Jim Noles
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Undefeated

From Basketball to Battle: West Point's Perfect Season 1944

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In 1943 The West Point basketball team, the Cadets, had only managed a 5-10 record, and for the 1944 season coach Ed Kelleher¿s hopes in reversing Army¿s fortunes rested on his five starters. They consisted of three seniors ¿ team captain ¿Big Ed¿ Christl, John ¿Three Star¿ Hennessey, and class president Bobby Faas ¿ and two juniors, Dale Hall and Doug Kenna. At the academy, Kelleher molded his cadets into a new kind of team, and, as the new season opened in January of 1944, Kelleher¿s strategy paid handsome dividends. By the end of January, West Point was 6-0; by the end of February,...