The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-02
Service, War Plant Teams Liven College Basketball
N0tre Dame Is Strong As Old Cage Choices Strike Again
Ny HARRY GRAYsoN NEA Service Sports Editor

New York. Dec. 2 We'll, here we arc smack dab in another bass ketball season, although tho bulk Of the colleges will not commence activities until mid.December.
 The opening rounds at Madison Square Garden were fired by three service and a war plant array, load cd with former college stars. Such teams will liven up the college cam. paign--more and better competition,
 The great majority of last win. ters outstanding outfits are eS- pected to strike right back.
 Notre Dame should be one of the strongest in the land. The Irish lost only one or two men and have So many that their ab. sence will not be felt
 New York University Is doped to be the top team in the New York metropolitan area, with young Long Island U. and St, Johns combinations tough.
 St. Joserh's again appears to be the head array in the Philadel. phia district. It has George Sen- esky. who last season sported an average of almost i3 points. DARTMOUTH IN EASTERN
 West Virginia, winner Of the Garden Tnvitational last March, is the choice to repeat in the Pittsburgh sectc:, Dyke Reese, who coached the Mountaineers, is in the Navy. but they have few holdovers and the frosh were un- beaten Duquesne once more is the danger.
 Dartmouth probably will cap- lure the Eastern League cham pionship something 1t has done for two CT three campaigns. Ossie Cowles gets material superior to that which turns up at Harvard Yale. Pricneton, Pennsylvania and Columbia.
 Stutz Modzelewski was gradu. ated from Rhode Island State, but Frank Keaney's rough riders will roar right along in the North. eastern Conference with an aver age of something like 80 points, which they have turned in for two seasons.
 Indiana and Purdue threaten in the Big Ten, but Illinois prevailed year ago with young team.
 Toledo, one of the slickest last trip lost the Bobs = bespectacled Gerber and Nash but there are enough left and freshmen galore.
 Bradley Tech of Peoria will orce more make its presence felt. OKLAHOMA AND KANSAS
 Oklahoma and Kansas again will scrap 1t out in the Big Six, with the Sooners liked because Of Gerry Tucker. The same is true in the Missouri Valley. which last spring sent one co-champion. Oklahoma A. & M, to the N. c. A. A. tournament in Kansas City and the other Creigh- ton. to the Garden.
 Colorado. which has ruled the last two or three years, and Wyoming and Brigham Young seem to be within a game of each other in the Rookie Big Seven.
 It looks as If Southern California. with new star named Omalev, may may break Stanfords string in the southern division of the always is a cramable. Oregon State and Wash ington State are formidable. KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE
 It will be a dog fight in the Southwest Conference. Tn the Bor- der, West Texas State has another tail and capable bunch
 It's Kentucky and Tennessee in the Southeast, with Western Ken lucky State an independent with authority
 Bob Can't gives Duke a bulge in the Southern. George Washington usually can be counted on to stir Up trouble.
 Due principally to freshmen and sophomores, Georgetown on paper looks better than ever.
 Shoot!