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Although only about ten students showed up at the meeting, all said they knew many others who watch soaps but are embarrassed to "confess." "A lot of people, especially here, really don't want to admit it," Richard A. Rohan '81 said yesterday. "They associate soaps with total mindlessness," he added...
...turnabout in Columbia basketball was by no means fortuitous. It began some three years ago when dour, reserved head coach Jack Rohan stepped down in favor of Penders, who had developed a reputation as a "rebuilding expert" while coaching in Connecticut. After winning only four games against twenty losses during Penders' rookie season, the Lions are 14-4 this year. With no seniors on the team, Columbia is 6-0 in Ivy League competition and is also ensconced in first place in the N.J.-N.Y. "7" after dispatching Rutgers, Manhattan, and Fordham. In addition, the Lions won their first tournament...
...recent scoring slump and dropped in 17 points and collected 12 rebounds. Jenkins was high man with 18 points and Arnie Needleman, a 6-ft. 2-in. junior, played a strong defensive game against Columbia's Mark Hardaway and finished with 12 points. Hardaway, leading scorer for Jack Rohan's Lions, ended up with 17 points and six rebounds...
Throughout the game Rohan used a half-court zone defense that employed elements of man-to-man. He stayed with that unusual defense until 1:59 was left; Harvard had possession of the basketball and a 59-53 lead. Then Rohan whistled to his team to apply full-court pressure. Sanders called for a freeze (a tactic that Penn and Princeton used effectively last weekend against the Crimson), and despite a few last-second jitters Harvard withstood the pressure...
Tonight in the IAB the Crimson closes its home season with an 8 p.m. games against Columbia. The Lions will lose Head Coach Jack Rohan and gain a new gym next year--and that's all the New Yorkers have to hope for next year...