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We wish to take this opportunity to extend a most cordial and hearty welcome to our many Kentucky friends on the occasion of this annual University of Kentucky Invitational Basketball Tournament. We also wish to welcome the outstanding teams from the University of North Carolina, West Virginia University, and St. Louis University. To the members of the teams, to their coaches, and to their followers, we give a real Blue Grass welcome.
We hope that all visitors to the campus for this event will enjoy the stay here in Lexington. May we bear in mind throughout the tournament that this Memorial Coliseum is dedicated to the memory of Kentucky's sons who gave their lives for their country and may we conduct ourselves in such a manner that we shall be worthy of the sacrifice made by these young men.
Frank G. Dickey, President University of Kentucky
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BERNIE A. SHIVELY Tournament Manager
A tall, silver-haired administrator, who was a three-sport star in his collegiate days at Illinois and Director of Athletics for the University of Kentucky since 1938, serves in the capacity of Tournament Manager of the U.K. Invitational. He is Bernie A. Shively, a capable supervisor known familiarly to thousands of athletes, coaches, officials and fans as "Shive." During his college career at Illinois in the late twenties, he was an All-America guard on the same grid team made famous by Red Grange. During his tenure at Kentucky, he has held the posts of football line coach, head of the Physical Education Department, track coach, baseball coach and head football coach in addition to supervising the steady growth of one of the nation's top athletic programs in the capacity of Director of Athletics. The Kentucky sports chief also is a member of the NCAA Basketball Tournament Committee and for the past six years has been president of the SEC Coaches and Athletic Directors Association.
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UK INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT
Four national basketball powers, all of whom ranked among the top dozen teams in the country last season with a combined won-lost record of 93-19, will be participants in the seventh annual University of Kentucky Invitational Tournament December 18-19.   In addition to the host Wildcats,
the defending UKIT champion who finished with a 24-3 mark and second place national ranking, the 1959 tourney will include NCAA runner-up West Virginia (29-5), North Carolina (20-5) and St. Louis (20-6).
Pairings made by UK Athletic Director and Tournament Manager Bernie Shively have slotted Kentucky and the team they whipped for the title last December, West Virginia, in opposite brackets. A classic rematch of the two powers may be in the offing, but the high calibre of the tournament is reflected by the fact that all four participants are being touted for high national honors again this season and any one appears capable of winning. As Shively proudly puts it: "I believe this 1959 UKIT field to be the strongest ever assembled for a tournament in advance of the NCAA finals."
Outstanding fields are nothing new to the UK Invitational, however. In the short space of six years, University of Kentuckya school already internationally respected in basketball circleshas captured the imagination of the cage world with its holiday cage festival that returns big-time basketball to the campus.
Increasingly-important national prestige has become attached to the UKIT as reflected by the fact that in the past two years the winner has valuted to the top position in the wire service polls.
Furthermore, the UK Invitational ranks far ahead of all other tournaments as the most lucrative in the history of the game. According to UKIT policy, all participating teams share equally in the net proceeds and the payoff each year has been of national-record size. Last year, each of the four teams picked up checks for $ 1 3,817.35exceed-by better than $2,000 the previous high dividend paid in 1957. Kentucky's amazing "Fledgling Five" walked off with a fourth UKIT title for Coach Adolph Rupp last December by rolling to a surprise conquest (97-91) of highly-favored West Virginia, who later was to lose the NCAA championship by a single point. Oklahoma State outlasted Ohio State to capture third place. The feat of the Ruppmen was made all the more amazing by virtue of the fact that they measured Ohio State on the first night without the services of two startersforward Bill Lickert and center Don Millsand beat the Mountaineers with Lickert still in the hospital.
