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University Daily Kansan Thursday, March 12, 1964
New Fearless Forecast Presents Predictions
By Bob Jones Asst. Sports Editor
The Mid-West NCAA Regional Tournament in Wichita this weekend will present four evenly matched teams, and all of the games in the tournament look as if they are going to be close.
In response to not-so-overwhelming public demand, I have stepped boldly forward to accurately predict (or at least try to come close to) the actual outcome of the regional tournament.
THE WHEATSHOCKERS, who are favored to win the regional, must find a way to stop the awesome backboard power of Creighton if they are to win.
Paul Silas of Creighton, 6-7, 230 lbs., is one of the best rebounders in the history of college basketball. This season he is averaging over 27 rebounds per game, and his teammates give him more than token help in that department.
Wichita will be playing without Ernie Moore in the backcourt, but if they have a reasonable shooting night, keep Nate Bowman from fouling out, and rebound the way they did in their playoff game with Drake, they should win easily.
Final score: Wichita 88, Creighton 82.
In the other game, it looks as if Texas Western has too much for Kansas State to handle. I should be hung for not sticking with the Big Eight representative, but Western's Jim "Bad News" Barnes is probably the best all-around center in the country, and his play will make the difference.
IN A PLAYOFF game earlier this week, Texas Western downed Southwest Conference champ Texas A&M when Barnes hit 14 out of 21 field goals the second half to finish the game with 41 points.
K-State is not capable of stopping Barnes, even with a zone, and Willie Murrell, the Big Eight's most valuable player, cannot match Earnes shot for shot.
As far as the rest of the K-State and Texas Western teams go, they are about even. Therefore, Barnes will be "bad news" for Kansas State as the Miners will down the Wildcats 70-65.
SATURDAY NIGHT, Kansas State should be able to down Creighton because of superior shooting, and adequate rebounding. The Cats have played stiffer competition this year, and because of this, will not let down after an important defeat the night before. Score K-State 89, Creighton 78.
The final game should be a tight one. Wichita will be seeking revenge for their only home defeat of the season, and Western will have the confidence of knowing the Shockers can be beaten in Wichita.
Wichita.
Because of the game played on Wichita's home court, they should have an edge, but again, the loss of Ernie Moore must be taken into account, so the two teams will be even.
THE BIG question is whether or not Barnes can be stopped. People say that Wichita has improved to the point where Barnes will not make any difference, but since the Wichita game, Barnes has made tremendous improvement.
Wichita will definitely have a speed edge over the Miners, but solid team support behind Barnes will again spell "bad news" for Wichita.
Texas Western to win by two, 65-63.
WELL, THERE is it, just as I see it. With the overall balance of the four teams, these predictions could be 100 per cent wrong, but right now this seems quite unlikely.
Trackmen To Enter K-State Invitational
KU trackmen will participate in the eighth running of the annual Kansas State Invitational Indoor Relays Saturday in Ahearn field house in Manhattan.
Coach Bill Easton said he plans to enter athletes in all events in the meet and the meet should be a good one with most of the Big Eight represented.
represented The afternoon-evening meet will start at 1:30 p.m. The evening's competition will begin at 7 p.m.
ABOUT 40 schools, including five members of the Big Eight Conference, are expected to bring squads to the invitational. The meet will be divided into university, college and freshman-juniure college divisions. In addition to KU, K-State, Iowa State, Oklahoma State and Colorado will be in the field from the Big Eight.
Coach Easton said he planned to take a number of freshmen to the meet. He pointed out that the upcoming meet is the last one the KU indoor team will run. Outdoor season begins with the Texas relays April 3-4.
NO TEAM scores will be kept in this meet, but the four relay races in each of the three classes—freshman-junior college, college and university—will be scored to determine a team winner in relays only.
Included in the relay competition will be the distance medley, sprint medley, two-mile and mile relays. Colorado is defending champion in the university division of the relays; Fort Hays State won last year's college division; and Southern Illinois freshmen won the 1963 frosh-iuco competition.
Coach Easton named the following men as participants in the meet:
Shot put—Gary Schwartz, Dave Millstein (freshman); Broad jump—Gayle Sayers; 300-yard — Doug Dienelt, Steve Ashurst (freshman); 75-yard high hurdles—Bill Chambers, Gayle Sayers, Lloyd Buzi
Harold House; 75-yard dash—Ron Suggs, Tom Wright, Doug Dienelt, Tom McBride (freshman).
DISTANCE MEDLEY relay—Tom Wright, Lowell Paul, Bill Silverberg, Herold Hadley, Ken Holm, John Donner, Tonnie Coane; Shuttle hurdle—Bill Chambers, Gayle Sayers, Lloyd Buzi, Harold House; 600-yard—Gary Ace, Bill Saul, Dwight Peck (freshman), Alan Fries (freshman); Pole vault—Floyd Manning, Jim Fanuchi, Phil Manuel (freshman), Mike Burdick (freshman); High jump—Charles Twiss, Tyce Smith, Steve Straight (freshman). Two-mile relay — Ken Holm, Lowell Paul, Bill Saul, John Donner, Herold Hadley, Tonie Coane; 1000-yard—Tonne Coane; Sprint medley relay—Lowell Paul, Ron Suggs, Tom Wright, Doug Diennet, Tonnie Coane, Herold Hadley, John Donner; 2-mile—Dave Kamera, Paul Acevedo, George Cabrero; Mile—Bill Silver-
berg, John Lawson, John Donner,
Tom Yergovitch (freshman); Mile
relay (freshman and junior college)
—Alan Fries, Steve Ashurst, Tom
Yergovitch, Dwight Peck; Mile
relay—Doug Dienelt, Lowell Paul,
Gary Ace, Bill Saul, Tom Wright.
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