Evening star., 1946-02-04
Navy, 0tterbein Only
Unbeaten Fives;; Irish,
w. Va, Finally Bow
BY TED MEIER,
Associated Press Sports Writer

NEW YORK, Feb. 4.-With only
two teams-Navy (7-0) from among
the major quintets and Otterbein
90 among the smaller schools
left in the unbeaten ranks, interest
in college basket ball began to
shift today to the annual post
season Journeys.
Notre Dame and West Virginia,
both under consideration for bids
to the NCAA and national invita-
ton Journeys at Madison Square
Garden, had their perfect records
spoiled Saturday night. The Irish
lost to Northwestern, Sc to SIS, at
Chicago, while the Mountaineers
were tripped by Temple, 48 to AZ.
at Philadelphia. Both had won 13
straight. Navy kept its slate clean
by whipping Columbia, 62-41.
Unofdcially these are the teams
under consideration in the various
NCAA districts: (Season record in
figures)
District Rhode Island State,
12-1; Yale, 12-1; Holy Cross, 10-1;
Harvard, 81, and Dartmouth. 1913,
which got off to a bad start, but
now has won eight in row. Tufts
was picked last year.
Temple Still in Running.
District 2-Muhlenberg, 14-1; West
Virginia, 1871; New York u, 12-1;
Syracuse, 1872; Colgate, 1872; Cor
nell, 1l-3; st. Johns (Brooklyn), i,
1873. Temple, 7-6, is possibility
because of its tough schedule. N. Y.
U. was the 1945 choice.
District 3-Navy, TO; North Car
olina, 1872; Duke, 14-4; Kentucky,
15-2; Louisiana. 81; Tennessee,
1913, and Tulane. 11-2. Kentucky
represented the district last year..
District 4-Committee hasn't met
yet, but Iowa, 12-1; Ohio State, 1913;
Indiana, 1872; Notre Dame, 1871;
Akron, AL; De Paul, 1874; Bowling
Green, 20-4, and Valparaiso, 1877,
rate high. Ohio State was the 1945
choice.
District 5-Oklahoma Aggies, ISL,
and Kansas, ISL. The Aggies got
the bid last year and won the ma
tional tourney.
District 6-The Southwestern Con-
ference champion, which will be
either Baylor, 17-2, or Arkansas,
1l-3, is expected to be named. Ar
kansas was picked last year.
Brigham Young Scores Upset..
District mo teams definitely
mentioned yet, by Wyoming, 1874;
Brigham Young, 1877; Colorado u,
GA, and Utah, 1916, are best pros
poets. Brigham Young upset Wyom-
ing Saturday night. Utah got the
bid year ago.
District 8-The nomination will 60
to the Pacific Coast Conference
champion. At present Southern CAL
ifornia and California are tied in
the Southern Division, with all five
teams, Idaho, Oregon, Oregon State,
Washington and Washington State,
in the running for the Northern
title. The winners of the two divi-
sions will meet for the conference
title. Last year Oregon represented
the district.
Many of the above teams also may
receive a bid to the Madison Square
Garden invitation tourney and elect
to compete there instead of in the
NCAA eliminationS. Last year Ten
nessee, Rhode Island, De Paul, West
Virginia, Bowling Green, Rensselaer,,
st. Johns and Muhlenberg were the
eight teams picked for the Garden
affair.
Big Games This Week.
Prehaps the three outstanding
games of this week are Notre Dame
against New York University, Navy
against North Carolina and Okla
home A. and M. against De Paul.
Current leaders in the various
conferences:
Big Ten, Iowa; Southwest, Bay
lor; Pacific Coast (north), Idaho;
Pacific Coast (south), Southern
California and California, tied !;
Missouri Valley, Oklahoma Aggies;
Eastern intercollegiate, Cornell:
Southeastern, Louisiana State and
Kentucky. tied; Blk Six, Kansas;
Southern, Duke; Big Seven, Brig
ham Young; Rocky Mountain, Colo
RADIO College; Mason-Dixon. Ameri-
can u; Ohio Conference, Oterbein; /;
Middle Atlantic (section u, Mullen
berg; Middle Atlantic (section %,
Ursinus;. Midwest Athletic, Coe.