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Thursday, March 3, 1977
University Daily Kansan
Javhawks, Wildcats go at it again
Bv GARY VICE
Sports Editor
It's hard to imagine a basketball rivalry maintaining its intensity when the two teams play each other four times in one season.
And chances are tonight's Kansas-Kansas State game wouldn't have generated the usual enthusiasm if it wasn't the semi-final against the Big Eight Post-Season Tournament.
It also puts the Wildcats in position to beat KU for a rare third time in one season. It's only happened twice before, in 1972-73 and 1947-48.
There were three other bleak seasons for the Jayhawks, when they lost four games to the Wildcats in the era of James Naismith. But K-State won't be able to top KU's 104-35 campaign when the 'Hawks went 10-4-6k confrontations between the two clubs.
"IFELT WE let a game (against K-State)
alip away from us here and that game might
be defeated."
Wait, the first line has "IFELT WE let a game".
The second line has "alip away from us here".
The third line has "that game might be defeated".
The Jayhawks, who lost both regular season games to the Wildcats after beating them in the pre-season holiday tournament, will be trying to avoid complete elimination from post-season play after gaining new life in the conference tournament.
Upperstam in Hasan Houston's memory is the 84-K-5 State victory three weeks ago.
Kansas coach Ted Owens, who is under a lot of pressure to win tonight's ballgame, once voted against the Big Eight playoffs but now has chaned his tune.
After three confrontations this season, the Wildcats hold a 2-1 advantage over the Jayhawks going into the game, which will be played at 9:08 p.m. in Kemper Arena, and then the KUNS-State game follows the 7:08 p.m. Missouri-Kansas final-semi game.
"THEY KNOW they shouldn't have come out of here with a victory," the 6-2 freshman guard said. "They shouldn't have gotten it. They didn't deserve this time. They know it. Everybody knows it."
Owens has an idea of what it will take to slow down the streaking Wildcats - defense.
THE WILDCATS 20-7, take into the game
eight in the conference streak that carried
the conference.
great deal to do with whether or not we are successful."
That we we've looked at this week is m=m+1
redrawing. How well we step will have a
drawing. How well we step will have a
Redding, who along with teammate Mike Evans and KU's John Douglas was selected as the first player in a 1985 draft.
"An 18- season isn't a bad season, but it it's a disappointment to it," Owens said. "The tournament gives us a chance to win the title of NCAA berth. We relish that opportunity."
Owens said, "I believe we have enough confidence in our shooting ability that we can take aim and hit them."
In either case, the Hawks will be fighting to shake off a shooting slump.
"What we need is the kind of performance Herb Nobles gave us when we last played in a game, and it was."
10 consecutive points late in the second quarter to take a 52-41 half-time lead.
Kings beat N.Y.,112-100
The Kings scored the first three baskets of the second half, then eight points in a row to go ahead 88-45. After that, the Nets could be closer than the final 12-point margin.
Nobles was named most-valuable-player in the three-game tourney.
UNIONDALE, N. Y. (AP)—Sam Lacey scored 12 of his 20 points in the third quarter as the Kansas City Kings beat the New York Knicks in a Basketball Association action last night.
Lacey and Ron Bonne scored four points
as Kansas Carson mapped a 40-10 tie with
KU forward Clint Johnson (14) guards K-State's top scorer Mike Evans
Staff photo by MARIANNE MAURIN
has scored 61 points in his last two outings against the Jayhawks.
THE JAYHAWK's starting lineup is uncertain because Houston aggravated ankle strain in Monday's practice. Owens might decide to start with Milt Gibson, who played last season as basketball or Donnie Von Moore, who started the previous game against Colorado.
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PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS
AAAA
F- Herb Noble, 8, junior
F- Clint Johnson, 6, junior
C- Ken Koehler, 5, junior
C- Danny Smith, 4, junior
M- Gil Gibson, 4, junior or
Demon Vome Robinson, 8, MA State
F- Curtis Ridley, 8, freshman
F- Daryl Watson, 9, senior
D- Darryl Watson, 9, senior
F- Scott Langton, 1,1 junior
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