big seven tournament for ke star 8 of 8 colorado BUFFALO SCOREBOARD Record to dates WS3,L 53 88 BYU 663 65 BYU 463 66 Coloe redo A&M 473 44 Sslifomia 57; 46 Yalifornia 593; 62 UCLA 65 “etuming lettermen = (11) = “el Coffman,f; James Grant 5&3 Burd ett e ~aldersm, ¢3 George Hannah, e3 Tom farrold, g3 Bob Jeangererd, f3 Charles Mock, g3 Sam Morrison, gs Bill Peterson, g3 Jim Renglos, f3; Walt Wilbert, f : mee 1954 Big °evm finish = Ist(T), 10-23 all” games ¢ 1i-1l Previous tournament finishes : 1946 ~ did not competes 1947- Sth3 1948 e 5th3 1949 = 4thz 1950 = Sth3 1951 = 6th3 1952 = Sths 1953 - Tithe Remaining pre=toum ane nt games = none First round cpponent - Oklahoma, 8 Pelle “ond ay ee Experience # is Colorado's moxtx sharpest weapm in its bid for tle Big Sam tournanat ehaspieaship of 1954. The “uff aloes, never higher than fourth in this field, are accorded a chance of winning the ninthanmal met when it opens Monday in Munfnicipal auditorium. | gelorwxex Consider the Herd's sassumed vevsuxuil yx vxvb invx : experience bins 1) They retitwm more four-year men than any competing squad 9 threey 3 2) Thay retum 11 letterm™m, more thm any other tourmamat team, ani 3) They retum an entire starting lineup which was good enough last winter to demiiockx share th conference championship was Kansas. Buff axvaw strength, of course , does not end merely with sepux a coterie of vete@anse Coach Bebe Lee owns axynirtenwed x the ine dispensible big mm in 6-8 , 207-pound Burdette “aldorscn, wekwmx defendin g league scoring kinge His stasle of forwards possibly is the loop's best alleround to a depth of four mene His backline tendem of Charlie Mock and Tom “err old is wothout peer in tle conference a3 a ball =