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...Sweet Sixteen. Unlike most women's basketball contests, which are now played under the same rules that prevail in men's games, the tournament contests are still played by traditional women's rules: six-to-a-side basketball in which a team's three forwards and three guards are restricted to opposite ends of the court. The guards play defense and pass the ball across the midcourt line to the forwards, who work it in for good shots. While half-court rules restrict basket-to-basket flow, they also place a premium on passing and shooting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Hooping It Up Big in the Cornbelt | 3/28/1977 | See Source »

...that the CRR did not consider how the administration identified the students" in the Mass Hall sit-in of 1975. I was never asked a question about identification. The reporter told me of several allegations made by the Task Force, including the fact that only six out of sixteen students were prosecuted; I replied that this, as well as the other facts noted by the Task Force, was known...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: More CRR | 3/23/1977 | See Source »

...Sixteen schools will take part in a competition for team points, but that aspect will be of secondary importance for two reasons. First, everyone expects Lehigh to run roughshod over the rest of the field as the Engineers have habitually done in recent years...

Author: By David Clarke, | Title: Matmen Ready for Eastern Tournament | 3/3/1977 | See Source »

...recent popular song declares that "sweet sixteen has turned 31." Rock 'n' roll, too, has passed its prime, but The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock & Roll serves as a superbly detailed, carefully compiled "remembrance of things past...

Author: By Margaret ANN Hamburg, | Title: You Make Me Feel Like Dancing | 1/28/1977 | See Source »

Sanders and assistant coaches Mike Jarvis and Buddy O'Neil must feel like Sharrach, Mesach, and Abednego entering the burning, fiery furnace every time they set foot in the Palestra. The Quakers have beaten the Crimson sixteen consecutive times and hold a 73-17 series advantage. Harvard may have its best shot in ages to knock off Chuck Daly's foundering squad on Saturday...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: The Going Gets Tough | 1/7/1977 | See Source »

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