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Page 6 The Doily Nebraskon Friday, Morch 4, 1966 Possibility Of Playoff Sparks Final Weekend Kansas City, Mo., March 2 A one-game playoff between Kansas and Nebraska, if needed to determine the Big Eight Conference's represen tative to the NCAA regionals, has been set for Wednesday, March 9, at Kansas State's Ahearn Field House, Wayne Duke, Big Eight executive di rector, announced Wednesday afternoon. Final arrangements for the possible game were made Wednesday in a conference call involving the athletic di rectors of the two institu tions, Kansas State Athletic Director II. B. Lee, and Duke. The time and place for the playoff were recommended by Duke and mutually agreed upon by the athletic directors and head basketball coaches of the two institutions. Both Kansas and Nebraska will receive 4.000 tickets, with the remaining seats in the 12,500 capacity field house to go on sale at Kansas State. The three involved institutions will announce their own ticket-sale policies at a later date. There will be no television of the game. TEAM LEADERS FT Percentage .444 Oklahoma ... M3-34S .Sfi .437 Okla. State . . 183-235 .694 .4:t6 Nebraska 211-3(17 .687 .435 Missouri ... 243-3K2 .671 .429 Iowa State ...224-342 .655 .423 Kansas ..205-320 .6-il .394 Kansas State 159-246 .641 .367 Colorado 193-313 .617 FG Fercrnlairr Kansas 369-8X1 Nebraska . Oklahoma Colorado Iowa Slat 351-803 382-876 28S-6S3 319-744 Kansas State 344-821 Okla. State... 2M-591 Mwsoun Z!6-7S2 THE STANDINGS All Games H L Pet. Pt. O.Pts. MfflM 20 3 .870 1776 1421 neorasKi is 4 1756 1644 Kansas State 13 W .565 1675 1549 Colorado 11 12 .478 15S1 1SO0 Iowa State 10 13 .435 1666 1634 Oklahoma 10 14 .417 I" Okla. State 4 19 .174 1227 13S Okla. State 2 10 .167 629 735 Missouri 3 20 .130 il 1.1 Missouri 1 12 .077 795 1030 Remaining Games March S Nstwaska at Colorado March 7 Colorado at Kansas Kansas at Kansas State Kansas State at Iowa State Oklahoma at Oklahoma State Oklahoma State at Nebraska Sizzling Kansas Goes To K-State Manhattan, Kans. Elim inated from the Big Eight basketball title picture, Kan sas State still hopes to have an effect on the champion ship when the Wildcats c'ose out their home season by fac ing the sizzling Kansas Jay hawkers this Saturday (March 5). Tipoff before a sellout crowd in Ahearn Fieldhouse and a seven-station, statewide television audience is set for 7:40 p.m. Kansas, deadlocked for the conference lead and ranked nationally, enters the contest on the heels of a 110-73 thump ing of Nebraska last Satur day. The Cornhuskers jumped back into a share of the pole position by turning back K-State 79-69 Tuesday night to mathematiclly douse already-slim Wildcat hopes. The Jayhawken, 11-1 In Eight play and 20-3 overall, have defeated K-State twice this season. KU recorded a 69-433 victory at the pre-sea-son tourney in Kansas City and posted a 6941 decision at Lawrence. The Wildcats are assured of third place In the conference, currently standing 8-4 in the league and 13-10 for the year. With the addition of Jo Jo White and the switch of Al Lopes to forward, Kansas has been playing its best basketball of the season since Q Hear ye!! Hear ye!U All ye Lords and Ladies m i Castle Hastlc D St. Castle on 19th 8:3012:00 Saturday, March 5 Dress a a Serf OFtB James All seats will be sold on an unreserved, general admis sion basis and will be priced at $.100. Game time will be 7:35 p.m. Going into the last weekend of Conference action, both Kansas and Nebraska are tied with 11-1 records. Both have two games to play, one on the road and one at home. Kansas' games are Saturday night at Kansas State (8-4) and Monday night at home against Colorado (5-7). Ne braska's games are Saturday night at Colorado and Mon day night at home against Oklahoma State (2-10). If either team sweeps its remaining games while the other loses one, the play-off will be unnecessary, with the Big Eight winner moving right into the NCAA regionals at Lubbock, Texas (Texas Tech), next Friday and Satur day, March 11 and 12. The Big Eight representa tive will be paired against the Southwest Conference repre sentative (Texas A & M or Southern Methodist) in t h e second game on Friday night (March 11). Rebound Pereentaire Kansas . 