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City College of New York's Basketball Grand Slam Era
A half century ago CCNY built a diverse, skilled team under Nat Holman that won the NIT and NCAA tournaments in 1950. The triumph, featuring stars like Warner, Roman, Dambrot, and Mayer, ended amid a point shaving scandal that tainted the legend and changed college basketball forever.
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City College of New York
CCNY
New York
Nat Holman
Norm Mayer
Holman
Mager
Air Force
Irwin Dambrot
Ed Roman
Ed Warner
Herb Roth
Floyd Lane
Roman
Warner
Madison Square Garden
Kentucky
Adolph Rupp
Loyola of Chicago
Mayer
Tion
San Francisco
Pete Newell
Dons
Rupp
Bill Spivey
Leroy Watkins
Spivey
Watkins
Capitol
Duquesne
Bradley
City Kids
Dambrot
William O’dwyer
Ohio State
Layne
Buckeyes
North Carolina State
Gene Melchiorre
Melchiorre
NCAA