Word: wilson
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fact, what Harvard coach Floyd Wilson fears more than anything else is the polish of this Yale five. It will not make the same mistakes that the slower, rougher Princeton five made. Its big men, Lee, Downs, and Robinson, are tricky and smooth, versatile ball players, and will be hard to stop...
...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...
...last two weeks, however, have changed all this. The Crimson has won its last five games in a row--the longest win streak in ten years--but more important, it is playing excellent basketball. Under Wilson's patient supervision, the team is moving the ball better than at any time in this observer's memory; it is shooting very well; and it is exhibiting a hustle expected not of a fifth place Crimson team, but of a first place contender (which Harvard...
Saturday night's crowd, however, was a revelation to Wilson and his team. When the Crimson came on the court to start the second half, one point behind Penn, the large audience roared and stomped showing its support. Wilson emphasized after the game that this was the first time in his memory that a crowd had encouraged a losing Crimson squad and he felt this was a vital factor in the team's comeback...
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 court, never giving the opponents time to set up any sort of consistent attack. This zone threw Princeton completely into confusion two weeks ago, and the Tigers, usually very cool in a crisis, were totally ineffective...