531-378 .584 Kansas State 464-399 .537 Iowa State . 502-433 .536 Colorado 432-381 .5-!! Nebraska Oklahoma 406-114 .495 476-y .483 325-430 .4.30 OkU. State.. Missouri 360-553 .394 Conference Games W L Pet. Pts. O.Pts. Nebraska 11 1 .917 913 845 1 .917 943 714 4 .667 855 770 7 .462 10-17 1039 7 .416 862 853 Kansas ... 11 Kans. State 8 Oklahoma 6 Iowa State 5 Colorado 5 416 7(3 781 the semester break. White, a 6-3 guard from St. Louis, will be making his first appear ance in Ahearn Fieldhouse as a member of the KU varsity. C4..-J...... - -II l I Miuiudt s game win mars the final home outing for four K-State seniors for ward Jim Hoffman and guards Sam Robinson, Ron Paradis and Dick Barnard. Hoffman opened against Ne braska on Tuesday and could be in the starting lineup again against the Jayhawkers. Against the Cornhuskers, Wildcat guard Dennis Berk holtz hit his career high of 20 points. Coach Tex WTinter said the 6-foot junior turned in his best game of the sea son, both from a scoring standpoint and in other phases of the game. K-State and Kansas have met on the hardwoods on 156 occasions since 1907. The Jayhawkers have nabbed 99 victories, with the Wildcats picking up 57. KU won two of three meet ings with K-State last season, with the Wildcats chalking up a 71-433 victory in Ahearn Fieldhouse. READ NEBRASKAN WANT ADS Mwsic by Spyders I Pearse, sports editor Mat Powers Clash Norman, Okla. Two fall conscious collegiate wrestling powers, Iowa State (11-1) and Oklahoma (15-1) clash here Friday in a dual rated so close that neither may score a pin. "Neither team can win more than five bouts," pre dicts Coach Tommy Evans of Oklahoma. "It'll be as close as our Oklahoma State duals." Dr. Harold J. Nichols' Cy clones, d e f en d i n g NCAA champions, have registered 39 falls in 12 duals. Coach Tommy Evans' Sooners have 43 falls in 16 duals. Only defeat for the Cyclones was a 22-12 loss to Oklahoma State. Oklahoma divided with Mvron Roderick's Cowboys, 14-15 and 17-12 but in the lat ter match the injured Fred Fozzard did not wrestle or the Sooners might not have severed State's undefeated string of 84 straight. Oklahoma needs one more fall to surpass its 1960 record of 43 pins but may have to wait until the prelims of the Big Eight tournament to get it. The Cyclones, excellent mat wrestlers who ride and con trol well, have proved their pinning ability, too. They scored six falls each against Purdue and Kansas. In the latter dual, Tom Peckham, NCAA 177-pound champion, and heavyweight Steve Ship pos scored back-to-back 16 second falls over their Jay hawker opponents, a school record. Peckham, with nine falls, leads the visitors who wrestle Colorado State University at Fort Collins Tuesday and Col orado at Boulder Wednesday and may annex additional falls before coming on to Norman Friday. Iowa State leads the series 14-13-2. Nichols' powerful teams have beaten the Soon ers four straight years, 21-3 last year, 23-3 in 1964, 19-16 in 1963, 20-11 in 1962 and the 1961 dual was a draw, 14-14. Oklahoma has not won since 1960 when Evans first team prevailed 17-11 at Ames. The card bristles with class. At 167, Greg Ruth (15-0-1), Oklahoma's NCAA champion, tangles with all-victories Vic Marcucci (10-0) of the Cardi nal and Gold. At heavyweight Steve Shippos (9-0) of Iowa State and Luke Sharpe (14-1) of Oklahoma mix. Challenge bouts between Mike Sager and Sam AI-Kar-aghouli at 137 and Jerry Stanley and Dickie Haxel at 145 may alter Oklahoma's lineup. The Lost Souls Are Coming COMING TO LINCOLN SATURDAY MAR. 12th 8:30 P.M. BOX OFPICE i OPEM j 11 TIL I f 0 PERSON CONCERT all seats eeeveo s?oo S3. DO U.! MAIL ORDERS ACCEPTED EE III Title At Stake . . Rangy Problem For Nebraska With the conference title hanging in the balance, Ne braska's Cornhuskers travel to rugged Colorado for a Saturday night engagement. The rangy Butts play a rough and tumble type of game, and in their own camp, high in the mountains, be come twice as tough to con tain. Going into the season, Colo rado looked to have three out standing sophomore candi dates but no playing room for them. Injuries to starting guards Pat Frlnk and Lynn Baker coupled with front line scoring problems at the forwards