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Jack Powers, iconic NYC basketball fixture, dead at 89: ‘A giant, nothing less’

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Jack Powers died Thursday at age 89 after a near 70-year run as one of the most important college basketball figures the city has ever known.

Powers, a senior at Manhattan , led the Jaspers to a surprise NCAA Tournament win over West Virginia in 1958 .

He was the executive director of the NIT , where he became a tireless advocate for the tournament.

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semi-formal

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English

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