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Post by Ray on Jun 3, 2018 17:01:15 GMT -5
This classic has apparently recently been uploaded to Youtube in it's entirety:
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Post by hchoops on Jun 3, 2018 17:12:12 GMT -5
Thanks so much, Ray. My first HC games as a soph in HS. Sat with the HC students behind the basket.
A great game
A sad end
My memory is the HC student section shaking the guide wires behind the PChoop as Vinnie Ernst was taking the key Free throw with no time left. In OT we lost by 8.
The tape does not show it, but I think the refs waited to give Ernst the ball until the basket stopped shaking
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Post by Ray on Jun 3, 2018 17:27:29 GMT -5
A great game A sad end My memory is the HC student section shaking the guide wires behind the PChoop as Vinnie Ernst was taking the key Free throws in OT. Refs stopped the game until the basket stopped moving.
My father (PC grad) told me the same story.
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Post by hchoops on Jun 3, 2018 17:56:34 GMT -5
Player—number
Foley—32
Blaney—12
Shea—34
Slattery- 50(I think)
PC
11–Ernst
Big—Hadnot
Other guard—Egan
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Post by hchoops on Jun 3, 2018 18:29:51 GMT -5
Watching the game
1- the only player I have seen who shot with both arms extended with elbows locked—an all-wrist shot—Jack the shot
2- how tough was Tim Shea. I played against him when he was in his late 40s, still tough.
3-Terrific passing vs the PC zone which overplayed Jack
4- 2 great comebacks, one in regulation, the other in OT
5- George made some clutch shots at the end of regulation
6- Ernst was super quick
7- Boston Mayor Ray Flynn was also out there
8- Rumor had it that after soph Ernst was named MVP after PC won the final, senior Johnny Egan walked off the floor and did not return to school
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Post by timholycross on Jun 3, 2018 18:35:13 GMT -5
The parts I saw jive with the very high average number of rebounds per game in those days...a ton of missed shots
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Post by hchoops on Jun 3, 2018 18:41:54 GMT -5
We were 21-5
6 home games
for those worried about a long commitment, the tape is just under 40 minutes
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Post by DiMarz on Jun 3, 2018 19:54:50 GMT -5
I love the video..I am trying to get it to Jack Foley, I worked with his son..The game has changed so much..Today's player handle the ball so much better and the Defense is so much more aggressive today...The ball moves so nicely, but that is, in my eyes, because the D is so soft..The game was so much less physical...
A great find!!
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Post by hchoops on Jun 3, 2018 21:44:13 GMT -5
The game then was far less physical, true, but without a shot clock it was played fast.
HC’s passing reminded me of today’s Warriors. All 5 on the floor could pass the ball, and quickly.
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Post by sader81 on Jun 5, 2018 6:21:38 GMT -5
Ran into Tim Moynihan yesterday. He was a reserve on PC’s team that year. He had fond memories of the game and said that the PC players are all still in touch with each other, and had shared the you tube video this past weekend. He mentioned the guide wire incident that Ray mentions above.
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Post by hchoops on Jun 8, 2018 16:30:25 GMT -5
The parts I saw jive with the very high average number of rebounds per game in those days...a ton of missed shots Well in 1955-56 Tommy H averaged 21.1 RPG |
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Post by WorcesterGray on Jun 8, 2018 17:16:53 GMT -5
In 1955-56, HC shot 39.4% and its opponents just 34.4% - in 27 games, HC and opponents combined to miss over 2,400 shots, nearly 90 per game. By 1960-61, those numbers had improved - HC shot 45.6%, opponents 39.9% with 2,200 total misses in the team's 26 games (85/G). Last season, HC and opponents missed about 1,700 shots in 31 games (55/G). The 55-56 club averaged about 75 FGA/G, the 17-18 unit just 50 or so. Btw, in 1955-56, the leading rebounder in the country averaged 25.6/G. www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/holy-cross/1956.html |
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