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Howard (Hobby) Hobson, who coached the 1939 University of Oregon basketball team to the first NCAA basketball championship and was a member of the National Basketball Hall of Fame, died in Portland. He was 87.
He compiled a 212-124 record in 11 years at Oregon.
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