&3182; In Chicago, the Indiana basketball team, Big Ten champion and ranked No. 1 in the nation, lived up to its press notices by beating Notre Dame, 79-66, to reach the semifinal round of the N.C.A.A. basketball tournament. Other semifinalists: Louisiana State, Kansas, Washington.
¶ In Milwaukee, Navy Lieut, (j.g.) Ken Wiesner broke his own indoor high-jump record by going up & over the bar at 6 ft. 9⅞ in. in the Milwaukee Journal games. Wiesner's old mark (TIME, Feb. 2): 6 ft. 9½ in. Moments later, Len Truex, onetime Ohio State runner, whipped around the track in the fastest mile of the indoor season: 4:07.8.
¶ In New Orleans, Joe W. Brown's three-year-old Matagorda established himself as a top contender for the Kentucky Derby by winning the $46,450 Louisiana Derby by 1½ lengths.
¶ In San Francisco, Willie Mosconi successfully defended his world pocket-billiard championship for the eleventh time in twelve years by beating Luther Lassiter, 150-33, in the title match. Mosconi's reward: $12,000.
¶ In Manhattan, New York University, once a national football power which boasted the likes of All-America Ken Strong (1928), joined the ever-growing list of U.S. colleges which have given up the game. N.Y.U.'s 1952 football loss: $100,000.