Show Wyoming Meets Arkansas in Western Basketball Tournament By CARL LUNDQUIST K KANSAS SAS CITY Mo March 14 UP The UP-The The rangy Arkansas university Razorbacks with a perfect rec record rd against college opposition this season today oday were favorites to win the National National Na Na- tl nal Collegiate Athletic jasso- jasso asso- asso elation clation western here next week end Arkansas may find its strongest strong strong- I est eat opposition from the west coast representative which will willbe willbe be Stanford or Washington State These teams begin a three-game three play-off play series for forthe forthe forthe the Pacific Coast conference championship at Pull Pullman man 1 Wash tonight and the winner will come here Stanford won J 1 the southern division race rac and Washington State the northern Wyoming which took the Big t Seven conference championship by winning its final game with Colorado last week will sent the Rocky mountain area and the Missouri vall valley y entrant will be determined Tuesday when Creighton of the Missouri Valley conference and Iowa State of the Big Six compete in a play-off play contest here In the western play-off play here March 22 21 Wyoming will meet Arkansas in the first game ganie and the Missouri 1 valley team team will play the west coast entry The night first winners will meet the next night for the right to meet the eastern finalist finalist finalist final final- for the national title which will be decided in a single game here March 29 The manner in which Arkansas Arkan Arkan- sas disposed of 20 collegiate opponents including all members members members mem mem- bers in in its own strong Southwest Southwest Southwest South South- west conference accounts for forthe forthe forthe the strong backing given the team here The only team that defeated the Razorbacks was the Phillips 66 outfit of Bartlesville Bartlesville Bartlesville Bar- Bar Okla the national A A U champions They played Arkansas three times and got the decision twice In c colI college o 11 e g e games Arkansas won all six of its assignments The only close contest was with Pittsburg Pitts- Pitts burg Kan Teachers Arkansas winning by a three-point three mar mar- gin In a return game game however however however how how- ever the Razorbacks turned in ina a 71 to 45 victory Wyoming won 14 of 18 games and finished with a record of 10 victories and two defeats in inthe inthe inthe the conference but its prestige in the play-offs play suffers because of defeats to teams in the Missouri Missouri Missouri Mis Mis- Valley and Southwest conf conferences conference's conferences con con- ference's f neither of which was good enough to represent its district The Rocky mountain entry lost to Baylor In the Southwest and Oklahoma A M Min Min in the Missouri Valley |