The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-04
DUKE, PHANToMS
LIKELY CHOICES
National Invitational Tour.
ney Set For March
Fl To q
BY TED MEIER

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NEW YORK, March @(P)-Witl
only two major conference cham
pions left to be decided-the Biz
Seven and the Pacific Coast con
ference-the lineups Of the annua
post-season college basketball
tournaments at New York anc
Kansas City are virtually deter
mined.
This is the tourney setup at pre-.
sent.
Madison Square Garden invita-
ton at New York March 14-16-18
20; Kentucky, Muhlenberg, Bowling
Green, st. Pohn's of Brooklyn
West Virginia and Syracuse have
accepted bids. Two teams are still
to be named.
Eastern NChA at Madison Square
Garden, New York, March 21-23;
District One-no team yet namee
although Harvard, 1871, is expect
ed to get the bid. District Two
New York university. District
Three-no selection yet. Duke
North Carolina, Navy and Louis
lana State are regarded as leading
contenders. District Four-Ohie
State.
Western NCAA at Kansas City,
March 1928; District Five-Okla.
homa Aggies or Kansas. District
Six-Baylor. District Seven
Wyoming or Colorado. District
Eight-Idaho or California.
National athletic intercollegiate
invitation at Kansas City, March II
through March Is; twelve teams to
date have accepted bids. They are
NV Orleans Loyola, winner, last
year; Pepperdine, Of Los Angeles,
last years runnerup; Nevada,
winner of rs of 80 games; North
western Ga.) State college; Hast
ings (Neb.) college; Eau Claire
(Wis.) Teachers; Eastern Ken
lucky Teachers; Terre Haute (1nd)
Teachers; New Mexico School o.
Mines; Eastern Washington col
lege; Wichita and Washburn
Marshall, of West Virginia, ane
Louisville, declined invitations.
Wyoming took a half.game Leaf
in the Big Seven by defeating Utal
state, 66-52 last night, but the con
ference title probably will not b
decided until Friday when Color adj
plays at Wyoming.
Idaho won its first northern di
vision championship Of the Pacific
ItCoast conference in 70 years b,
nosing out Washington State, 81
I35, last night while Oregon trippee
Oregon State, 42-41, in an extra
period. Idaho and Oregon Stat
had been tied. The Vandals nov
} meet California, winner OF tn
southern division, in best two-o1
. three series at Berkeley for tn
league crown. The first two game
will be played on Friday and Sat
. urday and the third, if necessary
a week from tomorrow.
The Middle Atlantic tourney, IN
volving Muhlenberg, Lafayette
Rutgers, and Ursinus, will be play
ed 1t Bethlehem, Pa, on March II
70. Buhlenberg plays Lafayette
and Ursinus meets Rutgers OF
March II, the winners meet tn
next day.
With the above exceptions, al
conference championships hav
been decided. Champions crowned
last night were:
MISUNDERSTANDING by beat
ing Louisiana State, 1885.
Southern-Duke by beating Wax
Forest, 1890. On Friday Wax
Forest sprang a major surprise b.
!. beating North Carolina, 31-2e.
. Service-Army by upsettin'
Navy, $3.50.
Border-Arizona by defeating
West Texas State, 44-37.
r Observation-Disclosures univeI
t sity by beating Western Maryland
. 5000.
= Midwest Athletic-Beloit by bea'
| ing Monmouth, 64-59.
Other champions include: Eas'
, ern intercollegiate - Dartmouth
!. lso,thwest conference Baylor
, Rocky Mountain conference :
Colorado State. Pacific Coas
Observation-Disclosures. Pacific Coas
Northern-Idaho. Big Ten-Oh1
e state. Vermont conference-Ve1
). mont. Kentucky conference -Eas
! ern Kentucky. New Mexico COZ
: ference-New Mexico Mines. Gel
trail Kansas conference--Washbur'
j. Bix Six-Kansas. Missouri vsAe
'l-Oklahoma Aggies. Mid-Atlantl
t Southern Ursinus. Mid-Atiant'
!. Observation-Disclosures and Lara.
e cite tied. Ohio conference.-the