Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-12
BY the Associa ted Press

~ thS AssOCldtcu FTesS
Big-time college basketballs
annual post-season carnivals
start tonight-but a prime bit
OF unfinished business remains
before a clear line can be taken
on either of the major tourna-
mentS.
The single spot left in each
OF the two classics, the coast
forecast NCAA and the Ma
tional Invitation at New York,
will be filled after tonight's
showdown between Cincinnati
and Bradley at Evansville, Ind.
The two clubs tied for the Mis-
souri, Valley title and the win
ner gets the conference NCAA
berth while the loser goes to the
MT.
Attention is focused on the
game principally because Gin
cinnati captured the national
championship in last years
NCAA by defeating mighty Ohio
State and another clash be-
tween the Bearcats and Buck
eyes has been long awaited.
Bradley Has Chance
Should Bradley topple Gin
cinnati tonight - and the
Braves split in two games with
the BearcatS during the regular
season - it would take some of
the luster from the NCAA but
would send Cincinnati into the
MT as title favorites.
Bradley, a nationally ranked
power like Cincinnati, also
would be a top contender in
either of the Journeys.
The NCAA, with 16 confer
erce representatives and nine
independent teams cunning for
the crown, begins play tonight.
First-round action will be COM
pleted tomorrow night, and the
four regional semifinals and
finals are set for Friday and
Saturday. National semifinals
and final will be staged at
Louisville Friday and Saturday,
March 1924.
The 12-team NIT has six
doubleheaders set for Madison
Square Garden, including first
round competition Thursday
night and Saturday afternoon.
Quarter finals will be played
Saturday night and Tuesday
night, March 20. The Semifinals
come on Thursday night, March
% and the title match on Sat-
urday afternoon, March "a.
,. NCAA Schedule
East at Philadelphia tonight
Wake Forest atlantic COAST
vs.. Yale (Ivy League), Massa-
chusetts (Yankee) VS.. New
York University (at-large) and
West Virginia (Southern) VS..
Villanova (at-large). The Wake
Forest-Yale winner plays st.
Jose ph'S of PENNSYLVANIA
middle Atlantic) and the West
Virginia Villanova winner
meets the NYU-Massachusetts
winner in the regionals semi
finals at the University of
Maryland.
Mideast at the University of
Kentucky tonight - Bowling
Green (Mid-American) VS.. But
Ter (at-large) and Western
Kentucky tOhio Valley VS..
Detroit (at-large). Regional
semifinalS at the University of
Iowa pits the Bowling Green
Butler winner against Kentucky
(Southeastern) and the Western
Kentucky Detroit winner
against Ohio State Chg Tenn.
Midwest at Southern Metho-
dist tonight - Texas Tech
(Southwest) VS.. Air Force cat
large) and Creighton (at-large)
VS.. Memphis State (at-large).
The Texas Tech-Air Force
winner meets Colorado Chg
Eight and the Creighton
Memphis State winner takes
on Cincinnati or Bradley in the
regional semifinals at Kansas
State.
Seeded Teams in NIT
West at Oregon State tomor-
row night-Oregon State (at-
large) VS.. Seattle (at-large)
and Utah State (Skyline) VS..
Arizona State University (Bor-
der). The Oregon State-Seat-
tie winner faces Pepperdine
(WCAC) and the Utah State
Arizona State winner plays
UCLA (Big Five) at Brigham
Young in the regional semi
finals.
Loyola of Chicago, st. Johns