Evening star., 1954-12-13
Basketball
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Washington's 71-64 Steel Bowl
triumph over Duquesne which
admittedly was handicapped by
the absence of 81 Green. it's
spectacular scorer. Green was
out with an attack of appendi-
citis. Joe Holup led the Colonials
with 26 points
Iowa's 97-94 loss to Missouri
also came as a surprise, since
the Hawkeyes are favored to
capture the Big Ten title. The
Tigers, however. have indicated
they are going to be one of the
best in the country. The victory
over Io,ya came on the heels of
a triumph over Indiana, defend
ing Big Ten champion, which
whipped Notre Dame, 1870,
Saturday afternoon to hand the
Irish their first home defeat since
February. 1852.
Holy Cross. rated one of the
best teams in the East, was
rocked by st. Johns of Brooklyn,
blowing a 1888 halftime lead to
bow by 20 points, 93-73. Ok
lahomas Aggies suffered their
first loss at the hands of Illinois,
59-53. The Illini, in the process
Of rebuilding, have been the sur
prise of the Big Ten.
Here is how the teams rank
sectionally:
East-Cornell. picked to re-
peat as Ivy League champion,
has lost to Colgate, but one of
its victories was a league game
with Harvard. Penn, picked as
runnerup, and Dartmouth have
won three non-league games.
Brown, however. holds first place
with victories over Harvard and
Yale.
La Sale, 40, tops the Eastern
independents. with st. Johns,
Villanova and Connecticut right
behind at 80. Highly rated
Fordham already has lost three
games to prove the biggest dis
appointment.
South-Kentucky. and North
Carolina State dominate. The
Wildcats have a 20 record in
the Southeastern Conference,
but Tennessee has won four and
Florida, Mississippi and Wander
bilt three each without de-
feat. The Wolfpack again is the
power in the Atlantic Coast Con-
ference with five in row. Wake
Forest has Al and North Caro-
lima 81. George Washington,
the Southern Conference de-
fender, has been beaten once in
three starts, while Richmond
has taken five in a row and West
Virginia two. Louisville $50
looks like a power in the South,
Big Ten-Illinois, Ohio State
and Michigan are unbeaten
Iowa and Indiana, each beaten
once in non-conference games,
still rule the favorites.
Big Seven--Colorado has Sc
but Missouri is the team to
watch, with Kansas and Kansas
State not far behind.
Missouri Valley-Wichita re.
mains the favorite, with st. Loui,
second. although Detroit and
Tulsa have forged to the front
with four straight. Houston. un-
beaten in three games, meets
Detroit twice this week end.
Southwest-Rice t3-0l is thu
only unbeaten team. but TCL
still rules the favorite to repeat
Baylor and SMU may provide
trouble.
Ohio Valley-Murray State ap.
pears ready to dethrone Western
Kentucky. which already ha.
lost two, including a stunning
TITS licking by little LIE Moynt
OF upstate New York.
Midwest independents - Day.
ton (4-0) has given strong indi.
cation it intends to shoot fol
national honors. The Flyers, /
veteran team with tremendou;
scoring power and plenty oi
height, have looked as good a'
any outfit in the country up t,
now. Notre Dame, despite 1t,
loss to Indiana. must still be re-
garded as one of the Nation
best,
Skyline-Utah, heading for it
best season in many years, ha
won all six starts. Denver is 80
Pacific Coast - UCLA ant
Stanford leach 400 lead tn
southern division. with US(
right behind. Washington $50
head the north, although Idahl
has shown it win have to b
reckoned with. The absence D
7-foot-3 Swede Halbrook i
hurting Oregon state. Seattl,
stands out as the best amonl
the indeseendentS.