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...Kentucky. From the opening jump-off between Miner David Lattin and Wildcat Thad Jaracz, they had Kentucky off balance and off the goal. Midway through the first half, when Bobby Joe Hill, 21, Texas Western's standout guard, cleanly stole the ball twice in a row at midcourt, the Wildcats went into a reel that they never quite pulled out of. With a defense that strangled Kentucky in close and on the outside, Texas Western just kept pulling away by leaps and bounds until the final horn crowned them the national champions...
With six seconds left, Keith Sedlacek tried a jump shot from the circle. It was blocked by 6-6 Ed Hummer, who scooped the ball over to Haarlow. The sophomore dribbled twice and then banked in a running one-hander from the midcourt line...
With ten seconds to play, the score was tied at 85-all, and Harvard had the ball out of bounds at midcourt. Gene Dressler threw a looping pass into the backcourt over the head of guard Bob Seller -- who fell down. The Jumbos' Pete Scully picked up the loose ball, drew a foul, and rank two free throws to give Tufts the victory...
...outside, where height is relatively valueless. "We aren't a big team," says Mullaney, "so we have to try different things"-and lately he has been alternating his combination with a zone press, in which the Providence defenders pounce on the attackers as soon as they reach midcourt, trying to force wild throws that can be intercepted...
...which he leaps up and rams the ball through the hoop from above) and the "backward dunk" (the same thing, but backward over his head), and the only way anybody has figured out to stop him from scoring is to glue his sneakers to the floor somewhere around midcourt...