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Slowing down the tempo of the game limits the scoring. Princeton yields only 54.2 points per game, while netting only 63.9 points a game. Without the three-point shot, which the Tigers sink at an amazing 48 percent clip, scoring in Princeton games might be as low as Paul Simon's earlobes...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Pete Carril's Sleeping Pill | 2/17/1988 | See Source »

...Veritones, in contrast, were beleaguered by tuning and arrangement problems. On both "Stormy Weather" and the upbeat "Sunny," their lugubrious tempo seemed better suited to a dirge or a tune by Stephen Foster...

Author: By David L. Greene, | Title: Nourishment for Hungry Ears | 2/16/1988 | See Source »

...five Tiger starters average between 30 to 38 minutes an outing, and the Crimson, which has slowed its tempo a tad from last year, may look...

Author: By Casey J. Lartigue jr., | Title: Cagers Hit the Road for Weekend Series | 2/12/1988 | See Source »

...Harvard men's basketball team's exciting up-tempo offense--which produced 82 points a game last year--struggled in the early season, scoring less than 62 points in three of the squad's first eight contests...

Author: By Casey J. Lartigue jr., | Title: Scoot, Shoot or Sink | 1/15/1988 | See Source »

...pressure defense forced the tempo and Harvard began to score at will, putting together 13 runs of at least four unanswered points...

Author: By Casey J. Lartigue jr., | Title: Men Cagers Overrule the Judges, 81-63 | 12/14/1987 | See Source »

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