Show highlights in while the rest of the school is taking a christmas vacation a cation the university of utah basketball squad will be working overtime playing in two of the toughest tournaments on the basketball circuit on dec 20 2021 21 the utes play in the kentucky classic at lexington hen kentucky tucky and dec 29 30 in the sugar bowl boa I 1 meet at new orleans the e two tourneys bring together ome of the top teams in the nation and the clubs that come com e out as the eventual winners will be rated for high national rankings and a ble national championship at lexington the runny red skins meet nationally ranked day ton the first night and coach jack gardner has world of respect for the flyers back from last year years s club which posted a 25 4 record is billy uhl the flyer s seven foot all american center uhl scored points during the 1954 55 season for anle 4 average per contest and pull ed down rebounds the utes will have their hands full with this gob goh ath also back to bolster dayton are bob fiely ray dieringer Dier mger and bee jacoby all stars in their own rights dayton reached the finals of the national invitational last year losing to duquesne in the finals and so far this season are undefeated the tougher teams in m the ken tucky meet are minnesota fad nd host kentucky either of these squads could be contenders for national hon ors at new orleans the participants are utan alabama notre dame and marquette marquette utah s first round opponent had a 22 2 re cord for 1954 55 and have only lost to national title holders san fran cisco so far this season in fact I 1 marquette is rated in the first five in all press polls the number two to nationally ranked utes are in for a tough two weeks but coach gardner has a lot of con in the club and if they are playing the type of ball they are capable of then it just might be a double tournament win for the red skins utah in riding high in the sta department with a aver age per game against their appon ants 53 6 for a 35 4 point spread art bunte the ute utes s all american post man is averaging points per game and has only played a little more than half of each fray the bunte uhle duel in the ken tucky meet should prove interesting football had its mr inside and mr outside in army s glen davis and felix doc blanchard buti but the university of utah is claiming the same fame in basketball with art bunte and gary bergen actually the ute combine is some thing of a paradox in that bunte 6 63 3 the short man plays the post and is mr inside and bergen 6 8 the big man is on tl the ie outside usually usually it would be just the opposite with t the bg big man playing the post and the smaller man playing the outside the comparison with aith davis and blanchard t stop v with ith just the in and out angle actually when bunte gets hold of the basketball on the ute fast break he I 1 looks 00 ks I 1 like 1 ke blanchard going through the center of the notre dame line the 6 3 has made several first downs already this season and on one occasion nearly went through the guard fence behind the baskets after making a lay up blanchard in may ay have been a real line buster but bunte holds claim as a first class fence wrecker bergen uses the same technique as davis in that he depends on sp eed and agility to get away from an opponent bergen skirts his guard like davis turned an end the red skin s coach jack gardner says of bergen he is 68 6 8 and weighs pounds but he handles himself like a little man he can dribble pass fake and drive as well as any man on the squad and we ve got some pretty good little men thise season what really makes gary great is his defense where his agility and speed really pay off statistics show that bunte and bergen are just as valuable to the utes as davis and blanchard were to the army bunte leads the red skins scoring parade with 62 points in three games for a 20 3 average and he has only played a little more than half of each contest he has also only accounted for 24 rebounds argen leads the team in rebounds with 36 ard has poured in 49 points he too has only played about half of each fray both of these men will have to be considered when it comes to picking U university hersity of utah all time hoop greats and just like davis and blan chard are in army s hall of fame bergen and bunte are a cinch to become immortals immortal of utah basket ball |