McDermott on list of hoops phenoms to visit WSU

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Creighton’s Doug McDermott was a consensus All-American as a sophomore and is considered a candidate for national Player of the Year honors this season. He could join a select list of players to visit the Roundhouse since it opened in 1955.

• Bill Russell and the San Francisco Dons defeated the Shockers 75-65 on Dec. 20, 1955 on their way to the 1956 NCAA title. Russell scored 17 points in USF’s win No. 32 of a 60-game streak.

• Cincinnati’s Oscar Robertson, named Player of the Year in 1958, 1959 and 1960 by The Sporting News, went 3-0 in Wichita and scored an arena-record 50 points on March 1, 1958.

• Jerry Lucas, the Associated Press Player of the Year in 1961 and 1962, scored 27 points and grabbed 22 rebounds in Ohio State’s 93-82 win on Dec. 17, 1960.

• Wichita State defeated Michigan and 1966 AP Player of the Year Cazzie Russell 100-94 on Dec. 8, 1965. Russell scored 21 points, upstaged by Shocker Jamie Thompson’s 28 on 9-of-9 shooting from the field and 10-of-10 from the line.

• Marquette and Butch Lee, 1978 AP Player of the Year, scored 21 points in a 67-56 win on Jan. 2, 1978.

• Indiana State’s Larry Bird went 1-1 in his visits to then-Levitt Arena. He lost as a junior and won as a senior, scoring 31 points, on his way to the 1979 Final Four and Player of the Year honors.

• Bradley’s Hersey Hawkins scored 37 points in a 116-92 loss on Feb. 1, 1988. WSU countered with 24 from Dwayne Praylow and 21 each from Lew Hill and Sasha Radunovich. Hawkins, the 1988 AP Player of the Year, only won once in four trips to Wichita.

Kansas’ Danny Manning, the 1988 Naismith Award winner, scored 12 points in a 54-49 loss to the Shockers on Jan. 6, 1987.

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