Only a double-oversir

College of cific in Berkeley
last Friday s is Cal from
an undefeate ason also. The
Bears fell, , in that one,
then bo Saturday to
wha oo 64-51. Earlier
they - béaten Oregon State
and Ore on the road, an im-
pressive double.

C. U.’s test must be met on

three fronts: (1) Playing a
P. C. C. team on its home court;
Ieng has been regarded as one}
of the most wicked assignments)
in college basketball; (2) Cal)
is ranked in a class with U. C.|
L. A., which is undefeated in|
its first three games, including
an 86-57 manhandling of Kansas
State; (3) in 6-7, 220-pound Bob
McKeen, the Bears will mount
a fine match for Burdette Hal-
dorson, the Buffs’ 6-7 senior
pivot and defending conference
scoring champion.
-‘Two years ago McKeen was
a second-string all-American as
-@ sophomore, scoring 234 points!
in Southern division play, the
most ever notched by a second-
year hand and the third highest
of all-time in the lower bracket
of the P. C. C.’s double-front.
His 457 points that season gave
him co-ownership of the schoo!
single-season record.

Near Luisetti’s Mark.

Last year the huge pivot hit
437 points in 27 games to run his
three-season total. ;, . he was eli-
gible for varsity play as a fresh-
man... to 1,179 points, He'll
open the conference season with
543 tallies, only 69 lengths re-|
moved from Hank Luisetti’s all-
time record.

In Bob Blake, 6-2 junior for-
ward, and Larry Friend, 6-4%
sophomore guard, McKeen
boasts two capable aides who are
traveling among the top scorers
in composite individaul scoring
of tournament teams (see table
below).

Another item that projects this
series as the week end’s top fea-
ture, of course, is the fact that
Cal is this year’s tourney guest
team. If it sweeps both ends of
the Colorado set, or even earns
a split, it can be classed as good}
enough to reach the finals in Mu-]
nicipal Auditorium December 30.
The ninth annual affair opens a
4-day run December 27.

. The doubleheader at Berkeley
will mark C. U.’s last action be-}
_fore it moves into tournament
play. Kansas also will recess
after standing against Rice Fri-|
day and Saturday in Lawrence. |

Missouri, meanwhile, has}
wiped out any lingering doubts!
that it merits not only the tourna-|
ment favorite’s role, but No. 1)