Re: From WWII to the NCAAs: "Tex" Kauferhalter's Defensive R
Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2023 9:54 pm
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Date Rank Team Score W/L Record Key Players
1/4 @ Colgate W 85-68 8-4 (1-0) W. Lloyd (20 pts 8 ast 4 stl 1 blk) R. Toton (14 pts 3 reb)
1/7 Navy W 68-47 9-4 (2-0) R. Harris (24 pts 13 reb 1 ast 1 stl) W. Lloyd (9 pts 3 reb 2 ast 3 stl)
1/11 @ Holy Cross W 83-76 10-4 (3-0) J. Miles (29 pts 2 reb 4 ast 2 stl) R. Harris (15 pts 14 reb 1 ast)
1/14 Lehigh W 72-51 11-4 (4-0) R. Harris (29 pts 14 reb 3 stl) V. Evans (11 pts 5 reb 4 ast 2 stl)
1/18 @ Bucknell W 70-60 12-4 (5-0) R. Harris (19 pts 12 reb 1 ast 1 stl) W. Lloyd (17 pts 4 reb 5 ast)
1/21 Loyola MD W 81-53 13-4 (6-0) R. Harris (20 pts 9 reb 1 blk) T. Walton (17 pts 1 reb 1 ast)
1/25 @ Boston University W 74-63 14-4 (7-0) R. Harris (35 pts 12 reb 1 ast) V. Evans (14 pts 5 reb 4 stl)
1/28 @ Lafayette L 69-72 14-5 (7-1) R. Harris (16 pts 11 reb 1 ast 2 stl) W. Lloyd (17 pts 2 reb 3 ast 4 stl)
JANUARY 29, 1951 . . . Our conference regular season win streak ended last night at 41 wins, thanks to a tough loss at Lafayette by three in a game that had been back-and-forth for the entire forty minutes, including 16 lead changes and nine ties. We still have to face American (13-6, 6-2, 63 NET) twice as well as all the remaining teams for the second time, and we’re only one game up on American and Lafayette (12-7, 6-2, 57 NET). We’re in a dangerous position -- the league is in position to potentially score two NCAA bids if all three teams at the top keep playing strong, but more likely the winner of the conference tournament will go to the NCAAs, while the loser (even if they win the regular season) would most likely wind up back in the NIT. So these next ten games plus the conference tourney will determine our fate, and the success / failure line is razor thin.
Randy Harris (18.4 ppg 11.6 rpg 1.2 apg 1.1 spg 0.5 bpg) has qualified for the next round of the Norton Award voting, having finished 11th in this round’s straw polling. He’s been playing like an All American this year as a Junior, and with 1,412 points and 798 rebounds to this date in his career he is now the school’s career record holder in both, with more than a year left to play!
I also got bad news on the recruiting front. Brandon Deane failed to qualify, failing his SAT with an abysmal 850 score. So we have an open scholarship yet to fill. He was our highest rated recruit, so that comes as a real blow to our recruiting class.