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...wrong way," Williams continued. "Most teams try to get the ball into the high post. I'm more of a pick for the guards." In a standard Harvard play, a guard will dribble in close to Williams, who stands at the foul line with his back to the basket. The guard will then either take a shot, using Williams as a screen, or out for the basket, using him as a pick to scrape the defender...

Author: By Lee H. Simowitz, | Title: Dirty Defensive Players Harass Barry Willams At Basketball High Post | 3/4/1965 | See Source »

After Princeton had pulled in front 68 to 50, Harvard made one abortive last gasp. Sedlacek hit two long jump shots; then after a Princeton basket McClung bucketed one of his Over-the-Head Specials and Bill Fegley swished a 25-footer. With the score 70-60, Gene Dressier cannily stole the ball from Bradley, raced downcourt, took a jump shot from the foul circle--and blew it. That ended the rally...

Author: By R. ANDREW Beyer, | Title: Sedlacek Tops Bradley As Princeton Triumphs | 2/23/1965 | See Source »

Then, after a Penn basket, Williams hit a fallaway jumper from the key, followed it with a foul shot, and Sedlacek scored on a pair of free throws to put the Crimson in front...

Author: By Richard Andrews, | Title: Quintet Stuns Penn, 76-67 | 2/20/1965 | See Source »

Thirty seconds later Sedlacek hit a long bomb from the corner, and shortly thereafter McClung made a beautiful pass to Williams, whose basket put Harvard seven points ahead and out of reach. As the walls of the IAB pulsated, Crimson coach Floyd Wilson actually stood...

Author: By Richard Andrews, | Title: Quintet Stuns Penn, 76-67 | 2/20/1965 | See Source »

...Mullaney's brand of basketball. He developed the "combination," one of the most complicated defenses in modern basketball. Mullaney calls it "a man-to-man defense with zone principles." The Friars start out playing in a normal man-to-man fashion, but when rival players drive toward the basket, the shorter front men trade them off to the taller deep men-instead of following them in. The idea basically is to nullify a size disadvantage by forcing the other team to shoot from the outside, where height is relatively valueless. "We aren't a big team," says Mullaney...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: College Basketball: Providence Provides | 2/19/1965 | See Source »

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