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feat and out they go.Seeded LastBut Win TitleWest Virginia Quintet Takes Garden Tourney.NEW YORK — UP) - West Virginia, the team that was seeded last in the National Invitational basketball tournament, today owned the championship, the most-valuable-ptaver award and three places on the tourney’s all-star squad.The Mountaineers staged a sparkling second-half rally last night to clown Western Kentucky State, 47-45, in the final game after having eliminated such stalwarts as defending champion Long Island university and hlgfi-seoring Toledo university.Western Kentucky, seeded only j a notch above West Virginia in ! the starting field of eight, upset City College of New York and Creighton university to gain the finals.Creighton wound up with third prize in the annual meet by dumping Toledo, 48-46, in the opener of last night's doubleheader at Madison Square Garden.West Virginia dropped .three free throws through the hoop in the Iasi: 45 seconds of play to cap a thrilling rally that WesterntoPIYcthKtthneco.t h th;foiKentucky almost matched. ing
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Mansfield News Journal

Mansfield, Ohio, US

Thu, Mar 26, 1942

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