Word: team
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Boot for the Billikens. Top-seeded, top-ranking Kentucky lost (67-56) to its first tournament opponent, a husky Loyola University (of Chicago) team that had not even been seeded. The fans had the unusual sight of a veteran team losing its poise. Two of Kentucky's three all-Americas (Alex Groza and Wah Wah Jones) left the game on fouls; only little Ralph Beard played up to his press clippings...
Second-seeded St. Louis, the only other team to have beaten Kentucky this year, did no better. Bowling Green booted the Billikens...
...Belmont Town Team, of which McCurdy is a member, edged out the Saint Alphonsus team 75 to 73 in the tournament finals held yesterday in the Somerville High School gym. Twelve teams took part in the tournament, which started a week and a half...
Walt McCurdy of this year's varsity basketball team won two trophies yesterday for being the highest scorer and the most valuable player in the local Dilboy invitation Basketball Tournament...
...members of this year's ill-fated basketball team, Jack Richards and Walt McCurdy, have a chance to get back at the Blue this evening in New Haven when their charges, the champions of the Boston Inter-Settlement Basketball League, meet the best New Haven YMCA teams, sponsored by the Yale Christian Association...