Evening star., 1961-03-11
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Cage Tourney
Defending Champ
Ousted Along Will
1860 Runnerup
By the Associated Press

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The small college boys took
over the spotlight in basketball
last night. And If the first
round Of the NCAA college divi-
sion tournament is any criterion.
top-ranked Ohio State better
beware in the big NCAA (uni-
versity diviSion) tourney OPEN
ing merit week.
Here's what happened:
Evansville, the defending
champion, was beaten by Lincoln
(Mo.0 90-77. Chapman (Calif.) ,
last years runnerup, was beaten
by Long Beach State, 70-66.
Kentucky Wesleyan, No. 8 last
year, lost to Belmont Abbey
1882, and Cornell Of Iowa,
No. 4 a year ago. tumbled before
South Dakota State 90-71.
This is akin to Ohio State,
the defending national collie
giate champion. and Cincinnati.
who won third place a year ago,
being knocked off in their open
ing games in the university
division next week. California
and NYU, who finished second
and fourth last year, are not in
the NCAA tourney this time.
California Surprises
California came through with
a surprise 69-57 victory over
Southern California, the Big
Five champion, in one Of the
four big college games last
night. Oregon kept alive its
hope of making the NCAA tour
ney by nipping Oregon State
54-52 on Charlie Warren's
basket with two seconds left.
Washington took Idaho in
overtime 70-65 and UCLA beat
Stanford 69-55 in the other
major games.
Southern Cal played without
its star, John Rudometkin, as
California chalked up its fifth
straight victory-aided by Stan
MorriSon's 30 points and Bill
McClintock's II. Rudometkin
was out with a pulled muscle
, suffered in a gym class quarter
mile sprint.
Prairie View, which finished
No. in the final small college
Associated Press poll, came
] through with a 1868 triumph
! over Superior CWiS.). Tonight
, the Texans face a formidable
) South Dakota State team in the
final Of the Midwest Regional
at Brookings, S. Oak.
South Dakota After Revenge
: South Dakota. led by Don
jacobson, repeatedly Is much
! improved over 1860 and is out
to avenge last years first round
1856 defeat by Prairie View.
Other regional finals tonight
are:
AT GAINESVILLE, Tenn
Belmont Abbey VS.. Austin Peay,
; 77-69 victor over Chattanooaa.
| AT READING, Pant. st.
; Marys VS.. Albright. Mt. st.
Marys beat Virginia Union 81
80 and Albright defeated Fair
field 1857.
: AT SPRINGFIELD, Mass
, Williams VS.. Bates. Williams
nipped Rochester 74-72 and
Bates downed Springfield rs
64.
AT CRAWFORD SVILLE,
Ind.-Wittenberg VS.. Wabash.
Wittenberg beat Youngstown
1923 and Wabash took South
Carolina State 94-83.
AT CHICAGO - Lincoln
(MoD VS.. Chicago University,
64-59 winner over MacMurray.
AT CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo.
Southern Illinois VS.. South
east Missouri. Southern beat
Trinity (Tex) 96-82, and
Southeast downed Colorado
College, 99-68.
AT SANTA BARBARA, Calf
Long Beach VS.. California
(Santa Barbara, 1850, winner
over Nevada.
Eight Go to Evansville
The eight winners tonight go
! to Evansville, Ind. for the quar-
ter finals. semifinals and finals
: next Thursday. Friday and
Saturday.
! Ohio State winds up its reg
, ular season today against Illi-
nois and the Buckeyes are
hopeful Of chalking up their
! 29th straight triumph.
In other major games today
: chat wind up the regular sea-
son, Utah and Colorado State
! University play off for the Sky
line title and an NCAA berth,
Xavier Of Ohio and Chicago
: Loyola meet with the winner
!. going to- the NCAA. Arizona
: State University and New Mex
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