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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Friday, February 23 1968
Hawks seek revenge
By Pamela Peck Assistant Sports Editor
Clutching their third five-game victory streak of the basketball campaign, the Kansas Jayhawks do battle with the Kansas State University Wildcats, 8:07 p.m. Saturday, in Allen Field House. A sellout crowd of 17,000 is expected to be on hand for the 161st basketball encounter between the two schools.
Coach Ted Owens' crew, looking for an unprecedented third
straight Big Eight title, has not lost since bowing to Kansas State at Manhattan, 71-56, a month ago, and wants revenge.
grabbed 21 caroms, three less than the record 24 nabbed by Dick Pino against Creighton two weeks ago.
Kansas State comes to Lawrence with a 14-7 overall record and a 6-3 Big Eight mark. Their most recent victory was a 72-48 conquest of Oklahoma, last Saturday.
In the Oklahoma game, K-State forward-center Gene Williams came close to a Wildcat single game rebound record. Williams
A Wildcat zone defense proved lethal, spearheaded by guard Steve Honeycutt, held the Soomers' Heard, Sidle and Rogers to a total of 27 points.
Speaking of the KU-KSU rematch, Wildcat coach Tex Winter said, "We'll have to give our best effort to stay with Kansas. They're using their big lineup (Bohnenstiehl, Vanoy and Nash) now, which might offset our strong point—size."
Eligibility and diploma are athletic study hall goals
By Don Westerhaus Kansan Staff Reporter
Student-athletes study? It seems hard to believe, but it is true.
The study hall is maintained on the assumption that athletes go to college for an education, not just to compete in their favorite sport. The KU athletic department has hired a full-time academic counselor, John Novotny, to run the study hall and to make sure the athletes successfully follow an academic course leading to graduation.
"The concept of 'study hall' is one of being a place people don't like, where they are forced to follow a strict set of rules," Novotny said. But the KU study hall is not run in that manner.
New student-athletes, who are receiving scholarships, and ones having academic difficulty are required to attend the study hall Sunday-Thursday from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m., but that is where the restrictions end.
The study hall is centralized this year in Summerfield Hall for the first time. 10 to 15 tutors are available each night for athletes having trouble in any particular course. "The study hall provides tutoring throughout the semester, not just one or two nights before an exam," Novotny said.
"Our system is different from those at other schools. Tutors who can pinpoint academic problems and correct them before it is too late, are available whenever they are needed," he said.
The new arrangement seems to be working well. "Most athletes who were hovering around a 8 grade point average (GPA) last semester are now above a 1.0 GPA. Seventy-six athletes scored a 1.8 GPA or better last semester, five of them received 3.0 GPA's, and 21 were above a 2.5 GPA." Novotny said.
KU has had tutors in past years, but they were used differently. Athletes had to go to the tutors' homes for assistance.
Anyone receiving a 1.4 GPA in any semester is eligible to miss study hall until he falls below that level. But it is not just for student-athletes having academic trouble. "If an athlete is getting a good grade in a course and feels he can improve his grade with assistance, we do not hesitate to provide the help he needs," Novotny said.
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Craig Martindale, Bartlesville,
Okla., freshman, said, "some people gripe about having to go to study hall, but it's a real good deal. If you have trouble, there are tutors right there to get you straightened out."
"We are not trying to ride herd on our athletes," he said. "We just try to see that they stay in good academic standing and that their four years end with receiving a diploma."
"After the student-athlete is enrolled, the academic counselor maintains close communication with the professors. There are constant checks on the athlete's class attendance, class effort and class progress," Novotny said.
The Jayhawks half court pressure defense should be a major factor in the game's outcome. It was the game-saver at MU and made the big difference against Nebraska last Saturday.
Stellar guard, Jo Jo White matched his varsity scoring record of 28 points against Missouri, and is KU's leading scorer with a 17.0 average per game. Rodger Bohnenstiehl, senior forward, is second in scoring with a 12.4 average.
KU, fresh from a 74-65 revenge win over Missouri, Monday, must defeat K-State to remain sole occupant of the top spot in the conference.
The undefeated Kansas freshman squad will collide with the Wildecat frosh in a preliminary game at 5:45 p.m. The K-State freshmen have a 4-3 record.
Scanning the Big 8
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By Steve Morgan
Kansan Sports Editor
Kansas 75, Kansas State 66
This is another really big one for the Jayhawks. They all are. Kansas must win to remain alone at the top of the Big Eight and win it will. KU showed last week against Nebraska it can win the big games and the added incentive of revenging last month's loss to the Wildcats should make Saturday night a great one for the Jayhawks. In last month's game they were mentally down after the upset by MU. Now they are riding a five-game winning streak and on their way to a third straight conference title. K-State will be simply outclassed.
The Wildcats have a good big man in Gene Williams, who had a great game last week against Oklahoma, but KU's big front three (Vanoy, Nash, and Bohnenstiehl) should take care of him. Jo Jo White should handle KSU's outstanding guard, Steve Honeycutt, as well.
This slightly prejudiced sportwriter would like to see Tex Winter's crew beaten even more soundly than the score predicted. POPP!
Nebraska 80. Colorado 65
This one is the Big Eight's TV game-of-the-week but its not going to be the best. Nebraska, although convincingly beaten by Kansas last weekend, is a good shooting ball club. They must win from the Big Eight cellar-dweller Colorado to stay in the title chase. Stuart Lantz and Tom Baack scoring the points for NU should more than equalize the Buffaloes' one man show, Pat Frink.
Oklahoma State 59. Oklahoma 54
This old intrastate rivalry will be the closest of this weekend's games. It is being played at O-State so I have to give them the slight edge. The Cowboys are playing good basketball these days but they're not winning games. They shot a fantastic 68 per cent from the field earlier this week in a losing effort against Nebraska. The outcome should be different this weekend when they take onOU, a team that looked pitiful losing to K-State a week ago.
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