University of Wisconsin Oshkosh - Quiver Yearbook (Oshkosh, WI)

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WISCONSIN STATE COLLEGE CONFERENCE STANDINGS (Final Standings) W L TP OP Stevens Point .. 9 3 930 868 Eau Claire .. 8 4 1040 1003 UW-Milwaukee .. .. 7 5 1023 995 Superior. 7 5 930 920 Platteville . 6 6 1042 963 OSHKOSH. .. 5 7 875 903 River Falls .. 5 7 994 990 Stout 5 7 928 1011 I-a Crosse .. 5 7 1020 1069 Whitewater . 3 9 937 997 1956-57 VARSITY RECORD Oshkosh 83 Great Lakes 91 (ot) Oshkosh 79 Allen Bradley 76 Oshkosh 100 Mich. Tech 90 Oshkosh 78 Stevens Point 82 Oshkosh 65 U. W. Milwaukee 80 Oshkosh 112 Lawrence 69 Oshkosh 95 Carroll 84 Oshkosh 94 Winona State 83 Oshkosh 69 Whitewater 55 Oshkosh 82 Stout 71 Oshkosh 84 Eau Claire 90 Oshkosh 98 Ripon 95 (ot) Oshkosh 66 Platteville 92 Oshkosh 47 Stevens Point 58 Oshkosh 68 U. W. Milwaukee 59 Oshkosh 88 Riverfalls 100 Oshkosh 55 Superior 56 (ot) Oshkosh 85 Winona State 81 (ot) Oshkosh 83 Whitewater 75 Oshkosh 90 Platteville 85 Won 12, Lost 8. This year the Oshkosh State Titans had a new look. There was a new coach, a new style of ball, and new hope. Led by Eric Kitzman from Mcnasha High School, the Titans enjoyed a very successful season, with a 7-1 record against non-conference competition and tied for fifth place in the conference. Oshkosh State opened the season at home against the talented Great Lakes Bluejackets. Great Lakes had a fine team built around former Big Ten and major college players. The Titans put up a terrific battle and forced the game into an overtime before losing to the Bluejackets, 91-83. The Allen Bradley team was the Titans’ next opponent. Against this team of top university players, Oshkosh won by a score of 79-76. The Titans made it two in a row by taking Michigan Tech 100-90. Coach Kitzman’s team opened their conference season and lost their first two games to Stevens Point and Milwaukee, by scores of 78 to 82, and 65 to 80. During the Christmas holidays Oshkosh’s first annual Holiday Tournament was held in the new physical education building. The teams competing in the tournament included: Carroll, Lawrence, Ripon, and Oshkosh. Oshkosh won the championship by defeating Lawrence 112-69 and Caroll 95-84. 141

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TEAM STATISTICS F.G. F.T. Point No NAME Aft. Made Pet. Made Mined Pet. P.F. T.P. Ave . G O’BRIEN 300 121 .40 68 16 .81 61 310 15.5 20 YVIPPICH 275 93 .34 108 43 .72 62 294 14.7 20 LET’BERGER 220 80 .36 74 42 .64 88 234 11.7 20 OTTE 180 70 .39 56 30 .65 76 1% 9.8 20 KROLL 189 61 .32 46 8 .85 36 168 8.4 20 MITCHELL 84 29 .34 48 26 .65 44 106 5.3 20 COLLINS 61 26 .43 32 13 .71 31 84 4.7 18 AKIN 68 19 .28 43 18 .70 30 81 4.5 18 SCHMIDT 53 23 .43 21 18 .54 It 67 7.4 9 HALVERSON 10 6 .60 12 10 .55 13 24 1.6 15 DAVIS II 3 .27 13 ARMSTRONG 6 4 .67 0 HUBBARD 7 1 .14 6 VANDER VELPEN 4 2 .50 4 KLEIN 5 1 .20 6 HENDRSON 20 3 .15 HARKE 3 0 -.00 SCHAEFER 1 0 .00 0 13 12 .52 9 0 8 .00 3 6 0 100 I 4 3 .57 3 6 2 .75 5 0 I .00 — 19 t.l 16 8 t.O 10 8 U 7 8 1.6 5 8 1.6 5 6 t.O 6 1 2 TOTALS 1497 542 .36 537 250 .69 480 I62t 81.0 20 THE TITAN BASKETBALL TEAM: Rack. Is ft to Right. Coach Kolf. IX Kroll. R Hendrickson. H. Cob lin . R. Mitchell, J. Ottc. R. Let ten herder. F. Scharfer. I). Halverson. T. O'Brien. B. Armstrong. Front. Left to Right, K. Klein, R. Hubltard. R. Akin. K. VanderVelden, L. Smith. J. Harke.J. Wip-pick. F. Schmidt. J. Davis. 140

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Following the tournament, the Titans beat Winona, Whitewater, and Stout to stretch their string to Five victories in a row. In the next game with Eau Claire, Oshkosh broke their winning streak and lost 90-84. With their next opponent, Ripon, Oshkosh State had to go into an overtime before winning 98-95. The Titans then dropped the next two conference games to Platteville and Stevens Point. Oshkosh managed to knock the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee out of first place in the conference standings by defeating the Cardinals 68-59. In this game, shortly after the second half, Coach Kitzman’s boys went into a semi-stall; the tactics worked and the Titans came out the victors. On their northern road trip the Titans dropped two games to River Falls and Superior. The Oshkosh team, however, again rallied and closed the season by beating Winona, Whitewater, and Plattc-ville. The major lettermen on the 1956-57 basketball squad included: Ronald Akin, Hollie Collins, Jim Davis, Don Holverson, Don Kroll, Jim Lettcrberger, Robert Mitchell, Tom O’Brien, Jim Ottc, Fred Schmidt, Jack Wippich, and the managers, Richard Roe-ber and Dave Steinback. The minor lettermen of the season were: Bruce Armstrong, Jim Harkc, Ron Hendrickson, Ron Hubbard, Ken Klein, Fred Scharfer, Lcs Smith and Ken VanderVclden. Jack Wippich was named the most valuable player of the year, and was also chosen as a guard on the Wisconsin State College all-conference 1956-57 basketball team. THE JUNIOR VARSITY This year for the first time Oshkosh State had a Junior Varsity team. The JV’s were coached by Bob Kolf, and enjoyed a successful season winning 9 games and losing only 2 for a season total of 864 points. Ron Hendrickson was the top scorer with 114 points, followed by VanderVclden and Klein.