THURSDAY. FEBRUARY .22. 1962 hafftii, e Hill People Take Basketball Seriously By JIM KARL, Sports Editor Down in the hill country of West Vir ginia wrestling is something to occupy the time of schoolyard urchins, gymnastics are the antics little Torn Sawyers use to impress their girl - friends, and basketball is king. At Morgantown, where West Virginia Uni versity huddles high on the banks of the Mo nongahela, the local populace lives and dies with the fortunes of the Mountaineers. And for the past 22 years, the gra'veyards have been relative ly empty. West Virginia hasn't had a losing season since 1939. The 79-439 win over Penn State . Tues day assured the Mounties of their sixth straight 20-win season. • In fact, ever the past five years West Vir ginia has been the winningest team in the nation. The Mountaineers have a 129-21 record for that periOd —4 - percentage of .860. Cincinnati is sec ond with 121-21 fora percentage of .852 This year, for ,the first time in six years, the Mountaineers will not be among the nation's top ten basketball teams. With a record of 20-6 and just one game t • • remaining on its regular schedule, West Virginia is ranked 16th in this.week's UPI poll. OBVIOUSLY, WEST VIRGINIA did not become a year in and year out basketball power house through a whim of the Gods. Behind that astronomical record is a hard-nosed recruiting system more efficient than an .IBM machine_ .Ed Barrett, VWU's likeable sports publicity director, is a first hand observer of the Mountain eer "system" "Other schools give more scholarships than we de," • Barrett said. between halves of the Penn State game. "But other schools-take risks. We dint: We are absolutely certain that every boy we get here is going to play ball for us. George Washington gives 21 scholarships. They take risks.•We usually give 12 scholarships, and that's all we need." WEST VIRGINIA HAS ONLY three scholar ship players on its freshman 'team, mainly be cause it is "red-shirting" three boys (holding the out of competition for a year so that they will retain their eligibility) and has an ,adequite :••••••••••••••R••••• II • •, •, • • ..(REDirr- STAFF •:, • • • • • 0. • MEETING • • .:. • .., • •, • lc • . •1 • TONIGHT •, • •: • i t • 131 Socket •• • •• • e! ii i • New Staff.rs 6:45 ••, • • • ' Old Staffers 7:00 • • • - • • • •, 4.,• Compuirry • •. • •, 9••••••••••••••••••••••••• WEST HALLS' RECORD HOP FRI. 8:00-12:30 in Waring Lounge calm hours the trying day, What a pleasure to and meditate THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. UNIVERSITY PARK. number of good ppl:komora and junior players with scholarships, Another .. secret of West Virginia's "system* is the man who does the recruiting coach George King. "Fred Schaus (now coach of the Los Angeles Laken) was a good recruiter when he was here,* Barrett said. "but Xing is even better." In fact, you might even say that basket ballis king at West Virginia. and King is basket ball. , 0 But the Mountaineers had been patronizing the roundball sport long before the current coach' stepped in - in 1980, and there's no reason _to believe they won't continue winning after he's gone. SPEAKING I OF BASZETBALL powerhouses, Snowy Simpson tells this story about Kentucky coach Adolph - Rupp. "Adolph is holding court in the locker room after a game one night and this cocky 1 reporter walks up to him and says, 'Mr. Rupp, how many scholarships do you have?' .Adolph looks at him kind of funny and says, Tm sorry, son; I didn't understand your ques tion.' The reporter, who Is no dumbell, thinks a minute and then asks, 'Well then, sir, how many lo you advocate?' ' ; Adolph Smiles and says, 'Now I understand you, son. I advocate as many scholarships as I need to win every game on my schedule.'" It looks as though Rupp miscounted by two scholarships this year. Kentucky is currently ranked third in the nation with a 17-2 record. SOME .VARSITY COACHES are dissatisfied with the plans to spend ;1.3 million to enlarge Rec Hall., Darmouth is- in the' process of building an ultra-modern fieldhouse for $1.5 million. As one coach, put it "If Rec 'Hall gets any more wings, it will go into orbit." Cage coach John Egli and trainer _Chuck Medlar were discussing how to get more money for Egles'scholarship fund at breakfast in MoNan town yesterday. Medlar came up with a sure-fire money-getter. "You and I can wear gym suits." Medlar said to Egli.,"and put on a free exeititise exhibition at halftime." at the C:!3 after a relax NSYLVANIA Tv Lian:Thiotlads May Miss Heel When Penn State's thinclads , meet Ohio State Saturday at? ST THE ASIS°C I A T ED P RESS Columbus, they may be without! Dayton has been tapped for the the services of Howie Deardorff!National Invitation Basketball and captain Steve Moorhead. BothiTourriament at Madison Square distance stars are nursing the flu.lGarden, leaving only eight spots Moorhead biuke the Navy Field.open in the top two cage tourna- House mile 'rec- trient ord in 4:13.9 andi„ --7- - "rt The NIT has filled half of its also ran on the, ' dozen slots. The NCAA Tourna w inn ing two- ment,• which settles the national mile relay team* championship , has only tw o at Annapolis twof places left and one of those will weeks ago. Last!: be offered to the Ivy League win week he finished! second to Michi- 1 San's Ergas Leps in a triangular meet at Ahn Ar bor, Mich. Deardorff is• also a top point getter for th e at" , M.. "'" Lions. He copped first.place in:the 1000-yard run at Navy and took seconds in the 1000 and 1330 in the Michigan meet. g i r 1 - . . . . • But the lode of Moorhead and Deardorff is not the. only thing , that will thir*aut State's. chances) Included in the Ohio meets are two events (300-Va. and 440-yd,; dashes) that State, usually does not run. In the absence of Moorhead and Deardorff, coach Chick Werner witchaye to call on Gerry Norman. , Bob and Mike Miller, Ernie Noil; and Liorad Bissett for extra duty.! Soccer AM:Americans Penn State; has had two three-, time All-American soccer players. , J. W. Bielicki made it from 1933- 35 and W. W. McEi.van was an fr 1234-38. _ - - - Hi s a t Hurislllllll.lllllllllllllllllll2 DRESS RIGHT FOR YOUR MIL SALL WEEKEND DATE WITH PROPER ACCESSORIES • VAN HEUSEN WHITE DRESS SHIRTS $5.00 DON RICHARDSON SPORT COATS Dacron and Cotton. WaTh and Wear, Madras and Muted Tones. from, $29.95 1 , 14r1s slit nto OPPOSITE OLD MAUI 5111111111111110111111M111111111111111M1111101111111111111111111111WHIM1111111tUtig Dayton Sixth NIT Choice Dayton is IS-6 on the year. The Ohio team- has been runner-up five . times, but never a winner of the NIT. scheduled for March .15- De f e n ding Providence. Du quesne, Houston, Loyola of Chi cago and St. John's of Brooklyn are the other selections for the The NCAA announced yester day sites and dates for three first round games. ' The Air Force. an at-large entry, will meet the Southwest Conference winner on the latter's hatrie court March it In the Far West division. the Seattle-Oregon State contest will he at Corvallis, Ore.. March 13. and Arizonia State will face the Skyline Conference winner at Tempe. Ariz.. March 12. . I 1 New College Diner /ram TIES ALL-NEW COLORS AND STYLES TIE TACS mommil•••••• REGULAR AND LIGHTWEIGHT SLACKS from $7.98 AD 1-4715 PAGE SEVEN
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