Evening star., 1950-12-26
3 Begin Tomorrow;
Bradley Has Chance
TO Boost Standinq
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 26.-Despite
the Christmas holidays. college
basketball is having one Of the
biggest weeks as far as the top
ranking teams are concerned. Six
major tournaments are scheduled
throughout the Nation, three get
ting under way tomorrow, two
starting Thursday and the other
one - the Sugar Bowl - being
played Friday and Saturday.
The tournaments set for tomor-
row are:
The Big Seven at Kansas City,
the All-College at Oklahoma City
and the Skyline Six at Denver.
The Dixie Classic at Raleigh,
N. c., and the Cotton Bowl at
Dallas begin play Thursday after
noon.
1t could work out that the top
game of the week-one of the sea-
sons high points-will be played
Saturday night at New Orleans
between Kentucky and Bradley,
the current one-two teams in the
Associated Press poll To bring
about such a meeting Kentucky
60 has to defeat st. Louis CID,
while Bradley (9-O must elm
mate Syracuse (6-2) to reach the
finals in the Sugar Bowl.
In last years Sugar Bowl finals
Kentucky defeated Bradley, 71-66.
Good Chance for Bradley.
This time the speedy Bradley
Braves are in a good position to
make some hay in the race for
National honors. All the cagers
from Peoria, H., have to do this
week is defeat the Nations No.
and No. 4 teams. The Braves
might make it-with some luck.
Without it, they could lose three
games this week and not have any
of them considered a startling
upset.
What could prove q week of
misery for Coach Forrest Anderson
starts tomorrow night at Peoria
against Indiana (6-0). No. {
ranking. The Big Ten IA
vorites will match Bill Gar
rett and speed against Gene
Melchiorre and Bradley speed.
Then comes the Sugar Bowl
meeting with Syracuse. which still
has Jack Kiley and three other
regulars of the team that gave
Bradley such a tussle in the Ma
tlonal Invitation last March.
Kentucky appears to have a little
easier job against st. Louis.
Kentucky rates slight favorite
in the New Orleans meet on its
great height: 7-foot Bill Spivey,
Ga Frank Ramsey, 6-6 Shelby
Linville and Ga Walter Hirsh.
In Sophomore Ramsey the
Wildcats have what they lacked
last season, a powerful. take
charge guard.
Smaller Bradley will depend on
its superior speed and finesse, plus
the greatest little man in college
basketball, the So Melchiorre.
Like Kentucky. Bradley has al
most the same team back from
last season.
Schedule and Pairings.
Here's the tournament schedule:
Big Seven: Wednesday night
Kansas Old, the favorite, VS..
Iowa State (4-1, and Minnesota
(4-D. VS.. Colorado (3-6). Thurs
day night-Oklahoma (4-2) VS..
Kansas State (6-2) and Missouri
(4-D VS.. Nebraska go.
Dixie Classic: Thursday after
noon - Wake Forest (2-3) VS.,
Rhode Island State Q-4) and
North Carolina State CID, the
favorite, VS.. Tulane (4-3). Thurs
day night-North Carolina (3-O
vs.. Navy 40 and Duke VS.. COL
gate (4-2.
All College: Wednesday after
noon-Arkansas (3-5 VS.. Tulsa
(4-O and Vanderbilt (3-2) VS..
1eXaS (5-o). WEDNESDAY night
Oklahoma City (4-3 VS.. Alabama
(4-3 and Oklahoma A. and M.
(9-0). the favorite, VS.. Baylor
90.
Cotton Bowl: Thursday night
Southern Methodist (6-3) VS..
North Texas State, and Texas
Christian (5-3) VS.. Texas Tech
(3-5). Friday night Southern
Methodist VS.. Texas Tech and
Texas Christian VS.. North Texas
State.
Skyline Six: Wednesday night
Brigham Young CID VS.. Utah
(6-3) and Denver (2-3) VS.. New
Mexico. Thursday night-Utah
State VS.. Montana and Colorado
A. and M. (6-H vs.. Wyoming
(9-O.