Word: zone
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Throughout the contest, the varsity used a tight zone defense to keep Columbia off balance and took advantage of every Lion mistake (there were many) to cushion the Crimson lead...
Barth and Nell, shooting from outside the key and near the sidelines, continued to throw the Varsity's zone defense off balance in the second half - scoring 47 points between them. The 6 ft. 7 in. Barth missed only 2 of 13 shots from the floor all night and finished with a 27 point total...
Shooting from outside the varsity's zone defense with increasing accuracy, the Bruins eventually stretched their second half lead to five points with less than a minute to play. Not even the Bruins could squander a five point lead in 30 seconds, but they tried. A set shot by the Crimson's Denny Lynch, an intercepted pass, and a basket by Strand reduced the visitors' lead to just one point before time...
...plan in toto. Under the arrangement devised by the six nonaligned nations-Ghana, Egypt, Indonesia, Burma, Cambodia and Ceylon-at the Colombo Conference last December, the Chinese will be forced to withdraw 12½ miles from the present cease-fire line in the northwestern Himalayas. But the resultant demilitarized zone will still recognize China's pre-invasion claim to 14,000 sq. mi. of Indian territory in Ladakh...
This formation puts a premium on energy. The defenders must move quickly to avoid being overshifted by a quick-passing attack. The guards also have to drop back to defend against a pivot man, since the middle man in the back of the zone plays closer to the basket than the foul line...