Edmonton Grads Dominate NCAA Basketball

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Were the all-conquering Edmonton Grads the most dominant team of all time?

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Edmonton Grads took part in more than 400 games between 1915 and 1940 and lost only 20 .

They were renowned for their accurate short passing, which owed much to the small size of their practice gym.

Women’s basketball would not become an Olympic sport until 1976 , 40 years after the men.

From 1922 to 1940 the Grads used only 38 players (all now deceased) Many were the children of families who moved to Alberta for economic opportunities from the US , Ontario , Scotland and England .

Winnie Tait , one of the top players, was blessed with quick hands: capable of typing 105 words a minute, she was the winner of her category in the 1918 Canadian Typewriting Championship .

The Grads won all nine games, one team from Nice was dispatched, 85 -9.

But the 1938 Women’s World Games were cancelled after the IWSF folded.

The outbreak of war saw the Grads disband in 1940 .

The federal government turned the team's arena into a military training centre.

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