1968-69
OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL CONFERENCE PLACE CONF. TOURNEY POST-SEASON
 20-7 10-2 6-4 4-1 9-5 2T 4-1 0-1 NIT

ROSTER:

NO. POS. NAME CLASS HGT. WGT. Hometown (Previous School)
    RETURNEES:        
32 F Howard Arndt ** Sr. 6'7 190 Republic, MO (Republic HS)
12 G/F Richard Bradshaw * Jr. 6'3 195 Chicago, IL (Marshall HS)
20 F Greg Douglas *% Jr. 6'8 220 Keokuk, IA (Keokuk HS)
10 G Phil Harmon ** Sr. 6'4 165 Tulsa, OK  (Central HS)
22 G Chester Lawrence * Jr. 6'4 185 Vienna, IL
13 C Dave Nash * Sr. 6'10 240 St. Louis, MO  (Vashon HS)
31 F Bruce Sloan ** Cpt. Sr. 6'5 190 Kansas City, MO (Center HS)
15 G Jo Jo White *** Cpt. Sr. 6'3 190 St. Louis, MO (McKinley HS and Vashon HS)
    NEW FACES:        
55 C Roger Brown So. 6'10 226 Chicago, IL (Englewood HS)
11 G Tim Natsues Jr. 6'2 175 Fresno, CA  (McLane HS), Transfer from Fresno City College
40 F Dave Robisch So. 6'9 223 Springfield, IL
44 F Pierre Russell So. 6'3 198 Kansas City, KS  (Wyandotte HS)

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

COACHES:

 

  

LOSSES FROM LAST YEAR ('68 stats):

PLAYER LOSSES Class Hgt. POS. G/GS PTS PPG RBS RPG PPts STATUS
Rodger Bohnenstiehl Sr. 6'6 F/C             Graduated
Rich Thomas Jr. 6'2 205              
Vernon Vanoy Jr. 6'8 235              
TOTALS                    

 

PRESEASON OUTLOOK:
 

 

 

 

 

SEASON SUMMARY:
 

 

1968-69  FINAL TEAM STATISTICS (Team highs in bold):

CATEGORY

KU

OPP

DIFF

 Robisch, Dave White,
Jo Jo		 Sloan, Bruce Bradshaw, Rich Russell, Pierre Brown, Roger

Games Played/Started

 27 27   27/ 18/ 27/ 26/ 27/ 26/

Points

 1883 1625   489 326 190 179 176 156

    Per Game

 69.7 60.2   18.1 18.1 7.0 6.9 6.5 6.0

Rebounds

 1192 1045   199 84 146 81 122 178

    Per Game

 44.1 38.7   7.4 4.7 5.4 3.1 4.5 6.8

FG -Attempts

 1664 1461   373 286 164 184 140 167

       Made

 734 578   181 134 77 72 59 62

       Percent

 44.1 39.6   48.5 46.9 47.0 39.1 42.1 37.1

FT-Attempts

 638 670   190 79 64 50 81 57

     Made

 415 469   127 58 36 35 58 32

     Percent

 65.0 70.0   66.8 73.4 56.3 70.0 71.6 56.1

Production Points/Game

                  
Production Points/Minute                  

Statistics, Cont'd

CATEGORY Harmon, Phil Douglas, Greg Nash, Dave Natsues, Tim Arndt, Howard Lawrence, Chet Team
Games Played/ Started 25/ 18/ 19/ 16/ 16/ 14/  
Points 150 87 80 21 19 10  
   Per Game 6.0 4.8 4.2 1.3 1.2 0.7  
Rebounds 42 57 57 14 14 10 188
   Per Game 1.7 3.2 3.0 0.9 0.9 0.7 7.0
FG - Attempts 135 85 73 26 21 10  
         Made 62 33 33 8 9 4  
         Percent 45.9 38.8 45.2 30.8 42.9 40.0  
FT - Attempts 38 33 25 8 6 7  
        Made 26 21 14 5 1 2  
        Percent 68.4 63.6 56.0 62.5 16.7 28.6  
Production Points/Game              
Production Points/Minute              

Source:   KU Basketball Media Guide

GAME-BY-GAME

St. Louis W 88-65   Nov. 30 at Lawrence
Wisconsin L 62-67   Dec. 3 at Madison, Wis.
Loyola (Ill.) W 93-61   Dec. 7 at Lawrence
Xavier W 79-56   Dec. 9 at Lawrence
Creighton W 78-65   Dec. 13 at Manhattan, Kan.
Syracuse W 71-41   Dec. 14 at Lawrence
Murray State W 72-59   Dec. 16 at Lawrence
Utah State W 67-61   Dec. 20 at Logan, Utah
Stanford W 76-67   Dec. 21 at Palo Alto, Calif.
Nebraska W 82-56   Dec. 26 at Kansas City, Mo.
Colorado W 65-55   Dec. 28 at Kansas City, Mo.
Oklahoma State W 56-45   Dec. 30 at Kansas City, Mo.
Nebraska W 56-52   Jan. 4 at Lincoln, Neb.
Iowa State W 94-61   Jan. 6 at Lawrence
Missouri L 46-47   Jan. 11 at Columbia, Mo.
Iowa State L 72-78 ** Jan. 13 at Ames, Iowa
Kansas State W 73-67   Jan. 18 at Manhattan, Kan.
Colorado W 80-70   Feb. 1 at Lawrence
Oklahoma State W 64-48   Feb. 3 at Lawrence
Oklahoma W 66-59 * Feb. 8 at Norman, Okla.
Oklahoma State W 45-41   Feb. 10 at Stillwater, Okla.
Missouri L 55-56   Feb. 15 at Lawrence
Nebraska W 79-73   Feb. 22 at Lawrence
Oklahoma W 83-58   Feb. 24 at Lawrence
Colorado L 67-75   Mar. 1 at Boulder, Colo.
Kansas State L 57-64   Mar. 8 at Lawrence
NIT

 

 

 

 

 

Boston College L 62-78   Mar. 16 at N.Y., N.Y. (N.I.T.)
 

LINK TO 1969 NATIONAL STATISTICS

Link to Big  Conference for

ARTICLE ABOUT JO JO WHITE

1000: KU defeats Oklahoma State to hit milestone, February 4, 1969