Evening star., 1950-02-13
Close Races Delay
Selection Of Field
For Court Journeys
Conference standings on nert
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BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, Feb. 13.-Several
close basketball races in confer
ences all over the country are
holding up selections for the Ma
tional Collegiate Athletic Asso-
citation and the National Invita-
ton tournaments next month.
Usually, by the middle of Feb
ruary, at least three or four of
the major loops have produced
champions. But SO far only one
of nine conference titles appears
settled. Ohio State $3.50 is the
apparent winner in the Western
Conference with three games left.
Add Holy Cross 5000, an in
dependent, to Ohio State and you
have the only two teams that are
almost certain choices for the
NCAA. There is some talk that
Holy Cross may also try for the
MT title.
The NCAA names it's eight tour
nament teams mainly from con-
ference winners, not inviting the
Independents very often.
That leaves the Independents
field wide open for the National
Invitation Tournament, also held
in Madison Square Garden. Twelve
clubs will receive bids to this one.
Rough Going for Champs.
Champions of both tournaments
last season are eligible for defense
of their crowns. However, both
Kentucky (NCAA) and San Fran
cisco (NIT) are having it rough
this year and fighting desperately
to make the grade again.
But another champion, Ham
line (22-D, has been invited back
for defense of it's NAIB crown at
Kansas City. The four-year COL
leges normally compete in the
National Association of Intercol-
legiate Basketball tourney.
Races still undecided are dead
.ers and season record in parenthe-
ses): Ivy yale 1879. Skyline Six
(Wyoming 21-6), Southern North
Carolina State 18-4. Missouri
Valley (co-leaders Bradley 21-3
and st. Louis 1850.
Southeastern Vanderbilt 14-6),
Big Seven Colorado 13-4>,
Southwest (Texas A. and M. Gid,
land Pacific Coast Northern,
Washington State 15-9; Southern,
q. c. L. A. 17-4).
Sectional Leaders.
Many of the sectional leaders
listed below-and some that aren't
still are contending for invita-
tions to either of the two major
tournaments:
East - Holy Cross 900, st.
Johns, (20-2), Duquesne (18-1).
La Sale Q4-3) and Long Island
U. G7-2).
Enthusiastically (21-3), Ohio
State 15-3), Kansas State $3.50,
Toledo 17-3 and Indiana G4-3).
Southwestern Kentucky (19-
a, Kentucky (17-4,e North Caro-
lima State (18-4), Vanderbilt GA
81 and William & Mary $3.50.
Southwest - Arizona (20-2),
Texas Christian (12-D and Texas.
A & M OLD.
Rocky Mountain-Colorado d3-
~, Wyoming (21-6), Brigham
Young (15-9), Denver (13-10) and
Utah State 15-1D.
Far West-UCLA (17-4), San
Francisco 14-5), Southern Cali
fornia $3.50. Washington 17-6)
and Washington State $3.50.
Beloit (19-2) and st. Bonaven-
ture (14-D Rank High on the
small college list along with Ham,
line.
Tonight's top games include In
dinna at Illinois Wisconsin at
Iowa, Texas Ann at Arkansas.
Rice at Southern Methodist, Ala
bama at Kentucky, Auburn at
Louisiana State, Hawaii at Beloit,
Oklahoma ASsM at Bradley, Brig
ham Young at Colorado ASSM,
Carnegie Tech VS.. Duquesne, Mis-
sissippi State at Vanderbilt, Ohio
State at Missouri, Nebraska at
Oklahoma, Santa Clara at Frisco.
Toledo at Niagara, Scranton at
Villanova and North Carolina at
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