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this weele nd as Big "eye basi tball tears, plus California, this
year's toumanat guest team, dive into their second flurry of
pre-mect gamnese

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Big | Len fe, Iowa, Saturday night in ‘Columbia 6 Sparky Staleup. s bend raised
eyebrews in both their first ‘two outings, abserbing a 49-77 thumping at
the hmds ef Diinois ‘last “at urday in Urbam , then rebounding with a
63-60 victery over Indiana a on tle Hooisers home courte

Indiana is rated sixth in tle latest AP national
poll 3; Iylimois 14the The de fest. at, Unran a wasn 't a surprise, but the enormity
ef it wase The werd is tliat the "cee: Slay ed goa enough all -reund pasket=
pall but simply ceuldn't get the ball threugh the ‘twinee They didn't registe
afidd gal until nine meets deep in the fivel ported and shat aay be
percent fer the nighte

Wekrnxth Of © thet perfermance kieyx MU wasx

scare@lywas sccerdeda victery chance at Bloomingten , altho regarded good
enough te make it tight . Nebedy thought the Bengals’ inherent all -reund
excel dlence would allow snother debacle. But they weren't prepared fer
a vict ery on tle Hosiers' wmeflbor , one of the toughest spots in the
lad fer visiting fivese BUT MU broke thm 11 ties md six lead exhanges
fer the conquest. If they can blowdowm Iowa kitiex they certainly must
be ac corded high «ranking in the national pells. The Hawkeyes currently are
trew ling in fourth Haces They'll come inte Coku,bia unbeaten in three
ganes. Nebraska was the lattest victim, 61-84, Monday. Iowa previously
ren over Washington of Ste Louis, 80-61, ami Loyola of Chicago, 89-79.

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Furt hermore, it is th Big Tea 8 rmking preeseasm favorite.