1959-60
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8-2 |
7-4 |
4-3 |
10-4 |
1st - Tie |
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1-1 NCAA |
ROSTER:
| NO. |
POS. |
NAME |
CLASS |
HGT. |
WGT. |
Hometown (Previous School) |
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RETURNEES: |
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| 32 |
C |
Bill
Bridges * |
Jr. |
6'6 |
225 |
Hobbs, New Mexico (Hobbs HS) |
| 44 |
F |
Al Donaghue
** |
Sr. |
6'5 |
208 |
Kansas City, KS (Wyandotte HS) |
| 25 |
F/G |
Dick Gisel |
Sr. |
6'0 |
177 |
Hutchison, KS, Transfer from
Hutchison (KS) Juco |
| 20 |
G |
Bob
Hickman ** |
Sr. |
6'2 |
180 |
Terre Haute, IN |
| 14 |
F |
Jim
Hoffman ** |
Sr. |
6'3 |
192 |
Kansas City, MO |
| 3 |
G |
Dee Ketchum
* |
Jr. |
6'0 |
165 |
Bartlesville, OK |
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NEW FACES: |
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| 24 |
F |
Al Correll |
So. |
6'4 |
180 |
Philadelphia, PA |
| 15 |
F/G |
Butch
Ellison |
Jr. |
6'1 |
184 |
Kansas City, KS/Kansas City Junior
College |
| 22 |
G |
Jerry
Gardner |
So. |
6'0 |
167 |
Wichita, KS
|
| 18 |
F |
Wayne
Hightower |
So. |
6'9 |
192 |
Philadelphia, PA (Overbrook
HS) |
| 23 |
F |
Bill Elstun
% |
Jr. |
6'2 |
171 |
Mission, KS (Shawnee Mission HS) |
| 33 |
F |
Bill
Goetzke % |
So. |
6'3 |
215 |
Kansas City,
|
| 42 |
G/F |
Ken
Hensley % |
So. |
6'2 |
165 |
Tulsa, OK |
| 5 |
G |
Howard
Parker % |
So. |
6'3 |
192 |
Mission, KS |
| 55 |
C/F |
Larry
Sterlin % |
So. |
6'6 |
195 |
Scott City, KS (Scott City HS) |
| 50 |
G |
Pete
Woodward % |
So. |
6'2 |
188 |
Topeka, KS (Topeka HS) |
* Varsity letter Cpt. = Captain
# = Walk-on % = Nonletterman
| COACHES:
Dick Harp, Head Coach, 4th Year |
Jerry Waugh,. Asst Coach
Lew Johnson |
LOSSES FROM LAST YEAR ('59 stats):
| PLAYER LOSSES |
Class |
Hgt. |
POS. |
G/GS |
PTS |
PPG |
RBS |
RPG |
PPts |
STATUS |
| Bob
Billings |
Sr. |
5'11 |
G |
23/ |
138 |
6.0 |
57 |
2.5 |
|
Graduated |
| Monte
Johnson |
Sr. |
6'5 |
F/C |
25/ |
101 |
4.0 |
109 |
4.4 |
|
Graduated |
| Linn
Kindred |
Sr. |
6'2 |
G |
15/ |
14 |
1.0 |
12 |
0.8 |
|
Graduated |
|
Ron Loneski |
Sr. |
6'4 |
F/G |
23/ |
436 |
19.0 |
238 |
10.3 |
|
Graduated |
| Gary
Thompson |
Sr. |
6'4 |
F |
10/ |
13 |
1.3 |
22 |
2.2 |
|
Graduated |
| Russ
Marcinek |
So. |
5'10 |
G |
5/ |
8 |
1.1 |
3 |
0.6 |
|
Transferred to St. Joseph's College |
| Doyle
Schick |
So. |
6'0 |
G |
1/ |
0 |
0.0 |
1 |
1.0 |
|
Football player |
| TOTALS |
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|
710 |
28.4 |
442 |
17.7 |
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SEASON SUMMARY:
But by the 1959-60 season, forwards Bill Bridges and Wayne
Hightower had started to fill the gap. Hightower
led the Big Eight in scoring, averaging 21.6 points per game, as KU and K-State
finished the conference season with 10-4 records.
The two teams split their regular-season games against each other.
On March 9, the two met in Manhattan for a one-game playoff to determine
the Big Eight’s representative to the NCAA regional, which was also going to
be held in Manhattan. K-State
rallied to send the game to overtime, where KU won 84-82. Hightower had 28
points and guard Jerry Gardner scored 21 to lead the Jayhawks.
Two nights later, KU beat Texas 90-81 to advance to the regional final
against No. 1 Cincinnati.
But the pressure-filled games
that closed KU’s regular season and the NCAA opener had taken their toll on
the Jayhawks. The Lawrence
Journal-World reported on KU’s 82-71 loss:
“With six players going most of the way, Kansas just didn’t have
the gas Saturday to go the entire route against classy Cincinnati and the
great Oscar Robertson.” Hightower
and Bridges scored 22 points each, but Robertson had 43 for the Bearcats.
KU led 57-51 with 13:45 remaining in the game but allowed Cincy to tie
it at 63 with 8:10 to go. The
Jayhawks managed only eight more points as the Bearcats pulled away.
“I couldn’t move near the end,” Hightower told the Journal-World.
“I just wore out.”
Source: The
Crimson & Blue Handbook, pages 69-61.
