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Free-shooting proved to be the difference down the stretch. To Brown, the hoop was in another dimension--the Bears shot only 5-of-15 from the line in the second half and 1-of-6 in the crunch minutes...

Author: By John B. Trainer, | Title: Men's Hoops Beats Brown, 77-74 | 2/27/1993 | See Source »

...incidents of Chris Dudley-esque marksmanship highlighted the biggest problem for the Crimson this year: getting the ball to go through the hoop...

Author: By John B. Trainer, | Title: Getting the Ball Through the Hoop | 1/13/1993 | See Source »

Score of the Olympic men's basketball finals. The boast that the games showcase amateur athletics was never more hollow than when attached to the U.S. hoop squad. The Dream Team (the N.B.A. 11 best players plus Duke's Christian Laettner) naturally gave opponents the DTs. It was a brutal, pointless spectacle, akin to the Harlem Globetrotters doing their sideshow humiliation, for fun and profit, of a flat-footed pickup team...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Best of 1992 | 1/4/1993 | See Source »

...Mary's did not score its first hoop until more than four minutes into the game on a three point shot by guard Richard Sullivan. Its potent offense could not tally again until 11:40 in the first half, cutting Harvard's lead to a mere...

Author: By John C. Ausiello, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: M. Cagers Survive 2nd Half Collapse | 11/17/1992 | See Source »

...bands, Ross Perot supporters, model searches, Girbaud jeans displays, mechanical bulls, fashion shows and hula hoop contests were the attraction. All of it for just five bucks...

Author: By Steven V. Mazie, | Title: COLLEGE FEST 1992: A Weekend From Hell | 10/15/1992 | See Source »

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