Word: dame
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Houston vs. Notre Dame...
Penders and Harvard coach Frank McLaughlin are both members of a new breed of young, aggressive coaches who have earned their noms de guerre as recruiters. McLaughlin, who before coming to Harvard recruited hoopsters for Notre Dame as Digger Phelps' assistant, finds the recruiting game so strenuous that he believes no basketball coach can expect his career to exceed ten years...
McLaughlin scoured the country as a talent scout for the Fighting Irish, and this year he has made one junket through Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and Washington D.C. to speak to Harvard applicants. Notre Dame, unlike Harvard, provided athletic scholarships, but McLaughlin says "I think I was prepared well for Harvard at Notre Dame because they were very selective about their student athletes. The first thing we have to know is who is a viable candidate. The kids who do qualify are interested because of the academics. Any coach or school would consider it an honor to have...
...drinking alone in the office one night when this dame wanders in. Real sweet, she was, with coal dust in her long blonde hair and a crumpled bus ticket in her fist. "Scranton," she sighed by way of explanation, in a voice that trailed off like the Doppler effect of a passing 18-wheeler on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. I poured her a stiff one, and she poured me her story: "I have this terrific manuscript, but please don't ask how I got it, and I just have to get into the newspapers before they do." "They?" "The syndicate...
Carril's resume--not that he needs to have one, mind you--is simply awesome. Ivy titles in 1969, '76 and '77, and the NIT title in 1974. Upset wins versus North Carolina (a 16-pointer, with McAdoo and Jones playing for the opposition), Notre Dame, South Carolina, Oregon, Providence, Alabama, et al. First-round draft picks the likes of Geoff Petrie, John Hummer, Brian Taylor and Armond Hill...