The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-28
NOTRE DAME
 NOW BEST ON COLLEGE COURTS
By CORNELIUS RYAN United Preas spOrts writer

(United Rro9s Sports Wfltef)
 New York, tan. Se--(up)-Notre Dame was sole claimant today to top honors ln the weekly roll call oe coliegiate bAsketball teams.
 The Irish had. c right to that place after convincing S to N victory over Kentucky's wildcats ct Lexington, Ky, the i2th in . row without . defeat this season for M D.
 The Irlsh, despite their perfect record, had been slated to lose to the Kentucklans, regarded before that game as the top team in the country. Notre Dame, although uT1- beaten, had barely pQuee1ed through to e humber of It's victories and Kentucky, playing . tougher sched- ule, had handled all comers except Temple, one of the class teams of the East, The Trish were in com- mand all the way, leading by four points ct half time and increasing the margin from there out.
 Rating almost as much attention a N0tre Dame was national cham plon Oklahoma A. 6s M., which en- hanced its prestige with two straight victories, over wyoming, both on neutral floors. The Aggies, beaten only by Depaul, needed these victories to be restored to top com- pAny. The first triumph by a 34 to 24 margin was at Oklahoma City and the second, % to 24, was At Wichita, Kan.
 Only three schools, Notre Dame, Navy, and West Virginia still were unbeaten among the major college teams, but the Irish have played Q more representative schedule than the others. Navy met its biggest test of the season successfully, top- ping Dukes Blue Devils. Sl to %, for It's sixth straight, while West Virginia won from Alderson R. Broaddus, 06 @ 4s, to run its string to l2 games.
 Holy Gross was dropped from the tnheAten ranks by Rhode Island State, o6 to 60, and the crusaders in losing also were forced to relinquisll their New England leadership to the fast-breaking Rhodes.
 Once-beaten New York University, Idle throughout the week, retained its leadership among the Metropoli- tan area teams and Cornell stayed In front in the Ivy league despite its first loop defeat to Dartmouth, AS to A4.
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 Duke, despite its first conference defeat to Maryland and e loss to Navy on the next night, still led the Southern Conference standings with nine victories and one defeat. Louisiana State and Kentucky were the only tSnbeaten teams in league play in the Southeastern Confer enCe.
 Minnesota's surprising gophers hadn't found their match yet in the big ten and sported . record oi four wins against no defeats, lead ing lest years champions from Iowa who have four wins and one loss.
 The colorful Kansas Jayhawkers were i've victories to the good and comfortably out in front in the big six. Baylor had a slight edge over Rice though both have been beaten once in the Southwest Conference. Colorado and Brigham Young, early season outsiders, were in front in the big seven, setting the pace over such highly regarded teams as Wyoming and Utah.
 Oklahoma A. & M, considered the class Of the Missouri Valley Conference, still shared first place with the St. Louis University Billi- kens, who also are unbeaten in league play. Colorado State was the Rocky Mountain Conference pace setter.
 Southern California was com fortably out in front in the South eEn Division of the Pacific Coast Conference while Washington was . nod ahead of Oregon State in the saNpkhaaFa aANknP