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Huskies Will Be Tough

Washington's claim to fame
was an early-season upset of
Ohio State, which seemed
impressive until everyone
started beating the Buckeyes.
The Huskies also won the Pac-7
last year, while UCLA was
winning everything else.

Fordham and Louisville are
the only two teams with a
chance of upsetting the Heels.
Fordham was another NIT
entry last year; but was
eliminated early. Kenny
Charles, last year's leading
scorer for the Rams, returns.

Louisville made it to the
NCAA semifinals last year.
However, the Cardinals lost all
six of their top players from
last season's squad and are in
the throes of a rebuilding year.

The Armed Forces team is
traditionally entered in the
tourney. The military men
aren't given much of a chance,
but should play a disciplined
style of ball.

Duke will play with the Las
Vegas branch of the University
of Nevada, Purdue, and
Arizona. Nevada-Las Vegas
bumped off highly-touted Oral
Roberts early in the season,
but hasn't shown much since
then.

Purdue is one of the
mediocre teams in the Big Ten,
if there are any this year.
Arizona is coming up with
plenty of spending money,
because the Wildcats won't be
around the gym on the second
night of play.

Maryland plays with
Bowling Green, Georgia Tech,
and Syracuse. Syracuse? Yes,
the Orangemen are a strong
entry. Last year's edition was
22-6, with a pair of wins over
Penn State and a narrow
victory over Duke.

Bowling Green is the new
home of ex-Terp tree Mark
Cartwright. Cartwright is
sitting out this season, and the
Falcons need all the help they
can get. They are a young
team, still a couple of years
away.