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Nevada Southern Presents Third Annual Holiday Basketball Classic, Pete Peters Dec 1963

Nevada Southern Presents Third Annual Holiday Basketball Classic, Pete Peters

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If you love basketball, enjoy the electricity in the air during a tournament and like to root for the underdog ... then you have come to the right place.

Nevada Southern's Holiday Classic has furnished local fans a lot of thrills, surprises and good basketball in the two previous tournaments. It's 8-5 that this tourney will do likewise.

Let's look back.

In 1961 we saw one of the nation's strongest teams, Orange State win the championship by defeating Cal Poly of Pomona, 80-73. Edgar Clark, who was as graceful as a ballet dancer performing at Carnegie Hall, led the Titans …