Word: pivots
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...next year's prospects, Dick Manning, the six foot, four inch center, probably has the best chance among the freshmen to start on the varsity. Wilson completely revamped Manning's game this fall, teaching him to shoot from the outside instead of from the pivot where he played in high school. Manning's greatest ability lies in his rebounding, as shown by the fact that he took the ball off the boards 193 times this season in 16 games, several of them against taller opponents...
...other freshmen, Captain Rollin Perry and Harry Sacks, also scored over 100 points this year. Sacks made only ten points less than Shaw during the season, hitting frequently from the pivot position...
...captain. Al Stein. These two will team at the guards, with another letterman, Paul Brandt. Sophomore Ed Lehman, who averaged over 15 points on his freshman team, will play at the other forward position. Six food seven inch Dick Johnson will be the other starter in the center pivot...
Blodnick and Lionette, who played together for the first time in a varsity contest, worked very well in a shifting pivot arrangement. Blodnick was substituted for forward and Captain John Stevenson early in the first half and stayed in for most of the rest of the game. He ended up second in scoring with 13 points behind guard Bill Dennis' 14, while Lion- ette scored 11 markers...
Wilson, however, decided that he did not need a pivot man on the taller-than-average freshman team. So he is now teaching Manning how to shoot set shots from the outside and only come in to the basket to take rebounds. In the opening freshman game against M.I.T. Saturday, Manning was purposely instructed to stay out. This was in order to lure the Engineers' big center away from the backboards which he would have controlled if he had played in close...