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Jim Iverson saved State the next year, 55-53. And that was the Purple s
best all-geawx time team, going all the way to the NCAA finalse In
'S1 Drake's Shufflers skidg@ed unbeaten Stanford inte the discard in
the cpening rounds The Indians had com into the mest undefeated.
Colorado and 0w
fhusn twoxvsuns are muh more closely matched this
Still, the Buffaloes
winter tian last, on peeyx paper, at least. #vrvanevsiingyxvhexisravx
will rank as solid favorites .
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two clubs! few remaining eng@ ements before tournament time.
Even though Colorado last four of five starters which ~
is starting — ,
tock it to third place in the NGAA last year , it wb xexakextxgysensiet
a full team of lettermene In contrast, Oklh oma is Petumvingvxvkvxx
fusing two sophomores with one holdover letterman and two returning
regulars in its starting fivee Furthermore, Parrack shows only four
lettermen on his entire squad, fewer than any conference team, and
4s carrying 10 sophémores on his 18-man squad. An llth , Pred Hood,
6—l. 200-pounder, womts will miss the tourney because of duty with
Sooner football fortumes in the Orange bowl.

Parrack's rookie starters are Joe King, 6-63 Norman
forward who is Bacher's releif at center, and Joe Jones, 6-1g Oklah-
oma Cityan,. A third soph, Billi Pinkerton, 6) Oklahoma Cityan , cane

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off the bench to score 18 points in last week s 69-59 vanquishing of
Arkansase

“d Abbey, 6-l, Yenverite , is the lettered junior starter.
He plays Opposiitte King in the front line. Bacher, the 6-53 , 230-pound
pachyderm with the soft touch, is at center, of course, with Peck,

a leaping little guy eut from tlh same cloth as ths departed Lester

Lane, pairs with Jones in the backlines