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Cage Powers Escape With Narrow Margins
New York—(U.P.)—Five of the nation's highest-rated basketball teams, including top-ranked Kentucky and second-ranked Indiana, could heave a collective sigh of relief today at their narrow escapes from defeat.
The five—Kentucky, Indiana, Kansas, Illinois, and Navy—all managed to win Monday, but their victory margins ranged from only one point to six.
in contrast to their troubles, third-ranked Duquesne equalled the best perfect record among the nation's major colleges, 12-0, by trouncing Dayton, 70-52, and 13th-ranked Duke coasted to an 89-69 victory over South Carolina.
Unbeaten Kentucky almost blew an 18-point lead before scoring its eight victory, 77-71, over Xavier of Ohio; Indiana had to stall in the last minute to beat Wisconsin, 76-67; and Oklahoma most of a 17-point lead before downing Oklahoma, 76-72; ninth-ranked Illinois came from behind to
top Northwestern, 66-65; and 18th-ranked Navy beat Princeton on a sub's last-minute basket. 67-66.
Duquesne was held to a 28-23 halftime margin by Dayton but then blew its game at Pittsburgh wide open in the third quarter, a frame in which Dick Ricketts scored 13 points. Ricketts was the Dukes' top scorer with 24 points. The victory enabled Duquesne to match the perimeter of Kentucky, the nation's No. 7 team, but Western gets the chance to take the lead again by beating Middle Tennessee State tonight.
Unbeaten Rice, ranked 10th nationally and winner of the Southwest conference's pre-season tourney, starts its bid for that loop's crown tonight against SMU, while other top games see 12th-ranked Louisiana State meeting Loyola of the South, 14th-ranked Nigara playing Buffalo, 16th-ranked North Carolina, 17th-ranked Virginia Tech, and 19th-ranked Oklahoma City sending high-scoring Arnold Short, against Oklahoma Baptist
In other leading games last night:
Fordham ran its record to 8-1 with
an 87-60 rout of NYU; Michigan
couldn't stop Paul Ebert, who scored 35 points, but still bea Ohio State, 85-76; Little Salem college couldn't stop Bevo Francis who scored 38, but did upset Rio Grande, 100-96; Bob Hodgson's field goal in overtime gave Wichita a 77-75 win over Detroit; Bentmary a 22 points led Drake to a 92-83 win over Loyola (III.). Colorado beat Missouri for the first time in 18 meetings, 66-62, as six-foot, seven-inch Burdette Halderson scored 26 points and grabbed 13 rebounds; Clemson edged William and Mary, 75-72; Maryland downed Richmond, 72-64; Nebraska trounced Iowa State, 74-60; Iowa blasted Michigan State, 73-63; Wyoming routed New Mexico, 81-61, and Utah defeated Utah State, 71-58.
Today's IM Slate
4 p.m.
5 p.m.
(Robinson Annex)
Fraternity "A"
Phi Delt-DU.
AKL-Theta Chi.
(Robinson Gym)
Independent "B"
8:30 p.m. AFROTC-Pharmacy (E)
8:30 p.m. NROTC-Varsity All
9:15 p.m. Jollife-Batterfield (E)
9:15 p.m. Nets Jetss-Owls (W)
BIG 7 TOURNEY WINNERS
BIG 7 TOURS
1946 SMU
1947 Kansas State
1948 Oklahoma
1949 Mississippi
1950 Kansas State
1951 Kansas
1952 Kansas State
1953 Kansas
Sikes Mentioned For Texas A&M Football Post
College Station, Tex. — (U.P.) — Former Kansas coach Jules V. Sikes and line coach Mike Michalske were being mentioned prominently today as possible successors to Ray George, head football coach at Texas A&M.
George, who had guided the Aggies' gridiron fortunes for the last three years, resigned yesterday in order to go into private business.
Sikes, who resigned recently at Kansas, said at Lawrence, Kans., that he definitely would be interested in returning to Texas A&M, where he earned nine varsity letters during his student days for football, basketball, and baseball.
"There isn't anyone who wouldn't like to go back home," said Sites.
