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Another surprise for Wolfe was the lack of enthusiasm at Harvard for basketball. Basketball is to Brooklyn what hockey is to Boston, and Wolfe was surprised at the small and hoop-ignorant audience which came to the games. "People at the games didn't recognize a good play when they saw one," Wolfe said. "It just hasn't caught fire here...

Author: By Peter A. Landry, | Title: Petering Out | 2/16/1973 | See Source »

...cocky, cigar-chomping Dan Steiner predicted yesterday that Box Jox would annihilate the Crimson in today's grudge hoop contest...

Author: By Percy Haughton, | Title: Resurgent Jox Face Crimson In Grudge Basketball Game | 2/10/1973 | See Source »

...important New England hoop battle tonight, a talented team from Holy Cross will trip down the Mass Pike to the Coca Cola sign for an 8 p.m. meeting in the IAB with a Crimson five eager to regain area prestige after Saturday's loss at Massachusetts...

Author: By M. DEACON Dake, | Title: Crimson Five Hosts Crusaders Tonight | 12/19/1972 | See Source »

...reward the team for what he considered a fine effort against the Chiefs. Unfortunately Harvard still did not play good defense against Springfield. The Crimson gave up 98 points, allowing 34 of them to forward Ken Lewis. The Crimson proved that they can put the ball in the hoop, but they still committed 34 turnovers--which indicates that Harrison still has not developed a disciplined team...

Author: By B. DOUGLAS I. schoen, | Title: Schoen Tell | 12/11/1972 | See Source »

...errors. In the second half, the Crimson gave the ball up 22 times on mistakes. One of the supposed strong points of the Harvard attack is the fast break, but in statistics kept by the Crimson, the team lost the ball 14 times on breaks for the hoop alone...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Season, Old Problems | 12/5/1972 | See Source »

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