Sports Poets Society

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUaL1KW_Ag0 By Sam Goldaper March 22, 1979 The New York Times Archives March 22, 1979, Section D, Page 17 A 20‐foot jump shot by Butch Carter with 4 seconds left enabled Indiana to edge Purdue, 53‐52, in the final round of the National Invitation Tournament last night before a crowd of 14,889 at Madison square Garden. Before the Hoosiers' victory brought their season won‐lost mark to 22‐12. Alabama defeated Ohio State, 96‐86, for third‐place honors. Carter's basket earned him a share of the most‐valuable‐player honors with his teammate, Ray Tolbert. Ironically, the 6‐foot‐5‐inch Carter, a senior backcourt man, could easily have been the goat in a game dominated by tough defense and coaching strategy. It took 8 minutes to play the final 16 seconds, during which six timeouts were called, four by Indiana. With Purdue ahead, 52‐51, and the Hoosiers in a stall for 3 minutes 25 seconds in an effort to get the Boilermakers to come out of their zone defe...

di CHRISTIAN GIORDANO A metà anni ’30 New York City era la mecca del college basketball. Il giornalista sportivo Ned Irish era diventato il promoter principe di questo sport riempiendo il Madison Square Garden con un cartellone di due partite consecutive che vedevano le migliori squadre di New York affrontare atenei di tutto il Paese. CCNY (City College of New York) e NYU (New York University) erano le tradizionali superpotenze del basket universitario della Grande Mela, in fortissima competizione con St. John’s, Seton Hall, LIU (Long Island University), Fordham e una schiera di altri istituti. Nel 1938 la Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association sponsorizzò il primo torneo post-stagionale – il National Invitational Tournament (torneo nazionale ad inviti) – per compagini provenienti da diverse parti della nazione. Come suggerisce il nome, per partecipare le squadre dovevano essere invitate e a farlo erano i giornalisti stessi. Per quella prima edizione furono invitati sei...