Published on Jul 11, 2013/nThese are the Final 5 games of Wilt Chamberlain's 1957 Kansas Jayhawk season. Wilt, who won the tournament MVP despite losing in triple over time by 1 point to the North Carolina Tarheals, played spectacular:/n0:01 Colorado vs Kansas 3-9-57 (Big-7 Conference Final):
78-63 W
40pts 14reb 12blk 2a 1stl
14-17fg 12-17ft/n4:27 Southern Methodist vs Kansas 3-15-57 (Midwest Semi-Finals)
73-65 W
36pts 22reb 5blk 3a 0stl
14-26fg 8-13ft/n8:21 Oklahoma City vs Kansas 3-16-57 (Midwest Finals)
81-61 W
30pts 15reb 3blk 0a 0stl
8-17fg 14-22ft/n11:13 San Francisco University vs Kansas 3-22-57 (National Semi-Finals)
80-56 W
32pts 11reb 7blk 3a 0stl
12-22fg 8-11ft/n15:55 North Carolina vs Kansas 3-23-57 (National Finals)
54-53 L
23pts 14reb 6blk 1a 0stl
6-13fg 11-16ft/nFinal Conference/Tournament 5-game average:
32.2ppg (.568 fg% .670 ft%) 15.2rpg 6.6bpg 1.8apg 0.2spg/nEveryone who watches this should keep in mind:
7-1.06 w/o shoes
7-8 wingspan
9-6 standing reach in Chuck Taylors (would be 9-7 in modern shoes)
At the time of the footage he weighed about 240lbs. In the NBA he was 258-300+
At the age of 28 and a weight of 290lbs Kansas City Chiefs HOF coach Hank Stram clocked Wilt's 40 yard dash at 4.6, and Wilt was wearing dress pants and had no shoes on.
What an incredible specimen.

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