33333 winning the first game of the set. | On the credit side is the fact that Allen has started four sophomores in each game, enough in itself to bring abcit defeate Another is the apparent red and blue depthe 41 en used 2 men in the second Rice enexuntie,a02 but five scoring . “e use@ 14 in the opmer against Rice; 12 against Tulsa, and 18 in the initisl win over LSU. The Jayhawkers are defending tournament champions, xextagxsavx and defending conference e-titlis tse : KU's sister-school, Kansas State, plus x wa State aid Nebraska also are moving ups Tex Winter's Wildcats, after suffering road losses to UCLA and Arizona, have climbed into avs6®0x the 500-level with wins over Wyoming , 70-50, and Washingtone, 81-74. The former was impressive, Since the Cowboys have ridden dom Oklehoma A & My, 50-43, and Ste Louis, 74-68, since leaving th smoking ruins in Manhattan . Both vice tories were acheived at Laramaie, but they were significant ones nonetheless. Fact is , the setback at Manhattan, is Wyoning's only defeat in six Bam es o State's resurgance can be traced directly to Jim Smith, veteran senior forward, who suddenly has lived up to his physical promise with 26xpmintsvegetavx 50 points in his last two outings. If the Purple gets by Indiana Tuesday in Manhattan, it will come into tl» tournament conceeded a xtemsax healthy chance of reaching the finalse 3 Meanwhile, Nebraska hit its high of the season in pounding Bradley, 93-68, “aturday, while Iowa State, an earlier Brave victim, was lashing Creighton, 100-65. This is the same Creighton five that Played Wyoming, a 72-76 loss a week agoe