
22. 3 average yet during that stretch the Cyclones have never beaten KU. The Jayhawks have won seven in a row and 11 of their last 12 duels with Iowa State.
Smith goes into Saturday's game with 1,642 career points and 1,010 rebounds. He has taken over second place among the Big Eight's all-time rebound leaders, trailing only Bill Bridges of Kansas, who hauled down 1,081 caroms in 1959-60-61.
The Cyclone ace has an outside chance of finishing second in scoring behind another Jayhawk great, Clyde Lovellette, who logged 1,979 points in 1950-51-52. Smith needs 44 points to pass the number two scorer, Bob Boozer of Kansas State, who tallied 1,685 a decade ago.
Kansas forward Rodger Bohnenstiehl, with 20, 19 and 19 points in his last three games, has pushed his career total to 926 and has a shot at the 1,000 mark if the Jayhawks can win a couple of games in the NIT.
Skier's suspension lifted
MERIBEL, France — (UFI) — Triple Olympic ski champion Jean-Claude Killy was ready for the first heat of the Meribel giant slalom today after being reprieved from a suspension on charges of "professionalism."
Hodler said the decision to let Killy participate was taken after a long-distance telephone consultation with Bjoern Kjell Stroem, chairman of the federation's eligibility committee in New York.
The question: "Would Killy be allowed to race?" changed suddenly Thursday night to: "Would Killy win the race?" after International Ski Federation (FIS) President Marc Hodler announced in Berne, Switzerland, that Killy's suspension was lifted.
Hodler indicated the go-ahead was granted to Killy because the champion gave his written word of honor that he had not received any money for the exclusive rights of a photograph and biography of himself which appeared in the French news magazine Paris-Match.
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