Wake Forest Heads to NIT Semifinals in NYC Showdown
Wake Forest joins Nebraska and Fresno State in the NIT semifinals after beating South Carolina 78-61 in the quarterfinals. Nebraska topped TCU 67-57 and Fresno State beat Oregon State 76-67. Mississippi meets DePaul tonight to decide the fourth semifinalist in Rosemont.
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New York
Danny Young
Wake Forest
South Carolina
Nebraska
Texas Christian
Fresno State
Oregon State
Mississippi
DePaul
Rosemont
Ill
Carl Tacy
Young
Gamecocks
Ing
TCU
Jim Killingsworth
Horned Frogs
Bernard Thompson
Bulldogs
Thompson
Mitch Arnold
Beavers
Darryl Flowers
King Advances In Slims Tournament At Madison Square Garden
Billie Jean King, 39, defeated Andrea Jaeger 5-7 6-2 6-2 to move toward the semifinals of the Virginia Slims Championships in New York. Top seed Martina Navratilova, Pam Shriver, Chris Evert Lloyd, and Sylvia Hanika also won to reach the semifinals with Barbara Potter, Wendy Turnbull, Hana Mandlikova, Bettina Bunge, and Evonne Goolagong eliminated or advancing in other matches.
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New York
Billie Jean King
Andrea Jaeger
King
Barbara Potter
Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver
Jaeger
Navratilova
Hana Mandlikova
Czechoslovakia
Shriver
Evonne Goolagong
Australia
Potter
Wendy Turnbull
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Ken Rappoport
New York City
Deacons
Madison Square Garden
Bill Foster
Brad Jorgenson
Lee Garber
Stan Cloudy
Cloudy
Huskers
Moe Iba
Iba
Ottawa Swim Club
Conroy Aquatic Center
Forbes Air Industrial Park
Topeka
Scott Davidson
Todd Davidson
Jerry Hofman
Steve Hasty
Jim Hofman
Chris Evert Lloyd
Sylvia Hanika
West Germany
Lloyd
Bettina Bunge
Hanika
Tracy Austin
Andrea
Mandlikova
Bunge
Austin
Kansas City
Inc
Ford Courier
Chrysler
BOB White Motors, Inc
Ottawa
Elsey Ke
Bait & Supply
Pomona Dam
Vassar Playhouse
Kansas
Lion
National Guard Armory
Chanute, Kansas
Kansas State Bank
FDIC