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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 23, 1960

Page

8

Ohio U. Draws Notre Dame In NCAA Faces Miami Tonight

Ohio University, MAC champion, learns its NCAA opponent Notre Dame for Lexington, March 8. Bobcats travel to Oxford to face Miami tonight before the post season bid, with Jim Snyder steering the team toward a tough conference test. Rookie guard Dave Zeller and center Howard Jolliff lead a balanced lineup as WOUB plans live radio coverage.

Ohio University Bobcats Lexington Oxford Miami Toledo Dick Shrider Redskins MAC Jim Snyder Dave Zeller Ted Garrison Dave Mack Columbus Howard Jolliff

Notre Dame Draws Ohio U in NCAA First Round

Notre Dame faces Ohio University in the NCAA Tournament first round at Lexington. The Irish, making their sixth post season trip in nine seasons, play the MAC champions in the March 8 doubleheader, with Miami of Florida awaiting the winner.

Ohio University Midwest National Collegiate Athletic Association Notre Dame Irish Bobcats Lexington Miami Florida OVC Western Kentucky Eastern Kentucky Tennessee Tech Georgia Tech Tech

Week's Cage Slate Highlights Multiple County Tourneys

The schedule lists games across several county tournaments with times for matches such as Albany versus The Plains at 7 15 p.m. and Shade versus Rome Canaan at 8 39 p.m. It also notes non county and consolation finals at Athens and various tourney semi finals and finals through Saturday with multiple school matchups.

Athens Hocking County Southwestern North Gallia Kgger Creek Athens County Perry County Vinton County Zaleski-McArthur Hamden Wilton Allensville Gallia County Hocking Union Furnace Laurelville-Murray City

Delayed AP high school poll to appear Wednesday

The final Associated Press high school basketball poll will be delayed due to a Monday postal holiday. It will appear in Wednesday editions of The Messenger.

Associated Press The Messenger

College Basketball Scores From East to West Across Nation

Seton Hall defeated Canisius 72 to 63 and Manhattan beat CCNY 109 to 67 in the East. Georgia Tech edged Florida in overtime 69 to 55, Vanderbilt topped Georgia 80 to 75, and Duke won over Vi Te 79 to 63. Kentucky beat Alabama 75 to 55, Miami 104 over Ky Wesleyan 95, Mississippi 90 over LSU 70. Wisconsin 88 beat Michigan 82 in the Midwest, Iowa 78 over Purdue 68, Oklahoma 50 over Nebraska 49, Indiana 92 over Illinois 78, Missouri 82 over Colorado 73. Cincinnati 85 over North Texas State 54 and Houston 63 beat Bradley 58 in the Southwest. Colorado College 89 over Colo Mines 74 and Arizona State 78 over Air Force Academy 71 in the Far West.

Jim Snyder University of Kentucky Memorial Coliseum Hurricanes Notre Dame Ohio U Irish Ohio LA DePaul Indiana Ilinois St. Francis South Bend Illinois Bobcats Vanderbilt Georgia Auburn Tennessee Wake Forest Villanova Duke Kentucky Alabama Miss. St Tulane Miami Fla Wesleyan Mississippi LSU Midwest Wisconsin Michigan Iowa Purdue Oklahoma Nebraska Northwestern Mich. St Missouri Colorado Southwest Cincinnati North Tex Houston Bradley Arkansas Rive Far West Colo. Mines New Mexico State West Texas Ohio State Kansas Kansas State Billy Packer Dave Budd Lennie Chappell Kentucky Wesleyan Virginia Michigan State Rice Manhattan CCNY

Cincinnati Still Leads College Basketball Poll With Ohio State Rising

Cincinnati stays No. 1 in the AP ranking after a 57-47 win over Houston to reach 20-1, while Ohio State moves to No. 2 following victories over Illinois and Michigan State. Bradley California State Bonaventure and other programs round out the top 10 in the weekly list.

Cincinnati Ohio State Associated Press Illinois Michigan State Buckeyes Bradley California

Nelsonville Greyhounds Advance in SE Ohio Tourney Semis

Nelsonville Greyhounds beat top-seeded Holy Trinity 71 44 at Athens High School to reach the final against Crooksville. Bill Kunzman led with 18 points, while Mike Dexter and Bob Boling added 12 and 11 respectively. Saint Aloysius consolation game follows.

Mike Collins Nelsonville Paste Somerset Holy Trinity Ohio Athens High School Greyaounds Crooksville New Lexington St. Aloysius Athens Wellston Nelsonville Greyhounds Bob Shesky Bill Kunzman Mike Dexter Bob Boling Mike Patton Pat Snider

Lions Punter Yale Lary Wins 1959 NFL Punting Crown

Yale Lary of the Detroit Lions topped the NFL punting charts with a 47.1-yard average. He outpaced New York's Don Chandler at 46.6 and San Francisco rookie Tom Davis at 45.7 in the official season standings.

Philadelphia Yale Lary Detroit Lions Lary New York Don Chandler Tom Davis San Francisco

Cincinnati Nearing NCAA Trip After Big O Ties Record

Oscar Robertson scored six field goals to lift Cincinnati 85-54 over North Texas State tying Elgin Baylor for career field goals at 956. Houston beat Bradley 63-58 ending Bradley’s 15 game win streak as Cincinnati edges toward the MVC title and NCAA berth.

Oscar Robertson Cincinnati Bearcats Big O Texas Cincinnati North Texas State Elgin Baylor Oscar Houston Bearcats Bradley Tion Associated Press Braves Wichita Tulsa Drake

Bartlesville tops NIBL race as Akron hosts midweek tests

Bartlesville Oklahoma leads the National Industrial Basketball League with a 20-7 record after three straight wins, three games ahead of Wichita. They face Cleveland tonight and Akron Wednesday as Akron sits 14-11 and Cleveland 12-12 in the nine-team loop.

Akron Bartlesville Oklahoma Wichita Cleveland

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