Evening star., 1959-12-28
Coast Festival
Feature Of 3
CaueCIassics
BY the Associated Press


Twenty-three college basket
ball tournaments are carded for
tonight. with practically every
top team in the country in
volved in the big ones.
Six tournaments got under
way Saturday, and the other
II start tonight. They'll all
wind up by the end of the week.
In Los Angeles the final of
the first Los Angeles Festival
could wind up in a replay of
last seasons NCAA champion
ship between California and
West Virginia.
The Bears have won % games
in a row. the longest winning
streak among major schools.
They run head on into Illi-
nois $50 in their first game.
West Virginia go, led by
All-America Jerry West, plays
Stanford.
The other two openers match
Southern California against
Northwestern and UCLA against
Michigan.
Utes Picked at Raleigh
At Raleigh. N. c., the Dixie
Classic starts with Utah (S-0)
favored to break a l0-year
stranglehold by North Carolina
schools. The Utes play Duke in
the first round. Wake Forest
tangles with Holy Cross, North
Carolina State meets Dayton
and North Carolina is matched
against Minnesota.
Other m ajor tournaments
getting under way tonight in
clude the All-College at Okla
homa City, the Blue Grass at
Louisville. the Southwest Con-
ference at Houston, the Hurri-
cane Classic at Miami and the
Motor City at Detroit.
The other big ones, the Sugar
Bowl at New Orleans Ken
lucky favored, the Holiday In
vitational at Providence and
the Ric h m on d Invitational
start tomorrow.
Agog Over Robertson
In New York, they still are
marveling at oscar Robertson's
fantastic AZ points in Cincin-
MATHS 96-56 rout Of st. Bona
venture Saturday in the first
round of the ECAC Holiday
Festival.
Cincinnati meets st. Joseph's
Of Philadelphia in the semi
final tonight-the same club it
smothered, 1879, earlier in
the season. There isn't much
doubt that Robertson can i'm
prove on his record-breaking
output.
His performance left the st.
Bonnie coach, Ed Donovan,
limp.
Hes Just absolutely fabu-
lous," Donovan enthused. I'VE
double-teamed him and triple
teamed him, but couldn't hold
him"
st. Joseph's advanced with
an 84-70 triumph over Manhat-
tan. The other semifinalists are
Iowa, which turned back St.
Johns, 91-84. and New York
University. 1858 victor over
Dartmouth.
Two Finals Tonight
Two finals are on tap for to-
night. Wisconsin meets Canis-
ius for the Queen City title at
Buffalo, and Evansville plays
Wittenburg for the Evansville
Qnd0 Invitational champion
ship.
Wisconsin advanced at Buff
alo with a 95-82 triumph over
Boston College, while Canisuis
halted Pitt, 1892.
The Far West tournament at
Corvallis, Oreg., goes into the
semifinal with Oregon State,
winner the last three years,
taking on Idaho and Washing
ton State going against Ore
gon.
First-round play also will be
completed in the Big Eight
tournament at Kansas City,
where Missouri plays Oklahoma
and Kansas meets Oklahoma
State. There will be a new
champion in this event be-
cause defending champion
Kansas City bowed to Iowa
State, 74-73, in overtime Sat-
urday. This, incidentally, was
the first time Kansas State
ever has lost in the first round
of the IA years of the tourna-
ment.
The West Coast Athletic
Conference tournament at San
also will complete its
first round with Santa Clara
against Pepperdine
and Seattle playing st. Mary'S
(Calif.).