1967-68
OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL CONFERENCE PLACE CONF. TOURNEY POST-SEASON
 22-8 9-3 7-3 6-2 10-4 2nd   3-1 NIT FINALS

ROSTER:

NO. POS. NAME CLASS HGT. WGT. Hometown (Previous School)
    RETURNEES:        
33 F Howard Arndt * Jr. 6'7 190 Republic, MO (Republic HS)
35 F/C Rodger Bohnenstiehl** Cpt. Sr. 6'6 185 Collinsville, IL (Collinsville HS)
10 G Phil Harmon * Jr. 6'4 165 Tulsa, OK  (Central HS)
31 F Bruce Sloan * Jr. 6'5 180 Kansas City, MO (Center HS)
25 G Rich Thomas* Jr. 6'2 205 Dieterich, IL
  C Vernon Vanoy Jr. 6'8 235 Kansas City, MO  (Lincoln HS)
15 G Jo Jo White ** Jr. 6'3 190 St. Louis, MO (McKinley HS and Vashon HS)
    NEW FACES:        
12 G Richard Bradshaw So. 6'3 195 Chicago, IL (Marshall HS)
20 F Greg Douglas So. 6'8 220 Keokuk, IA (Keokuk HS)
22 G Chester Lawrence So. 6'4 185 Vienna, IL
13 C Dave Nash Jr. 6'10 240 St. Louis, MO  (Vashon HS)

          * Varsity letter     Cpt. = Captain    # = Walk-on     % = Nonletterman

COACHES:

 

  

LOSSES FROM LAST YEAR ('67 stats):

PLAYER LOSSES Class Hgt. POS. G/GS PTS PPG RBS RPG PPts STATUS
Pat Davis Sr. 6'2 G 16/ 11 0.7 11 0.7   Graduated
Jaye Ediger So. 6'5 G 13/ 4 0.3 11 0.8    
Ron Franz Sr. 6'7 F 27/ 334 12.4 185 6.9   Graduated
Bob Wilson Sr. 6'7 F 16/ 129 8.1 80 5.0   Graduated
George Yarnevich Jr. 6'5 F 12/ 10 0.8 13 1.1    
TOTALS         488 18.1 300 11.1    

 

PRESEASON OUTLOOK:
 

 

 

 

 

SEASON SUMMARY:
With White and Bohnenstiehl back, KU’s goal at the beginning of the 1967-68 season was to become the first Big Eight team to qualify for three straight NCAA tournaments. It didn’t happen.

A 19-7 overall record and a second-place finish in the Big Eight were only good enough for the school’s first berth in the National Invitational Tournament.

Kansas had started the season with a non-conference schedule that Owens called “the toughest we’ve ever faced.”  Before the Big Eight preseason tournament, KU faced a home-and-home series with defending Missouri Valley champion Louisville and single games against Utah State, Loyola-Chicago, Cincinnati, Texas A&M, St. Louis and Stanford.  The Jayhawks went 6-2 in the stretch, losing only to Louisville and Loyola.  But losses to Kansas State and Nebraska late in the conference season left KU with a 10-4 Big Eight record.

Junior guard Phil Harmon lit up Temple for 21 points in KU’s first round NIT game in New York, leading KU to an 82-76 victory as JoJo added 19 points, Dave Nash 17 and Bohnenstiehl 15.  Bohnenstiehl again scored 15 as KU beat Villanova 55-49 in the second round.  Bohnenstiehl then scored 17 points and White 16 in the semifinal as KU beat St. Peter’s 58-46.

The NIT final pitted KU against Dayton, and the game was tied at halftime, 25-25.  But Dayton pulled away in the second half to win 61-48 in front of 19,000 at Madison Square Garden.  Bohnenstiehl scored 12 points, bringing his tournament average to 14.7 a game.

Source: The Crimson & Blue Handbook, page 69.

