The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-27
KENTUCKY RATED
MOST CONSISTENT
QUlNT IN NATION
St. Louis Hits Stride And Is
Regarded As Ozark
Horse"

over. n OQiCh SA1NNAAH
l. Kentucky as the most consls-
tent.
.. Oklahoma Aggies and Rhode
Island State better than expected.
Z Kansas and Yale as the most
disappointing.
a Seton Hall, Santa Clara and
Alabama as the most surprising.
3. New York U. and Temple as
The most unpredictable. :.
& St. Louis as the Dark Horse. -
A year ago most of the country $
leading coaches at the NCAA and
National Invitation tournaments IN
New York picked Kentucky as the
likelv No. / quintet this season. So
far Kentucky. with the exception
of losing to the Oklahoma Aggies.
has fulfilled expectations. Coach
Adolph Rupp's lads have won 10 OF
10 starts.
The Aggies, minus big ~seven-foot
Bob Kurland, were expected to be
a good club, but nowhere as fine
as coach Hank Iba has developed
them to date. They have lost only
two games. The same held true 1or
Rhode Island minus Ernie Chilver-
". However. the Rhodes have only
lost nee.
Kansas. winner Of 10 Of q games,
and Yale. triumphant in IA of 10 -
year ago, yer expected to 60
places this season. But although
Kansas recently whipped Iowa
State and Yale upset Cornell, they
have disappointed so far.
Seton Hall and Alabama are two
of the ten indicated teams left IT
the nation with streaks of II and IL,
respectively. The other eight I'M
beaten are Marshall 1910; KIRK
vile (Mo.J 1910; Duquesne ll-3'
Wheaton Ql.) 90; West Virgi.a
80; Washington and Jefferson II
Trinity Conn 10; and Army 60
Once-beaten Santa Clara has be-
come the top Independent club on
the Pacific Coast with Nevada los
ing twice to San Jose State.
NYU and Temple are two OF the
East's top Independents, but usual
ly they give their followers heart
failure"
St. Louis seems to have hit its
stride with a recent triumph over
the Oklahoma Aggies and now is
regarded as one of the most dan
gerous teams in the country.
Sectionally this is how the coach
es previeWed the situation a year
ago. compared to the actual cur
rent picture:
Eastern intercollegiate League:
A tossup between Yale and Dart
mouth. Now: Columbia and Prince
ton are tied for the lead with Penn
half a game behind. Yale and Dart
mouth virtually are eliminated.
Eastern Independents: A battle
between NYu, West Virginia, Holy
Cross and Rhode Island, a predic'
ton that has stood up. St. Josephs
of Philadelphia has surprised by
being up among the leaders, also
Canisius. Syracuse also rates high.
Big Nine - Ohio State, Illinois
and Iowa favored. Now: Ohio State
and Iowa are regarded as out Of
the running. Illinois upset Wiscon-
sin Saturday night, 63-37, to Jolr
Wisconsin,, Michigan, Indiana ano
Minnesota in a d%ing-dong scrap.
Midwest Independents Notre
Dame and Depaul, although the
latter would miss George Mikan.
This also has stood up with Bradley
also a standout.
Southern Conference North
Carolina expected to get strong op-
position from Duke and N. c.
State. Fact: Duke and South Caro-,
lima tied for the top as North Caro-
lima lost to Maryland. N. C.. State
and Maryland very much in the
running.
Southeastern - K e ntucky a
standout. Actually Alabama leads
with 80 compared to Kentucky's
so league mark. However, annual
tournament decides championships.
Missouri Valley: Oklahoma Ag-
gies with st. Louis a contender.
Now: St. Louis leads 60 followed
by Drake Al, the Aggies and Tul-
sa each 81.
Big Six: Kansas with red-hot op-
position from Oklahoma. Now Kan
sas is virtually out of it with Mis-
souri, on top. Oklahoma trounced
Missouri Saturday night, however.
57-43, to draw on practically even
terms. Each has lost only one
league start.
Big Seven: A three-cornered scrap
between Utah, Colorado and Wy
oming. That's just what is happen
ing. Colorado and Wyoming each
are 81 with Utah 81. Utah whip
ped Wyoming Saturday night so
AZ while Utah State upset Colorado
40-34.
Southwest: Texas or Southern
Methodist expected to succeed Bay
lor as champion. Now: Texas and
Arkansas are tied at 40 with SMU
81. Baylor has lost three league
starts.
Pacific Coast Conference (South
ern Division - California regard
ed as strongest. Now: UCLA tenn
porarily tied California for the tor
by winning Friday, but California
regained the lead by turning the
tables on UCLA Saturday night
62-46.
Pacific Coast Northern Division,
- Oregon State favored to replace
Idaho as champion. Fact: Oregon
State leads with 81 mark although
upset by Washington Saturday nigh
60-44. Washington and Washington
State each have lost three leagu
games while Idaho still has to wi,
a league game.
Mid-Atlantic: Muhlenberg and La
feyette expected to battle it out
That's what they are doing.
Three teams dropped out of tn
1unbeaten ranks last week, Easter
Kentucky by Murray Ky.) 45-43
Mankato (Minn.) Tchrs by Moo
head (Minn) 43-38 and Slipper
Rock by Westminster (Pa.) STA