Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-01-14
|Conferenceb Basketball
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Hwy League, on Coast
by the Associated Press

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BY the Assosiaied Press 81.
! NEW YORK. Jan. l4.-Excep,
for the Pacific Coast Conference
and the Ivy League. the college
basketball circuits have been GO
ing - surprisingly enough very
much according to form.
OF course. the season still is
young, and with only five major
teams remaining on the umbeaten
list, anything might happen. But
so far, the powers have been pow
erful and the patsies have been
rolling over and playing dead in
most sections.
On the Pacific Coast, Stanford,
the preseason favorite, is riding
along in second place in the
Southern Division with two beat
ings. In the Northern Division,
Washington, figured as the logical
champion, also is in second place
with one defeat.
However, this one should
straighten itself out soon because
the overall marks of both teams
indicate they're the best in their
sections. Stanford's overall mark
is 1873 and Washington's 1872.
Meanwhile, however. Oregon heads
the Northern Section and UCLA
the Southern.
Lions Having Hard Time.
In the Ivy League, it appears
that Columbia, the defending
champion, is going to find the
going tough. The Lions had lost
three games before they started
league operations and were
promptly plastered with a 68-65
defeat by Cornell Saturday night
their first in loop play since
1850.
Penn was touted as the big
threat to the Lions at the start of
the campaign and the Quakers
have been coming through in fine
style. They're tied with Prince
ton for the lead, each with two
triumphs and no losses. But
their overall record places them
far above the Tigers, who have
won only five Of II games.
The other conference.-the Big
Ten, Big Seven, Southwest,
Southern, Southeastern, Missouri
Valley and Skyline-au are fol-
lowing the form chart.
The Big Ten boasts two of the
major unbeaten teams in Illinois
and Iowa-the others are Kansas,
Duquesne and st. Bonaventure-l
and they, of course, share the
league lead with marks of 80.
Their seasons records also are
identical, 1910. They must play
each other twice next month, so
those games probably will decide
the eventual winner.
Kansas Going Strong.
The question in the Big Seven
is: Aren't those Kansans ever
going to lose"
At the moment. the answer
seems to be mo" Phog Aliens
operatives have won IL in a row
two in the league-and have al
date tonight with Nebraska, al
team that has won but four and
lost nine. However. Kansas, ranked
No. in the weekly Associated
Press poll. had its troubles Satur-
day beating Missouri, 60-59.
Even in the Southwest Confer
ence things are serene. Texas
Christian was rated the team to
beat and, sure enough, there's
TCU right at the top with 40
and 14-1 for the season. Except
for loss to Manhattan, the
Horned Frogs have been slaugh-
tering all opposition, averaging
62.S points per game. They don't
play this week.
Same Old Leaders.
In the Southern and South
eastern. the two perennial rulers,
North Carolina State and Ken
lucky. respectively, stand at the
head of the class. The Wildcats
and Vanderbilt both are unbeatenI
in Southeastern Conference play
and haven't met yet.
N. c. States TO tops the
Conference, but West
Virginia and North Carolina, each
with 5-1, haven't yet thrown in
the towel. ~
The Missouri Valley shapes UP
as a two-team race between st.
Louis and Oklahoma A&M, as|
usual. The Billikens have won
their three loop starts and thef
Aggies have won their only league
game. st. Louis is 1913 for the
season and Oklahoma A&M is
1912. The two clash January &c.
Brigham Young, defending
champion of the Skyline Confer
ence, looks to be out of luck even
though it currently is tied with
Wyoming, each with a 20 mark.
Overall, Wyoming has a 1913