Word: height
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Crimson showed its customary control of the backboards, as Coach Wilson often used both centers, Captain Ike Canty, 6-4, and sophomore Griff McClellan, 6-8, together, to deploy the maximum height available...
...opener against Wesleyan, Coach Floyd Wilson's men threw a blanket defense around the Cardinals, limiting them to a mere 37 points. This gave Harvard the temporary first-week defensive lead in the country. In both contests the Crimson's height and rebounding have been encouraging, and for occasional moments the shooting has been satisfactory. If these three factors jell, the varsity could give everyone trouble...
Accurate shooting and superior height overcame a very aggressive Tufts five last night as the Crimson basketball team took its second consecutive game, 71 to 59, before a noisy Medford crowd of 400 people...
...contest it was able to hold the Jumbo's key players under control. Pete Stanley, a lanky 6-6 center, was the only other Tufts offered. He played well under the boards, and scored 15 points, many on tip-ins, but alone was unable to counter the general Crimson height. Tufts was out-rebounded...
Although the varsity has several advantages, in height, with a team capable of fielding three or four 6-4 men at once, and in experience, Wilson warned against overconfidence. "We have lost to Tufts the last two years," he said, "and everyone wants to beat Harvard...