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Scout.com: March Madness, 1947: Herd Wins NAIB Title (1210 words) |
 | The Herd middle-man in the break, junior Andy Tonkovich, hit a free throw to give Marshall the lead late, then took the ball out of bounds, as the old rules of basketball allowed, and dribbled away the clock for a 55-54 win. |
| Center Gene "Goose" James, senior captain Bill Hall and Tonkovich were all first team NAIB All-Americans, while Toothman was captain of the second team and Marvin Gutshall, who had served in the Marines in the island campaigns at Iwo Jima and other invasions against the Japanese, was honorable mention on the All-American team. |
| The next season, Toothman, James and Tonkovich were honorable mention All-Americans on the Associated Press national collegiate team ("Tonk" was also second team NAIB All-American the next season, when Marshall beat Syracuse to win the Los Angeles Invitational, but fell in quarterfinals of the NAIB tourney). |
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