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That metropolitan basketball is a strane ise aifferent rane Seun the

Big Six conference brand with sina all courts and quaint officiating inter-
preteations. that confuse’ and nystify visiting teams, was the observation
-of Bruce Drake, University’ of OlsLahoma: ba: sketball coach, upon his return
here from the Bast. where his Sooners split hod Lang: interseetional secs
with Temple and Fordhan, =

.. "We had a svell time and vere treated royally". Drake: anita, tt:

™e. “found our game totally unfit for the ‘shall Ber ae courts: ve had to
nlay on at. Philadelvhia and Madison Square. Garden. ‘Also: "Te: ran un acainst
eastern rule interpretations that seemed as far divorecd from ours as foot-
ball is from rugby. ‘The officiatins was honest, but: es 2 See
vastly different... e 4

Sooners Give Up Iden oA
. "We had to abendon our set m4 Lays almost aeeGpathed because we were
fouled so much for ‘nicking off. On the offense, if one of our boys
moved.over in. front of ‘an bee te cand stood still, the eastern cfficials
fouled us for blockin«. Even kg you ret to" pn” ‘Shot first t; Mid Gall it an
illegsl bloct., Z “te af
| "Missouri's screening fame suffered just as padly as ours, In their
game against Nev Yor: university, thet vere: fouled sO. nae gg ‘in - fires
haif for ‘nicking off! that their offens e was ruined,’ |

Drake said, the Metropolite an officinls almost tobmay a sr rexoraed
ohysical, contact. : |

"The eastern teans crucify ‘a post man, bi e889 Ty with the: Slbdve,
anc the player who can charee his onponent and wrestvie the ball evay f:rom
_ hin, is.a hero ‘here, This interpretation didn't handicap us, however,"

- Drake says the, eastern teams use’ very Little nol ing a but Gepens

aod ty. upon cuts, running blocks, and lone § set Shots. ,

Bast Uses Spot. Passes. ” ele) 2s bic Ma DIO. eld
"They are better set shots than our teans: out ete. ™ ‘he’ onined,
"Their set, shots are delivered about chin high with Lobe of wrist action
and little. knee bend, If you turn your back on the all to follow one
0, their. cutters into the basket, they like to feed this cutter with a
spot. pass and he "ron! it let on the ballis coming until” _ eae in his

hands, It's all man-for-mon defense there. M

: Although he saw Southern California break Long Islend'!s 43-zane win-
ning string, Dra‘<e thought. New York: university, ‘Missouri's: onnonent, was
the best team he sav on the.trin., . He also thought Ben Auerbach, iiew Yoru
university's gaard, was the finest player he sar’, with Vauehn of South-
ern Celifornia and King, Lone.Island Negro,. close.

Drake said the Sooners played "sorry bali" on the-triv,
. "Te looked. good arainst Fordhsn until ve played out when leading
tventy noints in the second half," he said. ‘te had only three practices
on our, whole trin and got ‘badly out of condition, Also some of our boys
were ‘scared! end it was hare for any of us to vr ‘our oe on. the” seme,
there were sO many thines to see, of

“I'guess we. were kinda Like’ iALicé “in Ronderié and, |

ee KR ee ROK & hegiosde.

en “Boexander Paetiton Junior High's players each Se0PeR at ‘Tenete
16 no ints beating Deady 128 to 37, ~-Hous ton, Texps, Teiiary ~ 1989