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...possible rule changes: penalties, similar to those in hockey, that remove a player for specified times; the use of a third referee to help sort out infractions that occur in the confined area under the basket, where elbows fly and tempers flare. The people who usually lurk beneath the hoop are heavyweights; most N.B.A. centers tower near the 7 ft. mark, and power forwards average more than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Low Blow in Los Angeles | 12/26/1977 | See Source »

Forward Bob Hooft took the ball to the hoop for eight points in a three minute span midway through the second half as the Crimson padded a 53-32 bulge...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Smashes Big Green, 59-44; Hooft Scores 17 | 12/14/1977 | See Source »

Only when Curry took the ball one-on-one to the hoop were the Crimson able to break the scoring drought as she hit on three consecutive drives to put the score at 43-37 with 3:05 remaining...

Author: By Bob Baggott, | Title: 'Cliffe Cagers Whip Huskies, 57-53 | 12/6/1977 | See Source »

...Bennifield leads B.C. with an 18-point average, followed by Tom Meggers with a 15.5 average. To handle these two, Harvard's defense must be tenacious away from the hoop, and physical underneath...

Author: By Peter R. Reynolds, | Title: BASKETBALL VS. BOSTON COLLEGE | 12/3/1977 | See Source »

...McLaughlin's philosophy of basketball matches his proselytizing spirit off the court. Harvard's new head coach is trying to convert as many people as possible to his creed of bornagain Harvard basketball while at the same time converting his players to a fastbreaking, end-to-end brand of hoop...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: McLaughlin Debuts Revamped Cagers | 11/29/1977 | See Source »

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