Previous participants in the UKIT have included La Salle, Utah, Dayton (two appearances each), Minnesota, Illinois, UCLA, Southern California, Duke and Southern Methodist.
The outlook for the 1959 renewal promises no letdown in the calibre of basketball seen since the tournament was organized.  All four clubs should rank high in the national cage picture.
Pre-season selections have pinpointed the host Wildcats and the North Carolina Tar Heels, who meet in the nightcap of the opening tournament session, plus the sharpshooting Mountaineers of West Virginia as teams to watch particularly this season. All three rank in the top five nationally in advance estimates. St. Louis, always a good basketball team, is rated as a darkhorse outfit.
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1953CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: Kentucky 73, LaSalle 60. Consolation: UCLA 72, Duke 67.
First Round: LaSalle 62, UCLA 53; Kentucky 85, Duke 69. Attendance: 16,714. Payoff: $8,243.77 to each team.
1954 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: Kentucky 63, LaSalle 54. Consolation: So. California 54, Utah 52.
First Round: LaSalle 49, So. California 38; Kentucky 70, Utah 65. Attendance: 17,973. Payoff: $9,902 to each team.
1955 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: Dayton 89, Kentucky 74. Consolation: Minnesota 90, Utah 77.
First Round: Dayton 77, Utah 73; Kentucky 72, Minnesota 65. Attendance: 19,185. Payoff: $10,647.17 to each team.
1956 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: Kentucky 91, Illinois 70. Consolation:  Southern Methodist 67, Dayton 59.
First Round: Illinois 82, Dayton 65; Kentucky 73, S.M.U. 67. Attendance: 15,753. Payoff: $8,511.87 to each team
1957 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: West Virginia 75, N. Carolina 64. Consolation:  Kentucky 78, Minnesota 58.
First Round: N. Carolina 73, Minnesota 67; W. Va. 77, Kentucky 70. Attendance: 20,956. Payoff: $11,751.38 to each team.
1958 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: Kentucky 97, West Virginia 91. Consolation: Oklahoma State 63, Ohio State 59.
First Round: W. Virginia 67, Oklahoma St. 49; Kentucky 95, Ohio St. 76. Attendance: 26,386. Payoff: $13,817.35 to each team.
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W. VA. SEASON RECORD (6-0)
93	Tennessee	78
98	The Citadel	76
96	Furman	63
84	Richmond	62
104	Penn State	74
91	V.M.I.	76
Youthful Fred Schaus, 34-year-old sensation of the cage coaching ranks, guided the Mountaineers to another banner season in 1959 despite an upset registered by Kentucky's Wildcats in the UKIT. West Virginia, sparked by the tremendous Jerry West and the coaching genius of Schaus, copped a fifth straight Southern Conference crown for their mentor and lost the national championship to California by only a single point (71-70) in the NCAA finals at Louisville. Schaus later tutored the winning College All-Stars in the Pan American Games Trials. The Mountaineer mentor enters his sixth campaign determined to parlay the fabulous West and a scrapping combination into a revenge victory over the Wildcats. But the road to another UKIT title and possible Kentucky re-match is blocked by a first-round go with the dangerous St. Louis Billikens.
8 FRONTCo-captains Willie Akers and Jerry West. STANDING (left to rightLee Patrone, Butch Goode, Nick Visnic, Jim Warren, Bob Davis, Nick Serdich, Joe Posch, Paul Miller, Gale Catlett, Kenny Ward, Ed Bode, Paul Popovich, Dick Dubois.
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY ROSTER
No.         Name        Pos.                                 Class Ltrs. Age
10 Nick Visnic (g)                         Jr. 0 20
11 Butch Goode (g) ............................Sr. 0 21
12 Paul Popovich (g) .....................Soph. 0 19
14 Dick Dubois (g) ..............................Soph. 0 19
15 Lee Patrone (g) ..............................Jr. 1 21
21 Kenny Ward (f)                          Soph. 0 19
24 Jim Warren (g) ..............................Sr. 0 21
25 Joe Posch (c)                             Jr. 1 23
30 Ed Bode (f) ..................................                             Soph. 0 19
31 Paul Miller (f)                          Soph. 0 20
32 Willie Akers (c) Sr. 2 22 35 Jim Ritchie (f) Jr. 1 22 44 Jerry West (f) .                         Sr. 2 21
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6'2" 175 Pineville, W. Va.
6' 170 Flemington, W. Va.
5'11" 165 Charleston, W. Va.
6'1" 185 Bellaire, Ohio
6'4" 185............................ Shady Spring, W. Va.