"There isn't anyone who wouldn't like to go back home," said Slikes. The resignation by George W. Young of Boston State College California tacked inaught school officials by surprise, although there had been some talk at the end of the 1953 season that the six-foot, 245-pound coach might be on the way out—either through his own choice or under alumni pressure.
Milwaukee, Wis. — (U.P.)— Dan Bucceroni puts his rating as the number one heavyweight contender on the line tonight when he meets Hein Ten Hoff, former European heavyweight champion in a 10-round bout.
Bucceroni Fights Tonight
Jan. 29 Kansas State, Oklahoma
at Monahnet
at Manhatten.
Feb. 6 Varsity-Frosh dual here.
Feb. 13 Michigan State Relays.
Feb. 15 Illinois, Michigan State at
Track Schedule
15 Illinois, Michigan State at at East Lansing.
at East Lansing.
19 Missouri at Columbia.
26-27 Big. Seven index.
6-27 Big Seven indoor at Kansas City.
Tuesday, Jan. 5, 1954
University Daily Kansan
Jayhawkers Climb To Eighth Place
New York—(U.P.)—College basketball's "big three"—Kentucky, Indiana and Duquesne—continued to lead the United Press ratings in that order today, but there were four newcomers in the nation's top 10 teams.
Kansas, Holy Cross, Western the select group as Oregon State, and Brigham Young dropped out. $ ^{9} $
Coach Adolph Rupp's Wildcats, winners of seven straight this season, received 22 first place votes from the 35 outstanding coaches who make up the United Press rating board and final of Indiana and Florida placed Indiana and third place Duquesne gained ground in the point totals over last week.
Indiana, which has won seven of its eight starts, received five first
The UP Rankings
Team Points
1—Kentucky (22) (7-0) 329
2—Indiana (5) (7-1) 287
3—Duquesne (6) (11-0) 885
4—Oklah. A&M (2) (12-1) 224
5—Winnemucca (1) 166
6—Hollywood (8-0) 89
7-Western Ky. (12-0) 88
8—KANAS (4-2) 51
9-Illinois (6-2) 44
10-Rice (10-0) 40
Others—Fordham, 10; Wyoming, 9;
Wichita, 8; Dayton and Santa Clara,
7 each; Brigham Young and Notre
Dame, 6 each; Bradley, Louisville
and St. Louis, 4 each; Wake Forest,
2; Kansas State, Texas, Tulane, and
Wisconsin, 1 each.
place votes and 287 points while Duquesne, on an 11 game winning streak, received six first place votes and 285 points. Over last week, Indiana picked up six points on Kentucky, Duquesne 22.
Second 10, 11, Oregon State, 39; 12,
Louisiana State, 37; 13, Duke, 29;
Niagara, 28; 15, UCLA, 24; 16 (ie),
LaSalle and North Carolina State, 23
each; 18, Navy, 15; 19, Oklahoma
City U., 13; 20, California, 12.
Kentucky, and Rice moved into North Carolina State, Fordham,
Oklahoma A&M with a 12-1 record, received the only two first votes not going to the top three and jumped from fifth to fourth place with 224 points while Minnesota, winner of eight out of nine, also advanced a spot, from sixth to fifth, with 166 points.
Holy Cross, with eight consecutive victories, made the biggest advance of the week, jumping from 16th to sixth place. Western Kentucky, with the season's best winning streak—12 straight-advanced from 11th to seventh place.
Kansas jumped from a tie for 21st place last week to eighth place while Illinois dropped from seventh to ninth and Rice advanced from 14th to 10th.
The coaches did their balloting on games played through Saturday, Jan. 2. Points are awarded on the basis of 10 for a first place vote, nine for a second and so on down to one for a 10th.
Following Oregon State in the second 10 are Louisiana State, Duke, Niagara, UCLA, LaSalle and N. C.State (tied for 16th place). Navy, Oklahoma City U., and California in that order.
Oregon State dropped from fourth to 11th after losing two games in the Dixie Classic last week; North Carolina State fell from eighth to a tie for 16th; Fordham from ninth to 21st and Brigham Young from 10th to a tie for 26th place.
All three top teams appeared on each of the 35 ballots. Of the 13 coaches who did not rank Kentucky first, eight picked the Wildcats second, four third and one fifth.
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