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1960 FINAL TEAM STATISTICS (Team
highs in bold):
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CATEGORY
|
KU
|
OPP
|
DIFF
|
Hightower, Wayne |
Bridges, Bill |
Gardner, Jerry |
Donaghue,
Al |
Hickman,
Bob |
Ketchum,
Dee |
Ellison,
Butch |
|
Games Played/Started
|
28 |
28 |
|
28/ |
28/ |
28/ |
17/ |
28/ |
17/ |
21/ |
|
Points
|
1949 |
1819 |
|
611 |
318 |
250 |
185 |
180 |
101 |
89 |
|
Per Game
|
69.6 |
65.0 |
|
21.8 |
11.4 |
8.9 |
10.9 |
6.4 |
5.9 |
4.2 |
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Rebounds
|
1313 |
1235 |
|
282 |
385 |
76 |
84 |
108 |
29 |
29 |
|
Per Game
|
46.9 |
44.1 |
|
10.1 |
13.8 |
2.7 |
4.9 |
3.9 |
1.7 |
1.4 |
|
FG -Attempts
|
1800 |
1824 |
|
512 |
293 |
221 |
208 |
173 |
102 |
85 |
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Made
|
699 |
700 |
|
209 |
112 |
99 |
81 |
57 |
35 |
35 |
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Percent
|
38.8 |
38.4 |
|
40.8 |
38.2 |
44.8 |
38.9 |
32.9 |
34.3 |
41.2 |
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FT-Attempts
|
793 |
612 |
|
285 |
142 |
73 |
35 |
80 |
37 |
33 |
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Made
|
551 |
419 |
|
193 |
94 |
52 |
23 |
66 |
31 |
19 |
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Percent
|
69.5 |
68.5 |
|
67.7 |
66.2 |
71.2 |
65.7 |
82.5 |
83.8 |
57.6 |
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Production Points/Game
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| Production Points/Minute |
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Statistics, Cont'd
| CATEGORY |
Correll, Al |
Hoffman, Jim |
Gisel, Dick |
Goetzke, Bill |
Elstun, Bill |
Sterlin, Larry |
Woodward, Pete |
Parker, Howard |
Hensley, Ken |
Team |
| Games Played/ Started |
11/ |
25/ |
21/ |
7/ |
4/ |
1/ |
2/ |
2/ |
2/ |
|
| Points |
69 |
67 |
65 |
9 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| Per Game |
6.3 |
2.7 |
3.1 |
1.3 |
0.8 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
| Rebounds |
38 |
56 |
36 |
5 |
22 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
162 |
| Per Game |
3.5 |
2.2 |
1.7 |
0.7 |
5.5 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
5.8 |
| FG - Attempts |
49 |
60 |
82 |
8 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
|
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Made |
19 |
21 |
26 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Percent |
38.8 |
35.0 |
31.7 |
37.5 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
| FT - Attempts |
41 |
42 |
17 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
| Made |
31 |
25 |
13 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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| Percent |
75.6 |
59.5 |
76.5 |
60.0 |
50.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
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| Production Points/Game |
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| Production Points/Minute |
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Source: KU Basketball Media Guide
GAME-BY-GAME
|
Northwestern |
W |
76-67 |
|
Dec. 5 |
at Evanston, Ill. |
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Texas Tech |
W |
85-71 |
|
Dec. 7 |
at Lawrence |
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North Carolina |
L |
49-60 |
|
Dec. 11 |
at Raleigh, N.C. |
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N. Carolina State |
W |
80-58 |
|
Dec. 12 |
at Raleigh, N.C. |
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Kentucky |
L |
72-77 |
|
Dec. 14 |
at Lawrence |
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San Francisco |
W |
73-42 |
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Dec. 18 |
at Lawrence |
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Brigham Young |
W |
96-64 |
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Dec. 19 |
at Manhattan, Kan. |
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St. Louis |
L |
59-66 |
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Dec. 22 |
at St. Louis, Mo. |
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Oklahoma State |
W |
67-59 |
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Dec. 28 |
at Kansas City, Mo. |
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Oklahoma |
W |
55-54 |
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Dec. 29 |
at Kansas City, Mo. |
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Iowa State |
L |
70-83 |
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Dec. 30 |
at Kansas City, Mo. |
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Nebraska |
W |
60-47 |
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Jan. 9 |
at Lincoln, Neb. |
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Colorado |
L |
61-65 |
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Jan. 11 |
at Boulder, Colo. |
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Missouri |
W |
79-63 |
|
Jan. 16 |
at Lawrence |
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Oklahoma State |
L |
49-62 |
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Jan. 18 |
at Lawrence |
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Iowa State |
L |
60-72 |
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Jan. 23 |
at Ames, Iowa |
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Iowa State |
W |
70-64 |
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Feb. 6 |
at Lawrence |
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Kansas State |
W |
64-62 |
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Feb. 10 |
at Lawrence |
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Oklahoma State |
W |
64-52 |
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Feb. 13 |
at Stillwater, Okla. |
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Oklahoma |
W |
54-53 |
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Feb. 15 |
at Norman, Okla. |
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Colorado |
W |
75-67 |
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Feb. 20 |
at Lawrence |
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Kansas State |
L |
57-68 |
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Feb. 24 |
at Manhattan, Kan. |
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Missouri |
W |
85-72 |
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Feb. 27 |
at Columbia, Mo. |
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Oklahoma |
W |
65-52 |
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Mar. 1 |
at Lawrence |
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Nebraska |
W |
79-74 |
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Mar. 7 |
at Lawrence |
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Kansas State |
W |
84-82 |
* |
Mar. 9 |
at Manhattan, Kan.
(Big Eight Playoff) |
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NCAA Tournament |
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Texas |
W |
90-81 |
|
Mar. 11 |
at Manhattan, Kan.
(NCAA Regional) |
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Cincinnati |
L |
71-82 |
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Mar. 12 |
at Manhattan, Kan.
(NCAA Regional Finals) |
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LINK TO 1960 NATIONAL STATISTICS
Link to Big Conference for
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