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...role sometimes and do what you're not supposed to do to make a good play. Basketball should be instinctive, like second nature, and not all pre-planned. How many times I've watched a forward bring the ball up to half court, have a free line to the basket, and instead of driving in will turn around and pass the ball 20 feet backwards to a guard because the guard is "supposed" to bring the ball...

Author: By Sara J. Nicholas, | Title: Every Which Way But Wins | 1/16/1981 | See Source »

...outlet pass to the sophomore point guard, Dixon held up the ball while the rest of the team ran down the floor. Six dribbles--two of which were between his legs--and two full pivots later, Dixon was in the middle of a crowded lane, apparently going to the basket...

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, | Title: Hoopsters Whip Manhattan; Offense Shines in 90-80 Win | 1/12/1981 | See Source »

Fans who collected in the IAB Saturday afternoon saw anything but a typical rout, though a rout it was. The game was exciting, often sloppy, and even occasionally dazzling, regardless of what the scoreboard was recording. If there is such a thing as karma, it resides in the righthand basket of the IAB. At least for the cagers...

Author: By Sara J. Nicholas, | Title: Women Hoopsters Rally To Top Williams Squad | 1/12/1981 | See Source »

...style that has become all their own, the Harvard cagers reemerged for the second half a team transformed. The same starting five marched out and connected for 20--yes, 20--unanswered points, leading many to suspect the residence of karma in the new home basket. The myth of the impenetrable Williams zone was exploded as the quintet of Elaine Holpuch, Franessa Hall, Kate Martin, Marget Long and Pat Horne drove in for bucket upon bucket, gathering bushels of rebounds as they went...

Author: By Sara J. Nicholas, | Title: Women Hoopsters Rally To Top Williams Squad | 1/12/1981 | See Source »

...importantly, the team might have found itself a new leader in the 6-ft. 8-in. Carrabino. The brawny Californian took charge several times in the game--once hitting ten straight Harvard points--and now appears to be the man the Crimson will look to when the need a basket...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Cagers Nip Brown To Open Ivy Slate | 1/7/1981 | See Source »

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