NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BASKETBALL COACHES
President Kelleher Calls
Conferences and Executive Committee Meetings
March 24-25-26, 1944
Hotel Belvedere
(Across 49th Street from The Garden)

During the National Collegiate A. A. and the finals of the Invitation
Tournaments at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Because of wartime restrictions, we are asked not to hold our
annual convention. Instead we are holding our conferences and execu-
tive committee meetings as we did in 1943. We urge every member who
can make the trip to New York without overburdening transportation
facilities to attend and to take part in the discussions, It seems
imperative that the coaches, who can, should meet this year bringing
with them the thoughts and feelings of their associates in the various
areas.

The Rules Committee is having full sessions Monday and Tuesday
following our meetings, and we must send to them a full and clear
statement of our problems and our suggested solutions. IN PARTICULAR,
IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT EVERY OFFICER OF THE ASSOCIATION ATTEND AND EVERY
CHAIRMAN OF A COMMITTEE; ALSO EVERY MEMBER WHO HAS HELD OFFICE OR BEEN
CHAIRMAN OF A COMMITTEE.

We must plan for the immediate future as well as for this post-
war period,
"TNFORMATION PLEASE"

At the Hotel Belvedere there will be a “Headquarters" room where
you may get information, meet your friends, argue about basketball, and
know you are among friends.

At the conferences, reports will be heard from various committee
chairmen and from those having special assignments. HERBERT W. READ,
representing both the Research and the Rules sections, will make a full
report on his questionnaire and will preside over the Rules discussion
period. BRUCE DRAKE will present a special report on “goal tenders."
ADOLPH RUPP (whose team is in the Invitation Tournament) is Chairman
of the Officials't Committee. HAROLD OLSEN (whose team is in the
N.C.A.A. Tournament) is Chairman of the Tournament Committee. BILL
CHANDLER is Bulletin Editor and should tell us about that "Penalty
Box" experiment.

The N.C.A.A. promises to furnish gratis one ticket for Friday and
Saturday nights to each member in good standing of the Coaches Associa-
tion who attends the conferences.

The Invitation Tournament Committee will provide a ticket for the
Sunday night finals, but it may not be gratis.

The luncheon fflonday is given by Ned Irish and the Writers’
Association.

The high school games Saturday afternoon in the Garden will be
open to the coaches.

N.B. a) Hotel accommodations in New York City are crowded. Make your
own reservations, and make them early.
b) We need to know whether you plan to come. Check and mail the
enclosed postal card immediately.

 

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