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Last night, Harvard took away Jellison's bread and butter play, a high post pick which gave him an un mollested easy jumper. By helping out at the top of the key, Harvard's man-to-man defense held Jellison to 10 points...
Northeastern will show the Crimson a variety of defenses switching freely from man-to-man to zone. And they may press the Crimson of the situation demands it Against Springfield Wednesday night Calhoun unleashed what he calls his "Chinese scramble." Trailing by seven points late in the second half the Huskies quickly moved into an eight-point lead to ice the victory. Calhoun described the scramble as "pressing running jumping" type of attack and added that he was a little unhappy about having to use it Wednesday with Harvard scouts in the stands...
...Crimson is also subject to mental lapses which seriously cripple its game. It has had some trouble reacting to adjustments the opposition makes. Well drilled and well coached squads can react almost instinctively when a squad switches from a man-to-man to a 3-2 zone as Penn did at the start of the second half Saturday night or throws on a 1-2-1-1 half court or full court trap as Boston College did Monday night. On Saturday the Quakers pulled even at 39 all with their zone after two minutes of play...
Just as the offense can shift nears in mid-game, Blaney's forces will show Harvard multiple defenses with constant changes between man-to-man and various none patterns...
...Crimson tan a well executed attack, while playing a tight man-to-man defense. The squad committed only 10 turnovers as it completed its last game before Christmas...