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...shot 7-of-13 from behind the arc in the first half. Harvard switched back and forth between a man-to-man and zone defense, but struggled to stop the sharp-shooting Terriers...
...real reason I’m writing this is not to defend you. It’s to warn you, or fairly appraise you of what I (and many of my football-writing colleagues) can and can’t do.I can recognize zone coverage. I can recognize man-to-man, and I recognize blitzes. I know that as a punt returner, you plant your heels on the 10-yard line and don’t back up. I know the difference between a slant, a post, and a quick out.But there?...
...first half and holding on for a 59-54 win at New Haven. In the first half, Harvard struggled against Yale’s stiff defense. The Elis applied aggressive ball pressure and disciplined help-side rotation in the halfcourt set to accompany a stifling full-court man-to-man press. The pressure resulted in 24 Harvard turnovers, including 13 during the first half. The defensive intensity helped Yale to a first half lead that it held until the frame’s final two minutes. During one three-minute stretch, the Crimson turned the ball over seven...
...gave us what we gave them down [in Providence],” Crimson coach Frank Sullivan said. “Tonight Brown took us by surprise, because the game was all zone when we played them last time. We thought we would see zone, [but] we saw an aggressive man-to-man.”Brown’s new-look defense held the Crimson to 33 percent shooting in the first half and 42 percent for the game, and Harvard’s continued misses helped fuel the Bears’ transition attack that produced 13 fast...
...terms of how to start the game,” coach Frank Sullivan said. “Tonight Brown took us by surprise, because the game was all zone [defense] when we played them last time. We thought we would see zone, [but] we saw an aggressive man-to-man...