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BTW - the first year of the tournament, 1939, was the first year played under the new rule that when a team scored a basket, the other team got the ball OOB. Up through 1938, there was a jump ball after every basket.
Also, the Duck's coach in 1939, Howard Hobson, taught a match-up zone. He said that by doing that, the other team's offense didn't know what kind of offensive sets to use, those designed to work against zones or those designed to work against man-to-man.
The guy was way ahead of his time. He also advocated widening the lane and putting in a 3-point line.
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