The H-SU Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 25, Ed. 1, Tuesday, December 1, 1970 Page: 2 of 4
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H-SU BRAND
December 1 1970
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Wo conference but Cowboys
still have plenty to play tor
One of the questions asked most often about
H-SU athletics is "Why don't we get into a
conference?"
Responsible persons usually answer that there
is nothing H-SU would like better than to join
a conference but that it must be "the right kind
of conference."
Actually efforts have been made and are still
being made to form art alignment with a group
of schools whose programs are similar with
basketball as the major sport But these organi-
sations are not put together overnight and
there is little to report so far. Such matters as
scholastic rcquariments scheduling scholarship
policy and other things impede progress.
Just because the Cowboys don't play for a
conference championship doesn't mean they are
not aiming for a prize every year however. As
& member of the NCAA University Division the
Cowboys for many years have set their sights on
collegiate basketball's most coveted honor a
berth in the post-season play-offs which could
lead to the ultimate title of National Champion.
A far-fetched dream for little old Hardin-Simmons?"
Not so remote as you might think. Twice
during the past 20 years the Cowboys have gone
into the playoffs both times representing the
Border Conference.
And twice in fairly recent years the Cow-
boys have been on the verge of receiving a post-
season bid. They were close last season. So close
in fact that another victory or two could have
brought the bid.
The new Cowboy Coach Glen Whitis believes
that if Coach Paul Lambert's Cowboys had won
two more games toward the end of last season
they would have been invited either to the
NCAA District playoffs or to the other "plum"
the National Invitational Tournament in New
York's Madison Square Garden. Either would
have meant much to Hardin-Simmons from a
publicity standpoint.
In 1965-66 when Lou Henson was coach the
Cowboys had a 20-6 record and were considered
to be in the running for post-season action. Had
the schedule been a shade tougher they might
have made it
Cowboy teams did make the playoffs in 1953
and 1957. Both teams were coached by Bill Scott
an H-SU graduate who guided the Cowboy bas-
ketballers longer than any other coach. Scott now
is & colonel in the Army stationed at Colorado
Springs.
The 1952-53 Cowboy team tied the University
of Arizona with an 11-3 Border Conference record
and won a playoff game in Overtime and the
honor to represent the conference in post-season
play. They lost their first playoff game to Santa
Clara in Palo Alto Calif.'
The 1956-57 team had a 17-8 record for the
season the best in the conference but lost to
Idaho State at Pocatello in post-season play.
The three-state Border Conference of which
H-SU has been a member since 1941 folded in
1960. Since then the Cowboys have played as an
independent
But being an independent has not hurt H-SU's
chances for national recognition in basketball.
Independent teams advance far each year in the
playoffs and some have won the national cham-
pionship. The University of Texas at El Paso
formerly Texas Western University won the
title in 1966 as an independent. This school had
been a member of the Border Conference and a
long-time opponent of H-SU.
Another regular Cowboy foe and former Bor-
der Conference member New Mexico State has
been in the NCAA playoffs the past three years
and advanced to the national tournament finals
last spring.
The University of Houston won the Midwest
regional title in 1968 as an independent and for a
number of years has been high in national rank-
ings. Two other traditional Cowboy foes West Tex-
as State and Oklahoma- City University have
played in the NIT.
The opportunity to compete in the NCAA Uni-
versity Division against the nation's top teams
was a major factor in Whitis's decision to leave
Howard Payne College and come to Hardin-
Simmons. His HPC Yellowjackets had been right-
at the top of the small college rankings for three
years in a row. The challenge of big-time com-
petition helped lure him to H-SU.
Not that he hadn't faced major teams before
(his Jackets beat H-SU twice in 1968-69) but he
knows it is'possible for a team playing H-SU's
schedule to win genuine national major division
recognition conference or no conference.
Record of 580 wins 480 losses
compiled by 16 Cowboy coaches
Cowboy basketball history
dates well into the "teens" but
in the early years some schedul-
es were limited to as few as five
games. So for practical purposes
Cowboy cage records extend
back to 1920 the year Coach H.
D. Martin's team won 11 and
lost 4.
Since then the Cowboys have
had 16 head basketball coaches
and they have Avon a total of 580
games and lost 480. Coach with
the longest tenure was one from
the modern era Bill Scott an H-
U grad who guided the Cow-
boys for a 10-year period from
1952. The Cowboy coaching re-
cords follow.
