Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-08

Long-Range Hopes
OF CIV Affected by
Rivals Clash Tonight


George Washington, once
beaten and favored to win the
tournament that will determine
the Southern Conference bas-+
ketball champion, will meet the
Atlantic Coast Conference win
ner in the first round of the
NCAA regional playoffs If CIV
is the Southern titlist.
Pairings for the preliminary
rounds of the March tourna-
ment call for a first-round meet
ing between the Southern and
Atlantic Coast champions at a
site convenient to the particle
pants. The date will be March
8 or 8.
Winner Goes to Iowa.
The victor in this game will
play the winner between the
Middle Atlantic Conference
champion and an at-large team
in the regional playoffs March
IL at the University of Iowa at
Iowa City.
The Southern Conference
champion will be decided in a
tournament at Morgantown, w.
Va, March 4-6-the same dates
which the Atlantic Coast Con-
ference selected for its cham
pionship tournament at Raj
eigh, N. c.
The Colonials are in Columbia,
s. c.. where they will step out of
the conference to meet South
Carolina tonight. The Colonials
will have considerable interest in
a game to be played 100 miles
from Columbia.
Top Rivals Collide. f
The Colonials long range goal
Of a crack at the title may be
affected by a game tonight be-
tween their top conference rivals.
While George Washington
meets South Carolina at Column
bia, Furman and Richmond will
meet at Greenville's Textile Hall.
The game will clarity the race for
the top-seeded spot in the tour
nament at Morgantown.
And tomorrow night. the CO.
lonial's play Furman at Green
Vile. go
George Washington, which has
a TO record in the conference
and is 1871 for the season, should
be able to rest its regulars part
of the way against South Caro-
lima. which is in sixth place in
the Atlantic Coast Conference
with a 1-6 record and is ITO
for the season. The Gamecock5
have won most of their games
against small schools in the
State.
Richmond is 6-1 in the South
ern Conference and 1913 for the
season. while Furman has 80
conference record and is lot
for the season.
Record Is Deceiving.
However, Furman's record is
deceiving, because the Paladins
played all but their last four
games without two regulars. OAR
rell Floyd and Kenny DeardoH.
who became eligible between
semesters. Floyd led the Ma
tons junior colleges in scoring
two years ago. Deardoff, a reg
ular last year. was on academic
probation for a semester,
Both George Washington and
Furman had to go all out Sat-
urday night. the Colonisls in
turning back Duke. the Nations
eight-ranked team. 1911 at
Durham. Furman lost to La
Sale. the ninth-ranked team.
l00-83, in Philadelphia.
With the NCAA pairings an
nounced it now appears there
is a good chance of a rematch
between CIV and Duke. since
neither will be worse than a CO.
favorite for its conference crown.
Furman's Frank Selvy, who is
on his way to shattering almost
every basketball scoring record
in the books. scored 40 points
against La Sale. Two nights ear
lier he made AZ as his team
beat Manhattan.
Selvy is leading the Southern
Conference scoring with a fabul-
Gus Appoint average IN three
games. just 23.5 points better