Word: backcourts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...quick backcourt was able to fluster the Harvard guards, forcing the Crimson into an uncharacteristically high 20 turnovers for the contest. Frustrated by the pressure, the Crimson fell behind by as many as 19 points early in the second half before it made...
Scottie Pippen, of course, prospered under Jordan's tutelage in practice; he had arrived in the league with great but raw natural skills, virtually untutored. He had unusually long arms, a wingspan that exceeded Jordan's and allowed him to play in the backcourt with the quickness of a guard and the reach of a center; as such he had, if anything, even greater potential as a defensive player than Jordan. Nothing in those early years helped him more than playing against Jordan every day in practice, for Jordan was both a teacher and a killer in practice...
Tseng jumped out on Jeff Schachter quickly,taking the first set 6-2 and jumping out to a 5-0lead in the second. Through all of this hisopponent was whining and cursing his fate as Tsengsteadily dominated from the backcourt...
Harvard committed seven turnovers in the first 6:32 as the Crimson seemed unable to cope with Arkansas' quickness. Smith and her backcourt mate, junior Sytia Messer, bothered Harvard's ball-handlers relentlessly on defense Smith logged three steals in the first half...
...only if Harvard can slow down Scott andOwen, and if and only if Stanford's perimeterthreats play inside their heads--a tall order fora team whose backcourt shot over 45 percent frombeyond the arc--can the Crimson stay in the game...