West Virginia University N.I.T. Championship Winning Team Receiving Trophy
Date:
1942/03/26
Description:
Newspaper clipping on back of photograph reads: "Rudy Baric receives national invitation tournament championship trophy for West Virginia University at Garden last night after Mountaineers, seeded last in field of eight, beat Western Kentucky 47-45, in final. Jack Coffey, Fordham athletic director, makes the presentation. Baric, voted outstanding player of the tournament, is West Virginia's captain and center. Left to right kneeling are: Dick Kesling, Scotty Hamilton and Roger Hicks (behind trophy). Left to right standing are Walter Rollins, Lou Kalmar (with arm around coach's shoulder), Coach Dyke Raese, Baric, Neil Montone, George Rickey, Don Raese and Coffey."
Clair Bee With Likely Members of One of His Basketball Teams Next to Airplane
Date:
Undated
Description:
Bee is the man on far right. He holds one of the highest winning percentages for a coach in NCAA Division I basketball history, 82.6%. He is also known as an innovator of the modern game of basketball, and is credited with the invention of the 1-3-1 zone defense and the three seconds rule. He was born in Grafton, West Virginia.
Bee is the man second from right. He holds one of the highest winning percentages for a coach in NCAA Division I basketball history, 82.6%. He is also known as an innovator of the modern game of basketball, and is credited with the invention of the 1-3-1 zone defense and the three seconds rule. He was born in Grafton, West Virginia.
Clair Bee, Basketball Coach at Long Island University, N.Y.
Date:
Undated
Description:
Bee holds one of the highest winning percentages for a coach in NCAA Division I basketball history, 82.6%. He is also known as an innovator of the modern game of basketball, and is credited with the invention of the 1-3-1 zone defense and the three seconds rule. He was born in Grafton, West Virginia.
Bee is the man on the right. He holds one of the highest winning percentages for a coach in NCAA Division I basketball history, 82.6%. He is also known as an innovator of the modern game of basketball, and is credited with the invention of the 1-3-1 zone defense and the three seconds rule. He was born in Grafton, West Virginia.
