Word: basketfuls
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...most college basketball coaches, happiness is a 7-ft. giant who can reach up and stuff the ball through the basket with his size 15s planted firmly on the floor. U.C.L.A.'s Coach Johnny Wooden, 53, is a flaming radical: only 5 ft. 10 in. tall himself, he was a three-time All-America guard at Purdue in the 1930s, and he still insists that a good little man can beat a good big man-mostly by running him to death. "Pressure," he tells his team. "That's our game. Force them. Force them all the time. Never...
Last week stubborn Lafayette put three men on Bradley, and sometimes there were five. He still shook loose for 27 points-including a basket in the last 2 sec. that tied the game and sent it into overtime. With 35 sec. left in the overtime period and the Tigers trailing by two points, he sank another clutch shot-and the game went into double overtime. Then Bradley coolly dumped in two free throws, and Princeton pulled the game out, 69-64. Three days later, he scored 31 points as the Tigers sank Navy, 80-76. That brought Bradley...
Leading scorer is husky Merie McClung. He has shown occasional weakness on defense, but whenever the "Big M" gets the ball under the basket, nobody can stop him, not even men several inches taller...
...highly-touted Engineers never threatened. Despite the fine play of M.I.T. center Bill , the Crimson continued its sizzling shooting with Inman, McClung, Bornheimer, Keith Sedlscek, Barry Williams, and Leo Scully all having a hand in the rout. McClung was unstoppable under the basket, and the rest of the squad had a field day with long jump shots...
Northeastern led, 59 to 56, and Harvard looked dead--until Merle McClung, who had been ice-cold all evening, took over. He drew a foul as he missed a layup and sank both shots; then after an NU pass had gone astray, he drove under the basket and flipped up his patented McClung Over-the-Head Special. With 2:05 left, he drew another foul while snagging a rebound and bucketed a pair, making the score...