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...Harvard--trailing by only two with 1:15 to go--failed protect the top of the key and close up the lane, as Yale freshman forward Chris Kelly pumped in a 19-ft jumper and sophomore guard Butch Graves connected on a fast break layup. The pair sandwiched their tallies around another Fleming hoop to put the Bulldogs up by four, 78-74 at 56 seconds...

Author: By Andy Doctoroff, | Title: Cagers Fall to Elis In Final Minutes | 3/6/1982 | See Source »

Down 40-37, Cornell backcourt man George Hall then tied things up the next time down the court as he converted a layup and was fouled in the aftershooting His free throw was good, knotting the score...

Author: By John Beilenson, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Men Hoopsters Down Cornell | 2/20/1982 | See Source »

...Crimson squad made an innumerable number of turnovers. The easiest baskets didn't fall through the hoop--even the many layup opportunities turned out to be worthless...

Author: By Andy Doctoroff, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Women Cagers Fall, 53-52; 4th Period Slump Keys Loss | 12/17/1981 | See Source »

That didn't matter, however, because freshman forward Wendy Joseph's bucket and Long's layup underneath the basket all but sealed the lid on Harvard's first victory of the 1981-82 campaign...

Author: By Andy Doctoroff, | Title: Women Hoopsters Bounce Penn, 57-55; Long Paces Crimson to First Victory | 12/7/1981 | See Source »

...first major acquisition was Maxwell, a former University of North Carolina-Charlotte standout. Spindly at 6 ft. 8 in., 217 lbs., Maxwell looks awkward walking across a room, but displays a spidery grace leaping for rebounds or twisting over the outstretched arms of defenders as he soars for a layup. Last year he was joined at forward by Larry Bird, the Indiana State star who was a first-round draft choice as a junior and signed as a senior for a reported $650,000 a year. That acquisition gave the Celtics the N.B.A.'s best pair of forwards, unselfish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: What's Green and Goes Swish? | 5/25/1981 | See Source »

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