National Basketball Title Up For Grabs as Holiday Tourneys Begin
West Virginia upsets North Carolina 75-64 in Kentucky Invitational to shake national title hopes. Kansas and Kansas State win to stay top contenders as several major tournaments begin including Dixie Classic in Raleigh and All-College in Oklahoma City.
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SWC Teams Clash in Preseason Tourney Start at Houston
The SWC opens a two week warmup with a Houston tournament top match Texas Tech facing defending champion SMU while TCU meets Texas A M and Texas plays Arkansas. Rice Baylor and others pursue a finals path as Rice drops three, Baylor ends a losing streak, and Tech and SMU pace the scoring charts.
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BASKETBALL RESULTS FROM UNITED PRESS SUMMARY card
Pittsburgh defeated Duke 87 to 84 while St Bonaventure beat South Carolina 79 59 St Johns NY 80 Rice 67 LaSalle 69 Niagara 68 CCNY 64 Rutgers 56 Temple 72 Muhlenberg 54 Canisius 85 Seton Hall 67 Carrousel Tourney at Charlotte final round Alabama 63 Louisiana Tech 42 Consolation round Tennessee 63 Louisiana St 62 Clemson 71 Bucknell 66 Lafayette 65 Davidson 46 Kentucky Invitational Lexington West Virginia 75 North Carolina 64 Kentucky 78 Minnesota 58 Blue Grass Festival Louisville Seattle 80 Army 51 Vanderbilt 74 Georgia 64 Tulane 64 Spring Hill 60 Florida 73 Miami Fla 64 Iowa 77 Oregon St 67 Michigan St 79 Notre Dame 72 Kansas 58 California 42 Detroit 84 Fordham 79 Northwestern 64 South Dakota 46 Marquette 79 Nebraska 64 Evansville 83 UCLA 76 Iowa State 68 Illinois 60 Dayton 66 Utah State 47 St Louis 80 Ohio State 77 Butler 85 Michigan 65 Kansas State 70 Washington 63 Tulsa 57 Wyoming 51 Cincinnati 70 Houston 53 TCU 64 Oklahoma City 57 Arizona 78 Southern Cal 72 Colo St U 69 Montana St 49 Utah 71 Washington State 64 Stanford 77 Denver 70 Oregon 63 Brigham Young 55 Idaho St 63 San Jose St 59
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Celtics Hawks Match Strides In NBA Race
The Celtics beat the Cincinnati Royals 115 98 as Syracuse routed Detroit 119 93. St Louis defeated Minneapolis 123 115 to gain a game on the West pace set by the Royals loss. The Knicks toppled Philadelphia 126 100.
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Lions Ready For Money Game In Auto City Clash
The Detroit Lions prepare to face the Cleveland Browns in San Francisco next Sunday for a payoff game worth about $5,000 per player. After a 31-27 playoff win over the San Francisco 49ers the Lions, famed for comebacks, trailed early before rallying with a late surge.
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Childress Bobcats Take Consolation At Vernon Tourney
Childress Bobcats finish third in the Vernon Invitational with two wins and a loss, as stars David Seal and Tom Ricks earn all tournament honors. Ricks breaks left wrist against Quanah and may miss rest of season. Seal tops with 18 and 17 points in key games. Bowie Jackrabbits thriller ends 69-67.
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UCLA Faces Decision on Red Sanders Texas Move
UCLA could decide today if football coach Henry Red Sanders remains with the Bruins or accepts a job at Texas A M. Anonymous sources say Sanders may prefer staying, while experts note rising odds he leaves after a Texas A M trip.
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Red) Sanders
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Christmas program to be broadcast by First Baptist Church
The Christmas story in scripture and song will be aired on the local radio station at 2 o clock Tuesday afternoon. Participants include Mrs Richard Freeley R A Yarbrough Jimmy Turner Mrs Helen Johnson and Joe Allen pastor.
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