Evening star., 1944-01-31
Big Ten, Big Six, Dixie
Feuds Stud Weeks :
Court Program
BY TED MEIER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, Jan. 3l.-Ihe most
exciting week of the season is ahead
for college basket ball fans. The
results of some Is outstanding games
In the next six days should clear
up considerably the national cage
picture.
Two games on Wednesday-Mar-
quette at Great Lakes and Texas at
Rice-start the fireworks. Great
Lakes boasts 20 wins in % starts,
while Marquette, off to a poor start,
has bowled over Camp Grant, De
Paul and Notre Dame in its last
three games. Leadership in the
Southwest Conference Is at stake
In the Texas-Rice encounter.
On Thursday Great Lakes faces
another formidable opponent, Bowl
ing Green of Ohio, winner of 16
Of II games. On Friday Purdue and
Ohio State start a two-game week.
end series that will help determine
the Big Ten champion. Northwest
ern, which smashed the 12-game
winning streak of the Iowa Sea-
hawks, takes on Wisconsin in an
other important Big Ten struggle.
Torrid Saturday Program.
The excitement mounts on Sat-
urday, with the following on the
card: Purdue-Ohio State, Oklahoma
and Iowa State tangle for the Big
Six leadership; North Carolina S
domination in the Southern Con-
ference again is threatened by Duke !;
Dartmouth risks its 11-game streak
at Cornell; undefeated Army plays
at Rochester; De Paul battles Notre
Dame; Long Island meets Rhode
Island State; Canisius Is paired
against Temple and California again
plays U. c. L. A.
Unbeaten Iowa, which faces hap
less Chicago on Saturday, ran its
winning streak to II last week and,
along with Army, Utah and Miami
University of Ohio, stayed in the
spottless-record claSs. Knocked out
Of the undefeated ranks were Geor-
gia Tech, Albright, Milligan (Tenn.)
and Morehead (Ky) Teachers.
Among the service teams, other
than Great Lakes, Norfolk Naval
Training Station boosted its winning
streak to IA in row and it's season
record to "a wins against l loss.
The Olathe Naval Air Clippers also
extended their winning streak to IA.
They have lost once. Fort Bragg
surprised by upsetting both the
Cherry Point Marines and Fort Jack
son Red Raiders in winning the
Southeastern service tourney at Ra-
leigh.
Big Week for Muhlenberg.
Sectionally, this is how things
stand:
East-Dartmouth won its seventh
Eastern Intercollegiate League title
by swamping Columbia. Unbeaten
Army made it six in row. Muhlen-
berg regained prominence after los
ing to Penn by ending st. Joseph's
winning streak and
knocking Albright out of the unbeat-
en- ranks. Hobart surprised by beat
ing Rochester and r. P. l., while
Canisius Ehumbled the Sampson
Naval quintet.
Midwest - Purdue, Northwestern.
and Iowa tied for first in the Big
Ten Conference, with Ohio State hot
on their heels, beaten in only one
game. After losing two in a row,
De Paul rebounded to defeat Pur-
due, while Notre Dame tripped VAL
paratso, which earlier had upset De
Paul.
. Southeast - Kentucky. Idle last
week, still tops with 9-1 mark.
Southwest Conference-Texas up
set by Texas Christian, 44-37; Rice
taking over first place by half a
game, with Arkansas very much in
the running.
Southern Conference-North Car
olina far out in front, unbeaten in
seven games.
Oklahoma Tops Big Six.
Big Six-Oklahoma, 27-26 winner
over Missouri, on top with 60 rec
ord, pressed closely by Iowa State,
40. Probably best overall is the
independent Oklahoma Aggies team
with mark of 1862.
Rocky Mountains Undefeated
Utah, 100, won unofficial champion
ship OF region by whipping Colorado
College, 1884, and Fort Logan, 55-
38, over week end.
Pacific Coast Conference-Wash-
ington, unbeaten in five league
games, tops Northern division, with
California, 20, leading the South
ern loop. Independent Gonzaga
ranks as best of all, with 16 wins
against / defeat.