Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 30, No. 11. 1967.
Indoor Basketball, Mens
Indoor Basketball, Mens
This year's VUW Men's Indoor Basketball team cannot be expected to improve on Its fourth placing at Tournament last year.
The team's strength lies in its big forwards, who can probably hold their own with other teams both in scoring and rebounding on both attacking and defensive backboards. Pivotman John Hall is 6ft 4in tall and the average height of the three first line forwards is 6ft 2in. which is quite tall by New Zealand standards, although Otago fields a 6ft 7in centre.
Backing up the three first-line forwards is the speedy Malaysian student, Y. H. Khoo, who is expected to play well at Tournament, where the defence met is often less rigorous and exacting than that encountered in the Wellington A grade competition.
The major weakness in the team is a shortage of fast mid-court men with good ball control and passing ability, This has meant that the accurate shooter Bruce Ramsay has been shifted to the mid-court, a position to which he is not entirely accustomed.
There are weaknesses but Vic may be able to surprise at Dunedin. The team is: G. Annear, K. Elliot (capt.), J. Hall, Y. H. Khoo, P. Lay, W. Mullins, M. O'Connell, B. Ramsay.