6'2" 170........... Clarksburg, W. Va.
67" 205 ......... Riverside, N. J.
6'3" 180 ......................... Sycamore Valley, O.
6'6" 195.......................... Logan, W. Va.
6'5" 195 Mullens, W. Va.
6'5" 185 Drexel Hill, Pa.
6'3" 175 Cabin Creek, W. Va.
COACHFred Schaus (5 YearsWon 120, Lost 32) CO-CAPTAINSWillie Akers and Jerry West
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CONFERENCESouthern LOCATIONMorgantown, W. Va. COLORSOld Gold and Blue ATH. DIR.Robert Brown NICKNAMEMountaineers PUBLICISTEddie Barrett COACHFred Schaus (5 YearsW 120, L 32)
OUTLOOKThe Mountaineers, losers to California by a single point in the NCAA championship game last March, returns the great Jerry West for a final season of competition and that alone stamps them as a major national contender. As if this were not enough, Coach Schaus can call on another regularWillie Akersand a trio of experienced reserves. Also there is a sophomore who seems destined to fit in well. He is Paul Popovich, six-foot scoring wonder who averaged a record-breaking 41.7 points per game as a schoolboy.
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N. C. SEASON RECORD (3-0)
93    South Carolina 56
60    Kansas 49
68    Kansas State 52
One of the nation's finest basketball coaches and gentlemen, Frank McGuire currently is in his eighth season as head man of the round ball sport at North Carolina. The transplanted Yankee, who previously gained wide fame during five years as the coach of his alma materSt. John's of Brooklyn, shows a commendable overall collegiate coaching record of 230 wins offsetting 83 losses. One of his greatest clubs ever was the Tar Heel outfit of 1956-57 which went undefeated for 32 games enroute to the national championship. In an opposite vein, one of Coach McGuire's biggest disappointments came less than a year later in their first UKIT appearance as West Virginia snapped UNC's winning streakwhich had grown to 37to cop the tournament title. The personable Irishman was accorded 1957 national "Coach of the Year" honors for his feat of guiding North Carolina to their greatest season.
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CONFERENCEAtlantic Coast LOCATIONChapel Hill, N. C. COLORSBlue and White ATH. DIR.C. P. (Chuck) Erickson NICKNAMETar Heels PUBLICISTJake Wade
COACHFrank McGuire (12 Years-Won 222, Lost 83)
OUTLOOKThe Tar Heels loom as one of the top con.enders for the national title in 1960 with a icam that seems to have all the necessary ingredients for cage greatness. Coach McGuire actually returns his entire starting lineup from a club that rated in the top 10 all last season. Several returnees are double-figured scorers with gocd height and speed. A newcomer, soph Don Walsh, may provide the desirable spark of a "take-charge" guy. Pre-season forecasts put North Carolina at the head of the ACC.
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No.        Name Pos. Class Ltrs.
11 John Crotty (g) ..............................Sr. 2
12 Lee Shaffer (f) .............................Sr. 2
20 Don Walsh (g) ................................Soph. 0
22 York Larese (g) ..............................Jr. 1
30 Ray Stanley (f) ...............................Sr. 2
32 Lou Brown (g) ................................Jr. 1
33 Jim Hudock (c) ..............................Soph. 0
34 Dick Kepley (c) ..........................Sr. 2
40 George Poteet (g) .........................Soph. 0
41 Jim Donohue (c-f) .........................Jr. 1
42 Harvey Salz (g) Sr. 2
43 Grey Poole (c) ................................Sr. 2
Age	Ht.	Wt.	Hometown
21	5'ir	162..............	Bayonne, N. J
20	67"	220 .............	....................... Pittsburgh, Pa
18	6'	160 .............	............... Riverdale, N. Y
21	6'3"	190 .............	New York, N. Y
21	6'4"	205 .............	......... Swannanoa, N. C
20	6'3"	190 .............	Jersey City, N. J
19	67"	218 .............	Tunkhannock, Pa
22	6'8"	225 .............	Roanoke, Vu
19	6'1"	170 .............	Hendersonville, N. C
19	6'8"	211 ..............	Yonkers, N. Y
22	6'1"	185 .............	Brooklyn. N. Y
21	6'5"	215	Raleigh, N. C
COACHFrank McGuire (12 YearsWon 222, Lost 83) CAPTAINHarvey Salz
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BILLIKENS FG		FT	PF	TP
32   Pete McCaffrey (f)				
44   George Burkel (f)				
55   Bob Nordmann (c)				
22   Tom Smith (g)				
53   George Latinovich (g)				
15   Thomas Book (f)				
33   Glen Mankowski (g)				
34   Gordon Hartweger (f)				
35   Thomas Kief for (g)				
43   David Leuchtefeld (c)				
52   Richard Sanders (f)				
54   Jim Dailey (g)				
				
