Word: pivots
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Pankey won the first Lowell game in the final seconds with a 20-foot basket, and Lombard's performances have gained him a reputation as one of the best defensive players in the league. The Deacons use an offensive double-pivot and pull back into a tight 2-3 zone defense...
Hoping to minimize Yale's scoring with a close man-to-man defense. Wilson will also continue to use the double-pivot attack which the Crimson has employed all year. Captain Dick Lionette, the team's high scorers, and Jim Urdan, the two tallest men on the squad, will occupy the two "posts," Wilson said. Bud Lemay, Hansen, and Canepa complete the starting five...
...first five minutes of last week's game it was nip & tuck. Then, when the score reached gall, Minneapolis spurted ahead. Two of its big guns-Mikan and Vern Mikkelsen-were seesawing the Trotters dizzy from a double pivot. At the half, Minneapolis was breezing along in front, 40-29. Although the Globetrotters put two and sometimes three men on Mikan, they could not stop the big fellow, and loose-jointed "Sweetwater" Clifton, the Trotters' pivotman center, fouled out trying...
...outside game figured heavily in the varsity's loss, but one of the big factors last night was the slump of the usually high scoring John Rockwell, who collected only three points. With Rockwell having an off night, Coach Frank Cappon was able to concentrate his defenses against pivot-men Ed Smith and Bill Prior...
Penn Coach Howie Dallmar, who has been juggling his lineup all season, still has his set shot ace, six foot five Paul Fitzpatrick, and key pivot man, Captain Bill Harmon benched with injuries. Dallmar will probably rely on his lanky center Herb Lyons, who has been averaging 16 points, to lead the Penn attack...