Word: clutch
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...James (26 points) and the Crimson who had the last laugh. After Dana Smith hit both ends of a one-and one to give Harvard the lead at 79-78 with 56 seconds remaining, James iced the game by making four clutch foul shots...
...average male in the U.S.) soars up, around and over the mere mortals he opposes. Most guards, being "smaller" men, prefer the quiet of the perimeter to the violent collisions of leviathans under the hoop. But Jordan is most dangerous around the basket, with his arsenal of double-clutch lay-ups and hyperspace dunks over men very nearly a foot taller. Through it all, Jordan's tongue dangles from his mouth, his universally recognized trademark and a testament to his intense concentration...
...called Clutch Goal of the Week, it would go to John Weisbrod, whose overtime goal against New Hampshire gave Harvard a 4-3 victory last Saturday...
...over 108 games (in which his appearances often lasted only 3-4 innings) is equivalent to 93 rbi's over a full season--all while hitting only .249 with 12 homeruns on a cellar-dwelling team. Those stats make Schmidt, if not consistently good, then a needed clutch hitter on a team which sorely lacked offense...
Opposing coaches were impressed with Hinz's stats and his clutch performances a year ago. They rave even more about his combination of size and speed. At 6-ft., 1-in., 205-lbs., he is bigger than most Ivy League fullbacks. Yet his 4.4 speed in the 40-yard dash makes him almost as fast as some of the big-game deer he hunted in Montana...