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Herlihy, a professor of Medieval History, and Jones both graduated from the University of San Francisco. Herlihy graduated in 1952. Jones graduated in 1956, the year he and Bill Russell led the USF team to an undefeated season culminating with victory in the NCAA championship...
...shutting down the program? It was unheard of. USF is the first high-powered NCAA member to voluntarily drop a sport under such circumstances. Lo Schiavo's move was heretofore unthinkable in the context of today's big-business intercollegiate athletics. As the combative basketball coach of the University of Indians, Bobby Knight, commented: "I was shocked that a university president would be willing to do that," Lo Schiavo described USF's dilemma elegantly: "How can we contribute to the building of a decent, law-abiding society in this county if educational institutions are willing to suffer their principles...
This was no shoe-string operation that he shut down. Through the years, San Francisco has been practically synonymous with big-time college basketball success. USF was the proud home of the legendary Bill Russell, under whom it won two national collegiate titles. Today the school has seven graduates playing in the National Basketball Association. Since 1924, the team has notched 869 wins and only 467 losses. It has been nothing less than a powerhouse...
...abuse. Who, except for a couple of sanctimonious sportswriters, cares anymore whether State University gets docked two or three years of television appearances for buying a car for Johnny Superstar? What casual reader, for that matter, raised his eyebrow more than slightly upon hearing of the abuses in the USF basketball program...
Doyle shut out USF, 4-0, in the first game, before the Floridians came back to win the second, 6-4. Against Eckerd, Harvard lost in straight sets, 7-6, 7-6, after double-faulting several times in the tie-breakers...