Show NYU to 10 Blast NY Tonight B By Los Lea Conklin NEW YORK March 9 INS New York university's great quintet quintet quin tet probably will not let up for a minute Tuesday night when it takes on City college in the windup windup wind wind- windup up of the regular basketball s season aso at Madison Square Garden N NYU Y U likely will try to roll up upa a big ig sc score re against again t their rugged opponents for two reasons One is Js that there is no love lost between the Violet and the Lav Lavender in tHese traditional these battles Another Is that N NYU Y U is slightly irked by having been seeded second to o Western Vestern Kentucky in the National Invitation postseason tournament Western Kentucky was ranked on top because of its 26 1 record N NYU Y U won 20 while losing only one but feels 1 It met stiffer op lion tion than did the lads from the lair of Danl Bo Boone n North Carolina State was seeded third and St. St Louis fourth The former may not be able to live up to Its third-place third billing for two reasons 1 Wick Dickey one o oIts ot of Its stars is sidelined with the mumps and 2 the have no such towering regular players layers as their seven rivals For that matter Western Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky Ken Ken- tucky boasts boast no o s such h string beans bean as Bowling Greens Charley Chancy Share 10 6 and La Salles Salle's Larry Faust Faus 9 6 9 6 In the past tan tall players who vho have that extra inch two or of fingertip fingertip finger finger- tip have been highly important In these tournaments Of the eight invitation teams four have not been beaten by any of the theother oth other r teams in the tourney They are areN N NYU Y U La Salle North Carolina State and Texas Of Ot the remaining four four BowlIng Bowling Gr Green cn De Dc Paul Western Vestern Kentucky and St. St Louis each has been beaten by one of ot the other three The tourney starts Thursday nl night ht at the Garden with La Salle Sane meeting Western Vestern and Kentucky StLouis St St. Louis clashing with Bowling Bowline Green On Saturday night North Carolina State will play De Dc Paul and I NYU Y U will oppose Texas |