It's been almost 50 years since they last put a team on the court but Lawrence Tech has decided to bring back its men’s and women’s varsity basketball programs.
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"In the 1940s, LTU helped change the pace of collegiate basketball with a run-and-shoot offense that made Hankins the top scorer among major college players in 1947-48. Denning was a post player with a devastating hook shot with either hand who later played for the Harlem Globetrotters and was drafted by the Baltimore Bullets (today the Washington Wizards).
That tradition gives Head Coach Tom Kempf of the men’s team and Head Coach Mary Pinkowski of the women’s team something to aim for, but right now they have to concentrate on the challenges of molding brand new teams with mostly freshman players."
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