From a 1998 Washington Post profile about Hyde, read about his central role in what many consider one of the greatest upsets in college basketball history:

An all-Chicago basketball center in high school, he was a freshman sub at Georgetown when he went in to guard future Hall of Famer George Mikan, playing for DePaul, in the second half of the Eastern regional finals of the 1943 NCAA tournament.

Hyde had played against Mikan in high school and knew that he always peeked over his shoulder in the direction he was going to shoot. Hyde also knew that the referee was a hot dog so intent on making dramatic gestures, that he took his eyes off the play when a shooter made his move.

“So just as Mikan was about to shoot, I gave him a little push,” Hyde says with a grin. “Oh, it’s great to be young!”

Mikan scored only one point in the second half, and Georgetown won the game 53-49 (but lost the championship to the University of Wyoming the next week).