Word: pivots
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Pivot men Ed Blodnick and Harry Sacks paced the varsity basketball team to an impressive 68 to 47 opening game victory over Boston University at the I.A.B. Saturday night...
...forward last year, Sacks will open at center; a very deceptive man in the pivot, he has a good hook shot with either hand. But Sacks is only 6 feet 3 inches, and his three inch taller replacement, Ed Blodnick, may get into the game early. Blodnick was second only to Dennis in scoring as a sophomore and did not go out for the sport last year. According to the director, "He's playing the best ball he's played...
...former, for Shepard is an excellent and well-liked coach. He has been in the business full-time for 17 years, starting at Davidson and coming here in 1949. Knowing basketball inside and out, Shepard this year plans to emphasize the inside: "We're going to work off the pivot," he reports...
Ruth, of course, is gone via graduation, so passing is definitely not a Wildcat forte, even though polished Army returnee Bill Rowland is taking over at the pivot post. But the ground attack should continue to take up the slack...
Harry Sacks again led the Crimson scorers with 20 points, mostly on short pivot shots. Bill Dennis shot nine foul shots to pace the fourth-quarter spurt. Ed Condon, Dick Manning, and Forrest Hansen also contributed several points at critical moments; Condon's set shot pulled the Crimson up to a late 62-all tie and his foul shot put it in front to stay shortly after, with three minutes left in the game...