The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-03
Only Seven
Indicated
Cage Teams
kentucky Startles College
basketball World With
Upset
DEFEATS IRISH
Duke Blue Devils Drop
Hard Fought Tilt To
Navy Cagers
Nv TED MEIER

...1ed the college basketball
s.srld Saturday night with a de-
s sisive 3o-point victory over Notre
ro, snoe as the list of the nations
unbesten q%uintets narrowed to
o~nce-beaten Kentucky was fav-
.rsd TO defeat Notre Dame in
tssir clash at Louisville, but no
one was prepared for the whitening
N IN 30 lacing the Irish took. The
score Jared Notre Dame followers
~ much the same manner as the
so.o football drubbing Army admin
istered in 1914.
with Loyola of Chicago upsetting
The Oklahoma Aggies, "a to 81,
md Stanford scoring a major
urorise by whipping Santa Clara,
"A to 80. on the Pacific Coast, Ken.
tJcky's triumph cemented the
wildcats claim to No. l ranking
IN the nation. They have now won
20 Of q starts.
West Virginia, one of the seven
indicated clubs, walloped Temple
IN the same decisive manner at
philadelphia. The 85-48 victory
snapped a Temple ''jinx' for the
Mountaineers and was one of the
worst beatings ever administered a
Temple five. It was West Virginia's
tenth triumph.
Alabama GAO, Duquesne Q2-0),
Seton Hall $50, Kirksville (Mo)
Teachers 900, Washington and
Jefferson G-O and Trinity Conn
40 are the other six indicated
~assregations. During the week
Army, Marshall, Southern Oregon
and Panzer fell from the select
group. Army lost to Villanova. As
II, and then to Pennsylvania. Mar,
shall to Cincinnati. 1854, Southern
Oregon to Pacific University $3.50
and Panzer to Seton Hall 51-28.
sectionally this is the current
picture with the last half of the
season coming up.
Big Nine - Wisconsin (4-1
chung to the top spot with Illinois
moving into third place with a
1888 triumph Over Ohio State.
Second place Michigan was upset
by Toledo Friday in a non-confer-
snce fray.
Big Seven - Utah tied Wyoming
for first place, each at Al, by
whipping Colorado and Denver
Wyoming early in the week also
beat Denver and then took Nevada
twice on Friday and Saturday.
Southern Conference - Duke, I'M
beaten in conference competition.
lost to Navy, 61-58. North Carolina
beat South Carolina by one point.
but then lost to N. C. State 40-46 in
an overtime struggle. N. c. State
and Richmond, each beaten only
once in conference play now are
On Dukes heels.
Southeast Conference - Alabama,
by whipping Tulane, Miss, State
and Georgia Tech, ran its league
mark to Ito compared to Ken
tuckys so. However, it seemed
10 be Alabama's hard luck that
It probably must face Kentucky in
the coming championship confer
ence tourney.
Border Conference - Arizona
humbled Arizona State at Flagstaff
and Tempe to make its league
mark 80 compared to runnerup
New Mexico's 81.
Midwest - Beloit still on top at
~. Lawrence second at Al.
Mld-American - Butler whipped
wayne and Ohio University during
me week to retain first at 80
cincinnati, upset victory over Mar
'hall, is second at Al.
Mason-Dixon Conference - Della
ware humbled Washington of Mary
lana TO retain the top rung at 80
lulloWed by Baltimore at II and
american University at 81.
Mld-Atlantic - Muhlenberg de-
Naled Bucknell to go into first
pace Cornell upset Lafayette in a
hon-league game.
southwest Conference - Texas
md Arkansas still tied at 40 with
1t 81.
Big Six - Oklahoma walloped
.U~a State $40 to tie Missouri for
NE lead at Al.
MISSOURI Valley - st. Louis nick
" wichita to remain undefeated
'no In first place at TO.
paclfic Coast = Oregon State
1.n tops in Northern Division and
Ssliornla in Southern Division.
among the independents st.
ysseph of Philadelphia upset St.
c rum S OF Brooklyn, 55-4S, Bowling
n n did the same to DePaul So
1888. oi''o ~ Mainl'''ah
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