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Harvard played Yale in New Haven last Friday, and suffered a 68-51 loss to the Bulldogs which cost the Crimson its chance for a first division finish. The two teams were tied, 32 to 32, at the half, but Yale ripped apart Harvard's man-to-man defense early in the second half and won easily...
Right Combination. Defense is really Mullaney's brand of basketball. He developed the "combination," one of the most complicated defenses in modern basketball. Mullaney calls it "a man-to-man defense with zone principles." The Friars start out playing in a normal man-to-man fashion, but when rival players drive toward the basket, the shorter front men trade them off to the taller deep men-instead of following them in. The idea basically is to nullify a size disadvantage by forcing the other team to shoot from the outside, where height is relatively valueless...
During the second half the Crimson came to life. Led by Keith Sedlacek, who had 19 points for the game, Harvard sank 58 per cent of its shots and drew even with the Bruins. But the Crimson had switched to a man-to-man defense, which left Sedlacek (6-1) guarding 6-5 Jay Jones. The Bruin star poured in 20 points in the second half to keep Brown in contention...
This year the freshman quintet is playing a wide-open, running game. They have a lot of speed and shooting ability, as shown by their two 100-plus scorings this season. The team works a man-to-man defense...
Everything will have to go right for the Crimson to spring an upset. The main problem, of course, is Kimball; Merle McClung will guard him man-to-man, and both McClung and Barry Williams will have the difficult chore of competing with the 6 ft., 8 in. senior for rebounds. The rebounding duel between Williams and Kimball should be one of the highlights of the game...