Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-16
Rosenb|uth Figures to Keep
Tar Heels Winning in NCAA
Carolina, Kansas,
Dons, Kentucky
Favored Tonight
BY the Associated Press

North Carolina, Kansas, Ken
lucky and California ruled heavy
favorites to sweep past SYRIA
cuse, Oklahoma City, Michigan
State and San Francisco to-
night and move into the semi
finals of the National Collegiate
basketball tournament.
The four winners advance to
the semifinals and finals at
Kansas City next Friday and
Saturday.
Here is tonight's complete pro-
gram:
At Philadelphia-North Caro-
lima VS.. Syracuse for regional
championship. Canisius VS.
Lafayette in consolation.
At Lexington. Ky.-Kentucky
VS.. Michigan State for regional
championship. Pitt VS.. Notre
Dame in consolation.
At Dallas-KansaS VS.. Okla
homa City for regional cham
pionship. Southern Methodist
VS.. st. Louis in consolation.
AT Corvallis, Greg, San Fran
cisco VS.. California for regional
championship. Idaho State VS..
Brigham Young in consolation.
Whiel North Carolina No. |
team in the Associated Press poll
had no trouble beating Canisius
87-95, once All-America Lennie
Rosenbluth found the range Just
before halftime, both Kansas
and Kentucky, ranked No. 2 and
3. respectively, had their trou-
bles.
Kansas i'm Overtime
Kansas had to go into over
time before stopping Southern
Methodist, 1866. while Ken
lucky couldn't pull away until
the final minutes to turn back
Pitt, 1892.
Syracuse earned the dubious
pleasure of going against North
Carolina with a 75-7l decision
over Lafayette. Oklahoma City
goes against Kansas by way of
a 1856 triumph over st. Louis,
while Michigan State gained the
right to meet Kentucky by whip
ping Notre Dame, 1888, ard in
the process swapping a l0-game
winning streak Of the Irish.
San Francisco. the defending
champion which had been all
but counted out of the running,
sailed past Idaho State, C6-5l,
and California polished of
Brigham Young $3.50 in the
West Coast competition.
Meanwhile, the Nations Other
major post-season tournament
the National Invitation opened
In New York's Madison Square
Garden. Utah met Memphis
State in the first game at 9
pm. over a Nation wide tele-
vision hookup over the Columbia
Broadcasting System tWTOP
Channel 9 in Washington. The
other three games of the day
night program sent Seton Hall
against Xavier of Ohio, Dayton
against st. Peters N. j. and
Cincinnati against St. Bonaven-
ture.
Wheaton is Champion
The NCAAs small college
tournament is all over. 1t ended
last night in Evansville, Ind.
when Wheaton vanquished Ken
lucky Wesleyan. 1896. In The
NAlA tournament in KanSa.
City, another one for the smaller
colleges, Tennessee State anc
Southeastern Oklahoma me-
for the title tonight. In last
nights semifials. State upset
Pacific Lutheran ITO anc
Southeastern sailed past Eastern
Illinois 95-8l.
Wilt Chamberlain. like Rosen
bluth member OF the All-Amer
lea team, paced his Kansas mate
with SO points. But Southern
Methodist. No. 4 team in tn,
country and champion of tn
Southwest Conference. WASH
awed. Chamberlain or no. Kansa
still had to come from behind L
tie at 59-all with 80 seconds t,
CO. But in the overtime, tn
Jayhawks broke it open.
Pitt shocked Kentucky, which
is playing in its ninth post-sea
son tournament. The Panthers
lightly regarded by the Wildcat
from the Blue Grass, were hot
With llla minutes to go. it wa
tied at 69-all. But Pitt ran on
of gas.
DOns Look Good
San Francisco looked surpris
ingly good in throttling Idah
States high scoring machine
Gene Brown was high scorer TO
.he Dons with 10 points. Brigham
Young kept close to Californi
until the last eight minutes whel
the Pacific Coast Conferenc
champions pulled away. LAIR
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