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big seven tournament preview

, For the first time in five years neither of
the Sunflower powers, KU, nor Sensas State , will be favored to carry off
the Big Seven tournanat championship when conference squads converge
on Kensas City's Municipel auditorium December 27 -30-6
Not that tle Jayhawkers and Wildcats, xvivxbevs0k&
suuckesvx who lave sclit the last fou tourmy titles, will be soft
touches. Kansas , in fact, went into the weekend series against Rice at
Lawrence, uniefeated in two starts Kanses State was accorded a good chance
of levelling its seasonsel mark at 22 against Washington in Manhatten
Saturday nighte , ,
Te “ayhawks dismantled LSU, 83-58, in their
first s aati then wrought a mild surprise by outlasting Tulsa, 75-66,
in their second start. The “olden Hurricane had come into tat one unbeaten
in four ganese K-State rebounded from road losses to UCLA ani Arizona with
a 70°50 lathering of towering Wyoming in the Purple's first home starte
But these are prdinary feats in the face of
recent mo curd acheivemen ts. Tie Tigers, mounting the best team in Sparky,
Staleup ‘3 Se-year tenure, absorbed a fearful 49-77 walloping “ the hands
of Illinois in their cpemer, but since hav vailted high among the nation's
elite. And for good reasone They knocked down Indiana, 65-60, two —
after the clubbing at Urbana. They followed with a 97-94 win over Iowa's
Big ten favorites at Cclupbiae This was garnished with a 6756 win over
another Westem conference foe, Wisconsiny amd a Victory over
Arkansas( fill inscore) thus mounting a 3x 4-1 level thru the early @ inge
MU 4s riding sixth in the latest AP poll and ninth
in the UPe
Staleup' 8 club is built on solid veterans of

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proven bril iences two of these, Bob “eiter 6-9 center, am Med Feil, 6-2,

201-pound forward, are playing tr foruth seasonse The other regulars