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Height should be the deciding factor when the basketball team opens its season against M.I.T. at 8:30 p.m. tonight at the Blockhouse. Coach Norm Shepard will start two men--Captain Norm Shepard will start two men--Captain Ed Smith and Dick Lionetto--over six foot five, while the tallest first-string man on the Tech squad is Hank Hohorst at six four. The rest of the visiting squad is correspondingly small--the captain, Leon Hong, is five foot five...
...Shepard will probably use the same type of offense he worked against Providence College in a scrimmage this week. Lionette will operate an the pivot man from the celler's usual position. Smith will follow the progress of the ball from the outside, moving in for rebounds. The two will probably switch after a while...
Defense will be based upon the man-to-man system with liberal switching. Shepard prefers the straight man-to-man, but thinks it is a little too early for his team to start using...
...varsity basketball team will not be as good as expected when it opens its 26-game season against M.I.T. Friday, but it could have been a lot worse. Coach Norm Shepard will probably start a team that will be missing a few veterans he counted on; on the other hand, he has three sophomores who have come up surprisingly...
...Shepard has kept Hickey in for as long as possible in all of the squad's scrimmages so far. Hickey is quick, strong, and very aggressive-he has compiled five personal fouls in both home scrimmages. Particularly adopt at coming up with rebounds and loose balls, Hickey is a fine play-maker...