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Bruin boosters roared their pleasure as their hero gathered in lob passes, then levitated his lanky, 6 ft. 11 in. frame and dropped the ball delicately downward for a basket. At the opposite end of the court, Walton planted himself in front of Oregon State shooters like a giant redwood tree, branches stretching toward the ceiling. Near the end of the game, when Oregon State surged to within three points of U.C.L.A., Walton responded with a torrent of shots and rebounds that kept the Bruins in the lead. For his efforts that evening early this month: 31 points, 19 rebounds...
...more patterned play, Wooden deploys four men near the basket-three forwards and the center-leaving only one guard to bring the ball up court and start the play. In this "low-post" system, Guard Tommy Curtis' priority is to pass the ball to Walton, positioned on the left side of the court close to the basket. If Walton is well covered, Curtis tries to hit Keith Wilkes, roving near the foul line. As a last resort, he can also pass to Marques Johnson or Dave Meyers, who play up front on opposite sides of Walton...
...offense like that-in theory-discourages defenders from peeling off the player they are covering to double-team Walton. The moment that happens, a U.C.L.A. player is left wide open. Another play designed to produce an open man stacks Meyers and Wilkes together to the right of the basket. This bunches the defense, setting up a "breakout" for Wilkes or Meyers, who can spring down the foul lane and take a pass from Curtis or Walton to score on a layup. Other favorite U.C.L.A. plays bring Walton out to a "high-post" position (near the foul line), opening...
Harvard, now 7-4 in the Ivies, played so poorly for the first five minutes that it appeared it might lose its third straight Ivy contest to the seemingly fired up Cornell team, now 3-20. The Big Red scored the first basket, and had a 13-7 lead with 5:49 gone in the first half...
With just ten seconds gone in the contest, Harvard's Joe Leondis netted the game's first basket to give the Crimson a lead they never lost. Worcester Academy, with only two losses in 11 games, was supposed to be a tough team, but they never lived up to their pre-game billing...