Evening star., 1952-03-03
Seattle 18th Team
Selected for NIT;
IL NcAA Spots Open
By tn. As.oeiot.d Pres.

NEW 1OkGA, MARCH S.--SedGIieI
University, one of the cage pow-l
Iers on the Pacific Coast. wasI
named the i2th team in the Ma
ltional Invitation Basketball Tour
tnament today. The tourney bel
lgins with a tripleheader in Madi-
son Square Garden March 8.
Among the Seattle players isl
little Johnny O'Brien who Is thel
first college player ever to score
more than 1000 points in a sea-
lson.
Meanwhile, the National Col
Ilegiate Athletic Association. which
does not start its championship
lplay until March 81. has 12 spots
open. Six will be filed by con-
ference champions and six BY
teams selected "at large"
Already in the NCAA lineup are
list. Louis. champion Of the Mis-
ISouri Valley; Kentucky, defending
champion and winner Of thel
southeastern Conference: Texas
Christian. which qualified last
week to represent the Southwest
Conference: Wyoming, best of the
Skyline Conference after defeat
ing Brigham Young. West Texas
State can win the Border Confer
lence title by defeating Texas Tech
tonight. A loss will drop West
Texas into a tie with New Mexico
AIM.
NIT Teams Have Good Week.
It wouldn't be surprising to see
the NCAA dip into the MT field
for some Of its Eat large" represent
ativeS, especially in the East where
Penn State Q9-4) turned down an
NIT feeler and said it would con-
slider an NCAA bid. The usually
Ihigh-scoring Nittany Lions, ended
their season Saturday with victory
lover Pittsburgh by the unusual
score of 24-9.
Nine Of the teams in the
NIT turned in highly successful
work last week as Dayton (24-3) ]
Holy Cross (21-2), st. Bonaven-
tture t19-3y, LaSalle (19-5). West
Iern Kentucky (24-4), DuQuesne
(20-1. st. Louis (21-5), st. Johns
(21-3 and Seton Hall (25-2)
didn't lose a game.
But New York q. t16-D lost
twice-to st. Johns and Fordham
after being selected and Louis
vile (21-5 bowed to Seton Hall.
Here's how the races look in
the conferences from which will
J come five more teams for the
NCAA tourney:
Big Ten-Illinois (18-2) with
Ill in league play in setting the
pace, but Iowa 19-2), which has
been beaten twice in 13 confer
lence games, still is in running.
) Illinois has two to go, with North
/, western tonight and Wisconsin at
Madison Saturday. Iowa finishes
with Wisconsin tonight.
!, Southern Entry Due.
Southern-West Virginia (22-3)
finished the season with the best
record. but the NCAA representa-
) tive will be decided in an eight
steam tournament starting Thurs
8 day at Raleigh, N. C.. Other teams
. in tourney are Clemson, Duke,
Furman, George Washington,
Maryland. William and Mary and
/ North Carolina State.
! Ivy League-Princeton Q3-8)
with league mark of 81. Cornell,
!, 1876 and 81, and Pennsylvania,
! 1876 and To, still in running
Princeton still has to meet Colum-
3 bia and Penn. Penn and Cornell
7 clash Saturday in Philadelphia
After that, Cornell meets Colum-
bia and Dartmouth. Penn has
; Yale and Princeton, both on the
9 road.
8 Big Seven~Here it is Kansas
: (20-2) and Kansas State Q6-5
8 They meet Friday at Lawrence
with Kansas holding 9-l league
) mark and Kansas State 81.
3 Pacific Coast-UCLA defeated
5 Southern California twice over the
! week end and will represent the
s Southern Division against Wash
5 ington, Northern Division winner
in a best-of three series starting
Friday at UCLA.