Word: hoopes
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Even the ultra-casual swimming far who watches aquatic sports only between the women's gymnastics and men's hoop on the tube every fourth year recognizes the source of the above phrase...
...interested in some intra-Harvard hoop action, then arrive at the IAB for Friday night's preliminary game between the JV's and the Harvard Classics. These two teams have played each other twice already this year; each team has one victory and one loss. Friday's tilt will be the unofficial sub-championship game...
Last year it was more of the same, as Caryn challenged her brother Jim, the football team's gifted wide receiver, for a place in Harvard sports lore. The hoop team was promoted to Division One of the AIAW and found the going a little rougher. And though the squad's record fell to 13-10 (quite phenomenal considering the improved competition), the Curry factor remained constant; she led the squad in rebounds, assists, and finished second in scoring...
Unfortunately, Dartmouth's Jim Panaggio followed his cue, as he too calmly sank a pair of foul shots to increase the Dartmouth lead to four points. Fine then took the inbounds pass with less than ten seconds left and drove the length of the court to lay in a hoop to keep the Crimson's waning hopes alive...
LARRY BIRD. Watching him play stirs pleasant memories for basketball purists: not only can he shoot and rebound as well as the game's legendary forwards; he is an old-fashioned playmaker, a passer who can look one way and hit the open man breaking for the hoop. Averaging 28.6 points a game, Larry Bird, 22, is the second leading college scorer and stands third in rebounds. What is more, he has led his hitherto obscure team through a schedule that reads like the mail drops on the midnight train to Yuma−Wichita State, Tulsa, West Texas State...