				
				
				
				
				
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WEST VIRGINIA'S SCORECARD       (Complete Roster on Page 9)
MOUNTAINEERS	FG	FT	PF	TP
35   Jim Ritchie (f)				
44   Jerry West (f)				
32   Willie Akers (c)				
15   Lee Patrone (g)				
24   Jim Warren (g)				
10   Nick Visnic (g)				
11   Butch Goode (g)				
12   Paul Popovich (g)				
14   Dick Dubois (g)				
21    Kenny Ward (f)				
25   Joe Posch (c)				
30   Ed Bode (f)				
31   Paul Miller (f)				
				
				
				
				
				
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TAR HEELS	FG FT		PF	TP
12   Lee Shaffer (f)				
30   Ray Stanley (f)				
43   Grey Poole (c)				
22   York Larese (g)				
42   Harvey Salz (g)				
11    John Crotty (g)				
20   Don Walsh (g)				
32   Lou Brown (g)				
33   Jim Hudock (c)				
34   Dick Kepley (c)				
40   George Poteet (g)				
41    Jim Donohue (c-f)				
				
				
				
				
				
				
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KENTUCKY'S SCORECARD      (Complete Roster on Page 21)
White Blue WILDCATS	FG	FT	PF	TP
44    41   Bill Lickert (f-g)				
52    53   Don Mills (c-f)				
4     13   Ned Jennings (c)				
22    23   Sid Cohen (g)				
30     31    Bennie Coffman (g)				
10    11   Eddie Mason (g)				
12    35   Al Robinson (g)				
14     15   Harry Hurd (f)				
20    21   Jim McDonald (f)				
24     25   Larry Pursiful (g)				
32    33   Allen Feldhaus (c-f)				
40      5   Carroll Burchett (f-c)				
42    45   Herky Rupp (f)				
50    51   Dick Parsons (g)				
54    43   Roy Roberts (f)				
				
				
				
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No.          Name          Pos.                              Class Age
15 Thomas Book (f) ............................Soph. 19
22 Tom Smith (g) ................................Sr. 21
32 Pete McCaffrey (f) ........................Sr. 20
33 Glen Mankowski (g) ......................Jr. 20
35 Thomas Kieffer (g) ........................                     Soph. 19
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160 ............................................. Joplin, Mo.
270 ........................................ St. Louis, Mo.
COACHJohn Benington (3 YearsWon 41, Lost 34) CAPTAINJim Dailey
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CONFERENCEMissouri Valley LOCATIONSt. Louis, Mo. COLORSRoyal Blue and White ATH. DIR.Rev. T. C. Donohue NICKNAMEBillikens PUBLICISTTed Hornbach, Jr.
COACHJohn Benington (3 Years Won 41, Lost 34)
OUTLOOKLook for another banner season for the Bills despite the graduation of All-America center Bob Ferry. Coach John Benington has his four other 1959 starters back, headed by 6-7 forward George Burkel, plus strong scoring potential in some hustling sophs and reserves. Counted on to live up to the St. Louis heritage of fine centers is 6-10 junior Bob Nordmann. Front line looks big and tough. Could improve on 20-6 record and 12th place national ranking last year. This is their first play in the UKIT.
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