Evening star., 1961-02-18
BuckeyesFdce
Tough Tests at
Iowa, Indiana
24-Gume Streak
On Line Against
Big Ten RivuIs
BY the Associated Press

OLllO SCdCe neaQ lIlLO OU-lOuT
stretch tonight that should de-
eide whether they'll be the first
major college basketball team
since North Carolina in 1857
to go through q regular season
without a loss.
The Bucks, 1870 this season
with a 24-game winning streak,
play Iowa. the Big Ten runner
up, at Iowa City tonight, then
move to Bloomington, Ind, for
another meeting with Indiana
Monday.
II All-America Jerry Lucas
& Co. can subdue both, it more
than likely will be an unbeaten
Ohio State team that opens
defense of its NCAA champion
ship in the Mid-East regional
at Louisville March II.
After the Iowa and Indiana
roadblocks. the Buckeyes have
games with Wisconsin Febru-
ary 25) and Michigan State
March - at home in Colum-
bus, before ending the regular
season at Illinois on March II.
Iowa StiIl Winning
Iowa tonight is the big one,
however. with the Xawkeyes
holding a 6-l league record to
Ohio'S go despite the loss OF
four regulars because Of poor
grades. Even with the team
riddled, the Hawks, ninth
ranked nationally, have con-
tinued to win with the big
push coming from an erstwhile
sophomore reserve named Matt
Szykowny. He's scored 43 points
in victories over Indiana and
Wisconsin since the first team
was decimated.
Some Of the significance of
the Indiana game Monday may
have been lost when Ohio State
crushed the Hoosiers, 100-65,
at Columbus February s, but
the HooSiers are considerably
tougher at home and were the
last to beat Ohio State-a 99-83
pasting a year ago at Bloom
ington.
The Ohio State-Iowa sizzler
tops another Saturday national
program loaded again with key
conference games and some big
ones for the independents in
this last month Of driving to-
ward NCAA and National In
vitation Tournament berths.
Title Close for Ohio U.
Ohio University can become
the first conference champion
to clinch. needing only a VIC
tory over Bowling Green to nail
its second straight Mid-Ameri-
can title and a place in the
NCAA tournament. Temple and
st. Joseph's (Pa.) clash in q
showdown Of the unbeaten
leaders Of the Middle Atlantic
Conference at Philadelphia's
Palestra. and Arizona State U.
can clinch at least a tie for the
Border Conference champions
ship by beating second-place
New Mexico State.
Other league games to watch
include Arkansas at Texas Tech
in the Southwest. Kansas State
at Missouri and Kansas at
Colorado in the Big Eight, Cor
nell at Princeton in the Ivy,
Rhode Island at Maine in the
Yankee. Mississippi State at
Florida and Tennessee at VAN
derbilt in the Southeastern,
Southern California at WASH
ington in the Big Five, Colorado
State U. at Brigham Young
and Utah at New Mexico in
the Skyline, Western Kentucky
at Murray in the Ohio Valley,
and Los Angeles Loyola at st.
Mary's and San Jose State at
San Francisco in the West
Coast A. C.
Two Games on TV
Southern Methodist is at
Texas in the national TV game
this afternoon (WMAL-7, 2
p.m), and some non-league
favorites are Duke at Navy
(WTOP-9. 2 p.m.). st. Bona
venture VS.. DePaul at Buffalo,
Louisville at Dayton. Niagara at
st. Johns. Oregon at Seattle,
and Pitt at West Virginia.
Last night. Princeton fat
tened its Ivy lead to 11a games
over Yale, beating Columbia. 90
SO, as Pete Campbell scored 10
points and AL Akemmerlen 18;
York Larese hit 80 and Doug
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