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...Harvard’s failure on offense was its inability to adapt to BU’s box-and-one scheme, which was supremely effective at stopping then-junior Patrick Harvey, holding the Crimson’s leading scorer to four second-half points. The Terriers matched up man-to-man against Harvey while dropping the other four defenders into a soft zone, daring the remaining Crimson players to make a shot...
...Crimson will need to contend with a Holy Cross half-court offense that is similar to those run by NBA teams. To do so, Harvard will utilize the same combination of zone and man-to-man defense which slowed the Crusaders last year...
...They were physical, but mainly because they played man-to-man against us,” Botterill said. “Wherever you went, you always felt someone on your back...
Harvard has Carl Morris. And thus this debate over which team has the edge has ended. The Crimson’s superstar future-NFL wide receiver holds nearly every Crimson single-season, single-game and career receiving record in Harvard history. He is unstoppable in man-to-man coverage and must be double- or triple-teamed at all times. This allows junior wideout Kyle Cremerosa and sophomores James Harvey and Byrnes to take advantage of one-on-one coverage. Byrnes is very shifty with the ball in his hands and has shown flashes of brilliance throughout the year...
...never do zone defense at home,” Maasdorp said. “We’re always man-to-man. It took some time to get me in the right position and get me doing things right...