opened the door quickly. But onlv one rookie, Chuck Williams, took quick advant age of the opening. Williams has been a regular all t n e way and is one of the Big Eight's finest sophomores a sterling passer and play- maker and capable, though not prolific, outside shooter. The other two rookies, for ward Ted Erfert and guard Mike Rebich, however, weren't quite eady for the ODDortunitv and suffered throgh most of the season with normal sophomonsh problems. Both have made good progress, though, and their play in the two games over the weekend is one of the most encouraging develop ments of the season for Colorado. Rebich, a deadly outside shooter as a prep player at Denver Abraham Lincoln and top-scoring CU freshman a year ago, hit 7 out of 12 against Missouri and 7 for 11 against Oklahoma, his best scoring nights of the season. Erfert, a 6'8" frontliner with great potential, ham mered in three straight baskets late against Missouri before going out on fouls. He moved to a starting role against Oklahoma and scored 14 p o i n ts, grabbed 14 re bounds, and plaved a major role in the Buff's comeback. Erfert's performance, in Seaton II beat Fairfield 601 to 50 Wednesday to capture' the Burr-Selleck champion-1 ship. Seaton will battle the winner of the Abel Hall league next week to see who will meet the Cather Hall champion. Harry Wilson led his Fair field team in scoring with 18 points. Freeman White got 16 for the winners. Dale Sail took scoring honors for Fairfield with 15 points. Phi Psi's vs. Sigma Nu's Sigma Nu will battle Phi Kappa Psi today at 5:00 in the intramural building to deter ASPEN WRITERS' Fiction, Poatry, Playwrlting Colorado, summer 1966: residenl writer: Robert Creeley, Paul Blackburn, poetry; Donald Earthelme. fiction, & staff of six. For brochure: Director, AWW. 855 West End Ave.. NYC 100?5. It's That Extra Effort That Makes Pizza Hut Pizza So Much Better 46rh & O Ph. 489-4601 Brecht's Muiicol . Colorado Poses if STUART LANTZ . . . flips in two over mountainous Nick Pino. Lantz and the rest of the Huskers head for Colorado today o prepare for Saturday night's showdown with the Buffs. particular, is vital to Color rado. The Buff's are a team of big men and with the loss of one of the biggest next season, All-Big Eight center Chuck Gardner, Erfert is looked to fill the vacated spot. But Nebraska should be a bit improved from the Lin coln encounter with Colorado, not to mention the extra added momentum of a Big Eight title in the making. Since Nebraska beat CU in the Coliseum 70-63 back on February 21, the H u s k e r s have shaken off their 'slump' and smoothered out in prepara tion for an all-out drive for the conference crown. Tom Baack is back on the shooting beam, Stuart Lantz's Intramural Basketball mine the Fraternity A cham pion. In an earlier tournament encounter with the Sigma Nu's the Phi Psi's won 68-59. The Fraternity B champion ship game and the Independ ent championship game will be played Saturday at 2:30 p.m. in the intramural build ing. look for the golden orches McDonald s menu 100 Pure Beef Hamburgers Tempting Cheeseburgers Old-Fashioned Shakes Crisp Golden French fries Thirst-Quenching Coke Delightful Roof Beer Coffee As You like It Refreshing Cold Milk Full-flavored Orange Drink Chronicol of War back is improving, Willie Campbell is moving the press well, Grant Simmons has the fast break back in high gear, and Coley Webb and Fred Hare have come off the bench with fine performances dur ing the last week. The Buffs have more than a little to do with the eventual outcome of the conference race. After entertaining Nebras ka, Colorado journeys to Kansas for a Monday ap pointment. Both Nebraska and Kansas had to come from behind to whip the Buffs in earlier meet ings this year. In Lincoln two weeks ago, the Cornhuskers were down by eight at 45-37 with 14 minutes to go. Tournament Schedule Fnday. March 4 P.E. Balldinf Court 1 5 00 Beta Theta Pi C vs. Sma Phi Bpsilm C P.E. Building Court t 5:00 Phi Kama Psi A vi. Sigma No A Tournament Seorei Wednesday. Marrh I Siema Nu A 2. Beta Siirma Psi A 50. SeaUn II 60. Fairfield 50. Rogers 51. Pike 45. Kappa Sixma B 58. Comhusker B X. AM VII A . Abel XIII A 46. Dents 64, Marauders 4t. Phi Kawa Ph B 57. Delta Tan Delta B 43. . .1. 