Evening star., 1946-01-07
Week S Ti|ts Menace
Clear Court Marks
Now Held by IS
BY JOE REICHLER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

Already trimmed down to Is teams,
the fast-dwindling ranks Of major
unbeaten college basket ball teams
appear facing another sharp prun-
ing as the cagers enter one of the
busiest weeks of the campaign.
With most of the ross-country
tours and intersectional tits COM
pleted, the hoop brigade gets down
to the more serious business Of con-
ference play.
Among those still unbeaten and
rated close to the top Of the heap
are wyoming 90, Indiana go,
Iowa, Notre Dame and West Vir-
ginia 1-0), Cornell and Tulane (6-0)
and Yale go.
Wyoming, currently ranked the
No. l team following a successful
tour OF the East during which the
Cowboys defeated st. Joseph's of
Philadelphia, Long Island University
and Washington of st. Louis, starts
its bid for the Rocky Mountain title
with game against Utah, 1943-44
national champions, Saturday. The
Cowboys meet Valparaiso tomorrow.
Unbeaten Fives to Clash.
Either Indiana or Iowa is certain
to fall from the unbeaten ranks this
week as they are matched in a Big
Ten battle Saturday. The Hoosiers,
with two conference victories al
ready under their belts, meet Min
nesota tomorrow. The defending
n \, y,inr, II a tryl/a o1cn
tomorrow, meeting Wisconsin. North
western, another unbeaten Big Ten
quintet, goes after its sixth and
seventh straight in successive meet
ings with Purdue tomorrow and
Michigan Saturday. All are loop
tilts.
Cornell, rated at the top in the
East and currently pacing the East
ern intercollegiate League with
three wins and no losses, may en-
counter trouble with Rochester
Tuesday and Princeton Saturday.
The Big Red swamped Columbia
Saturday, 66-43, for its latest
triumph.
Notre Dame had narrow escape
Saturday, but managed to stay up
with the elite by gaining a last sec
ond 43-42 victory over De Paul on
long shot by Billy Hassett. Notre
Dame opposes powerful Great Lakes
Friday. West Virginia and Yale
bring their unbeaten squads to New
York this week. The Mountaineers
play Long Island in Madison Square
Garden Wednesday and Canisius
in Buffalo Saturday. Yale meets
Columbia and Penn on correspond
ing dates.
Big Battle in South.
Another unbeaten team will 60
down when Tulane. tackles unde-
feated Georgia Tech go in At
lanta Saturday. The Georgians also
meet Alabama Tuesday.
Other bigtime fives without a
blotch on their records include
Baldwin Wallace (6-0, Holy Cross,
Georgia and Gettysburgh go, and
Navy 90. Beaten only once dur
ing the past two seasons, Army's
mighty cage squad opens its 1916
campaign Tuesday against Swarth-
more and is host to Colgate Sat-
urday.
Outstanding events of last week
included Kentucky's first defeat aft
er seven straight wins, 53-45 upset
by unpredictable Temple. Toledo's
first loss after six wins, and De Paul's
third successive beating after eight
straight victories.
A look into the conference picture:
Eastern Neutrality-suspicious. on
top with 80. Penn the defending
champion.
Big Ten-Ohio State leading at
80, but to be reckoned with are
Indiana 90 and Minnesota and
Iowa, each 10.
Big Six-Nebraska on top with
10, but Kansas, yet to open its
league season, heavily favored.
Wyoming Is Big Seven Pick.
Big Seven-Wyoming figured a
shoo-in. Starts this week.
Southeast-Kentucky and Tennes-
see favored, but Georgia and Georgia
Tech currently leading with two
conference victories each.
Southern-Duke leading 40, but
North Carolina, at 20. favored.
Southwest-Arkansa and Rice tied
for the lead. 20.
Missouri Valley-Play begins this
week with Oklahoma Aggies favored.
Pacific Coast-Oregon State and
Washington tied for Northern lead
with 20 and California and South
ern California tied in South with
similar records.