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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Cleveland Cavaliers, is a black former pro who knows the problem well: "Quite often, coming out of school, these kids don't know anything else but basketball. Someone's altered their test scores to get them into school, and once they're in, they're directed to take basket weaving and plays-and-games, or whatever the hell it is. Tell me what they're going to do in our society. I know quite often college coaches think they're doing these kids a favor. The reality is they're doing them a disservice, and I resent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: College Sport...Foul! | 4/3/1989 | See Source »

Minnesota earned a bye in the first round with its number-two seed. The Golden Gophers will be led by the well-rested skates of junior Captain Dave Snuggerud (27-19--46). Also expected to fill the rope basket are junior wingmen Tom Chorske (24-17--41) and Peter Hankinson (15-26--41). If Wisconsin has gained a mental edge by handily defeating the Saints, then Minnesota may have a physical advantage after resting sores and bruises over the mini-layoff...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Midwest Rivalry: Badgers Visit Golden Gophers | 3/24/1989 | See Source »

...Start speaking, kid. Time is money. McNeese State is giving me airplane tickets to Hawaii if I give 'em the go to upset Illinois in the first round. Robert Morris has been calling me all afternoon. A last-second basket to beat Arizona, they're telling...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Praying to the Tourney Gods | 3/16/1989 | See Source »

During halftime of last Saturday's Harvard-Princeton men's basketball game at Briggs Cage, freshman Steve Brown--vying for the "Bermuda Shoot" prize--sank a basket from mid-court. The reward Brown expected was two tickets for spring break vacation to Bermuda...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NCAA Denies JV Player Prize | 3/8/1989 | See Source »

...participate in the "Bermuda Shoot," spectators at Briggs fill out entry forms in the back of game programs. Three individuals are selected randomly from the entrant pool for a chance to shoot a basket from mid-court, said Sports Information Director Frank Cicero...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NCAA Denies JV Player Prize | 3/8/1989 | See Source »

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