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'Ihe showcase for inter— collegeiate lnockey gets underway 'nnursday night at flue Mncton Oolesium when Canada's toP college Inoc- key teams net to decide the national title.

Six team will represent the five conferences ac— ‘ ross the nation with an eventual champion to be de- cided on Sunday afternom.

Heading the’list of tears are the defending national chanpicns, the University of Toronto Varsity Blues. Under the direction of super-coach 'Ibm Watt the Varsity Blues will seek

' national title and their '

twelfth in the last fif- teen years. .

Last year's rtmer-up the Alberta Golden Bears will be back for another try after defeating the U.B.C. 'Ihunderbirds in their conference charrpion- ship series. Ranked num—

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appear to be one of the toirnanent favorites. lbpresenting the Great Plains conference will be the University of Regina. Under coach Reg Higgs the

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HALIFAX (cm) -— Sylvester Stallone could not have written a better script.

A small city hosting a national basketball champ— ionship. A local team was entered, considered by Host to be an underdog that would"go down to defeat in the first round. '

Also entered in the cm- test'was their arch—rival considered by many to face too tough‘a schedule to survive. may meet in the final game, and the city catches Saumiay night (basketball) feVer.

Sound too unrealistic? Not if you were in Hal— ifax this past weekend, ' Where the Canadian Inter- collegiate Athletic Union (CIAU) staged the natiolal

basketball championships. The St. Mary's Huskies and the Acadia Axemen drew Over 10,000 people to Hal- ifax's new metro centre March 11 to watch two teams Who had battled through- out the

'Ihe Huskies came out on top of a 99-91 score, but the game was even closer than the eight point spr—

Regina squad makes its fir- st appearance in the Nat— imal tournament. In just their third year of con— petition they knocked off

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Once again the Quebec representative will be. the Concordia Stingers. Na- tive Islander Paul Arsen- eault will bring his per- ennial Quebec champions to the tournament for the third year in a row.

Representing our confer- ence will be the surpris- ing St. Francis 'Xavier X—Man. 'Ihe X—Nhn upset heavily favored St. Nary's

and will take their seccnd '

run at the title in the past three seasons.

Also representing this league will be the host ‘ team, the University of Monoton Blue Eagles. If ever their was a reason to complain about the host team, this the year. The Blue Eagles finished four- th in conference standings and were fortunate to do that well. Regarded by many as the fifth best team in this league, Jean

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ead' would indicate. From end to end and hoop to hoop both teams exhibited shooting accuracy that made good defence seem poor. Althoughscaution was thrown to the wind, fouls ’ were few and far between, making for a fast“ exciting game. ‘

3 SMU got by nunber one ' ranked Nanitoba and the Un—

iversity of Victoria to reach the final. Acadia defeated Iaurentian and York for their opportunity at the national crown. In the consolation final, Laurentian beat Manitoba 69-53, and York played a superior second half to core back and defeat Vic-

' toria 94-81 in 'a third

place contest. , . ’ 'Ihisvms the third, fi— ‘ nal, and most successful

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Halifax. They move to Calgary next year where I Calgarians will have a hard act to follow. The crowd of 10,000 ecstatic people was the largest crowd, outside of the 01- ympics, to witness a bas- ketball game in Canada.

be in for an erbarassing time before their hone crowd.

'Ihe toth is divi- ded up into one sections with the winners of the round robins advancing to the nationally televised final onV'Sunday afternoon at 3:00 pm. Below is the draw for the weeks tourn- ament with this writer's selections in- brackets. 'IHUIGDAY: 5:00 PM: Regina vs. Alberta (Alberta by a Couple of Goals).

9:00 PM: Ooncordiavvs. ancton (Concordia by a couple of goals) .

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Friday: 5:00 PM: Toronto vs. Concordia (toronto but it should be very close) 9:00 PM: (St. Francis Xavier vs. Regina (Regina in a low scoring game) Saturday: 2:00 PM: St.F.X. vs. Alberta (Alberta by a few unless goaltending hot)

7:00 PM: 'Ibronto vs. an— cton (Assuming hot goal- tending by Moncton, (Tor— onto by a converted touch— down at least)

Sunday: 3:00 PM: 'Ibronto vs. Alberta (Line up Watt you won it again — 'Ibronto) C.B.C. 3:00 PM

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- Maintenance Department enould socn be building

—— Charges against the Athletic Department and the University by a fonter Panther star have been

- H.M.S. Pinafore is playing on the 27th and 28th —Themovie this Sunday is supposedtobeareal

- The Final Examination Schedule will appear in

—— Tomorrow is St. Patrick's Day. — 'Ihe Marathon Dance started today — 'Ihursday —

- 'Ihe Co-Ed, sponsored by'the Junior class, will haveaCGVIPIEI'EBARatthedanceinthegymon

‘ -- The one-year B.Ed. students write their finals in mo weeks (before going out to practise teach for 6 weeks.)

—- The Council meeting last Sunday lasted for almost THREE/hours. ‘

-- Business Society elections are next week.

—— Crossword puzzles are to becone a regular feature in the SUN. ' '

-_- Senior Wéekis from May 8th to 14th.

—> Applications are now open for positions on next year's Personnel Board. (Job descriptions may be picked up at S.U. Office.)

—- The Intramural Finals start next week.

—- The Panthers basketball team is going to play the Nova Scotia Wheelchair team next week.

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