or two and jump and shoot on the way up. I didn't jump and shoot at the height of my jump, the way they do now. I'd let the ball go right near my face; I'd push and shoot, off my fingertips." Furthermore, he shot "the ball with one hand while he hung in the air, in defiance of basketball style." He was an all-around player, whose play and shooting were exciting. "Hank could take over a game like Michael Jordan if he had to," said former Stanford teammate Don Williams. "He was an absolute artist on the basketball court." Luisetti contracted spinal meningitis while serving in the Navy, ending his basketball career. He never played in the NBA, but "in 1950, the nation's sportswriters voted him the second-best player in the first half of the century." Among his other accomplishments, he was a naval officer during World War II. He died in San Mateo, California, in 2002. Additional facts on Luisetti: Luisetti shot a two-handed set shot as well as the running one-hander. He shot his foul shots under handed, like almost everyone else of that era. Luisetti used the running one-hander during the transition game, as Stanford's offense of that time relied heavily upon on the fast break. He used the two-handed set shot in the half-court offense. Those close to Luisetti never referred to him as "Hank", a chosen name he came up with in his high school days because "Angie" sounded girlish. As he matured in college, he preferred that close friends refer to him as "Ange." For 12 consecutive seasons, in every league—from first year in high school to his final season in the service leagues of World War II—Luisetti either won a championship or played in the final game of a championship. For several years prior to Luisetti showing up on the Stanford varsity for the 1935-36 season, Stanford did not have a winning season. For the three years Luisetti played varsity basketball, Stanford not only had winning seasons, they won the Pacific Coast Southern Division championship each year. Moreover, in those three years, Stanford went on to win the Pacific Coast championship in a best of 3 championship series with the Northern Division champions. According to basketball promoter Ned Irish, Luisetti was the only player who by himself could sell out Madison Square Garden during the 1930s. It was for this reason that