Word: oops
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...questionable Crimson strategy to give the Lion's a few opportunities in the first ten minutes. "We got caught up trying to play short passes," Ford explained. Harvard's bunching led to two, carbon copy break-aways by Shayan within three minutes. In both cases, he took an alley-oop style pass from behind midfield and broke in behind a Crimson defender, moving his gawky frame with deceptive speed. Walsh charged Shayan, inducing him to shoot wide to the right from high in the penalty area...
...strategist, and the second-year coach seemed at a total loss during last night's contest (although, to be fair, the game may have been uncoachable). Except for a couple of crisp first-half fast breaks and one perfectly executed Fine-to-Don Fleming alley oop, the Crimson players appeared to lack both confidence and a sense of what their roles were...
With the score 60-40, Hooft put home a rebound off a Don Fleming shot. After a basket by Perry, Hooft rejected a Crusader shot and streaked down the court to bank in a gorgeous alley-oop pass from Glenn Fine off the fast break...
Aided by some perfect passing, the Crimson scored easy layups on an alley-oop play and a breakaway basket to capture a four-point lead early in the second half. Once the score reached 70-67 in Harvard's favor with ten minutes remaining in the contest, both teams suffered a five-minute scoring drought until a Bentley field goal broke the ice, setting the stage for Fine's defensive masterpiece...
Sidney Wicks converted an alley-oop slam dunk into a three-point play with 1:04 remaining to put the Celts ahead to stay. Hustling Kermit Washington contributed 18 points and 17 rebounds...