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CCNY, Bradle To Meet AgainNEW YORK (API — Tuesday night’s battle for the NCAA basketball championship in Madison Square Garden will decide:f. Whether Bradley or City College of New York has the country's best team.2. Whether CCNY is great enough to win two national titles in the same year.It's a rematch of the two tenms that played in the exciting national Invitation tournament final here nine days ago. CCNY’s rampaging sophomores, riding a late season surge, upset favored Bradley in that one, 69-61.Since then City college hns won the Eastern—78-73 over North Carolina State—and Bradley the Western NCAA title—68-66 over Baylor.Tliis time the oddsmakers pick CCNY to repeat. They favor tiie Beavers by a slim paints.No team ever has won bath the National Invitation tournament and the National Collegiate AA crowns in one season. Of the few ihat have tried the double, only j three won either. Kentucky took | the NCAA last March. Utah the NCAA in 19*14 and Colorado tile NIT in 104U.As to whether the best team in the country hails from Peoria, III., or New York City, Tuesday's an- j swer probably will get general, If: not unanimous, acceptance.Bradley’,'; Braves satisfied enough observers to rate No. 1 In the conn- . try in the final Associated Press poll. Naturally, the unconvinced Braves believe they will reverse CCNY this time and uphold tha \ \ No. 1 tog. I ’
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Idaho State Journal
Pocatello, Idaho, US
Mon, Mar 27, 1950
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