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Lacking a center, Mitchell has searched in vain for a third forward to fit into his fast-break, man-to-man game plan. Kerry Walker, who averaged 17 points per game as a sophomore and broke B.U. scoring records as a freshman, gives Mitchell offensive punch, but little of the defensive strength he needs. Junior Bill McKay saw action against UMass, but was tormented by turnovers...

Author: By Robert T. Garrett, | Title: Cagers Face B.U. in Beanpot Tourney Tonight | 1/15/1974 | See Source »

...other thing stood out. Sanders is so cool under pressure it is hard to tell how many years he's been coaching. He tried everything in the book: a 2-1-2 zone, a full court press at the very end, tight man-to-man half court defense, strategic substitutions, and brilliant use of Harvard's timeouts, but all to no avail...

Author: By Jefferson M. Flanders, | Title: Flanders Fields | 12/13/1973 | See Source »

...stingy UConn defense, alternating from zone to man-to-man, bottled up the Harvard offense in the first half. Harvard's shot selection was not bad, but the ball just wasn't dropping through...

Author: By Jefferson M. Flanders, | Title: Cagers Lose to UConn, 80-52 | 12/10/1973 | See Source »

...Crimson played a man-to-man game, except on two occasions in the first half, when Sanders called for a 3-2 zone with a chaser...

Author: By Robert T. Garrett, | Title: UMass Stops Crimson, 74-65; Skinner Spoils Satch's Debut | 12/3/1973 | See Source »

McInally, whom ABC color commentator Forest Eveshevski insisted upon calling "McNally," had an afternoon nothing short of awesome as he made a shambles out of Brown's man-to-man, zone, double and triple team coverage, the Harvard record book, and ABC's offensive player of the game award...

Author: By Charles B. Straus iii, | Title: CBS Reports | 11/20/1973 | See Source »

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