The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-04
NAVY ONLY MAJOR
TEAM IN NATION
WITH NO DEFEATS

NEW YORK, Feb. 3.-tP)-Notre
Dame and West Virginia fell by the
Wayside last night leaving Navy as
the only major unbeaten college
basketball team in the country.
Notre Dame, which plays in the
east in Buffalo and New York on
Thursday and Saturday, respective
ly, of this week, fell before North
western at Chicago by one point,
Sc to IS. Northwestern winning
basket was made by Max Morris
with one minute left. The Irish had
won 10 in a row.
Temple, although beaten in six
games, was made a three-point
| favorite over West Virginia and
came through with a 48-42 conquest
at Philadelphia that shattered the
Mountaineers' 13-game streak.
Navy chalked up its seventh
straight by crushing Columbia, g.
Al. at Annapolis, but Middies can
look for plenty of trouble against
Penn State and North Carolina this
week.
The Oklahoma Aggies, NCAA
champions, stretched their winning
streak to IA by sweeping aside
Tulsa, St. Louis and Washington
Of St. Louis during the week and
now are in a position to redeem
their one defeat Of the year when
they meet DePaul at Chicago on
Friday night. DePaul beat the Ac-
gies, 1912 early in the season at
still water.
DePaul, meantime, was upset
69-67 by Great Lakes. Other sur
prises Of the week included Cor
nell's 1854 win over Colgate; Holy
Cross 53-47 win over Temple;
Brigham Young's SAL conquest of
Wyoming and Tulsa's 1882 defeat
of St. Louis.
The list Of once-beaten clubs
dwindled to Is during the week:
Oklahoma Aggies ISL, Kansas Is
/. Muhlenberg AL Akron AL,
Notre Dame 1871, West Virginia 13-
/, Iowa 12-1, New York University
12-1, Rhode Island State 12-1, Yale
12-1, Holy Cross 10-1, Gettysburg
81, Harvard 81, Louisiana State g.
and American University 81.
The various conferences now
shape up thusly:
Big Ten-Iowa on top at 81 with
Indiana and Ohio State tied for
second at g.. Minnesota leader a
week ago, still in running at AZ
with Northwestern having an out
side chance at 4-3.
Southwest-narrowed to two-tean
race between Baylor and Arkansas.
Baylor leads at 81. Arkansas is
second at 81.
Pacific Coast Northern division)
Idaho surprised by taking over
first place at 81 in wide open
race. Oregon and Oregon State
are tied for second at 50 each.
WASHINGTON at SIS and Washington
state at 216 still in running.
Pacific Coast (Southern Division
beat UCLA twice and
tied Southern California for the
lead at II.
Missouri valley-Oklahoma Ag-
gies far out in front at SO.
Eastern intercollegiate = Race
narrowed to Cornell and Dart
mouth. The Big Red eliminated
Pennsylvania, 1888, as Dartmouth
beat Princeton for it's eighth vic
tory in row. Cornell now tops cir
cult at 6-1. Dartmouth has 81.
Southeastern = Kentucky tied
Louisiana State for lead at gu,
Tennessee is third at Al.
Blk Six - Only Oklahoma mas
chance to beat out Kansas, now
leading at 60. Sooners stayed in
running at al by nipping Iowa
State.
Southern - North Carolina S-i'
beat Wake Forest twice to CLIMB
within half a game Of first place
Duke, 10-1.
Big Seven-Brigham Young OIL,
took over first place by beating
Denver and upsetting Wyoming;
Colorado and Utah tied for secono
at AZ with Wyoming next at 81.
Mason Dixon-American unlVsr-
sity leads at so followed by bala-
more Loyola at 81. ..+
Ohio conference-Otterbein nrss
at 10 followed by Toledo 81 ana