College Basketball: What to Do About Lew

There is a growing suspicion among at least 20 college basketball coaches that they have just wasted two whole years working furiously on their defenses and doodling the name Alcindor on the backs of old envelopes. It was heartbreaking enough when Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr., the most sought-after high-school basketball player in the U.S. two years ago, decided to pass up their scholarship offers and go to U.C.L.A. instead. It was worse when the coaches checked their schedules for 1966-67 and discovered that they would have to meet him in person. Now Lew Alcindor is 19, a sophomore playing...

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