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Coloraip will seek to establish itself
somewlp re near th class of Missouri this weekend in its first gemine
strength test of ties prodte =even t oumament schedu le «

The Buffaloes will carry an unbeaten three-game
stzeak of three games into Berkeley to meet California for a two night
stand on tle Bears home courte To date, tle defending Big “even coe
champions have run over BYU twice and Coloraio A & M, a&ksw2eyx®exkyxvawnnx
Sixxtiuey Bi shtverkexy once. The Bears, playing their first seas n under
Fete Newell, late of Michigan State ami San Francisco, certainly will
pose a more severe test than either of tl Skylim Eight entries.

Gal's record is just a step behind ttmvilerdxv
that Only a double-overtime loss to Col lege of “acific
in Berkeley last Friday, separates Sal from an undef eat ed season also.

The "ear s fell , 77-84, in that one, then rebounded “aturday to whack
S15. “erys, 64-51 © “arlie r they had beaten Oregon State and Oregon’ tk the
road, an impressi w double.

: i CU's test must be met on three frmts; 1) Playing
a = PC team -n its home court long has been regaled as one of the
mos widced assignments in col lege basketball; 2) Cal if ranked in a
class with UCLA, whic h is undefeated in its first three games, including
an 86057 menh ad ing of Kensas State; 3) In 6-7 , 220-pound Bob “cKeen,
ths Beers will\ mount a fine match for Burdette Haldorson, tre Buffs’ 6-7
senior pivot and defend ing ecnference scoring chempione

two years ego McKeen was a sec md-string All-

American asa sophomore, scoring 254 @ points in southern division play ,
the most ewr notched by a ® sophomore and tl third highest of all-time in
the lower bracket of the @oax PO's double -fronte His 457 points

that season gave him co-owmership of th school single- season recorde