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RE: they've actually had a good recruiting season including ...
Posted on: June 27, 2025 at 12:29:33 CT
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Clyde Lovellete is still the only player in history to lead the nation in scoring and win an NCAA title in the same season. He was named National Player of the Year and captured NCAA Tourney MOP honors by scoring 31, 44, 33 and 33 in his four games, and set tournament records for points (141), rebounds (69), field goals (53) and free throws (35).
In 1948 Lovellette, who was from Indiana, had already committed to home state IU. He went home to pick up some clothes and was next seen in Lawrence signing to play for the jayhawks who were coming off an impressive 9-15 record at the time.
As told to Ted O’Leary of the KC Star by Phog Allen and detailed in the ESPN Encyclopedia of Basketball: "There was nothing irregular in my recruitment of Wilt Chamberlain. But Clyde Lovellette - well, that's another story."
When a recruitment as shady as Wilt's is used as the clean example to what happened with Lovellette, its pretty obvious that practice of paying players at ku dates back at least into the 1940's.
In 1948 Lovellette, who was from Indiana, had already committed to home state IU. He went home to pick up some clothes and was next seen in Lawrence signing to play for the jayhawks who were coming off an impressive 9-15 record at the time.
As told to Ted O’Leary of the KC Star by Phog Allen and detailed in the ESPN Encyclopedia of Basketball: "There was nothing irregular in my recruitment of Wilt Chamberlain. But Clyde Lovellette - well, that's another story."
When a recruitment as shady as Wilt's is used as the clean example to what happened with Lovellette, its pretty obvious that practice of paying players at ku dates back at least into the 1940's.
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RE: they've actually had a good recruiting season including ... - FIJItiger MU - 6/27 12:29:33