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72 Indiana ‘“— 58 Purdue 62
6h Drake eS 92 Texas vech 60
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7. Washington 69 78 Indiana — 81
Dec. 21 Houston at Houston Decs 19 Idaho at Columbia
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51 Iowa 60 ok 65 Baylor | a
69 Texas Tech bhi: 7 Rice we 7 62
71 Michigan 77 i“ 69 Vanderbilt 78
6 Wichita The | . $09 Ohio State 63 FA
71 UCLA : . | 69 Arkansas i.
JeCs 19 Wisconsin at Madison Det. 20 Okla, A & Mat Norman
Dees 2 Vanderbilt at L.ineoln | Decs 23 niLinois « “ Urbana

With a week remaining pefore Big Seven teams tipoff their tenth
‘seen tournament Tuesday night in Municipal auditorium, Missourd has
moved into the status of meet favorite.
| The Tigers! 382 record on the above scoreboard is misleading «
Only seven points separate them from a perfect 580 level. And the
defeats were to Big Ten powers Purdue and Indiana. The Boilermakers
scored a 62058 victory in Lafayette; the Hoosiers an 81-78 conquest
‘Saturday night in Columbia. The Bengals edged another ranking western
conference dub, Illinois, The73, Decenber 10 in Columbia, Their other
vietims ineluded South Dakote (71-6), and Texas Tech, (9260).
The point is that the defending tourney champions, are only a few
‘rimmers ee ys an unblemished Slate against the second-stiffest slate

being cia HE team. Only Colorado can show a more rigid early