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Word: fast-breaking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1947-1947
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...Terriers, led by forwards George Gaudreault and Paul Clem, a relatively unknown sophomore, outran, outjumped and outshot their opponents most of the evening. With Clem (17 points) looping in short set shots and Gaudreault (15 points) getting the fast-break layups, B.U. manufactured a 10 to 4 lead before Bill Brady registered the first Harvard field goal at the five-minute mark. Rockwell free throws had accounted for the Varsity points...

Author: By Stephen N. Cady, | Title: Fast BU Five Spoils Crimson Boston Garden Debut, 52-36 | 12/10/1947 | See Source »

Other coaches grumble about his firehouse brand of basketball. "I know they hate it," says cocky Coach Frank Keaney of Rhode Island State. Long ago he quit concentrating on defense and worked up an exaggerated fast-break style. Says he: "We will give anybody 100 points if we can get 101." Every man on his squad knows that he has to throw rather than dribble, outrun rather than outskill the opposition-and keep running. The fans love...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Firehouse Frank and His Boys | 1/20/1947 | See Source »

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