Word: zoning
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Nichols team, which has been practicing in a small gymnasium, will probably use the zone defense. The Yardlings have been preparing for zone play this week...
...basketball coach, and Bruce Munro, freshman coach, agreed yesterday that colleges would probably not adopt the professional NBA's 24-second rule. "I think it would be difficult to get the colleges to agree on the 24-second rule because to do so they would have to outlaw the zone defense, and I don't think they're ready to do that," said Wilson...
...more than suitable. By forcing teams to shoot within 24 seconds, the owners made sure their Bob Couseys and Frank Selveys would score 25 points a night. They also made sure the point-hungry fans would see more 115-108 shooting contests. To let teams score more easily, the zone defense, the best way to stop a team with a big man, was abolished...
...colleges, the accent is not on points, it is on winning. The beauty in college basketball is that an underdog team, without any phenomenal shooters, can throw up a zone, or a pressing man-to-man defense, and upset some undefeated power. Half the excitement of a game would be lost if some 5-8 play maker could not freeze the ball for two minutes, dribbling by the lunging, desperate opposition. You don't need 100 points to win a game--even though the pros may think...
...freshmen kept play in the visitors' zone a great percentage of the time, but their shots either missed the cage or went into Exeter goalie Herb Grant's pads. Bob Cleary scored his second goal of the afternoon at 1:16 of the second period, not by shooting, but by circling the cage and tucking the puck into the right corner. Grant had 36 saves, and Crimson goalie Dick Hubbell made...