1U ! i y . mm DIRECT FROM ITS ROADSHOW ENGAGEMENT POPULAR PRICES NO SEATS RESERVED Every Ticket Guaranteed ii PEriS QUE Grant Simmons To Become Third Leading Scorer Nebraska guard Grant Sim mons can become the No. 3 scorer in Cornhusker history by scoring two points in the Huskers final two games. Simmons tallied 15 against Kansas State to run his sea son total to 351 points in 23 games this year for a career total of 820 presently good for the No. 4 spot on the All time Nebraska list. He's aver aging 15.2 and if4ie can match that against Colorado and Oklahoma State hell wind up with 850 which would rank him behind Herschell Turner and Rex Ekwall. Turner, who played in the 1958-59-60 era, heads the all time list with 1,056, while Ek wall scored 880 from 1955 through 1957. Other top-ranked scorers are Jim Buchanan (821, 1950 52) Claude Rutherford (814, 1947- 49), Bus Whitehead (765, 1948- 50) and Fred Seger (762, 1952-54). Nebraska s balance could set a team record of sorts most number of players scor ing over 300 points in one season. AP's Coach Of The Year Award To NU's Cipriano Leading his Huskers to Colorado this weekend will be newly crowned Big Eight C o a c h of the Year by Asso ciated Press, Nebraska's Joe Cipriano. CiDriano eave Nebraska its first winning season in 16 years, and in only three years at Nebraska has built a title threat. Tall Walt Wesley of Kan sas, the league's top scorer for two years, and Grant Simmons, Nebraska's quar terback, were close to unani mous choice for the AP's All- Big Eight Basketball team announced Wednesday. Sophomore of the year and a solid first team choice was Don Smith, 6'8" Iowa State pivot who leads the league in rebounding. Joining him on the first team were Chuck Gardner, 6'7" Colorado veteran, a con sistent scorer and the number two conference rebounder; and 6'1" Delvy Lewis, Kan sas leader and the man the Jayhawks could least afford to lose. The 6'11" Wesley has been playing aggressive defense, hitting the boards and shoot ing a high percentage in his team'i stretch drive. His scoring mark is 21 compared to 26.9 last year third best tdin league history, but his Make a Date (or UNION BOWLING Week ends Ideal for Group Reservations NEBRASKA UNION DOORS OPEN 12:45 HELD OVER 2ND RIOTOUS WEEX Holder A Seat i i i . Already over the magic mark are Simmons (351), Tom Baack (331) and Nate Branch (311). Stuart Lantz needs only 13 points (he has 289) to make it a foursome. Only nine Cornhusker play ers on the Top 12 list have ever tallied 300 or more in a single season. The list includes: Herschell Turner (428 In 1958, 382 in 1960) Rex Ekwall (312 in 1956, 307 in 1957) ; Jim Buchanan (400 in 1952) Claude Rutherford (311 in 1949) Bus Whitehead (360 in 1950) Daryl Petsch (369 in 1963) : Bill Johnson (382 in 1954) Tom Russell (300 in 1961 and 412 in 1962) Albert Maxey (384 in 1959) ; Maxey is the only Nebras ka player to ever join the 300 club as a sophomore and make the top 12 list. Fred Hare became the sec ond Husker to tally over 300 as a soph last season he led the club with 380 but he's been hampered by injury this year and has only 142 points; shooting accuracy is better at .523. "Walter is the best big man in college ball," said Coach Ted Owens. Simmons, of 0 m a h an has er, transformed from last qear by Cipriano's strict rules laid down during a sum mer meeting. His scoring, ball stealing, passing and leader- "He sets the tempo for ho? we play," said Cipriano. "He's the guiding light. I'd hate to think where we'd be without him." Smith was recruited in Brooklyn, N.Y., by former Iowa State standout Henry Whitney, a high leaper like Smith. Little Lewis, from Topeka, Kansas "is the kind of boy who picks up the coaches when they're down," said Owens. The second team ' has a higher combined scoring average than the first team. Gardner and Lewis were only a few votes ahead, of 6'5" Al Lopes of Kansas and 6'8'' Don Sidle, Oklahoma's taL. ented sophomore pivot. , Others on the second team were 67" Earl Seyfert, gifted) Kansas State sophomore j 6'4" Nate Branch of Nebras. ka and 6'1" Ron Coleman of Missouri, who still has a shot at the conference scoring championship. 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