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Memphis State's brand-new basketball coach. Bob Vanatta, was a certified authority on the task his Memphis State Tigers faced in Madison Square Garden in the final game of the National Invitation Tournament. Memphis State's opponent was more than just another good team; almost every man on the Bradley University squad was also a Vanatta product, personally recruited and painstakingly trained during the past two seasons when Vanatta was Bradley's head coach...
...Then Vanatta's skill began to show. He knew what to expect from his last year's players, and he sent his Memphis Tigers back on the court prepared for Bradley's all-court press. Slowing the game, picking their play patterns carefully, hitting the basket with sudden accuracy, the Tigers moved into the lead. They held on even after their star, Win Wilfong, fouled out, were in front 83-81 with less than a minute to go. Then the referees seemed to lose their whistles; players sprawled all over the court, fouling and being fouled...
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