Thursday, March 14, 1963 University Daily Kansan
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Scoops on SPORTS By Steve Clark
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The Colorado Buffalooes, who will be appearing here Friday and Saturday nights in the NCAA Regional tournament, have played important roles in past tournament action.
The Buffs' last two tournament teams were defeated by the eventual champions. Last year Cincinnati defeated the Buffaloes and went on to win the national championship. In 1955, San Francisco defeated the Buffaloes and also went on to win the NCAA title.
Taking history into account, Colorado is a sure bet to win this year's regional. The only previous time in history, until Saturday night, a Colorado team defeated Kansas State at Manhattan the Buffaloes went on to win the Mid-west regional and finish third in the nation. This may sound great, but history has often been known not to repeat itself.
The Buffaloes have made six previous tournament appearances. Those were in 1940, 1942, 1946, 1954, 1955 and last year. They have shared or won the Big Eight championship four times. Colorado won the titles outright in 1955 and last year, but shared the crown with KU in 1954 and again this year with Kansas State.
Oklahoma City, whom Colorado plays Friday, will have more than a three-inch advantage over the Buffalooes. The Chiefs are the tallest team in the nation, averaging over 6-6 since 7-0 Eddie Jackson became eligible at mid-year. Jackson has seen previous action against Colorado. A transfer from Oklahoma, he played against the Buffaloes two years ago at Norman in a game which Colorado won 52-45. Jackson scored but one basket in that game.
An old friend of ours Bernie Gilmer from Great Bend, now a journalism student at Kansas State University after checking over the top K-State basketball players and their home town population has discovered that the largest town represented is 2.213.
The total of the seven towns is only 8,711. Here is a breakdown using the 1960 census: Gary Marriott, Osage City, (2,213); Al Peithman, Hebron, Neb. (1,920); Jeff Simons, Eudora, (1,526); Max Moss, Hoxie, (1,289); Roger Suttner, Ridgway, Ill. (1,055); Willie Murrell, Taft, Okla. (386), and Joe Gottfrid, Assaria, Kan. (322).
Gilmer is presently working on a book entitled "We'll Show Those City Slickers."
Volleyball Contenders Seen
With the first week of intramural volleyball season completed, the men are beginning to be separated from the boys.
In both the "A" and "B" leagues, the standings reveal which teams are the top contenders for the division titles.
SIGMA CHI moved into first place in Division I of Fraternity A league yesterday with a 15,15, - 6,1, victory over Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Sigma Chi now has a 2-0 record. Lambda Chi is the division's only other unbeaten team with a 1-0 record.
In Fraternity B play, Sigma Chi and Pi Kappa Alpha retained first place standings in Division III. The Sigs defeated Kappa Sigma 15.15,-4.8, and the Pikes won by forfeit from Sigma Alpha Epsilon. The two teams are the only remaining undefeated teams in the division.
Kappa Sigma evened its record to 1-1 with a 15.15, -8,13, victory over Phi Delta Theta. The Phi Delts now have a 0-2 record.
IN OTHER Fraternity B play, Alpha Tau Omega won its first game of the year over Theta Chi by forfeit.
Phi Kappa Tau defeated Phi Delta Theta 15,15 - 3.6.
There is a three-way battle in Division I and a two-way battle in Division II of the Fraternity B leagues. Sigma Phi Epsilon leads Division I with a 2-0 record, but Phi Gamma Delta and Delta Tau Delta are close behind with 1-0 records. Beta Theta Pi leads Division II with a 2-0 record and Alpha Tau Omega is the only other undefeated team with a 1-0 record.
There was no action yesterday in the Independent A league. The Hicks and Latin Americans are tied for first place, each with a 1-0 record.
In Independent B action yesterday,
C & O defeated Air Force ROTC
15,5,15 - 11,15,11. C & O is leading
Division II of the league with a 2-0
record. Close behind are Navy and
Templin with 1-0 records. Liahona
and Battenfeld lead Division I with
2-0 records.
Other Intramural action yesterday:
Phi Delta Theta No. 2 8-15-15,
Beta Theta Pi No. 3 15-10-
Beta Theta Pi No. 6 15-15, Phi
Gamma Delta No.2 12-7
FRATERNITY C
Kappa Sigma 15-8-15, Beta Theta Pi No. 2 7-15-8
Phi Gamma Delta No. 3 15-15, Alpha Kappa Lambda 6-8
Sigma Alpha Epsilon No. 1 won by forfeit from Beta Theta Pi No. 5.
State Prep Playoffs Underway Today
A 32-team crop of Kansas high school basketball teams began vying for state championship honors in four divisions today.
Each of the four divisions has eight entries—all winners of regional tournaments played earlier this month.
Most of the statewide attention has focused on the Class AA tournament, where Wichita East will return to defend its title. Coach Cy Sickles' East team, which has a 20-1 record this season, will face Shawnee Mission North (14-8) in the first-round game at Wichita.
Fans Question Clay Victory
NEW YORK — (UPI) — Madison Square Garden representatives want Cassius Clay and Doug Jones to fight again in June in Yankee Stadium because of the vegetable-accompanied controversy over Clay's unpopular decision last night.
Whether or not the re-match is made, the fans, thundering disaproval of Cassius in the garden earned one great benefit for mankind: Clay promises never to predict the round for a knockout again.
Unbeaten but badly tarnished Cassius of Louisville, Ky., not only failed to knock out New Yorker Jones in his predicted fourth round or any other round; but when the unanimous 10-frame decision for Cassius was announced, the 18,732 jammed fans almost blew the roof off with their roars of disapproval.
Some of the more irate, during the five-minute demonstration, threw apple cores, fragments of oranges and sandwich buns into the ring along with cigar butts and even a few coins.
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