The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-26
OKLAHOMA ACClES
TAKE LOOP CROWN
Southern California And Colo
RADIO U. Also Capture
Conference HOnOrs
By BILL WHITE

BY BILL WHITE
NEW YORK. Feb. 25.-LP-1t's
so near the end Of the basketball
season that there's been only one
recommendation all week to revise
the rules.
That means simply the winning
coaches don't want any changes
and the losing coaches have de-
cided finally it'll take more than
rules change to help 'em out.
Certainly Henry Iba of the Okla
homa Aggies, Sam Barry of South
ern California and Frosty Cox OF
colorado U, did all right with the
present rules. Their fine teams
are all proudly wearing conference
crowns, won conclusively during
the past week-and are thereby
the envy of the basketball world.
Those champions will be Joined
by the end of the week by either
Texas or Rice in the Southwest
conference, where those two lead
ers meet in the title game Tues
day, probably by Oregon state OF
the Northern Pacific Coast con-
ference later Gas soon as the Beav-
ers win one more game), and
maybe by the Dartmouth Indians,
pride of the casts select Ivy league,
who also need one more to clinch
at least a tie or two to win, both
of which here Saturday night.
However, there are some fierce
ly fought court battles still going
on. That Big Six scramble, in
volving Missouri, present leader,
Kansas the perennial hot-shot, and
Oklahoma, 1899 co-champion with
Missouri, can end up in a three
way tie, the way things r 60
ing now. and the Big Ten race
seems far from decided, although
it's an a%ll-1ndiana affair at the
moment, with Purdue OF top and
Indiana second.
And in the deep south, they're
really just getting started. The
regular season in both the South
ern and Southeastern conferences
has ended, and now all but the
bottom-most go into sectional
tournaments to decide the league
%titlists. Duke led the Southern con-
ference through the regular sea-
son but will get some headaches
from North Carolina and Clemson
in the tourney. And in the South
eastern loop Alabama put on a
driving finish to wind up at the
top Of the heap but faces a ter
rifle task if it hopes to win the
tournament from second place Ten
nessee or the popular Georgia
Bulldogs, one Of the best in the
business at this writing.
Without any official regional
title to shoot at-but with a myth
ical national championship in the
offing, the New York university
Violets stand alongside the regional
winners. For the Violets have
strewn themselves over II straight
opponents to command a place at
the head Of the national parade.
The situation by sections:
East: d. mouth has three
games left-and needs to win only
one to clinch at least a share of
the eastern intercollegiate basket
ball league title. BY winning two
(the Indians play fourth-place
Yale and third-place Princeton this
week. they'll gain their third
straight Ivy league title. Cornell
slipped into second place by beat
ing Princeton 34-33, and the Tiger
also lost to Yale, 1923 after be-
Ing on Dartmouth's neck all sea-
son. Among the eastern independ-
ents, New York us grand team
won Nos. is and II straight this
week, nipping st. Johns of Brook
Ign 1898 and Rutgers, 64-33. But
The sensation of the eastern week
was Rhode Island States 1O2-S1
WIN over Connecticut, believed to
be a new collegiate scoring mark.
Midwest: League leading Purdue
and second place Indiana have
about clinched all the honcrs in
the Big Ten. with nobody else
having thar, an outside chance
at the title. Purdue saueaked
through Saturday, winning an
oVertmer from Wisconsin 48-45
While Indiana was surprised by
Chicago and had to stall to win
1884. Both have three league con
tests remaining. Illinois and Ohio
state are tied for third.
Missouri Valley: The Oklahoma
Aggles are in! They won their 10tl,
conference game Saturday by beat
4 ing Washington, 4l-25. That was
also their 23rd straight victory,
Crelghton's Bluejays assured them
selves at least a share of second
place by dumping Washubrn, A.
81.
Big Six: Kansas is expected tc
win over Iowa State Monday and
That will set the stage for the
crucial clash with the
Dig Six leader, Missouri, at Law.
renee Friday night. The result OF
mat game and the Oklahoma.
Kansas clash at Norman March s
might produce a three-wav TIC
III amOnO tba.o