Evening star., 1957-12-26
Cage Journeys
Begin Today
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~ III. Associated Pres.


~ the Associated Press
Collegiate basketball's holi-
day tournaments start rolling
in today with six major classics
lifting the lid on what promises
10 be a spirited week end Of
activity.
Four Of the Nations top 10
teams In the Associated Press
poll will be trying to add TO
their stature with tournament
victories.
Kansas. No. 2, and Kansas
State. No. 3. are entered in the
Big Eight tournament at Kan
sas City. North Carolina. No.
4. is favored TO retain It's title
in the ninth renewal Of the
Dixie Classic at Raleigh. San
Francisco. No. 7. is top-seeded
in the All-College tournament
at Oklahoma City.
other major tournaments
scheduled to get underway to-
day include the ECAC Holiday
Festival at New York, the
Southwest Conference presea-
son tournament at Houston
and the Louisiana Invitational
at Shreveport.
Today's Pairings
Here is the list OF today's
games with won-lost records In
parentheses:
Big Eight tournament-Kan-
sas (7-0) VS.. Oklahoma AID
and Iowa State (4-lD VS.. Colo
RADIO 1-4, night.
Dixie Classic-Wake Forest
t2-5) VS.. Duquesne t3-2) and
North Carolina State (6-D VS..
Northwestern (3-D. afternoon:
North Carolina t5-D VS.. st.
Louis (2-D and Duke t2-3) vs..
Seton Hall t3-3l. night.
All-College tournament-San
Francisco (6-D VS.. Denver
t2-4 and Western Kentucky
(4-D VS. Niagara t5-D, after
noon: Oklahoma City (3-p VS..
Tulane t5-D and Idaho State
t3-D vs.. Tulsa l2-4. night.
ECAC Holiday Festival -
Dayton (6-D VS.. Manhattan
4-D and Pittsburgh t3-2) VS..
Temple ,4-2D. afternoon: Con-
necticut t5-2 VS.. S cattle C3-2)
and California t2-3D VS.. NYU
(c-2. night.
Southwest Conference tour
nament-Texas Tech t6-0p VS..
Southern Methodist t4-3) and
Texas Christian (6-D VS..
Texas Ann (3-3l. afternoon:
Texas t4-2D VS.. Arkansas t4-2)
and Rice t3-3l VS.. Baylor
(2-5). night.
Louisiana Invitational-Ten-
nessee Tech l3-3) VS.. Missis-
sippi Southern (3-2) and
Northwestern (La) State (7-3l
VS.. West, Texas State u-5).
afternoon; Hardin Simmons
40 VS.. Louisiana Tech t6-l)
and Centenary (5-D VS.. The
Citadel (5-2, night.
Kansas Favored
Kansas and Wilt Chamber
lain are favored to defend their
Big Eight laurels with Kansas
State, spanked by Bob Boozer
and Jack Parr. expected to
furnish the chief opposition.
Kansas State t7-0) faces
Missouri t5-2l and Nebraska
40 meets Princeton, 800
an Ivy League guest entry in
other first round games tomor-
row.
In the Dixie Classic. North
Cardinals NCAA champions
are anxious to embark on a
new winning streak. The Tar
Heels saw their 37-game victory
skein snapped by West Vir-
ginia. the Nations top-ranked
team. in the finals Of the Ken
lucky Invitation last Satur-
day. N. c. State. No. l3 ma
tionally and a six-time Classic
winner. and Duquesne. recent
Steel Bowl victors. are the dark
horses.
DOns Team 10 Beat
San Francisco. which won
the All-College in 1854, is the
team to beat In the oldest OF
holiday tournaments. The Dons
are fresh from their triumph
in the Blue Grass Festival at
Louisville last week end.
Seattle. No. Is and last years
| All-College winner. rules the
favorite in the New York ECAC
Festival. Manhattan is defend
ing champion while Temple.
third in the NIT last season,
boasts a veteran team, headed
by Guy Rodgers.
The Southwest Conference
shapes up as a wide-open
scramble. Rice. led by Temple
Tucker. 6-foot-l0, had been
rated the leagues strongest