WOH-
LOST
11-4
14-7
9-3
13-1
12-16
13-1
6-15
9-8
10-10
16-2
15-4
13-4
11-7
12-3
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16-6
16-1
3-12
3-12
2-12
8-13
1-7
Wesley Bradshaw 1947 8-21 1959 14-12
1948 6-10 1960 8-18
Jack Martin 1949 13-10 ' 1961 12-14
1950 15-10 . 1962 8-17
1951 13-15 Lou Henson 1963 10-16
BiUScottJ 1952 17-15 '' " 1964 20-6
T" 1953 20-13 ' 1965 17-8
1954 7-17 1966 20-6
;. 1955 10-15 Paul Lambert 1967 17-9
".'-'r 1956 18-7 t 1968 10-16
: : ' ' 1957 16-10 "' 1969 13-13
1958 11-14 1970 17-9
Few frosh so H-SU
fields Junior Varsity
COACH'
H. D. Martin
Eoy Easterday
H. D. Martin
A. B. Hays
Vic; Payne
GTrank Bridges
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1942
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The Cowboys will field a jun-
ior varsity team instead of a
"pure" freshman squad this year
for the first time in four sea-
sons. Reason for the change is that
only two scholarship freshmen
I were recruited this season to
isupplement a big squad of up-
perclassmen that had been built
up over the past three years.
However with the natural
movement of players which us-
ually occurs with a change of
coaches the squad is not so big
as had been expected. Two pro-
mising players off last years
freshman team chose to go else-
where this fall and one junior
also decided to transfer.
The sophomores lost are Teyi
ora Griff in a 6-7 forward;! sstdj'
Leonard Hawkfns C-9 forward.
Griffin decided to attend a
school closer to his Tennessee
home and Hawkins moved to
California because of a family
iHness.
The upperclassman who de-
cided not to return is Dale
Adamson a letterman as a
sophomore last season.
With Coach Paul Lambert's
decision to leave being announc-
ed in mid-summer Coach Glen
Whitis had little time to recruit
before school opened. He did add
a couple of sophomore transfers
from Weatherford Junior Col-
lege Harvey Catchings and
John Chapman. And before
Lambert departed he had re-
cruited LeRoy Martin a trans-
fer from Dodge City (Kans.)
Junior College.
The two scholarship freshmen
both bright prospects are Gary
Crowthers of Terre Haute Ind.
and Ricky Flowers of Clarksdale
Miss.
Tom Jones a freshman from
Winters came out for the team
and is contributing; greatly to
the junior varsity Coach Whitis
says .
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS
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fied applicants for the position"
said Prof. Earl Harrison chair-
man of the Faculty Athletic
Committee.
President Elwin Skiles voiced
his enthusiastic support of the
new coach and his plans for
Hardin-Simmons.
ABOUT THOSE PLANS
Whitis has set some goals for
himself and the Cowboys but
is not being too vocal about
them. His main goal he'll read-
ily admit is to win games.
"I don't like to lose" he
tells the fans and the players.
And he believes the best way
to win is through the hard-work
method. His teams always have
been known for their fine phy-
sical condition. His athletes are
either ' in shape or they don't
play.
"Men you can't win unless
you work till it hurts" he con-
stantly reminds his squad.
Whitis believes the basketball
future at H-SU is bright.
I WOULDN'T have come here
if I hadn't admired the school
and its athletic program" he
says. "I like the tough schedule.
It may be too tough for the
young group of players we have
this year but this is the only
kind of schedule that will get
us national recognition."
Whitis and his wife Wanda
also a Howard Payne graduate
have two children. A son Bob
is a junior at Cooper High School
and is considered a good basket-
ball prospect for the Cougars of
Coach Lynn Mendenhall a for-
mer Cowboy player. A daughter
Beverly is in the eighth grade
at Jefferson Junior High School
The Whitises are members of
the First Baptist Church.
Whitis record at Howard Pay-
ne College is 264 wins and 141
losses in 15 years.
1955-56 won 15 lost 11 '.
1956-57 won 10 lost 15
1957-58 won 7 lost 17
1958-59 won 13 lost 12 -"
' 1959-60 won 17 lost 10 '
1960-61 won 13 lost 13 -
1961-62 won 19 lost 5
1962-63 won 22 lost 7
1963-64 won 11 lost 13
1964-65 won 16 lost 10
1965-66 won 20 lost 10
1966-67 won 22 lost -7" "
1967-68 won 24 lost . 3 .
1968-69 won 27 lost 4 '
1969-70 won 28 lost 4 '
Harris near
elite Top 10
Cliff Harris 6-7 forward who
led the Cowboys in scoring last
season should easily climb into
the Top Ten among all-time
Cowboy scorers this season even
though he can play in only half
the games.
Harris completes his eligibility
this semester but if he scores
at the same rate as last year he
will raise his all-time point total
well above the thousand mark.
Only five H-SU players have
ever done this.
Harris scored a total of 531
points last season and 335 the
year before for a total of 866.
The all-time leader for H-SU
is Bob Tremaine who scored
1544 points in a. four-year period
ending in 1957.
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