1967-68  FINAL TEAM STATISTICS (Team highs in bold):

CATEGORY

KU

OPP

DIFF

 White,
JoJo		 Bohnenstiehl,
Rodger		 Nash,
Dave		 Harmon,
Phil		 Sloan,
Bruce		 Bradshaw,
Rich

Games Played/Started

 30 30   30/ 30/ 29/ 30/ 30/ 28/

Points

 2079 1862   459 410 290 243 227 174

    Per Game

 69.3 62.1   15.3 13.7 10.0 8.1 7.6 6.2

Rebounds

 1215 1196   107 182 189 71 147 127

    Per Game

 40.5 39.9   3.6 6.1 6.5 2.4 4.9 4.5

FG -Attempts

 1802 1577   462 309 244 204 154 175

       Made

 816 663   188 162 119 97 78 69

       Percent

 45.3 42.0   40.7 52.4 48.8 47.5 50.6 39.4

FT-Attempts

 663 831   115 113 89 63 114 51

     Made

 447 536   83 86 52 49 71 36

     Percent

 67.4 64.5   72.2 76.1 58.4 77.8 62.3 70.6

Production Points/Game

                  
Production Points/Minute                  

Statistics, Cont'd

CATEGORY Douglas,
Greg		 Vanoy,
Vernon		 Arndt,
Howard		 Lawrence,
Chet		 Thomas,
Rich		 Team
Games Played/ Started 26/ 26/ 18/ 10/ 13/  
Points 117 101 23 18 17  
   Per Game 4.5 3.9 1.3 1.8 1.3  
Rebounds 100 85 14 5 7 181
   Per Game 3.8 3.3 0.8 0.5 0.5 6.0
FG - Attempts 101 110 12 13 18  
         Made 46 39 6 5 7  
         Percent 45.5 35.5 50.0 38.5 38.9  
FT - Attempts 43 44 16 9 6  
        Made 25 23 11 8 3  
        Percent 58.1 52.3 68.8 88.9 50.0  
Production Points/Game            
Production Points/Minute            

Source:   KU Basketball Media Guide

GAME-BY-GAME

Utah State W 84-55   Dec. 2 at Lawrence
Louisville L 51-57   Dec. 6 at Lawrence
Loyola (Ill.) L 73-83   Dec. 9 at Chicago, Ill.
Cincinnati W 67-61   Dec. 15 at Lawrence
Texas A&M W 78-52   Dec. 16 at Manhattan, Kan.
Stanford W 72-54   Dec. 18 at Lawrence
Louisville W 84-76 ** Dec. 21 at Louisville, Ky.
St. Louis W 68-64   Dec. 23 at St. Louis, Mo.
Oklahoma State L 67-79   Dec. 28 at Kansas City, Mo.
Oklahoma W 73-57   Dec. 29 at Kansas City, Mo.
Missouri W 63-47   Dec. 30 at Kansas City, Mo.
Colorado W 66-50   Jan. 6 at Lawrence
Iowa State W 68-67   Jan. 8 at Ames, Iowa
Portland W 80-37   Jan. 13 at Lawrence
Missouri L 66-67   Jan. 15 at Lawrence
Kansas State L 56-71   Jan. 20 at Manhattan, Kan.
Oklahoma W 72-70   Feb. 3 at Lawrence
Oklahoma State W 52-50   Feb. 5 at Lawrence
Colorado W 75-72   Feb. 10 at Boulder, Colo.
Nebraska W 71-60   Feb. 17 at Lawrence
Missouri W 74-65   Feb. 20 at Columbia, Mo.
Kansas State L 61-64 * Feb. 24 at Lawrence
Nebraska L 69-76   Feb. 27 at Lincoln, Neb.
Oklahoma State W 70-58   Mar. 2 at Stillwater, Okla.
Oklahoma W 85-80 * Mar. 4 at Norman, Okla.
Iowa State W 91-58   Mar. 9 at Lawrence
NIT

 

 

 

 

 

Temple W 82-76   Mar. 15 at New York, N.Y.
Villanova W 55-49   Mar. 18 at New York, N.Y.
St. Peter's W 58-46   Mar. 21 at New York, N.Y.
Dayton L 48-61   Mar. 23 at New York, N.Y
(N.I.T. Finals)
 

LINK TO 1968 NATIONAL STATISTICS

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