The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-11
Rice Five Strong in Southwest; Kentucky Again Tops in South
No Team Rated Strong Enough
 To Lead Nation
This is the third of six sectional basketball r0undupS.

basketball rOundupS.
 
 BY DON SANDERS
 NEA Service Staff Correspondent
 The south and southwest don't produce as many champions in bas- ketball as they do in football, but several of their college quintets this season are rated among the nations first teams.
 Basketball throughout the south has been handicapped by lack of playing space, but more schools every year are acquiring facilities comparable to those in other sec tionS.
 Although there doesn't appear to be potential national champion in the south, teams like Kentucky, Rice, Texas, Tennessee and North Carolina will be strong.
 Rice. defending champion in the fast Southwest Conference, will be one of three leading contenders for this seasons title. Baylor and Texas are the chief threats, and Southern Methodist should also be strong.
 The Rice offense will be built around giant center Bob Kinney, who earned all-conference honors as a sophomore last year. The 6-foot, 7-inch Kinney scored 334 points in 27 games last year. An- other big player is Bill Gloss, for ward, at 6 feet 6 inches.
 Baylor, in third spot last year, has five lettermen back, lost only one regular. Bear threats will be Frank Bryski, all-conference for ward, Grady Vaughn, high-scoring guard, Joe Frivaldsky, lanky center, and Joe Terry, letter win- ming forward for two years.
 Coach Ralph Wolf is counting on 8 good crop of Sophomores to round out his reserve material. TEXAS FINESSE MAKES IT A CONTENDER
 Texas, looked on as the other chief contender, will start five let termen, including three of last years regulars Captain Chester Granville and Denton Cooley, both 6 feet 2 inches, will be forwards; w. D. (Speedy) Houpt, 6 feet 4, is center: and Thurman (Slue) Hull and Udell Moore are guards. Hull is rated the first floor man, and Granville the top scorer. Moore, son of the old-time Yankee pitcher, Wiley Moore, is being groomed to l A1I f1,n elaae Af no1,I,1, NHnac.c
 Reserve strength is not too good. but Texas will rely on the best ball-handling in the conference to make it threat.
 Whitey Baccus at Southern Methodist expects to have much improved team, featuring speedy offensive. Five lettermen are back, including Virgil (Country) Will kerson, 6-foot, finch center. Littl Johnny Sebeck was strong as a forward his sophomore year and should be improved.
 Arkansas may shape up as the dark horse. Captain John Frei- berger, 6-foot, 8-inch center, is in his third year as g. varsity per- former. John Adams, who led the conference as a sophomore two seasons ago, pairs with his brother, O'Neil Adams, at forward.
 Texas Christian and the Texas Aggies are expected to be the con- ference's weak sisters again.
 Eight lettermen should give Texas Wesleyan the best outfit in the Texas Conference.
 GREAT GLAMACK BACK
 AT NORTH CAROLINA
 Kentucky, perennial contender comes up with a strong quintet to defend its Southeast Conference title, with Tennessee and Vanderbilt also potent.
 Leading the Kentucky offense are Capt. Lee Huber and Walter White, forwards, and Jim King center. All three measure over 6 feet tall and were regulars on last seasons fast outfit.
 Alabama won't be quite as good as last year, when it led the loop during the regular season. Jack Examiner at forward is the lone regular returning, although there are several other lettermen- on hand.
 Mississippi. which has been weak for several years, has 8 promising crop of sophomores who are expected to develop as the season progresses. They may make Ole Miss a contender. Har- old Peoples and Harry Simpson forwards. and Junie Hovious guard, are key men.
 Georgia, with three out of five regulars back, isn't rated very highly. Alabama is also weak.
 Auburn and Louisiana State often cellar contenders, will be improved.
 North Carolina, with the great George Glamack, has & seasoned nucleus, but lacks reserves. Gla- mack, 6 feet 5 inches, scored 458 points last year, averaging nearly 20 points a game. He specializes in a hook shot from the foul line Five other lettermen are back, in- cluding Paul Severin, football end, who plays forward.
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