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The fast break is the most widely used system today in basketball. There are almost as many variations of the fastbreak as there are teams using it, but the objective is always the same. Advance the ball into offensive territory before the defense has a chance to get organized. It is also of prime importance to get the ball into the offensive area with the number of offensive players outnumbering the defensive players. This, of course, usually results in an unmolested basket.
Frank Keeney, former Rhode Island State basketball coach, came up with the "race-horse" style of play in the mid-forties, that was the fastest of the fast breaks. His teams ran so fast they gave you a cold going by! Keeney was fortunate in having personnel who were exceedingl yfast and could shoot well. During the 1946 season, when average scoring for college teams was in the 60's, RhodeIsland State averaged eighty-three points per game for the entire season. Over a 5 yr. period Rhode Island State won 80% of its games and its All-American center Ernie Calverly was 5' 10". It was ironic that in the finals of the National Invitational Tourney, they should meet anothe rfast breaking team in the U. of Kentucky and have Kentucky control the ball on them, and win 46-45. Table of Contents
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