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Zuffelato replaced Chuck Daly as coach of the Eagles in 1971. Last year's highly-touted quintet went 9-17 after it had ranked 19th in the nation in Sports Illustrated's pre-season poll. Apparently, Zuffelato saw the writing on the wall when his team began to flounder once again midway through the season...
Other quintets copping first place ballots were North Carolina and Michigan. The Tar Heels took over the number five position, as well as three first place votes, with routs of Clemson and Virginia, while the Wolverines, everyone's pre-season choice for number one, held the sixth spot with three wins last week...
...that was missing was the playing of "God Save the Queen." The Union Jack was flying high over the court at the IAB last night, as England's Team Fiat upended Harvard's varsity hoopsters, 88-85, in a pre-season exhibition contest...
Before the varsity game, the Harvard freshmen destroyed Leicester Junior College, 107-73, in a pre-season scrimmage. Center Joe Beaullieu led the frosh hoopsters with 21 points...
Holtz wrote a victory song for the team during the pre-season but, like Napolean's Marseillaise-singing recruits, Holtz's charges have not amounted to much more than cannon fodder for the opposition...