Word: backcourt
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Harvard coach Floyd Wilson is still trying to get his best five together. He's experimented all year, and he seems to have narrowed it down to about nine possibilities. Mickey Norlander has apparently joined captain Bob Beller, Bob Johnson, and Jeff Grate for the battle for the starting backcourt slots, and the fight for positions up front is just as tight...
...playing in the fifth position, and Bruce Weigand in the seventh gave Barnaby particular pleasure. Whitbeck, who suffered the only loss in last week's 8-1 triumph over Cornell, played a strong, steady game to defeat Toronto's Frank Swinton, 15-12, 15-12, 15-10. His hard backcourt drives were too much for Swinton to handle...
After a respite of much more than a minute, the teams returned to action in the Dartmouth backcourt. A long inbound pass was knocked out by Dressler, and the clock -- strangely enough -- still read two seconds. After another time out, Dartmouth passed in again -- this time from halfcourt, and Joe Colgan missed a desperation jump shot at the buzzer...
...Stoner's backcourt partner Bob Mc-Callum has on occasion recorded big scoring nights and the two of them form one of the Ivy's top guard duos...
...second half, coach Floyd Wilson decided to go with Grate and sophomore Gustavson in the backcourt, benching his captain. Although the Lions managed to move ahead for a minute, Harvard regained the lead with 16 minutes left and never lost...