Mississippi State University

A rise in spectator interest and the fall of some favorites in holiday tournaments marked the final week of shakedowns before the start of college conference races. The list of unbeaten major schools was down to...

BASKETBALL: STAY-AT-HOMESSirs:Congratulations on the splendid story about Babe McCarthy, Bailey Howell and Mississippi State (Bouquets for Babe and His Bailey, SI, Feb. 23). Although a poll of the man in the street...

All because of ex-salesman Babe McCarthy and lanky Bailey Howell, Mississippi State may win its first conference title—and also nullify an unwritten law

THE SOUTH

All over the country the sound of rubber on hardwood rang in Basketball 1957 as collegians celebrated the season with a spectacular round of holiday tournaments