Word: elvin
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...surprise, they selected the University of Houston's Elvin ("the Big E") Hayes...
...this year's team hardly ranked with the star-studded squads of the past. Notably absent were the top two collegiate players of last season: U.C.L.A.'s Lew Alcindor, who pleaded pressure of studies, and Houston's Elvin Hayes, who chose to sign a $440,000 contract with the pro San Diego Rockets instead of going to Mexico. The tallest man on the starting five was 6-ft. 8-in. Spencer Hay wood, a 19-year-old sophomore from the University of Detroit. The other starters included a 24-year-old Army captain and a 28-year...
...ELVIN JONES, PUTT'N' IT TOGETHER (Blue Note). Drummer Jones, who played with the late John Cohrarie, became famous for his fiery musical duels with the master. With Jimmy Garrison on bass and Joe Farrell splitting three ways on tenor, soprano sax and flute, Jones here uses his flashy technique to inspire, shape and embroider a harmonically free, three-way dialogue. Reza and Jay-Ree brim with bright looping arches of sound reminiscent of Ornette Coleman. Soloing on Kei-Ko's Birthday March, Elvin gets under way with a humorous drum-corps pattern that soon turns into...
Other committee members chosen are: Robert L. Hall '69, Sewayan G. Kironde IV '71, Elvin Montgomery Jr. '68, Wesley E. Profit '69, Walugambe Sumanguru, John D. Tyson '69, and Thomas S. Williamson...
Houston's 6-ft. 8-in. Elvin Hayes, who had pumped in 39 points in the January game, was so closely guarded that he scored only 10 points. His teammates fared no better. Pressed everywhere on the court, Houston threw passes out of bounds, dribbled on the baseline, managed to lose the ball 24 times on mistakes...