University Daily Kansan
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Tuesday, Feb. 24, 1953
Jayhawkers Move Into 5th As Indiana Leads UP Poll
New York—(U.P.)-The United Press board of coaches, more impressed by Indiana's Big Ten domination than by Seton Hall's 26 game winning streak, chose the Hoosiers as the nation's No.1 college basketball team today for the third week in a row.
Of the 35 leading coaches who make up the United Press rating board, all but one picked Indiana either first, second, or third on his ballot this week. The Hoosiers, with 18 first place votes, 11 seconds, five thirds and one fourth, thus compiled a total of 326 out of a possible 350 points.
points.
Seeton Hall was the first-place chieftain of 11 coaches and had a total of 293 points. That put the undefeated Pirates from South Orange, N.J., three points closer to Indiana than last week.
than last week.
The coaches based their ratings on all games played through Saturday night, Feb. 21. The most significant changes in this week's top 10 were made by Kansas, which jumped four places to fifth, and by North Carolina State, which moved back in the select group after dropping out for one week.
ping out for, which dropped two of its first three games this season, has come back to run off a string of 15 straight victories. The Hoosiers' toughest hurdle in their quest for the Big Ten title comes Saturday night against Illinois at Champaign.
against Illinois. Seton Hall, which has accepted a bid to the National Invitation tournament, seeks to set a new major college record of 27 straight victories in a season when it plays Baldwin-Wallace at home, Friday night.
Behind Indiana and Seton Hall in this week's ratings came the Washington Huskies with four first place votes and 273 points. The Huskies, who already have clinched the Northern division title in the Pacific Coast league and have won 24 out of 25 games, ranked third for the sixth straight week.
LaSalle (12-2) moved up one notch to fourth place, followed by Kansas (13-8). Illinois (14-3) dropped two places to sixth after being upset by Iowa, while Louisiana State (19-1) advanced one place to seventh. Oklahoma A&M (18-5), North Carolina State (22-5), and Kansas State (13-4) rounded out the top 10 in that order.
in that order:
LaSalle had 168 points, Kansas 159,
Illinois 134, LSU 107, the Oklahoma
Aggies 98, North Carolina State,
which attracted one first place vote,
had 91 points, and Kansas State,
which fell four places to 10th, had
87 points.
87 points.
Of the first 20 teams, Seton Hall,
La Salle, Western Kentucky, Manhattan,
and Duquesne have joined the Invitation Tournament field,
while Seattle has been tapped by the NCAA. Indiana, Washington, Kansas,
LSU, Oklahoma A&M, N. C. State
East Lansing, Mich.—(U.P.)—Michigan State college insisted today it was being "unjustly punished" for the activities of an off-campus group which gave un-earned financial aid to 10 members of the undefeated 1951 Spartan football team.
Spartans Attack School Foundation
The college, placed under a year's probation by Big Ten Commissioner Kenneth L. "Tug" Wilson, said through its conference representative it was "being punished for refusal of the Spartan foundation to reveal its activities."
its activities. Dean L. C. Emmons said that if anyone were to be punished it should be the foundation, not the school.
Detroit Nips Wichita In Loop Tilt, 65-61
Wichita—(U.J.P.)—Detroit presented a well-balanced attack tonight to fight off a determined Wichita university basketball team and win a Missouri Valley conference game here 65-61.
Wichita went in front with a free throw in the opening minute, but the Michigan team took over and led to the finish.
be the authorities "But I fail to recognize any violation of Big Ten rules in what was done," he said.
Walker Poff and Ken Timmons were Detroit's best with 12 points each while Cleo Littleton and Gary Thompson led Wichita's scoring
and Brigham Young appear headed for conference titles and NCAA berths.
The United Press college basketball ratings (with first-place votes and won-and-lost records through Feb. 21 in parentheses);
Team Points
1. Indiana (18) (15-2) 326
2. Seton Hall (11) (26-0) 293
3. Washington (4) (24-1) 273
4. La Salle (22-2) 168
5. KANSAS (13-4) 150
6. Illinois (14-3) 134
7. Louisiana State (19-1) 107
8. Oklahoma A&M (18-5) 98
9. N. Car, State (1) (22-5) 91
10. Kansas State (13-4) 87
Second 10: 11. De Paul, 43; 12.
Western Kentucky, 33; 13. Brigham Young, 25; 14. California, 21; 15.
Notre Dame (1), 16; 16. St. Louis,
14; 17. Manhattan, 12; 18. Duquesne, 10; 19 (tie), Seattle and So.
Cal. 4 each.
LSU, De Paul Accept NCAA Bids
New York —(U,P)— Notre Dame, Navy, and Fordham—three of the nation's top independent teams—were expected to follow Louisiana State and De Paul today into the NCAA post-season basketball tournament.
Louisiana State landed its journey berth last night when it clinched the Southeastern conference championship with a easy 63-48 conquest of Mississippi. De Paul, with a record of 18 wins and six defeats, accented a "member at large" bid.
That, with Idaho State and Seattle previously entered, made four berths filled in the 23-team field. The tourney includes 14 conference champions and nine "members at large."
Notre Dame, with a 16-4 record, was said to be "perturbed" because, as an "at large" entry, it would have to play in a preliminary elimination round. However, the Irish were expected to agree despite this objection.
Fordham (18-4) previously indicated interest in a bid and was expected to accept quickly. Navy (15-4) gave no hint what it would do, but appeared in the NCAA once before, in 1947.
The National Invitation tournament, which yesterday half-completed its 12-team field by landing Duquesne (18-6), was also expected to announce another team today—possibly Villanova (17-8).
Louisiana State, gaining its first undisputed league crown, ran its conference record to 11-0 with its victory over Mississippi. The Bayou Tigers, with an overall 20-1 record, led all the way and held a 34-20 halftime margin as 6-foot 9-inch Bob Pettit, the Tigers' all-American candidate, sank 29 points to run his varsity career total to 1,003.
Incidentally, LSU is the first team other than Kentucky to rule the Southeastern conference in 10 years. Kentucky was barred from the spot for a year by the NCAA for subsidization and eligibility violations.
Indiana smashed four scoring records as it blasted Purdue last night, 113-78. The Hoosiers, with a 14-0 league record, need only to beat Illinois on Saturday to clinch their first undisputed league crown. Failing that, they can clinch by winning two of their other three remaining games.
The Hoosiers set these scoring marks: 1. New league single-game
seoring total: 2. New Bloomington fieldhouse record; 3. New 3-year Indiana record of 822 points for Don Schlundt, who scored 31 last night; and 4. New 14-game league record of 357 for Schlundt.
Illinois kept its slim title hopes alive with an 83-21 win over Minnesota on a pair of last-minute free throws by Jim Bredar.
The Oklahoma Aggies scored a thumping, 79-58, -revenge victory over Kansas as 6-foot 10-inch Bob Mattick led the way with 24 points. Kansas, a 12-point winner over the Aggies early this year, was crippled when center B. H. Born drew four fouls in the first six minutes. The Aggies have clinched at least a tie in the Missouri Valley conference, while Kansas leads the Big Seven.
Toft's Out for Hole in One
Washington—(U.P.)-Senate Republican leader Robert A. Taft has admitted that he and Sen. Harry F. Byrd (D-Va.) have been trying to "guide" President Eisenhower. Sen. Taft said Sen. Byrd's guiding leads the president to church while his own would take Mr. Eisenhower to the "golf links."
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