Word: pressinger
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Guard Tom Sargent refused to be bothered by either Harvard's pressing tactics or the defensive attempts of the outside men of the Crimson's zone de- fense, George Harrington and Bob Barnett. He consistently baffled the zone to set up center Robinson, who tallied 15 points in the first...
This pair can hit well from inside and out, and will force Harvard's pressing zone to its utmost. Captain Ed Robinson (6-3) is leading the league in rebounds, and presents a scoring threat of his own. The two guards, George Thompson and Tom Sargeant, are capable ball handlers...
In the first game, the Tigers were tired from playing Brown the night before, and were rudely shocked by a surprise pressing zone defense sprung by Crimson coach Floyd Wilson. They did not manage to overcome it then, but by tonight they will be prepared, and more rested.
What the basketball fans have noticed, and the reason they cheer now instead of wisecrack, is that the varsity five is playing as a varsity five, not as five basketball players on a court. Wilson has employed a pressing zone defense which makes his team run up and down the...
After this worked so successfully, Wilson decided he still needed something more if the team were to cope with Princeton's superior height. Following a scouting trip to see the Tigers play Brown, he devised a pressing zone defense, which allowed the Crimson to keep its tall men under the...