Word: hoosier
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...time in 20 years last night, searching, just striving, for their own share of heaven--Blue Heaven they call it down in Chapel Hill. But a stingy Indiana defense combined with an almost at-will penetration of the Tar Heels' halfcourt press laid waste to their heaven as the Hoosier's denied the Tar Heels 63-50 and claimed the national collegiate basketball title in Philadelphia last night...
...half it looked as if the Carolina search might be over. Led by 6 ft. 6 in. Olympian Al Wood--who finished with 18 points--they kept Indiana from scoring in the first five minutes of the game and jumped out to an 8-2 lead. But the calm Hoosier squad then ran off a string of six unanswered points and tied the game up at 8-8 with about ten minutes to go in the first half. The tide switched again, however, as Wood made an inside power move and laid it up-and-in to claim his 2000th...
...Indiana, though, the supporters of veteran Bayh are beginning to breathe a little easier. Seeking his fourth term in a state ruled by Republicans, Bayh met harsh criticism early from Republican foe Dan Quayle. Pointing to the Hoosier State's moderate/conservative population, Quayle insists Bayh would make a great senator--for Massachusetts...
Team Arena, which includes Hoosier and Olympic teammate Mark and Olympic teammate Mark Spitz, as well as Don Schollander, Shirley Babashoff, and diver Micki King among others does public relations work for competitive swimming...
...spring 1976, the former Indiana University pre-dental student enrolled in two science courses at USC with plans to attend I.U. Dental School after deferring for four years. Despite enjoying the course work on the campus of the arch-rival Trojans, the Hoosier alumnus left the classes after just a few weeks to return to managing his growing business interests...