Lew Alcindor Returns Home to New York for Holiday Festival
UCLA’s 7 foot 1% inch center Lew Alcindor scored 26 and grabbed 8 rebounds as USC A beat Providence 98-81 at Madison Square Garden. Wooten praises him as a team man while Alcindor studies African heritage impact for his history thesis and contends with press and officials during a high profile tournament weekend.
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Sportscasters pick Buckeyes in Rose Bowl
In Pasadena at a luncheon, Southern California football writers favored Ohio State 32 to 12 for the Rose Bowl, while overall ballots including guests shifted 64 to 58 for USC. The Tournament of Roses queen and princesses voted 6 to 1 for Ohio State amid a 7.2 to 8.5 point spread.
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LSU Wins Peach Bowl In Thrilling 31 27 Victory
LSU defeats Florida State 31 27 in Atlanta to claim a Peach Bowl win as Maurice LeBlanc their often injured second string back scores the decisive three yard TD with 2 39 remaining. Mike Hillman earns top offensive honors with 229 passing yards two TDs and key plays that set up the winning drive.
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Lutz Named District Four Coach of the Year
SIU baseball coach Joe Lutz receives NCAA District Four Coach of the Year honors in New York. His 1968 team went 37-14 to win the District Four title in Minneapolis and finish second in the College World Series in Omaha.
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College basketball results from various tournaments and leagues
A recap of college basketball scores across conferences and events. Notable outcomes include Colorado 78 over Kansas State 75, Texas Tech Towns 67 over Oklahoma 62, Nebraska 76 over Missouri 70, Kansas 56 over Oklahoma State 45 for the title, and several other nonconference games and tourney results involving DePaul, Penn State, Northwestern, UCLA, North Carolina, and more.
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Prep Scores From DeKalb and Other Meet Results
Mendota beat Sycamore 77 67 at DeKalb while DeKalb triumphed over Arlington 63 61 for third place. Kaneland earned 74 66 against Lincoln-Way in consolation.
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UCLA Still First as Illini Rise to No Eight in AP Poll
UCLA maintains the top spot after an undefeated start and a win in the ECAC final. Illinois climbs four places to eighth behind Kansas Santa Clara Detroit and new threats to the No. 1 ranking with strong showings in the latest Associated Press college basketball poll.
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Steiner paces SIU in East West all star swim meet
SIU swimmers posted strong showings at the East West all star in Ft Lauderdale Florida as Bruce Steiner defeated Yale Olympian John Nelson to win the 400 meter freestyle in 4 29 8 Scott Conkel and Bob Schoos each took third in their events Peter Reid fourth in the 200 meter individual medley and Peter Serier fifth in the 100 meter backstroke Brad Glenn and Tom Ulrich also placed Hays helped East win the 200 meter breaststroke relay over 500 swimmers from many major programs headlines the two day weekend with a home meet versus Evansville on Jan 17.
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Hayes NBA top scorer as Hayes pushes scoring lead
Elvin Hayes of San Diego kept his NBA scoring pace above 30 points per game last week, boosting his total to 1,132 on 37 games and widening his margin to 174 points over Seattle’s Bob Rule. Wilt Chamberlain leads field goal accuracy and Adrian Smith tops free throws. Len Wilkens tops assists.
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