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| Five teams, or one more than half the entire
field, are conceded a chance of wiming the ninth amual Big “even tournament
whie weparsvayx when the holiday fixture opens Monday for a four-day
stmd in Municipal auditoriume
Missouri, a solid favorite a wed ago, still
holds a slender edge fa@ the Noe 1 roles fol owing Thursday night's 76=

meet |
(84 double overtime loss to “ousten at Houstony in the final pre-kouymenent

gene for tourney toms, Sufvidtugvasx chakhemgenextanimiviimey Pressing closely

pehini the Tigers in this order are California, tle 1954 guest teams Colorado,
Kansas State and “on sa Se Only stuming from reversals ms will put Iowa State,
Nebraska or winless Ocishoma into xnavt Th rsday night's finals.

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This is the most wide-open toumament situation since
1949 when Missouri tipped Oklahoma, 44-42, for the crowne

tournanant breckets
| ere is the toumpsaeyt bracket;

8 peme Cokorado vs, Oklahoma
9:45 p.eme Nebraska vse Miss ourt
Tue sd ay
8 peme KXensas vse Iowa State
9:45 peme Kensas State vse California
Mis souri, renke d ancng the nation's top ten in both
the let est AP mdx UP polls, found itself a notch closer to the onrushing
field , after tiabx the loss at “oustone Normally there would be scant
significance in a tight double =dve rtime d efeate But the Cougars were playing
their sixth game in seven days md could menage no petter than seventh
place in the Ali College meet at Oklahoma City, where they tumbled befpre
- sophomoric cou, 65=72 and Wichita, 87-91, before xwaring turning on
Oklahoma A& M, 57-48. |
= Furthermore, the Fengals got arkyxtwoxpointsx all