Cousy considered transferring to St. John's but was persuaded by Lapchick, the coach at St. John's, to stay with Holy Cross. Cousy's fate changed during a game against Loyola of Chicago at Boston Garden. Julian had no choice but to insert him into the lineup. With Cousy leading the way as a senior in 1949-50, Holy Cross won 26 straight games and finished second in the National Invitation Tournament. It became almost a foregone conclusion that the lowly Celtics would nab Cousy in the 1950 NBA Draft.
Little men are a dime a dozen.
I'm supposed to win, not go after local yokels. Auerbach was blasted in the press. Gathered in a hotel room, the owners of the Celtics, the New York Knicks, and the Philadelphia Warriors each pulled out a name. All three wanted the league's leading scorer, Max Zaslofsky. Once that ball reached his hands, the rest of us just took off, never bothering to look back.