Pacific Coast did not meet. Again, the N.C.A.A. committee selected Pepperdine
College, a small college that has heretofore been in the Intercollegiate
Tournament in Kansas City which is mde up of small colleges not observing the
one year residence rule,

So only Iowa State and Arkansas will be representatives from their districts,
The other schools « the University of Iowa and Pepperdine College « have been
filled in to make a tournament possible, The plan of the National Collegiate is
to have the four teams west of the Mississippi River play off their tournament
in Kensas City March 24 and 25, Then the wimer of the four western districts
will meet the winner of the four eastern districts in Madison Square Garden in
New York, Then there is an Invitation Tournament im Madison Square Garden
promoted by Ned Irish, Oklahoma Aggies, Kentucky, Utah, New York University,
St» John's of Brooklyn, ~ seme of the top teams of the country - have been
invited to participate in the Invitation Tournament, This formerly was the
Invitation Basketall Writers Tournament, It is rather an independent affair,
but lists the top teams in the country. The winner of the Invitation Tournament,
which is played in Madison Square Garden, will meet the wimer of the National
Goll giate in New York City for the benefit of the Red Cross, Last year about
$26,000 was turned over to the Red Cross from the Invitation Tournament with
Wyoming University, the wimer of the N.C.A.A. tournament, Gatvating St. John's
ef Brooklyn, the winner of the Invitation tournament,

The difficult time that Commissioner Reaves Peters has tn making up & muk
skeletal quartet to fill places of the Pacific Coast and the Rocky Mountain
| @onferences is justified if only for the benefit that the Red Cross derives fron
the eventual play-off.

Pepperdine College from Los Angeles, of course, never has been a part of the
WCoAsA. organization, and Iowa University belongs in the Fourth district, the
‘Big Ten areas Iowa is the second best team in the Big Ten, finishing barely below

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